Live Webinar February 4th, 2015 – 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm EST
Duration: 75 Min webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Change Management CoP (REP #S056)

Programs and the related project and operational components within them are undertaken to bring about some form of change.

Projects produce new or updated products or services that contribute to the program as a whole, while

Programs are designed to generate benefits…benefits that flow to the sponsoring organization as well as the benefits intended for the target audience: beneficiaries and stakeholders.

Many times, however, programs and projects fail to achieve planned benefits outlined in the business cases that support them.

To improve the program/project leader’s ability to guide the achievement of target benefits, a clear understanding of the interrelationship between Benefits Management and Organizational (Business) Change Management is required.

This session explains the Benefits Management process and highlights the linkage between Benefits Management and Change Management activities.

Session topics include:

• Benefits Planning
• Benefits Measurement and Monitoring
• Benefits Sustainment
• Business Change Management
• Managing Ambiguity and Complexity
• Achieving and Sustaining Behavioral Change
• Change Management Processes
• Program Management and Business Change Management
• Questions and Answers

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Eric S. Norman, PMP, PgMP,  (LinkedIn profile) has specialized in the process of project and program management – mentoring, consulting and leading project, program and business process improvement efforts at various fortune 500 companies over the last 25 years. He led the update to the Project Management Institute’s Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures – Second Edition and was the Chair for the update to PMI’s The Standard for Program Management – Third Edition. Mr. Norman is currently representing PMI in a collaborative study on Lean Principles in Program Management between PMI and the International Council On Systems Engineering (INCOSE) led by MIT. This team’s publication The Guide to Lean Enablers for Managing Engineering Programs received the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence.

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Live Webinar –  February 3rd, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  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.

During the project intake process all projects are considered critical, all others never get approved. So how do you decide which “critical” projects are most critical?

These decisions are typically made politically, emotionally or without consistency.

The Impact:

• Poor resource utilization
• Frustrated resources
• Projects not aligned with strategic objectives
• Higher risk and lower ROI

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar demonstrating a balanced approach to prioritizing initiatives. Projects affect many aspects of your business; all factors should be considered when taking on a new project. Learn the prioritization secrets of successful companies using a Project Portfolio Management mentality.

The Result:

• Decreased risk
• Higher ROI
• Optimized resource utilization
• Maximum aggregate value of projects

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

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”

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Live Webinar February 4th, 2015, 8:00 am – 9:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar February 4th, 2015, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm  EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Digital Business and the Internet of things continue to reshape the way human beings and machines cooperate to enhance both business and our lives.

As CIOs attempt to determine how they will support Digital Business, it is important to have a clear view of what future trends digitalization is driving into our everyday decisions.

The machines are becoming co-dependent on us as we are with them. Any strategy designed without assumptions in place about the pace and direction of change will suffer from a lack of focus and proper planning.

Discussion Topics:

• What key predictions will affect the relationship of people to their computers
• What predictions will shape use of machines in business strategies
• How will customer expectations and experiences be altered by Digitalization

Presenter: Daryl C.Plummer, Managing VP & Gartner Fellow

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

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 February 3rd, 2015, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

With new devices, operating systems, wearables, sensors, and third-party plug-ins continuously being released into the market, mobile teams must rapidly adapt to ensure compatibility with an increasing number of variables.

Delivering quality in such complex mobile environments where user expectations are on the rise requires a new approach:
Continuous Quality!

Join this web seminar to find out how a continuous quality approach accelerates your release schedule, catches defects before they go into production, and improves the user experience.

You’ll learn how to:

1. Connect an efficient continuous integration process to mobile
2. Run parallel test execution to save time
3. Extend web and native scripts to mobile
4. Test scripts on real devices connected to live carrier networks
5. Maximize your existing scripts

This session includes a hands-on demonstration featuring how to create and test code continuously throughout the SDLC, which will help your team with their daily challenges in developing, building, testing, and deploying apps.

Presenter:  Uzi Eilon Director of Technology & Product Evangelist Uzi has grown Perfecto Mobile by managing expanding R&D teams and leading sales engineering teams. His fields of expertise include mobile application testing, automation tools, defining customer projects and on-boarding, and agile methodologies. Uzi Eilon speaks regularly on behalf of Perfecto Mobile at events such as AnDevCon, STARWEST, Apps World, and HP Discover.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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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