Online Webinar – Recorded
Duration: 1 hr Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $12.95 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the Third in a 3 part series series on Requirements Definition by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

In many companies, the Requirements Definition process fails to define the “real” business need for a project and solutions are often defined before knowing what they need to satisfy.

On some projects, solutions may have already been defined and the team is just looking for “the right” project to implement them on.

Only Project Solutions with clear ties to documented business requirements are in scope for a project.

Project failure increases when teams spend resources on developing and implementing solutions that are out of scope for a project or address the project needs in unexpected or undesired ways.

Solutions Cube Group’s Defining Technical Requirements webinar will enable participants to learn techniques for creating traceable project solutions to meet the true business needs of the project..

Attendees will learn how to define the architectural framework for the project solution first and then use this knowledge to draw out detail technical statements.

Participants will also learn how to ensure the solutions they intend to build are clear and understood by both business and technical stakeholders and are not just “great ideas” that may be out of scope for the project.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Techniques for defining Technical Approaches at the beginning of the solutions activity
• Assessment techniques to select the appropriate Technical Approach for the project
• How to create traceability between technical requirement statements and business requirements
• How to use a Systems list to ensure important technical requirements are documented for the project
• How to ensure the business project stakeholders are aligned on the solution being proposed prior to starting lower level detail design work
• Specific techniques that can be immediately applied in their work environment

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Online Webinar – Recorded October 15th 2014
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: This presentation is 1 hour and 49 minutes long but was only registered with PMI for 1 PDU – Please only record 1 PDU

It’s a perennial problem for everybody:

• Over time, data quality degrades.
• Human error gradually accumulates,
• Weird duplicates pop up,
• Wrong data intentionally places in the system
• Corruption happens – the list goes on.

How can we do better with our data hygiene and keep our quality standard high when it comes to our information?

Data can be our most valuable resource, if it’s a current, well-maintained repository of useful information. Taking small steps now – every day – can yield big payoffs in the future if those steps gradually amass a high-fidelity treasure trove of information that can be mined and modeled.

Presenter: Damian Herrick (LinkedIn profile) Triangle data guru Damian Herrick. Damian is a consulting partner on analytics and enterprise data analysis, and he will answer questions about how to maintain high quality standards when we work with our data.

Click to register for Data Quality: Keeping Your Data Clean – Q & A Session

Online Webinar – Recorded August 22nd 2007
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
By: The 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.

Even if you are well-versed in project risk management, you may be unaware of the complexities of managing these risks across a suite of projects.

Done properly, management of risk at the project portfolio level can deliver significant value to your organization. It’s your job to ensure that you have an adequate balance of low-, medium- and high-risk projects in the pipeline at any given time—to maximize your resources and avoid portfolio meltdown.

How do you assess the impact of a specific risk? For example, how do schedule risks affect not just one project, but your entire portfolio?

What You Will Learn:

In this one-hour Webcast, you’ll discover the basics of:

• Identifying the three critical aspects of project risk
• Assessing and managing project risk to avoid portfolio meltdown
• How to differentiate between portfolio risk and single-project risk
• Taking overall portfolio risk into account when selecting new projects
• Recognizing when projects are going off track.properly diagnosing problems and preventing other stumbling blocks from impacting the portfolio

This Webcast is ideal for executives and project managers who are charged with initiating and managing multiple projects in a portfolio, managers working as part of a project team, or anyone interested in learning more about managing projects as part of a portfolio.

Presenter:

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

• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 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 The Art of Managing Risk in Your Project Portfolio

Online Webinar  – Recorded April 8th, 2015
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Fierce Conversations Are Hard!

Managing difficult people is simply a fact of business life that is all too often ignored.

The effect of toxic employees on organizations is immense including poor morale among talent, added stress, lost productivity, and a negatively affected bottom line.

Fierce survey results show that 78 percent of respondents claim their organizations are extremely to somewhat tolerant of colleagues with negative attitudes.

Employees and management are frequently at odds on how to best handle and confront toxic employees.

Thus, toxic employees are a leadership problem. Join Halley Bock, President & CEO, Fierce, Inc. to gain a new perspective on managing toxic employees and navigating difficult conversations.

You will learn:

1. Explore the usual suspects and toxic employees who fly under the radar
2. Learn how to hold oneself and others able to have the conversations
3. Get practical tools for giving and receiving feedback and what you should do when confrontation is needed

Fierce conversations are hard …. let Aimee Windmiller-Wood help you to understand the dynamics and give you the confidence to address the issues!

Read the two books that started it all:

• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott
• Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst “Best” Practices of Business Today by Susan Scott

Based on the work of Halley Bock (LinkedIn profile) is the President & CEO of Fierce, Inc. Her company helps clients worldwide develop leaders, transform cultures, and create authentic, energizing and rewarding connections with colleagues and customers through skillful conversations.

Presenter: Aimee Windmiller-Wood, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Vice President, Learning and Development, Fierce, Inc.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 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 Fierce Conversations: How To Address Toxic Employees