Online Webinar – Recorded August 5th, 2014
By: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hour 1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free  PDU / CDU

Keeping up in today’s fast-paced world requires a robust skillset!

Not only are project managers expected to manage a colossal amount of projects, they’re expected to direct resources to properly plan for those projects. Often times, those two sides of the business don’t align very well.

Join AtTask, Unlike Before and Project Times as they explore three ways you can align people and process for a more productive team.

Get insights from specialists in the PPM field that can help you take your skillset from project manager to project leader.

Key topics of discussion:

• What small tweaks can I make to increase my team’s productivity and my own productivity?
• What is the difference between project management and project leadership?
• How can I coordinate efforts between teams and departments to increase productivity?
• How can I measure my progress on the road to higher productivity?
• What types of tools can I use to align management of resources with management of projects?

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenters:

Deanne Earle PMP (LinkedIn profile  @UnlikeBefore ) Director of Unlike Before LTD. – is a sought after keynote speaker and  International Project Consultant specializing in delivering business technology projects. A founding member of The Glass Breakers global women’s network, a published author, and expert in the areas of project delivery, management, change and leadership, Deanne challenges the DNA of a company’s leadership where necessary to achieve greater business value from technology projects.

Make sure to check out Deanne’s Change Through Action Blog.

Michael Luciano MSc (IT) – (LinkedIn profile) Director of Quality Assurance, AtTask  Michael currently holds the position of Director of Quality Assurance at AtTask and regularly  speaks on the current state of the QA industry . Michael has over twenty years experience in the field of quality assurance, having built high performance global teams for such companies as Xerox, EDS, HP, Thomson Reuters and, currently,

Click to register for 3 Ways to Increase Your Team’s Productivity: Aligning People & Process

Online Webinar Recorded CourseID: IAG670
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

• Are you a Business Analyst trying to find your role in an Agile project?
• Are you looking for ways to ramp up your Agile team’s productivity?

There are a lot of misconceptions about Business Analysis in an Agile development environment, and sometimes Business Analysts find it hard to adapt to the short iterations, just-in-time planning and minimalist documentation that characterizes Agile development.

This webinar is a frank discussion about what Agile demands from a Business Analyst and how Business Analysts can succeed and ensure their team succeeds.

Learning Objectives:

1. Dispel common myths about Agile, including the belief that Business Analysts aren’t welcome in Agile
2. Explain why every development team needs excellent business analysis to be successful
3. Guide analysts in how to deliver the most value in Agile settings

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Live Webinar May 14th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar Mike Overly (LinkedIn profile) will discuss the key pitfalls in mobile app development projects and how to avoid them.

Click to register for Avoiding Pitfalls In Mobile App Development

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Live Webinar – May 19th, 2015 – 10:00 am to 12:00 am EDT
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 – May 14th, 2015, 11:30 am – 7:00 pm EDT
Duration: 6 Hours Credits: 6 PDUs Category B – Free PDU
Note: NetObjectives is an REP ( 3045) but this opportunity is a Category B PDU.

SAFe is a proven process framework for scaling lean and agile across the enterprise.

For an excellent introduction to SAFe see the:

“Scalable Agile in the Enterprise: SAFe and the Future of Agile” post and follow the link to the recording.

1 Category A PDU

SAFe can be used as a base for successful transitions but that “SAFe out of the box” often has challenges.

•  SAFe is a framework, and one identified for use at scale, not everywhere.
• SAFe should be thought of as a tool-box of great ideas that can sometimes be used as is, but more often benefits from some degree of elaboration.

This day presents a quick overview of SAFe followed by four elaborations we’ve seen useful in most of our SAFe implementations.

These elaborations are:

• Why and how you must drive from business value – why using Minimum Business Increments (MBIs) is essential
• How to create your trains even when they are not well defined and everybody seems to be working on everything
• An introduction to Leanban, Net Objectives’ new team level approach that provides consistency across the enterprise while enabling it to be tailored for the context in which it is being used
• Using SAFe at the mid-scale (organizations of 30-150 people) for which the standard adoption of SAFe may be too heavy

8:30am-  9:30am	SAFe in an Hour. This presents what SAFe is and why it works. It explains SAFe from a Lean-flow perspective while describing how teams are organized so that they can work together.
10:00am-11:00am	Driving from Business Value in SAFe, the Net Objectives Way. Years before SAFe existed, Net Objectives had been doing scaled Agile by focusing on high density value to be delivered. The Lean Startup does this with MVPs (minimal viable products).  We prefer to call them Minimum Business Increments (MBIs). We have found that embedding MBIs into the SAFe framework makes it considerably more effective. This talk discusses how focusing on high density business value improves SAFe’s practices while helping align people as well.
11:30am-12:30pm	Creating Trains When Everybody Is Working on Everything. While SAFe prescribes an effective team organizational structure of trains, getting well-defined trains is not usually easy or even possible. For most companies implementing SAFe, trains are poorly formed in the early stages of SAFe adoption. This talk will describe how blending Lean with SAFe provides several methods for improving team organization and thereby train formation.
1:30pm- 2:30pm	An Introduction to Leanban.  Leanban is the next generation of Agile at the team level.  More than an integration of Scrum and the Kanban Method, Leanban incorporates Lean practices with Acceptance Test-Driven development to provide proven methods that will work in all areas of an organization.Leanban enables an organization to have essentially one approach that can be tailored by teams to meet their needs.  This avoids the Agile wars within an organization, allows people to move freely across teams, and yet enables teams to have an approach that works well for them.  Leanban also has a method of transitioning to new practices in an effective manner, enabling teams to improve their practices as they mature.
2:40pm- 2:55pm	LeanKit Presentation.
3:00pm- 4:00pm	Using SAFe in Mid-Scale Organizations. As good as SAFe is, it is intended for large scale organizations (trains of over 50 people).  However, many organizations with program smaller than 50 are using SAFe, but in a cumbersome manner.  This talk describes how smaller organizations can use SAFe effectively by tailoring key practices.  In particular, these include Program Increment Planning, team organization and backlog management.  This provides the value of SAFe’s all-in agreement while keeping it Agile and effective.

See the current listing of SAFe with Net Objectives Extensions courses here.

Session Presenter: Alan Shalloway (Linkedin Profile & @alshalloway) is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 40 years experience, Alan is a thought leader in Lean, Kanban, PPM, Scrum and agile design. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, and Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design. Alan is a co-founder and board member for the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 6 – Time 8 – Quality 9 – Human Resources

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 9.3 Develop 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 14th, 2015, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm  EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

ERP continues to be the backbone business application platform for most midsize organizations, and this role will be preserved in postmodern ERP.

The need to synchronize tasks and data, provide consolidated analysis, leverage single-view attributes and support spanning business processes all remain critical.

However, for many midsize organizations, ERP and the associated strategy, have become too slow-moving and unchanging.

Today a different construct that supports business agility is needed.

Discussion Topics:

• How to use the Gartner Pace-Layered Application Strategy to synchronize business needs for ERP
• How to align your postmodern ERP road-map with your organization’s digital business strategy and underpinning technologies
• How to define the postmodern ERP skills gap in your organization

Presenter: Jose A. Ruggero, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Managing VP

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

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 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’

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