Online Webinar Recorded February 2013
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  QSM

With increasing pressure to improve quality while cutting costs, process improvement is a top priority for many organizations right now; but once we’ve implemented a process improvement initiative, how do we accurately measure the benefits?

Benchmarking is critical to determining the success of any serious process improvement program. As with any type of measurement program, it requires an initial reference point to measure progress.

To set our point of comparison, we first need to perform a benchmark on a contemporary sample of projects that are representative of the typical work that we do.

In this webinar, industry expert Larry Putnam, Jr. will take you through the necessary steps to perform a successful benchmark – from collecting quantitative and qualitative data to establish the initial baseline benchmark all the way through to performing follow up benchmarks on new projects and process improvement analysis.

Presenter:  Larry Putnam, Jr. (LinkedIn profile)  has 25 years of experience using the Putnam-SLIM Methodology. He has participated in hundreds of estimation and oversight service engagements, and is responsible for product management of the SLIM Suite of software measurement tools and customer care programs.

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
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.3 Control Quality

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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