Live Webinar May 19th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDWxx
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Use cases and user stories are both excellent techniques for understanding what a user needs from a product.

While both have a similar purpose, use cases and user stories are not meant to be used interchangeably. That is why it’s important for a business analyst to understand the difference.

The older of the two techniques is the use case, which captures usage scenarios.

In other words, a use case documents how an individual uses a product to accomplish something of value. T

his technique works well for projects where functional requirements and usage scenarios must be – and can be – specified upfront. However, what if you can’t know the requirements upfront?

In a user story, the user and what they need the product to accomplish is also specified, but in contrast to use cases, at a much higher level.

Recognizing which technique is best suited to your situation is the key.

In this webinar you will learn to:

• Determine when to apply use cases and user stories to define stakeholder requirements.
• Elaborate use cases through scenarios.
• Augment use cases and user stories with diagrams and visuals for better communication

Presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect.

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Live Webinar May 19th, 2015, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT or
Live Webinar May 19th 2015, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Measuring aspects of your business, marketplace, customers and partners is more important than ever.

Well-designed metric frameworks, yardsticks and communication mechanisms can avoid the many pitfalls that lead to confusion, misdirection and lack of collaborative performance.

Discussion Topics:

• The importance of metrics in measuring business performance
• How to construct a well-designed metric framework
• Best practices to implement and pitfalls to avoid

Presenter: Kurt Schlegel, (Gartner bio) Gartner Research VP

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

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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 – May 21st 2015, 5:00 am – 6:00 am EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU  Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

Do You Think You Are Secure?

Large enterprise organisations like Sony, Target and many others thought they were.

In this webinar will look at how to get secure in areas of your business…

Every week seems to bring a new article on a security attack that has breached the defences of a large organisation.

Today’s cyber criminals are highly motivated, well organised and very knowledgeable, once they have gained access they can lie be-neath your radar for months before stealing vital information or deploying viruses that will severely disrupt your operations.

Cisco’s Cyber Threat Defence solution challenges advanced threats with a solution designed to cover the entire attack continuum—before, during, and after an attack.

It provides you with a framework of best-in-class tools validated by Cisco that accelerates your implementation of an advanced threat detection and response system.

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Live Webinar May 20th, 2015 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Are Your Leaders Prepared To Perform At The Global Level?

Globalization and the growth of multinational corporations have increased the need for employers to prepare their leaders to perform on a global level.

• Between 1990 and 2003, the number of multinational corporations increased from 3,000 to 63,000.
• In 2011, multinational companies in the United States employed 34.5 million workers worldwide.

As a result, the rapid growth has left organizations in high demand for global leadership. However, organizations looking to expand their global initiatives are concerned with the lack of global executive talent.

An individual with Global Competency has the right attitude, knowledge, skills and functional business expertise to be effective in a global business environment, working both within and across different cultures.

With this original research we understand the importance of global competence for local to transnational companies and how organizations are developing this ability in their leaders and in the entire workforce.

Registrants will receive a copy of the research report.

Presenters:

Horace McCormick (LinkedIn profile) Program Director of Executive Development at University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jenna N. Filipkowski, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) Director of Research, Human Capital Institute

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4  Manage Project Team

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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