Live Webinar – October 28th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Microsoft Project is the world’s leading desktop scheduling and planning solution.

When it comes time to unify data across 5, 10, 100 or even a thousand Microsoft Project files, the options are complex, expensive, time consuming and in many cases still not capable enough to answer the questions of leading businesses.

In this one hour webcast, Sean Pales (LinkedIn profile) will show you how individual Microsoft Project files can be unified and leveraged for enterprise resource forecasting, scenario planning and what-if analysis.

As part of this demonstration, we will leverage widely available tools and also cite real world examples of cost savings and measurable business outputs.

Focus will be placed on answering critical PMO-related questions:

1. When can I start a new project?
2. Where should I schedule a project?
3. What do I need to complete a project?
4. What happens if I cancel, move, split, expand or contract a project?
5. What happens if I hire or fire resources?
6. Where do I have capability gaps?
7. Where do I have excess capacity?

Business Value:

• Leverage widely available tools to enterprise enable your local Microsoft Project files.
• Answer critical business focused questions around project timing and resource allocation.
• Identify critical resource bottlenecks in your organization.
• Remove the need for complex one-off analyses or high priced consultants.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

Presenter: Sean Pales founder of  ProSymmetry, an enterprise Project and Portfolio Management consulting company. Sean saw the need to provide a robust software solution to solve the challenges of resource portfolio management & planning. This led to the development of Tempus Resource – the industry leading resource portfolio management solution.  Sean frequently speaks at a wide range of industry events including the Gartner PPM and IT Governance Summits.

Click to register for Enterprise Resource Forecasting, Scenario Planning & What-If Analysis With Microsoft Project

Live Webinar – October 30th 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 Process Automation is essential to increasing efficiency in the workplace. SharePoint is a flexible and extensible platform for solving business needs and meeting the challenges faced by today’s business users.

SharePoint 2013 offers Microsoft’s most robust set of tools yet for automation.

In this session, Andy Huneycutt (LinkedIn profile) will discuss how to maximize your organization’s return on investment by examining the many automated process available out of the box in SharePoint 2013.

By combining the features of Enterprise Content Management, Form Services, and Workflows, SharePoint 2013 provides a rich feature set and no code solution that can help promote efficacy in the workplace, provide transparency, and increase accountability.

Expect to learn:

• How to deliver an enterprise-wide content management experience
• How to deliver customized web based forms without a single line of code
• Apply advanced techniques for creating custom rules based workflows
• Discover how to combine these features to implement a robust, extensible, reliable, and easy to use experience

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.5 Report Performance

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 Business Process Automation For SharePoint 2013: Increasing Efficiency In The Workplace

Live Webinar – October 27th, 2015 2:00 pm – 2300 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

A digital transformation is occurring in most organizations.

In this session Mike Harris (LinkedIn profile) will discuss how “Social Media, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud” (SMAC) are affecting software development.

Mike will provide some ideas for how organizations should prepare for these changes, particularly in terms of improving the flow of business value.

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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

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.5 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 view A SMAC In The Face For Enterprise Software Development

Live Webinar October 28th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

How to Make Speed Feature #1 &
Take Your Digital Delivery To Ludicrous Speeds

As mobile consumption and responsive design become more integral to your digital strategy, plain old high-speed experience just isn’t enough — you need to work with your team to make speed your number 1 feature!

It’s clear that performance of your digital properties is important for business results.

There’s already a great deal of research on the topic, and techniques for internally selling speed within your company are well known.

But, until you make speed feature #1 and apply it to every part of your end user experience, you will never be able to reach the performance level your customers are increasingly coming to expect as standard — ludicrous speed.

Join acknowledged web performance expert Sergey Chernshev and Aaron Rudger in this informative session.

They will  reveal proven ways to:

• Prioritize speed against other your other features (current, planned, and backlog)
• Avoid common anti-features — features that slow user experience and harm business results
• Make real features both useful and fast

Presenters:

Aaron Rudger (LinkedIn profile, @arudger) currently leads Product Marketing at Dynatrace, shaping and evangelizing the company’s digital performance management technology vision.  Aaron has held key marketing positions at Right90, BMC Software, Remedy Corporation and iPrint.com. Aaron is also a frequent speaker at industry events.

Sergey Chernyshev (LinkedIn profile, @sergeyche) is web performance enthusiast, open source hacker and web addict with 20+ years in the industry. Working at Dynatrace as Web Performance consultant, he helps large clients make sense of their performance needs. Sergey also organizes NY Web Performance Meetup Group, local community of web performance geeks in New York and helps kick-start local Web Perf groups around the globe.

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 When Fast Isn’t Fast Enough: Speed As Your Number 1 Feature