Live Webinar – September 24th 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

For managers and IT team leaders who want quick literacy on DevOps – how did something born of a Twitter hashtag become a transformational force in IT departments around the world?

Get a one-hour primer from ASPE’s Chris Knotts on DevOps and why it’s important to the world of IT projects.

“DevOps,” like any buzzword, carries no agreed-upon definition and lots of misconception.

In some ways, it’s an odd and accidental term for something so significant and multifaceted. However, the underlying forces and reasons behind the DevOps movement are clear.

It’s about corporate culture shifts, IT worker empowerment, amazing new tools, cloud computing capabilities, and movement towards a new way of managing IT work: unified, agile, and oriented around the needs of the business.

Properly understood and pursued, DevOps holds the promise of higher quality operations and projects, higher IT worker retention, continuous deployment of code and products, more robust systems, higher levels of automation, and much more.

Join Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) for the executive overview of the DevOps movement and what it means for IT teams everywhere.

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 6.2 Define Activities

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 DevOps From 30,000 Feet

Live Webinar – September 23rd, 2015 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – 1 Free PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Overview Webinar

The creation of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for a project is often a misunderstood if not a daunting project activity.

Project teams often misunderstand the purpose and uses of the WBS confusing it with the Project Plan or Project Schedule.

The WBS and the Project Schedule do have a relationship, but they are not interchangeable deliverables.

During this Solutions Cube Group webinar: De-Mystifying The WBS, attendees will gain an understanding on the characteristics of a WBS and understand how this project deliverable is vital blueprint for reducing project failures associated with missed or misunderstood project requirements.

Solutions Cube Group’s webinars address many relevant project issues and close the gap between project theory and practical application.

In this overview level recorded Webinar participants learn about:

• Characteristics of well defined Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• The relationship between a WBS and a Project Schedule
• Methods for progressively elaborating on the content in the WBS
• Components that help ensure the WBS developed for the project is complete
• Clearly differentiating between “What” outcome is being built as a result of the project versus “How” to build it

Join them for this presentation and learn about the uses of the Work Breakdown Structure and how to ensure it clearly represents the full scope of the project effort.

PLEASE NOTE:  If you are on the Solutions Group Site and receive a message that your cart is empty when you go to check out – this is because you are not yet signed in to your account on their site – or you have not registered for a free account on their site.

To resolve this issue simply click the “person” icon on the top of the course description page and either sign in or register.  You can then return to the course Description page and add the course to your cart.

Click to register for De-Mystifying the WBS

Live Webinar September 23rd, 2015 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

This webcast will give an overview of deploying Hadoop within the organization as a strategic initiative for business advantage.

Rather than viewing distributed databases as an incremental solution to an IT problem, Ioana Hreninciuc and Andrew Brust will look at the bigger picture: What can Hadoop do not for the database administrators but for the organization as a whole?

Business users have problems and budgets to fix them, but Hadoop is a technical product sold by technical people.

The market for big data intake and analytics is growing but the people who could support this growth more than anyone are the business users, not IT managers. IT is shrinking or in some cases completely outsourced so it becomes very difficult to take bold steps in IT.

It is essential to consider the strategic questions in prioritizing Hadoop and other technologies.

This webcast will give a framework and starting point in these issues:

• IT or business user – who benefits more from deploying Hadoop?
• Who could or should bring Hadoop into the organization?
• Is Hadoop really necessary?
• What are the organization’s alternatives?
• How can you leverage an existing Hadoop deployment from your organization?
• What should a business user know about Hadoop?
• How long does it take to get started with Hadoop?
• Is Hadoop as a Service a reasonable alternative for your organization?
• What are the PROs and CONs of Hadoop as a Service?

Presenters:

Ioana Hreninciuc, (LinkedIn profile, @ioanahr)is the Commercial Director of Bigstep, charged with setting the right strategy for operations and clients. With Ioana’s  major contribution to the development of Full Metal Cloud, the fastest cloud in the world, purpose built for big data; and her experience in advertising, digital publishing and the European hosting industry – allows her to focus is on the business benefits derived from technology.  Ioana is a continuous explorer of big data industry and passionate evangelist of @BigStepinc.

Andrew Brust,  (LinkedIn profile, @andrewbrust)is Senior Director, Technical Product Marketing and Evangelism at Datameer and writes a blog for ZDNet called Big on Data. Co-author of Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Developer Reference) ; an advisor to NYTECH, the New York Technology Council and writes the Redmond Review column for VisualStudioMagazine.com.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule

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 A Business User’s Guide To Big Data On Hadoop

Online Webinar  – Recorded October 9th, 2013
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Big Data – Big Deal

Information is supposed to make us smarter, but more often than not, it simply overwhelms us.

This program is for you if you feel like you’re drowning in data and unsure which data to use to drive your company initiatives.

The truth is that the amount of data available to help run your business is greater than ever before. To effectively use this information, managers must consider the practical side of big data…what matters to you is how do you grow and build a team to make smarter decisions.

Much of the information out there just discusses the promise of the data deluge. The challenge is not the volume of data but rather the judgment needed to use it.

This webcast focuses on the abilities needed to discover, interpret and deliver data analytics across products and segments.

In this webcast, you’ll explore:

• Specific skills to effectively frame the problem you’re addressing to uncover key opportunities and drive growth
• Critical marketing steps of orientation necessary before engaging tools and technology
• How to simply and quickly amplify decision making by separating the signal from the noise
• 7 key questions you should be asking linking analytics to strategy.

Too often people dive into the data only to be lost in haze of data. This discussion will be pragmatic and immediately applicable to managers across all industries.

While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required – However most AMA webinars are recorded for later viewing.

Presenters:

Christopher Frank (LinkedIn profile) is the coauthor ofthe bestseller Drinking from the Fire Hose: Making Smarter Decisions Without Drowning in Information and the vice president of business-to-business and communications research at American Express. He is responsible for advertising, brand, and business-to-business research. Prior to joining American Express, Frank spent ten years at Microsoft, as senior director of corporate research.

Paul Magnone (LinkedIn profile) is vice president of business development strategic alliances at Openet Telecom, and also the coauthor ofthe bestseller Drinking from the Fire Hose: Making Smarter Decisions Without Drowning in Information. He is responsible for executive leadership of Openet’s global partner initiatives. Prior, he was a senior leader at IBM for 21 years driving growth programs including the launch of four new global consulting businesses.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 9 – Human Resources

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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’

Click to register for Management Readiness for Big Data: Skills, Talent and Tools