Live Webinar January 22nd, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category A – Free
Presenter: Versatile Project Management (REP 1524)

Successful projects begin with achievable goals!

Accurate estimates play a critical role in every project. They are used to justify the project, to coordinate activity, and to evaluate the success. Consistently accurate estimates are a sign of mature project management practices.

In this webinar you’ll learn:

• The factors that make estimates accurate – and where to focus your attention to improve your accuracy.
• How phase gates can calibrate your confidence.
• The most important success factor for accurate estimating.

A Webinar Preview

Click to register for Seven Estimating Success Factors – How To Create Better Estimates

Live Webinar – January 23 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Don’t spend so much time chasing down information! Instead of project tracking, start project managing with the Kanban board in TFS 2013.

• Kanban boards offer a way to visually manage your work.
• You can easily understand what work is in progress, understand where issues are, and spot bottlenecks.

Join Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile) for a live demo that will walk you through using the Kanban board as well as how to customize the board for your team!

PDU Category C documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 8.1 Plan 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’

Click to register for Using Kanban With TFS 2013

Live Webinar – January 22nd, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00pm EST
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category B 1 PDU- Free PDU

NOTE: Eclipse will provide a Certificate for attendance upon request.

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a strategic decision making approach aimed at maximizing overall returns on project investments. By focusing on the “right” projects, it is expected that there will be improved organization alignment to strategic plans as well as optimized utilization of financial and human resources.

Unfortunately, there is a significant amount of misinformation in the marketplace about PPM and many organizations that have attempted to implement these practices have failed. Of course, vendors stand ready to “help” unsuspecting executives with snake oil claims of “silver bullet” process or tool purchases to achieve PPM nirvana.

This webinar will provide you with a solid grounding of PPM principles – costs, benefits, critical success factors and lessons learned. These will help you decide whether pursuing PPM improvement is a valuable and realistic goal for your organization. This presentation will also improve your knowledge of the PPM lifecycle and provide you with the key decisions and approaches necessary to launch a successful PPM initiative.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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  Project Portfolio Management Simplified

Live Webinar January 22nd, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

A couple of quick Google searches reveal just how much of a religion that lean, agile startup and Lean UX methods have become.

Teams and companies are consistently searching for recipes and prescriptions to “doing agile and lean.”

Jeff Gothelf (LinkedIn profile) author of Lean UX, will share his points of view on how pragmatism anchored in your organization’s unique reality trumps the purity of process doctrine.

Jeff’s talk will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
Bring your biggest challenges!

 PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 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’

Click to register for Lean UX: Aligning Business, Design, and Technology