Live Webinar January 21st 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session is for business analyst leadership and development executive looking to make long term, systematic improvement to their business analyst organization.

IAG will draw from its project experience with over 700 customers to baseline organizations, assess the value of improvement, and determine the action plan for success.

Learning Objectives:

1. How do you assess the maturity of an analyst organization?
2. Where do you focus for improvement?
3. What implementation guidelines should be used to enhance success?

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Live Webinar – January 20th 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

The most important part of any successful SharePoint implementation is Governance. Governance should be started early on and should be a living/breathing and ongoing effort.

This webinar will be a discussion that spans creation of the Governance team through asking all of the right questions.

From content management policies through security procedures, we will discuss concepts that help you guarantee a successful deployment as well as a sustainable and useful system.

The topics that will be covered in this webinar:

• What is Governance?
• Building the Governance team
• Asking the right questions
• Checklists to walk you through to success
• Ongoing adoption and Governance maintenance

Presenter: Tom Robbins (LinkedIn profile) has 25+ years in the telecommunications and IT industry. A Microsoft Certified Trainer and CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer, Tom has been training for more than 15 years on the Microsoft Enterprise suite of products.

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Live Webinar – January 20th, 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.

Establishing a PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office) is considered to be a best practice approach to improving the value an organization can receive from its project investments.

Why is it then, that a study, conducted in 2005, of 750 organizations worldwide indicated that over 75% of organizations that set up a PMO shut it down within three years because it did not demonstrate any added value?

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar where you will learn key reasons why so many PMOs fail, and gain some valuable knowledge of the critical success factors required to ensure the survival of your PMO.

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: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs

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 Jan 21st, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

If your business is delivered via technology (and what business isn’t these days?), your success depends on how often, and how safely, you can improve upon the end-user experience.

Join Chef’s Adam Jacob  (LinkedIn profile) creator of the Chef IT automation platform, and Courtney Nash (LinkedIn profile) O’Reilly’s academic neuroscientist Specializing in the brain and how people learn, as they launch a 6-part series of webcasts that illuminate and explore a new way of doing business.

They call it the “Coded Business” or “Business at Web Speed.” How quickly you adapt could determine the future of your business.

In this hour you’ll learn how & why the continuous delivery of applications and infrastructure is the key to modern customer service. We are literally programming the future of our businesses. If you or your organization aim to succeed (and who doesn’t?), you won’t want to miss this webcast series.

PDU Category C 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 – January 22nd, 2015 – 10:00 am to 12:00 am EST
Presented by:  The Gabriel Institute
Duration: Total of 2 Hours -2 Category B PDUs – Free PDU

Teamability^®:
The Ability To Connect With Others
To Form A Productive Team

Individual strengths can lead to a personal triumph,
But a team is greater than the sum of its parts.

Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine, recently wrote an article entitled “Teams Matter. Talent is Not Enough.”

In essence, it is a challenge for executives to find and exploit the “magic” of team synergy.

The metrics of teaming now exist!  Even the most extraordinary individual effort is no substitute for great teamwork. Teaming metrics are key to improving selection, increasing engagement, and vastly reducing new-hire turnover, all with measurable business value.

With TGI Teamability:
PMs will be able to create extremely strong teams.

In this introduction you will learn:

• A completely new technology will help you understand why talented, experienced people do not always “team” well with others.
• How to reduce the costs and risks associated with errors in hiring and promoting,
  • Metrics and methods that measure and predict “teaming” behaviors.
  • How to effectively analyze and solve team performance problems.
• How to deliver significant business value by matching people to the functional mission of their team
  • The ‘who fits where’ and the ‘why’ of winning teams
  • Behaviors that impact quality of team interaction and ‘fit’ to job responsibilities
• How it possible to reliably select high quality team players, and to match their job responsibilities to the way they envision themselves serving their team (their “Role”).

This is a MUST TAKE opportunity to help you understand the strengths of your team members placing them in the roles that will make your projects even more successful!

Edmonton PM

This program has been approved for 2 General recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification. PMPs can earn two Cat B credits for this two hour course.   In addition, you will be offered the opportunity to have your own Teamability® experience!

Click to register for An Introduction To Teamability? Understanding the Natural Roles that Your Team Members Best Fill with a Role Based Approach

Live Webinar January 20th, 2015 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI INPD CoP (REP #S011)

Actuation Consulting recently completed their 3rd annual global study of product team’s. This year 2,200 organizations participated in their study.

The survey results were provided to a professional statistician for regression analysis.

This year’s results sheds light on how product teams perceive they are performing, the types of product development processes that are currently in use and key factors that are shown to statistically optimize product team performance.

Gain a deep insight into:

• The effectiveness of product teams through the eyes of product team members themselves
• Trend data illustrating how various product development methodologies are evolving and the implications for the future
• Survey respondents perceptions about which product development methodologies lead to increased product profitability
• Key statistical factors that drive high performance on product teams
• How the role of a project manager is changing in accord with evolving product development methodologies and practices

During this webinar you will also take a closer look at how the role of a project manager continues to evolve and the value that product teams currently place upon project managers.

Presenters:

Greg Geracie, (LinkedIn profile) is the President of Actuation Consulting, providing product management training and advisory services to organizations nationwide. Greg is the author of the global best seller Take Charge of Your Product Management Development; Tips, Tactics, and Tools to Increase Your Effectiveness as a Product Manager and was selected by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM) to lead the industry effort to develop The Guide to the Product Management and Marketing Body of Knowledge© (ProdBOK©). Greg is an adjunct professor at DePaul University’s College of Computing and Digital Media where he teaches a course on high-tech product management.

Matt Jackson  PMP President of Jackson Consulting, a specialty provider of turnaround and operational improvement consulting services to some of the nation’s most well-known software companies.  Matt was the project management expert reviewer of The Guide to the Product Management and Marketing Body of Knowledge © (ProdBOK).

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

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