Online Webinar – Recorded April 1st, 2014
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)

Note: Although DCG is an REP this event may not have a course number contact DCG for further information

Knowing when to stop your car in traffic keeps you …
And everyone around you safe.

Knowing when to stop your measurement program is another matter because corporate programs tend to have an inertia all their own.

Most organizations over-measure what does not matter!
STOP!

This web briefing, by DCG Measurement expert Tom Cagley, reviews the Measurement Roadmap Process that helps organizations dialog on what is important, trim their metric palette to the essentials and connect the dots from business goals to real data.

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Presenter: Thomas Cagley (LinkedIn profile @TCagley) David Consulting Group Mr. Cagley is the Vice President of Consulting for The David Consulting Group and author of Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques. Read Tom informative blogs about software development and management topics. Tom also edits a podcasts of essays and interviews titled “Software Process and Measurement Cast”. The blog and podcast serve as a platform to share information with development industry and to foster a continuing dialog. Sharing and dialog is a means of paying it forward.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate Scope

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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Live Webinar January 6th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

Just as developers use design patterns in software development, architects use well-defined architecture patterns to define the characteristics and shape of the architecture.

Using the wrong architecture pattern (or no pattern at all) can sometimes be a very costly mistake resulting in an architecture that doesn’t work. It is therefore vital that architects are aware of and understand the various architecture patterns available.

During this webcast Mark will discuss several common architecture patterns, including the traditional layered architecture, microservices architecture, space-based architecture, event-driven architecture, and microkernel architecture.

Along the way he  will show real-world examples to demonstrate how the patterns work, as well as describe the pros and cons of each pattern.

Mark will also discuss how requirements and operational aspects can drive which patterns to use. Using the right architecture pattern for your system is critical, because as we all know, once in place the architecture is very hard to change.

Presenter:  Mark Richards MSc (O’Reilly bio) is a hands-on software architect involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of Microservices Architectures, Service Oriented Architectures, and distributed systems in J2EE and other technologies. Since 1983, Mark has developed significant experience and expertise in application, integration, and enterprise architecture. He is the author of several technical books and videos, including “Software Architecture Fundamentals” (O’Reilly video), “Enterprise Messaging” (O’Reilly video), and “Java Message Service 2nd Edition” (O’Reilly book).

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

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Live Webinar January 6th, 2015 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDWxx
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

The reactions to imminent change can vary greatly, from denial and resistance to acceptance and even excitement.

• How can you, as a leader, quickly identify how your teams are reacting, and most importantly, help them move to acceptance and adoption of the change?
• How should you deal with your own personal reaction to changes and become ready and able to lead others?

We live in an environment of perpetual change.

Today’s leader must be able to quickly understand the impact of change on the business and its people, and demonstrate the skills necessary to facilitate the implementation of change.

This webinar will help you diagnose the impact of change on productivity and morale and will offer practical tools and tips on how to manage your reaction and the reactions of others to help the change advance.

Presenter:  Bob Huebner, , is Chief Learning Officer for Bluestone Process Dynamics.  With over  20 years of experience in operations management, organization development, business process excellence, and  corporate governance., Bob helps others to build leadership, change management, strategic planning, quality process, interpersonal and customer service skills. Bob holds multiple certifications in training methods, a master’s in business administration.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 13 – Stakeholders

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for Leading Through The Personal Side Of Change

Online Webinar – March 19th 2013
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course Id: WS072412

Sometimes we wonder how Microsoft ever came up with SharePoint. SharePoint is the perfect enterprise integration platform and Microsoft is the perfect transactional, product-focused, marketing company. It just doesn’t fit, which is the main problem surrounding the poor adoption and use of the most powerful business application on the market, SharePoint 2010.

The reality is, for a large enterprise to gain the competitive advantage and efficiencies SharePoint can provide, it must look at HOW or better yet WHO is driving adoption.

Here is why the SharePoint BA is so critical. It isn’t about governance or basic administration. Yes, those things are important, but they are the chicken before the egg. The egg is USE!!!

We are right in the middle of the transformation of power in IT systems moving from geeks to the users, because the users are becoming geeks. SharePoint is the pinnical of user enabled IT power.

This web seminar will discuss at a high level

• The vast potential real world applications for SharePoint.
• ASPE will dig into the traditional role of a business analyst
• And they will discuss what the roles and responsibilities would be for a SharePoint business analyst

The optimal goal is to provide details on how organizations can increase the use of SharePoint in the enterprise, which will save a significant amount of money and time and lead to much quicker time to market.

Click to register for The SharePoint Business Analyst

Online Webinar – Recorded May 28th, 2014
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Decision Management Solutions

Experience shows that there are three main reasons for defining decision requirements as part of an overall requirements process.

1. Current requirements approaches don’t tackle the decision-making that is increasingly important in information systems;
2. While important for all software development projects, decision requirements are especially important for projects adopting business rules and advanced analytic technologies;
3. Decisions are a common language across business, IT and analytic organizations improving collaboration, increasing reuse, and easing implementation.

Learn why you should model decision requirements, how to use DMN and how to get started quickly with decision modeling in this webinar recast.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.4 Create WBS
• 5.6 Validate Scope

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

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Online Webinar – Recorded November 2014
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  QSM

High performing companies already know that superior software estimation is not only possible, but essential to gaining and keeping a competitive edge while simultaneously helping to protect IT investments and drive positive project outcomes.

One way to enable proven best practices with the estimation discipline is to formalize an Estimation Center of Excellence (ECoE).

While most organizations have unique features and challenges, establishing such a center has certain foundational elements.

A well-thought out launch and execution can dramatically increase transparency, collaboration and value across an enterprise or division.

In this session, J.D. Ottenbreit, QSM‘s Commercial Director of Professional Services, will provide an executive level webinar to cover some of the practical steps, pitfalls and critical success factors involved with bringing to life a truly successful, sustainable ECoE.

The webinar is based on real-life lessons learned and case studies from QSM– a recognized industry leader and pioneer in the field of software estimation and control.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.4 Estimate Activity Resources
• 6.5 Estimate Activity Durations

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for Organizational Success: A Practical Guide to the Estimation Center of Excellence