Live Webinar – February 17th, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Demystify a wide range of agile & traditional requirements / development methodologies!

This session looks at the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and gives prescriptive guidelines to requirements leadership looking to improve results by striking a better balance between agile and disciplined practices.

These practices are not mutually exclusive – the real issue is to look at your current circumstances and find the right balance to maximize success.

This session refocuses the agility versus discipline dialogue.

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Harmonizing Agility & Discipline

Online Webinar – Recorded March 1, 2010
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Note: NetObjectives is an REP ( 3045) but this opportunity is a Category B PDU.

This is the 2nd webinar in a 7 part  NetObjectives series:

• Business Driven Software Development
  

Check out information on the 1st webinar in the series on PDU Of The Day

This session provides an overview of how to do product portfolio management and release planning at an enterprise level. Lean-Agile methods do not necessarily mean to move forward in a totally blind manner – discovering what you will be working on for the business just before you do it.

For many organizations, a clear plan of improved business capability is an absolute must.

This session will show you the approach to undertake to accomplish this.

Outline:

• Why our current planning methods don’t work
• The importance of product portfolio management
• Creating a release plan for an agile organization

Primary target audience of session: Product managers, directors, analysts and team leads

Also useful for: Executives and managers

Presenter: Alan Shalloway (Linkedin Profile & @alshalloway) is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 40 years experience, Alan is a thought leader in Lean, Kanban, PPM, Scrum and agile design. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, and Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design. Alan is a co-founder and board member for the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
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”

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Product Portfolio Management

Live Webinar – February 17th 2016 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)

Note: Although DCG is an Rep this event may not have a course number contact DCG for further information

What are the fundamental metrics that can be used to measure the performance of software teams?

It all comes down to 7 basic measures!

In this presentation, DCG-SMS Managing Director The Metrics Wheel (DCG bio) will outline the 7 fundamental metrics that make up the metrics wheel.

Alan will demonstrate how combining two or more measures can help you to plan and manage software projects and report on the success of the whole organization, from business to delivery.

Do you connect on social media networks?

• DCG LinkedIn,
• DCG Twitter

During the webinar, join the conversation on Twitter using #DCGwebinar.

NOTE: Calendar conflict? Register below and receive the link to the recording to view at a later time.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 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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The Metrics Wheel

Live Webinar – February 18th, 2016 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

Experts, scientists and learning specialists agree that experience is one of the better ways to help learners learn.

The more experience the learner and worker has, the more they perform on the job.  In typical learning environments, “experience learning” is not encouraged.

Consequently, learners try hard to learn the theory and yet forget them as soon as they finish the courses.

To prevent this from happening, effective learning incorporates experience-learning before, during and after the learning process – and is continuously encouraged on the job.

Topics covered:

• What scientific studies demonstrate that experience-learning is far more effective than other methods?
• What are the key elements of experience-learning – its design, methods, platform and culture?
• What aspects of your training plan warrants experience-learning methods?
• How do you use problem-solving, analytical studies, trouble-shooting, action-research, peer-to-peer learning to strengthen experience-learning?

Presenter : Ray Jimenez (LinkedIn profile) – Chief Learning Architect and Founder of Vignettes Learning and StoryImpacts.com, a systems development and consulting company specializing in e-Learning and Performance Systems, eLearning course development and interactive tools and social learning community platform.

Ray has over twenty years experience in the consulting and training industry. Author of 3-Minute e-Learning: Rapid Learning and Applications, Amazingly Lower Cost and Faster Speed of Delivery: Plus Online Demos, Templates, Videos, Scenario-Based Learning: Using Stories To Engage e-Learners (Scenario-Based Learning, Volume 1), and DIYEL 101 Tips for Do-It-Yourself eLearning. Ray teaches eLearning programs for the University of California, Irvine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center and Assumption University, Bangkok.  Visit Ray’s website and his blog.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 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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Accelerating Experience-Based Learning For High-Performance