Live Webinar January 27th, 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 Johanna Rothman will help you see how to apply several pragmatic estimation approaches to your project or program.

JohannaWill Show You:

• How to think about projects so you can estimate them more accurately
• What to do if you have a decreed date (vs. a target date) or  cost
• How to better your estimate as you proceed.

And MOST IMPORTANTLY….

• How to develop a reasonable estimate and have people hear what you say, not what they want to hear.

Presenter:  Johanna Rothman  (LinkedIn profile, @JohannaRothman) is an excellent Keynote speaker Author & Agile expert

• Johanna has written many popular books including:
  • Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management
  • Hiring Geeks That Fit
  • Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects
  • Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
  • Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People
• Johanna has been a part of many conferences and given great presentations such as:
  • The Get-to-Done Mentality: Finish What You Start – from Gil Broza’s Packing List For Your Agile Journey – Earn  10 Cat B PDU’s – For Just $79 USD
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  • Focus keeps you going  from Gil Broza’s Individuals & Interactions Conference – Earn 10 Category B PDU’s For Just $79 USD
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Pragmatic Approaches To Estimating Project Schedule Or Cost

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Live Webinar – January 27th, 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

MS Project, SharePoint and the Enterprise editions of Project (Project Online & Project Server) have key features than many project managers and team members fail to leverage to optimize their work practices and collaboration with stakeholders.

Come see an overview focused on the communication elements of these systems working together.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how Project, Project Online/Project Server and SharePoint have integrated features that provide better project & team communications
• Understand how to leverage the features that best work with your needs and current capabilities

Tim Runcie – (LinkedIn profile @Advisicon) MCTS, MCP, MVP, PMP MVP in Project Server, President of Advisicon Tim has over 25 years of experience in information systems and 12 years of construction project management experience and is an established author, having written over 20 books Including:

• Making Effective Business Decisions Using Microsoft Project
  
• Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010 & Project Server (Best Practices in Managing Projects with Microsoft Project)
• Microsoft Access in a SharePoint World
• Microsoft Business Intelligence: Executive Dashboards and Reporting with Microsoft Tools

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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
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Leveraging Project, Project Server and Project Online for Better Communications

Live Webinar January 26th, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

In this webcast Jay McGavren will show how to use the powerful functionality built into Ruby, and how to install new libraries with even greater capabilities.

jay will demonstrate how to process complex data using arrays and blocks, how to use the CSV library (included with Ruby) to load spreadsheets, and how to install the Sinatra gem so you can build a simple web app.

Presenter:  Jay McGavren (LinkedIn profile, O’Reilly bio) is the author of Head First Ruby, from O’Reilly (released November 2015). He’s been working in the online developer education industry since 2011, and speaks regularly at tech conferences.

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

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 8.1 Plan Quality 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.’

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Leveraging Ruby Libraries

Live Webinar January 27th, 2016, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar January 27th, 2016, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Bimodal IT is an organizational construct for IT organizations and their business partners.

Through the application of different patterns of governance, delivery and measurement, the IT organization can use multiple speeds to responsively address business needs.

In this webinar, Chris Howard, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) VP Distinguished Analyst & Kimberly Collins, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Research VP examine the nature of demand, real scenarios from the digital business world and how companies of all types are reshaping their organizations to become true partners in the creation of customer experience.

Discussion Topics:

• How bimodal IT is used to support innovation
• How to use the Gartner Pace-Layered Application Strategy to create a bimodal IT strategy and recognize systems of innovation for CRM
• How to ensure that CRM systems of innovation projects are successful

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

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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’

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Getting Ahead Of Customer Demand With Bimodal IT