Online Webinar
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hrs  2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free  PDU / CDU

Are You Too Soft?

Most Project Manager/Business Analyst leaders are not consistently willing to make the tough and unpopular project-related decisions, even though their instincts warn them that they are not taking the most effective action.

Witness examples of PM/BA actions (or inactions) that are indicative of too-soft behaviour.  Will you recognize familiar behaviour?

You do not have to be rude, insensitive, arrogant, or a bully to avoid being too soft.

None of these attributes are acceptable …ever! Come prepared to rethink what constitutes effective project management and business analyst leadership behaviour.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• How to become a more effective leader
• How to avoid being too soft
• How to become a more effective leader

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Download – Power Snippets
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Neal Whitten PMP (LinkedIn profile) President Neal Whitten Group, is a Keynote speaker, trainer, consultant, mentor, and best-selling author in the areas of leadership, project management, & employee development with 35+ years of front-line project management experience. A writer for professional magazines including PM Network® magazine.

Neal is also the author of several books including:

• Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Advice For Successful Projects
• Neal Whitten’s Let’s Talk! More No-Nonsense Advice for Project Success
• The Gift of Wisdom: Lessons for a Lifetime
• Becoming An Indispensable Employee in a Disposable World
• Managing Software Development Projects: Formula for Success, New Edition
• The Enterprize Organization: Organizing Software Projects for Accountability and Success

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The #1 Reason Why PM’s & BA’s Fail:
BEING TOO SOFT!

Live Webinar – May 2nd, 2016, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
By: RefineM Project Management Consulting (Rep# 3390)

In this Lunch and Learn, NK Shrivastava describes advanced techniques in scope and change management.

• Learn how to go beyond the basics of scope and change management by using a requirements traceability matrix (RTM).
• Learn how to enhance change management in order to better control the scope of their projects.

Leave this webinar with a better idea of how to take scope & change management to the next level.

Presenter: NK Shrivastava (LinkedIn profile) PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SPC, is CEO of RefineM LLC and an experienced and certified Project Management Consultant, Risk Management Professional, and Agile Coach with over 25 years of experience in project management. NK is an experienced instructor/trainer on project management and Agile topics and specializes in project management fundamentals, risk management, and project recovery.

As a reminder, anyone who attends three Lunch & Learn webinars in a row will be eligible for a Star Attendee prize drawing of a $10 Amazon gift card.

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Advanced Scope & Change Management Techniques

Live Webinar May 3rd, 2016, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT or
Live Webinar May 3rd, 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

• Google has PageRank,
• Amazon and Netflix have their recommendation engines,
• Airlines have their seat pricing systems,
• Supermarkets their targeted coupons

All are examples of algorithms driving revenue and differentiation in businesses today.

Algorithms are a way to encapsulate knowledge, expertise and insight in a form that enables ease of use and productization.

In a world increasingly awash in data from billions of connected devices and sensors, algorithms add the speed and scale to accelerate digital business to the next level.

Algorithmic business is about the systematic use of these capabilities to not just operate the business efficiently (although they do that exceptionally well), but also to deliver new revenue streams, products and competitive advantage for the organization.

Building on existing disciplines like data analytics, forecasting, process optimization and automation, with a growing helping of machine learning, artificial intelligence and smart machines embracing algorithmic business will be pivotal to success over the next decade.

Stephen Prentice (Gartner bio) VP & Gartner Fellow will help you understand:

• What algorithmic business is and what it deliver
• Essential skills needed and where to find them
• New and disruptive business models you may face as a result of algorithmic business

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

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Response
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders

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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Driving Differentiation With Algorithmic Business

Live Webinar April 28th, 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)

In this webinar Alfonso Bucero author of The Complete Project Manager explains how your words, as a project manager, may generate different perceptions and reactions from different people; and how to select the right words with the right people.

Presenter: Alfonso Bucero, (LinkedIn profile) MSc, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI Fellow, Region 8th South-West Component Mentor

Some of Alfonso’s published works include:

• Today Is a Good Day! Attitudes for Achieving Project Success
• The Influential Project Manager: Winning Over Team Members and Stakeholders (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
• The Complete Project Manager: Integrating People, Organizational, and Technical Skills, 
• Hoy es un buen día. Actitudes para lograr el éxito del proyecto (Spanish Edition) .
• The Complete Project Manager’s Toolkit
• Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (Jossey-Bass Business & Management)

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Your Words Make A Difference

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Live Webinar April 27th, 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session is for project managers that sometimes need to contract externally for requirements discovery services in order to make their project a success.

This session shares hard facts, case studies, and a wealth of experience in successful – and not so successful – contracting approaches for the senior project manager.

Supercharging a project by accelerating the requirements discovery phase is a solid strategy – but how do you ensure the company will get solid business value from the activity?

3 Learning Objectives from this Session:

• Effective analyst engagements models that drive value
• Red flags in your review cycle: clear signals that you have, or will have, issues with your requirements discovery team.
• Setting targets for timetable and turnaround: what should you expect from a top notch analyst team?

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Outsourcing Requirements Discovery

Live Webinar – April 29th 2016, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – ASPE/Techtown is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Power BI dashboards help you keep a finger on the pulse of your business, and monitor key metrics in a single place.

Join  Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile) in this webinar to learn about best practice tips and tricks visualizing your data in Power BI dashboards.

Bryon will show you some of the most exciting ways to build great looking reports and dashboards that communicate information very effectively.

The Microsoft BI stack today can be a bit confusing — attend this webinar and you’ll make sense of it all!

Bonus:
Webinar Attendees Receive
A FREE Guide to the NEW Power BI Desktop!

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Visualize Your Data
With Microsoft’s Power BI & Power View Tools