Live Webinar April 14th, 2016 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
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Many projects do not fail due to technical reasons.

When project outputs get transitioned to operations and the resultant changes go live, there is a huge resistance from the impacted functional organizations (especially for projects such as system integration, process improvement, and enterprise transformation).

In this presentation  S. Ramani (LinkedIn profile) discusses what can be done to make enterprise-wide transformation projects/programs more successful, by addressing the cultural and humanistic issues concerning change.

Best change management practices including those of John Kotter (LinkedIn profile) and William Bridges are illustrated in the background of speaker’s practical experience.

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Change Management:
A Key Facilitator For Project Success

Live Webinar – April 14th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

The Project Sponsor’s role on a  project is the single most critical predictor of project success!

That said, many if not most Project Sponsors have no idea what they are supposed to be doing.

Imagine Captain Pickard from Star Trek – “Make it so!”

That’s the extent of the contribution for most organizational Sponsors. It’s up to you as the Project Manager to cultivate the Project Sponsor.  For you project to be successful, you must make sure the Project Sponsor is successful.

In this webinar, Lou will share with you research and strategies that will help you influence up.

After attending, you’ll be able to:

• Leverage the fact that Trust is Bi-directional and grow both ends
• Identify and implement critical pre-requisites prior to cultivating your Sponsor
• Clarify and build a strong knowledge of what a Project Sponsor expects and needs from both a business and personal position
• Clarify and build a strong base with knowledge of what strengths and blind spots you bring to the relationship

As always, you will learn, share, draw, comment, laugh and grow with this new session from Lou Russell.

Presenter: Lou Russell (LinkedIn profile) is President and CEO of L+EARN and Russell Martin & Associates. Lou delivers learning experiences that are fun, flexible, fast and measurable. She believes that learning and earning go hand in hand and focuses on faculty development, retention and recruitment of students, project management, leadership and organizational learning opportunities. Lou is the author of The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook and IT Leadership Alchemy, Project Management for Trainers, Training Triage: Performance-Based Solutions Amid Chaos, Confusion, and Change, and her newest book 10 Steps to Successful Project Management. A popular speaker, Lou addresses national and international conferences such as the Career College Association, ACCET, Training 2008, Project Management Institute, Project World, LotuSphere, ASTD and the Society of Information Management (SIM).

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholders

• 10.1 Plan Communications Management
• 10.2 Manage Communications
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.2 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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Cultivating A Project Sponsor

Live Webinar April 13th, 2016 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Abandoning the “one person one boss” rule, embracing, and empowering lateral decision-making within an organization can overcome many of the challenges created by the increasing complexity of today’s organizations.

Specialization within departments creates highly focused and deeply skilled operational teams but this can lead to the silo-mentality that hinders cooperation, innovation, and the flow of information and ideas.

Today’s matrixed organizations are designed to tear down these silos and ultimately create a structure that can be more responsive to swiftly changing business needs.

Benefits can only be realized if the matrix works!

Join Brian and Elizabeth for this webcast on building a culture that makes the matrix work.

They will provide an overview of the four components of the Matrix Working Framework that can help make a difference in the matrix working for you and your team.

They will also share highlights from a global study on influence in a matrix, and share best practices from leading organizations.

Presenters:

Brian Blancke, (LinkedIn profile) Ph.D. Content Consultant, Vantage Partners

Elizabeth Rayer (LinkedIn profile), Ph.D., Principal and Director of Corporate Education, Vantage Partners brings expertise in negotiation, influence, change management, organizational development and instructional design. Liz’s work has been heavily concentrated on enabling organizations across various industries to have a sustainable, positive impact on their bottom line by more strategically and effectively working with, and managing relationships with, internal and external stakeholders. Liz earned her Ph.D. in Psychoeducational Processes from Temple University with a focus of organizational development and adult learning.

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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) toward SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Making The Matrix Work For You & Your Team

Live Webinar April 13th, 2016 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

Wearable technology has the potential to be a game changer in many aspects of life.

In this webinar Arlene Minkiewicz explores the current and future uses of wearable tech in business.

Presenter: Arlene F. Minkiewicz (LinkedIn profile @arleneMink) Chief Scientist at Price Systems, LLC With 30 + years of experience building cost models, Arlene is a software measurement expert dedicated to finding creative solutions focused on helping make software development professionals successful. Check out her Blog on the Pricesystems Site!

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How Wearable Technology Will Change Business

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

One of the limitations of using Project Online is the inability to get access to all of your data in order to create complex reports.

This presentation will be demonstrate to viewers how they can leverage ‘SQL Server Reporting Services’ (SSRS) reports within Project Online to satisfy pretty much any reporting need.

The presenter, Tom Henry, will be demonstrating some amazing reports that can be created using SSRS.

Tom will demonstrate:

• How Executives can get a high level understanding of what’s happening within their portfolio
• Some key reports that allow Project Managers to gain insight into all of the projects that they currently running
• Plus lots more…..

Presenter: Tom Henry, MCTS/MCIPT (LinkedIn profile) is the PPM Practice Manager at Projility, and a technical subject matter expert in implementing MS Project, Project Server and SharePoint. A Microsoft Certified IT Practitioner with multiple Microsoft product certifications , he is responsible for deploying Microsoft Project, Project Online, Project Sever and SharePoint together with associated technologies and business processes. Tom has in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s O365 platform and cloud based solutions such as Project Online. Tom received his BSc in Comput¬er Science from Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. He is also one of only a handful of certified facilitators in the US for the Microsoft PPM Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) Program.

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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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Leveraging SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Within Project Online

Live Webinar – April 12th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hours + QA – 1 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs
Presented by: SD Times (Software Development Times)

In today’s business world, applications represent the new contested battleground.

The ability to execute more application releases in a shorter amount of time is a significant and enduring competitive advantage. But what stands in the way of achieving this critical competency?

For many organizations, the answer is “data.”

Data serves as the fuel for applications and often becomes the bottleneck that slows down development and testing.

In fact, prevailing approaches to preparing and delivering test data have flaws in at least one key dimension: test data management (TDM) solutions force teams to choose between high-quality test data and fast access to test environments.

In contrast, an emerging wave of self-service tools and development strategies allows project teams to avoid this tradeoff.

Learn:

• Why data is the key to accelerating application projects
• The shortcomings of current TDM solutions such as synthetic data, subsetting, and standalone masking and how they impact software development
• How a new wave of tools combining advanced virtualization with data security is dramatically improving release speed and quality

Join Matthew Yeh, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Product Marketing Manager, Delphix & David Chiang, (LinkedIn profile) Business Technology Consultant, Delphix for this informative session.

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

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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The Future Of Test Data Management