Live Webinar – April 23rd 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

70% of all change initiatives fail, and 16% of a workforce will change their job or use their power to stop change.

The result is major disruption with no benefit. To fail and lose 16% of your workforce while failing is a pretty scary proposition.

For folks looking to move to Agile methods or driving a product that will do creative destruction to any organization, the odds are stacked against you.

Successful leaders understand the keys to guiding workplace change are to be clear-headed, responsive, alert, and dynamic. It is not a time to sit back and watch from the sidelines.

Managing change is not a top-down or trickle-down approach.

It is about active involvement and getting key stakeholders involved in not just planning but also executing the outcome.

Ultimately you have to learn how to handle change resistors and how to minimize the impact of change outside the change zone to reduce the collateral damage.

You will also learn:

• Necessary elements of change management
• Stages of change that people and organizations go through
• Reasons people resist change and strategies to overcome resistance
• To minimize negative change impacts by using the change curve model

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.

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

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.2 Plan Stakeholder 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’

Click to register for Why 70% Of All Change Initiatives Fail

Live Webinar – April 21st, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)

Note: Although DCG is an Rep this event may not have a course number contact DCG for further information

Have you ever managed a vendor program or service where the deliverable at the end was not what you asked for at the beginning (and you were happy with it?).

This is the premise of Agile software development – and legal departments and auditors hate it!

You’re probably struggling to write manageable and auditable performance-based contracts that can accommodate the changes inherent to an Agile software development process. You are not alone!

This webinar will show you how you can capture flexible contract terms in such a way that they can be accessible by all participants – and auditable on demand.

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• DCG LinkedIn,
• DCG Twitter

During the webinar, join the conversation on Twitter using #DCGwebinar.

NOTE: Calendar conflict? Register below and receive the link to the recording to view at a later time.

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
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 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 view Getting A Grip On Agile Software Contracts

Live Webinar April 20th, 2014, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Linkage

In an earlier Linkage webinar delivered by Lonney Gregory (LinkedIn profile),  he explored behaviors to develop an innovative mindset and stimulate creativity.

In order to stay ahead of the competition, individuals and teams must be creative and innovative.

However … creativity and innovative behaviors alone won’t guarantee innovation initiatives will succeed.

• What if you could hedge your bets on innovation and increase the likelihood of success; would you do it?

In addition to engaging in ways of thinking that inspire breakthroughs, repeatable organizational processes, cultural adaptations, and clearly defined approaches for integrating it all, including handling risks, will significantly increase the likeness of success for innovation in your organizations.

This next session on innovation will introduce three basic concepts that lead toward successfully enabling an innovation capable organization; one that drives innovation throughout the organization.

Learn:

1. Identifying market opportunities using one of the most profound approaches for understanding what consumers and non-consumers want by defining what Clayton Christensen calls the “Job to be Done”
2. How to lead ultra-productive solution seeking sessions based upon the world famous IDEO Design Thinking methodology.
3. Applying principles to overcome what Steven Shapiro calls the performance paradox and for growing high performance teams.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 Three Rock-Solid Approaches To Innovation

Live Webinar April 21st, 2015, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

With the myriad of mobile devices, operating systems, and networks in the marketplace today and the influx of BYOD workplaces, mobile testing is a daunting task.

If functional and performance testing priorities and objectives are not fully aligned with your end-user expectations and business risks, the result can be a very public failure.

Join mobility specialists Antoine Aymer (HP) (LinkedIn profile) and Ron Anderson (VIP) (LinkedIn profile) to examine critical use cases for understanding the role of user expectations.

You’ll leave this session with a keen understanding of mobile application testing proven practices and real-world examples of what to do right—and what to avoid.

Key takeaways include how to:

1. Ensure an end-to-end user experience that delivers five-star quality for mobile apps
2. Incorporate best practices into mobile functional and performance testing
3. Account for numerous devices, operating systems, and networks
4. Test according to application store requirements—Apple, Google Play, etc.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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’

Click to register for Optimizing Mobile Applications Through Functional & Performance Testing