Live Webinar December 16th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDWxx
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

The role of a Business Analyst versus the role of a Project Manager is an age old discussion that has caused quite a bit of controversy over the years.

Although the presence of a Business Analyst on a project does not seem odd, the role still brings a great deal of confusion among stakeholders.

This confusion has been the root of much tension on projects and has put the Business Analyst on some occasions at odds with the Project Manager.

Eliminating the confusion between the two roles is critical for project success.

This webinar will explore real-life scenarios.

Learn proven techniques to:

• Eliminate the confusion between BA & PM responsibilities once and for all!
• Maximize synergies between the two roles, and …
• Make sure your project has continuous success.

Presenter: Edwina Simons, (LinkedIn profile) MBA, CBAP, SSGB is the Founder of Tech Hybrids, Inc. and a and a a contributing author for the latest IIBA BABOK Guide v3.   An accomplished business analyst, project manager and trainer Edwina  has over 17 years  experience achieving operational efficiency and increasing revenue in the insurance, banking, clinical research, pharmaceutical and legal industries.

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

4 Essential Techniques For Successful Project Definition

Without Discovery, design projects collapse into a disorganized mess.

As a designer, you rely on Discovery to clarify the assignment and establish a north star to guide your team’s work. To ensure everyone is pointed at the same star, however, you need great collaboration.

Have you ever wondered…

• What makes for great design Discovery?
• What are the essential ingredients to design Discovery?
• How is a designer’s mindset the key to great collaboration?
• How can designers think more strategically about the Discovery process?
• What collaborative behaviors should designers cultivate for great Discovery?

See Dan live at the inaugural O’Reilly Design Conference in San Francisco, CA, on January 19-22, where he will be speaking about Crafting the discovery phase: First steps in effective UX.

Presenter:  Dan M. Brown  (LinkedIn profile, @brownorama) is the co-founder EightShapes, a design firm based in Washington, D.C.and author of  Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning and Designing Together: The Collaboration & Conflict Management Handbook For Creative Professionals.  Dan’s books are widely considered to be essential reading for UX designers. UX teams all over the world have played his game Surviving Design Projects, to improve their conflict management skills.

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

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope

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 December 16th, 2015 – 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Are Your Team Members Champions?

Join Robert Tate (LinkedIn profile) Managing Director, PwC as he presents
Results from PwC’s 2015 Global Employee Engagement Landscape study showing that highly engaged organizations are represented by a large proportion of Champions.

Champions are people who are engaged , committed to staying at the organization, and aligned to help achieve business goals and objectives.

In this session, Robert will explore what defines high performing companies with the aim of providing insight into what these organizations are doing differently to create Champions.

The session will also explore how Champions can make a positive impact on innovation, customer satisfaction, and financial performance in comparison to other kinds of employees.

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”

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs)

Click to register for We Are Champions! Understanding What Creates Highly Engaged & High Performing Organizations

Live Webinar – December 16th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
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

“How could they have missed that defect?”

Testing is not just playing with a system; to be effective testing must be planned (yes, even for Agile Sprints) and Test Cases identified.

But of all the tests we could run, how do we choose which ones we should run?

Alan Koch (LinkedIn profile) will discuss a variety of effective strategies for identifying the most valuable test cases we can run. With the strategies in your toolbox, fewer defects will be able to escape your notice.

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

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance
• 8.3 Control Quality

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 Strategies For Identifying Software Test Cases

Live Webinar December 15th, 2015, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar December 15th, 2015, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Discussion Topics:

• Which societal or consumer pressures will have the greatest impact on data center
• Key technologies that will have the greatest impact
• Driven by these outside trends, the issues that will surface and have the greatest impact on IT

These top trends span consumer, business and technology, and all will have direct impacts on how IT delivers services to the business over the next five years.

Unless IT understands how these trends are emerging, and what cascade effects they will have on IT operations: the impact on strategy, planning and operations can be significant.

Presenter: David J. Cappuccio, (LinkedIn profile) VP Distinguished Analyst

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

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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 Top 10 Emerging Trends & Their Impacts On Your IT Operation

Live Webinar December 17th, 2015 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Learn The Science Behind Employee Engagement!

Despite having various definitions depending on the perspective of either the individual or the organization; the bottom line is that employee engagement is a desirable condition that connotes involvement, commitment, passion, enthusiasm, focused effort and energy.

Organizations take great pains in continuous measurement of employee engagement yet nationally the average percentage of engaged employees does not seem to move much beyond 33%.

The problem with employee engagement metrics is that they are a snapshot in time, while employee engagement itself is more fluid and dynamic.

Perhaps a more fundamental understanding of the science behind engagement would allow organizational leaders the ability to focus energy and efforts toward areas that could greater affect the attitudes and behaviors of their people.

Join Andrew Bennett, (LinkedIn profile) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Alabama; and Jolene Skinner, (LinkedIn profile) Global Director of Engagement and Culture, Sitel; in partnership with the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology to gain a better understanding of the science of employee engagement and, most importantly, how to put the scientific data into practice for sustainable business results.

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”

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs)

Click to register for The Science Of Employee Engagement: How To Apply It To Your Organization