Live Webinar May 11th, 2016 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Good decisions are made when executives and managers understand the story behind complex data.

In this presentation, Martin Schedlbauer will look at how data can be presented visually in an impactful and compelling way that drives action and decision.

Participants will learn about different chart types and how to summarize data in explanatory visualizations.

Through many examples, the webinar will demonstrate how to create effective visualizations, such as charts and graphs, and make them easier to read and understand. It is geared towards anyone who wants to use visualizations to tell a story with data.

Presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect, and also serves as an advisor for several industry conferences; additionally, Martin maintains an active research agenda in agile methods, requirements analysis, and human performance modeling.

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Telling Stories With Data

Live Webinar May 11th, 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 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 May 12th, 2016 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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The project organization is a cultural complex work environment.

When various companies come together to work on a project, they each bring their own corporate culture to the project organization.

• Why focus on culture?
• Organizational culture – how can it be recognized?
• A Collabyrinth
• Practices of Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program
• Cultural risks in projects
• Cultural competences for Project Manager

As culture needs to be high on the project management agenda this webinar creates awareness of the cultural risks and potentials in projects.

In this webinar Karen will present the importance of explicit attention to culture and collaboration in project management.

Participants will gain insight into a new perspective on project management, come to understand how cultural complexity is experienced on the work floor, and take advantage by learning how to deal with cultural differences and similarities that emerge in projects.

Overall, the webinar is designed to support project managers in their activities to enhance project outcomes.

Presenter: Dr. Karen Smits, PhD (LinkedIn profile)

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An on-demand recording will be available at the link below
within 24 hours of the live session.

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Corporate Culture in Project Management:
A Collabyrinth

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

Cost optimization takes on new dimensions in the age of digital business.

For many organizations – particularly those in natural-resources-based economies and geographies – economic uncertainty and the pressing need to invest in digital technologies has put IT leaders in a challenging spot.

Join Kurt Potter (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) as he discusses:

• How to identify the best opportunities for IT cost optimization
• How to improve IT cost transparency to support cost optimization
• How to employ radical cost optimization strategies to respond to unforeseen economic or industry conditions

An impending economic slowdown has many enterprises challenged with new approaches to cost optimization, whether it is in the business or in preparation for digital business transformation.

• The good news for CIOs and IT leaders is that this time there is a warning, compared to the global economic crisis of 2008.
• The bad news is that many of the tried-and-true optimization tactics will not deliver enough benefits to meet new goals for enterprises and IT organizations that are already lean.

Optimization now will mean more than just contributing to profitability goals of the enterprise – with digital business disruption looming on the horizon, cost optimization will have to be the funding source for many digital investments, while also being a stress test for digital business success.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 7.1 Plan Cost Management
• 7.2 Estimate Costs
• 7.3.Determine Budget
• 7.4 Control Costs

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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Cost Optimization In The Age Of Digital Business:
Opportunities & Concepts