Live Webinar January 14h, 2016 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar Brad Mitchell will discuss alignment concepts and the importance of basic business analysis skills to define, assess and monitor the project portfolio.

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Leveraging Business Analysis To Manage The Project Portfolio

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Live Webinar – January 13th, 2016 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

The PMO Symposium 2015 was a gathering of industry professionals from across the country. Last October in Phoenix, many great sessions took place and leaders in the field had many great ideas and insights to share.

MPUG is excited bring to you the highlights from the event and some recurring themes and hot topics that PMOs are talking about. Join us for this recap of the symposium, as well as a look ahead to the profession of project management.

Presenter: Lindsay Scott (LinkedIn, @projectmgmt ) Director & co-founder of Arras People, the programme and project management recruitment specialists. Lindsay also writes the careers column for PMI’s Network magazine and recently created the first PMO Conference &  running  the PMO Flashmob.

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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!

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The Top 10 Messages From the PMI® PMO Symposium 2015

Live Webinar January 13th 2016, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session provides attendees with hands on techniques for determining the outcome of their projects before the project really gets rolling.

This session is about facts, and presents extensive research from IAG’s new Business Analysis Benchmark Study to help project managers build a predictive risk assessment model.

This session puts the intake and requirements gathering process of the project lifecycle under the microscope to determine what actions project managers can take to more consistently achieve a successful outcome on their projects.

Learning Objectives:

1. Executive perspectives on making requirements change
2. Techniques for optimizing requirements discovery
3. The tactics of requirements competency development

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Predicting Project Outcomes

Live Webinar January 12th, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

In this hands-on workshop  you will learn:

• What Namespaces are
  • All the places we use them
  • Using the three built-in namespace alternatives
  • How we can build our own
• Other places we can (and should) use them
  • Analytic apps that crunch numbers
  • Extract-Transform-Load apps that move bulk data
  • Run-time configuration settings

Presenter:  Steven Lott (  @s_lott) is the  author of Python for Secret Agents, Functional Python Programming and Mastering Object-oriented Python. Steven has been programming since the 70s, and has worked on hundreds of projects. Using Python to solve business problems for over 10 years, he is particularly adept struggling with gnarly data representation problems. Steven just finished a fourth book: Python Essentials – A Rapid Guide to the Fundamental Features of Python. Check out Steven’s  technology blog.

Don’t miss this hands-on workshop!

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 6 – Time 10 – Communications

• 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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A Hands-on Python Workshop : Namespaces