Live Webinar November 18th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

An engaged and effective project sponsor is one of the most important ingredients for a successful project outcome.

This is such an important role that it has its own guiding framework for performance standards with a spotlight on three critical competencies:

1. take accountability for the project,
2. support the project manager, and
3. support the project.

In this webinar, you will learn more about these competencies and how they are evaluated.

As well, some practical tips on how to create a solid relationship with your project sponsor and work in partnership to ensure success.

Learn to:

• Describe the competencies and performance criteria for the project sponsor
• Differentiate between project manager and project sponsor responsibilities
• Practical examples of effective project sponsorship

About the Presenter: Bonnie Cooper (LinkedIn profile), PMP®, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a twenty-year information technology professional. In her current role as the Program Director for the Massachusetts Medical Society™(MMS) Corporate IT Program Office, Bonnie is responsible for coordinating the efforts of project teams, overseeing the implementation of project standards, managing the corporate IT strategic plan, and leading the program to re-engineer the membership platform for MMS.

Click to register for The Engaged Project Sponsor

Live Webinar – November 17th 2015, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU 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.

This is the next webinar in GK’s new Weekly series “The Sales Excellence Webinar Series for Business Outcomes.”

The business case is a key step, used to articulate the value of the solution and positioned to the customer’s business objectives.

The business case needs to be compelling and present the proposal aligned to how the customer will evaluate the opportunity.

To be credible the business case must articulate not only the advocated solution, but highlight the business benefits that will be realised by the customer.

The key techniques and tools covered are:

• Cause and Effect Benefit Logic Model
  Understanding how we can use this process to look at both the direct and indirect business benefits of a solution architecture
• Benefit Credibility
  Use the target state blueprint views to facilitate the stakeholder review of benefit. From this review we can assess the benefits per objective. Then we score and weight rating to evaluate the relative importance of benefits to business objectives
• Solution Business Value Justification
  This process allows for the business to weigh the risk and reward of the benefit and does so through assessment by the key stakeholders. Usually the key stakeholder will be Sponsors, SMEs and the executive

Watch for these webinars on PDU Of The Day:

• Changing The Sales Engagement
• Uncovering Customers Business Needs
• Engaging with Customer Stakeholders
• Translating Requirements to Capabilities
• Managing Customer Business Requirements
• Modelling the Customers Business
• Developing Business Acumen
• Creating the Solution Business Case
• Delivering Benefits Realisation to the Customer
• Additional Development Support and Tools

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

• 5.6 Control Scope
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.3 Manage 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’

Click to register for PM Strategic Planning & Sales Excellence Series: Creating the Solution Business Case

Live Webinar November 17th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

• When a user opens Facebook, they want to post a picture.
• When they logs into their bank, they wants to see their balance.

Security is not front of mind, and if it gets in their way — users are  likely to look for a shortcut or simply walk away.

And yet, we consistently push security decisions to users, ranging from passwords to security warnings, usually resulting in an experience that’s neither usable nor secure.

In this webcast, Rachel and Guy will combine their UX and security expertise to offer an alternative, showing examples that aspire to solve the problem, and sharing best practices of how to provide a secure experience that doesn’t alienate users.

Presenters:

Guy Podjarny  (LinkedIn profile, @guypod Guypo) is founder of Snyk.io, building web security tools for developers& was previously CTO at Akamai & founder of Blaze.io. Guy’s research and writing focuses on web security and performance, often running large tests to reach data-driven conclusions. A frequent conference speaker, he writes at guypo.com and Medium, is the author of Responsive & Fast: Implementing High-Performance Responsive Design, and the creator of Mobitest.

Rachel Ilan Simpson (LinkedIn profile, @rilan)  is a UX designer on the Google Chrome team. As a freelance interaction designer for a variety of large clients and  design agencies. Rachel co-founded the first German version of the Maker Faire, called “Make Munich.” She also started Munich Design Jam, which brings together coders, designers, and business people to build cool products. Check out Rachael’s website.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 8 – Quality 11 – Risk

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 Designing Secure Experiences: Balancing Usability & Security

Live Webinar November 17th, 2015, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: River Software

Implementing a new mentoring program can seem daunting. Heck, even just expanding an existing program to more people can seem overwhelming.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Join Randy to learn how you can:

• Create a plan for a successful mentoring program launch
•  Find the right audience for your mentoring initiative
• Identify a critical problem to solve
• Pinpoint criteria to measure to show results

Randy Emelo author of Modern Mentoring will share success stories from clients who have scoped, launched and expanded their own mentoring initiatives.

… And even better, he will help you learn how you can do the same.

Presenter: Randy Emelo (LinkedIn profile) is President and CEO of River. He has more than 25 years of  management, training and leadership development experience both nationally and internationally.  Randy is a prolific keynote speaker, and author of  Creating a Modern Mentoring Culture (Infoline: Tips, Tools & Intelligence for Training) and Modern Mentoring, (released May 2015). Randy was named a 2013 CEO of the Year by the CEO World Awards focusing on topics related to collaboration, mentoring, social learning, and talent development.

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource 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”

Click to register for Building Your Mentoring Roadmap