Live Webinar June 11th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the firstof a 4 part series series on Project Scheduling by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

Unrealistic project schedules lead to chaos and impact decision making.

Project schedules help us to know who needs to be available to work on a project during a period of time. Project schedules also help us to know when products, services, and results will be available for ‘production’ usage.

However, developing project schedules is often considered difficult and/or time consuming. As a result, teams tend to over plan a ‘perfect’ schedule or give up trying.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn why using agile estimating techniques can make developing a realistic schedule a fun team-building activity.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Recognize characteristics of a good project schedule
• Understand the importance of time contingency reserve and impacts from multitasking
• Discover recommended best practices for developing realistic schedules
• Learn how to build a REALISTIC schedule using PERT and planning poker
• Gather practical implementation tips for agile estimating to progressively elaborate realistic schedules

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar – June 8th 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

“Business rules are the foundation of any business, and standardizing their fundamentals- their definitions and relationships – is essential for supporting complex operations.” Ellen Gottesdiener (LinkedIn profile @ellengott) and Jim Bruce

In the role of a business analyst, we must elicit the requirements needed to build the solution. Business rules provide the means to make good and consistent operational decisions within that solution.

Gina Schmidt (LinkedIn profile) will describe:

• What are business rules and the various types
• Business rules and how they align to business policies or regulations
• Levels of enforcement
• Hints for eliciting business rules
• Hints for standardizing and documenting business rules
• The future of business rules

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.6 Validate 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 register for What Do You Need to Know About Business Rules?

Live Webinar June 10th, 2015, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EDT or
Live Webinar June 10th, 2015, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Many organizations are struggling with change, leaving programs and projects disconnected from the people.

In this webinar  Elise Olding (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) presents effective techniques that will arm you with the ability to engage and motivate your employees.

Discussion Topics:

• Why we are challenged with leading change
• What are effective communication practices
• How to start now and build for the future

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholder

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 10.2 Manage Communications
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.4 Control Stakeholder Engagement

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 June 9th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Change Is Hard

Especially when organizations have to make hard changes, involving cost cutting, downsizing, and restructuring, Employee engagement is a critical resource amid transitions, as engaged employees can help organizations respond more flexibly to opportunities and challenges.

But engagement can also be more difficult to maintain, as leaders struggle to build alignment with new directions and inspire employees to work in new ways that often involve doing more with less.

In this webinar, Mark will leverage their global employee opinion database to explore how work environments and employees’ work experiences are most impacted by challenging changes.

Mark will also offer recommendations leaders and managers can use to respond proactively.

The next time difficult steps are called for in your organization, you’ll have a clearer understanding of the workforce implications – and what you’ll need to do to keep employees engaged and well positioned for success.

Presented by: Mark Royal, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Principal, Hay Group Insight

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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’

Click to register for Keeping Employees Engaged & Enabled Amid Difficult Organizational Transitions