Online Webinar – Recorded April 25th 2013
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

You Get What You Measure

Metrics drive behavior and implementing the right metrics to measure the right things is imperative to support any improvement initiative.

The metrics used in traditional project management, such as % Complete for Requirements, Code and Test do not tell where we truly are in delivering business value.

The Only True Measure Of Progress Is Working Software

In this session, we will examine the fundamentals of Agile Metrics and how to implement them so that we can more accurately assess the impact that agile methods has on improving the software creation process and where and when we will be done with a project.

Presenter:Tom Wessel (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar November 25th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour  Credits: 1 PDU Category B  – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Giving people tasks that they “want to do” makes a huge difference in their performance, but a few things need to be in place first.

Building a great team starts with trust as the foundation building block.

Once you get your team to a point where they can manage their own conflict and make their own decisions, you will begin to see them be much more accountable and you will see measurable results.

Finally, wrap around this structure a commitment to use each resource in a way that gets them excited about what they are doing – NOW you have an engaged and effective organization.

This month explore what skills you need to have in order to move your team to the pinnacle of performance.

When your team performs at this level, think about how much easier your job will be.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Benefits of this session:

• Learn how to form an engaged and productive organization
• Build trust and team cohesiveness to improve performance
• Establish accountability and effectiveness
• Earn 1 PDU

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Live Webinar November 24th 2015, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar November 24th 2015, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Measuring aspects of your business, marketplace, customers and partners is more important than ever.

Well-designed metric frameworks, yardsticks and communication mechanisms can avoid the many pitfalls that lead to confusion, misdirection and lack of collaborative performance.

Discussion Topics:

• The importance of metrics in measuring business performance
• How to construct a well-designed metric framework
• Best practices to implement and pitfalls to avoid

Presenter: Kurt Schlegel, (Gartner bio) Gartner Research VP

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

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance
• 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’

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Live Webinar November 23rd 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

• Your customers are more demanding, uncompromising, and unrelenting than ever before.
• They expect your applications and systems to deliver an exceptional experience every time, wherever they are on whatever device they chose.

However, when your system fails to perform because of complex infrastructure, mobile network connections or any other reason, your customers get frustrated and quickly become former customers.

In the world moving at Cloud and DevOps speed, how can you stay ahead and deliver the exceptional experience your customers expect?

Don’t let performance be an afterthought that you attempt to address in final testing. Rather, consider how to engineer for performance from the very beginning.

Effectively, “Performance Engineering” enables you to ensure you deliver quality, scale, and performance throughout your products and services; so you delight customers with amazing experiences.

Learn about the 4 primary elements of Performance Engineering  practices:

• Architect & Design: How to engineer configuration and applications up front before starting development.
• Build: DevOps aspects for continuous integration, for effective and fast delivery.
• Deliver: Continuous deployment and operations.
• Monitoring: Predictive, growth, features, and continuous feedback.

How will you apply these proven practices to deliver business results?

Presenters:

Todd DeCapua, Chief Technology Evangelist HP Software,  & co-founder of TechBeacon.com; has 20+ years experience in IT applications development, IT operations, technology integrations,  in several domains including: Mobile, Agile, Cloud, and Performance Enhancement. Over the years Todd has transformed organizations to Agile / DevOps, consulted with organizations worldwide, and been recognized with several industry certifications and awards.

Shane Evans, (LinkedIn profile) Sr Product Manager & Evangelist for Performance Engineering at HP,  is an experienced IT Manager with 12+ years in industry. His primary focus has been Performance Engineering / Management.   Shane is an active member of the Performance Engineering community, and regularly contributes to the discussions on the Forums, Google Groups, Yahoo, & LinkedIn.

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’

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