Live Webinar January 12th, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Futuring, or “foresight” as it is becoming known, is the disciplined study of the future. It utilizes some techniques that are different from those used in normal business forecasting and strategy development and planning.

Stephen Troutman (LinkedIn profile) will describe a few of the unique foresight methodologies and tools, and discuss how the techniques are used in practice.  You leave with knowledge that you can apply to business or personal life.

Stephen is a Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, and Community Volunteer.

• As a Futurist, since 1999, he is on regular speaker and member of both the Minnesota Futurists and the World Future Society.
• At IBM for 33 years, Steve held a number of management and professional positions in transformation consulting, organization change, process leadership, and sales.
• As a US Naval Reservist for 23 years, he was the Commanding Officer of four units, and attained the rank of Captain.
• As a keynote speaker and facilitator he shares his depth of knowledgeable in consulting methodologies, change management, process improvement, team facilitation, and managing remote teams.
• As a community volunteer he serves on the Boards of Director of four organizations, including his current role as President of the Board of the Rochester Art Center, a world class, a contemporary art museum.

Steve is the co-author of the book: Remote Control: A Practitioner’s Guide to Managing Virtual Teams. Steve has a BS in Management and an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Venture Management both from the University of Southern California

Click to register for Tools of a Futurist: How Foresight Is Done

Live Webinar – January 13th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course ID:  WS072011

When a software development professional first hears about Agile, they are often initially incredulous that this type of approach can work due to a misperception that Agile simply means “no planning.”

This belief could not be further from the truth.

Agile teams tend to plan more throughout the course of a project than a traditional approach, albeit in a different fashion than they may be accustomed to. Rather than planning once at the beginning of a project, Agile teams practice continuous planning throughout the project.

This web seminar will explore the five Levels of Agile planning, and how they help teams ensure that teams are able to benefit from what they learn over the course of their development and delivery efforts.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule

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 The 5 Levels of Agile Planning

Live Webinar – January 13th 14th & 15th, 2015
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST On each of the 3 days.
Offered by:  MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration: 3 x 2 hour + Q & A 6 Category A PDUs / 6 CDUs Total
Mpug Member Free – This is a members only opportunity
This event requires a paid MPUG membership. Join MPUG Today!

EARN AN MPUG Certificate:
Agile Delivery Using Microsoft Project
(upon completing three 2 hour sessions)

How can we deliver Agile projects using Microsoft Project?

In this course, MPUG will explore how Microsoft Project can be used to support the delivery of Agile projects.

Key Agile principles such as Stories, Story Point Count and Velocity are supported using Custom Fields, and Agile techniques such as Backlog Grooming and Iteration Planning are supported by Custom Views, Filters and Groups.

Finally, key Agile reports such as Burn-down and Burn-up Charts are provided using the reporting capabilities of Microsoft Project.

1. Introduction to Agile Principles and the Agile Process Flow
   • 13th January 2015, 12:00 pm ET – 2:00 pm ET
2.  Story Creation, Maintenance and Backlog Grooming,
   • 14th January 2015, 12:00 pm ET – 2:00 pm ET
3. Agile Process Validation – Agile Project Delivery,
   • 15th January 2015, 12:00 pm ET – 2:00 pm ET

Note: All three sessions must be completed for certificate to be issued

Course Overview

This course will review a project management framework that will support your project team as they plan and execute on the agile rituals which are critical for ensuring that your projects are effectively managed.

This approach ensures that a repeatable management process is applied, thereby ensuring consistency with Agile development methods, while at the same time expanding on the traditional use of Microsoft Project to maintain the all-important User Story and a flexible iterative development approach. In this course we will review both an Agile Management Framework and a Sprint Framework for managing the User Stories for delivery in Releases and Sprints.

Reporting on the status of the Agile project is provided with a complete suite of Agile reports to provide the necessary “information radiators” for managing both the project and the individual sprints with resource management and burn-down chart graphical reports.

The overall goal is to teach project managers a practical approach to ‘how’ they can use Microsoft Project to deliver Agile projects consistent with the industry best practices defined by the Agile Alliance and Scrum.Org. Participants will get access to best-practices documentation, templates, compliance filters and checklists to support Agile delivery using Microsoft Project.

Upon completion of this course, the participants will:

• understand agile development practices
• understand the Sensei agile process flow
• be able to apply and use the agile template
• be able to create and maintain Stories using Microsoft Project
• be able to support agile processes and reporting using Microsoft Project
• customize the custom fields/forms/views and reports used by the template

Level 1 – Introduction to Agile Principles and the Agile Process Flow

• What is Agile
• Agile management requirements
• Why Microsoft Project for Agile Projects
• Agile Process Flow

Level 2 –  Story Creation, Maintenance and Backlog Grooming

• Story Creation
• Story Maintenance
• Backlog Grooming

Level 3 –  Agile Project Delivery

• Agile Process Support
• Release and Iteration Planning
• Agile Reporting

JOIN MPUG FOR ONLY$129 per year and receive

• Access to in-person chapter meetings worldwide
• Access to weekly WebnLearns from industry leading experts and Microsoft MVPs
• Earn Weekly PDUS with the WebnLearns
• Full access to theWebnLearn archive,tools / templates, knowledgebase, and interactive features of MPUG.com
• Opportunities to participate in beta testing, webcasts, product surveys and discounts on Project-related events
• PMI and Microsoft Project educational credits for participation in meetings, special events and volunteer activities
• Search and post Project-related job openings through the Career Center

Presenter: Steve Caseley (LinkedIn profile), PMP/PMI-ACP/PMI-SP, Scrum Master, Principal Consultant Sensei Project Solutions and author of the book PMP Q&A  Steve has many battle scars from his for over 25 years in PM but none have been fatal. Steve has helped a wide range of companies implement PPM Systems and Best Practices and has practical, hands-on PM experience in a wide range of industries, project types and sizes.

Click to register for Agile Delivery Using Microsoft Project: MPUG Certificate Series

Live Webinar January 8th, 2015, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar January 8th, 2015, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Many enterprises have made investments in SharePoint, and a growing number are looking to do so in SharePoint Online in Office 365.

This webinar discusses the strengths and weaknesses of SharePoint so you can deliver clear benefits to your business.

Discussion Topics:

• How your organization can maximize the return on your SharePoint investment on-premises or online
• How to determine whether SharePoint Online makes sense for your organization
• How enterprises can best manage their SharePoint installations for efficiency, effectiveness and proper governance

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholder

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 10.1 Plan Communications 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’

Presenter: Mark R. Gilbert (Gartner bio) Research VP

Click to register for Getting The Most From SharePoint: On-Prem Or Online