Live Webinar May 19th, 2016 – 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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As noble a profession as project management might be, it is still looked on with mistrust by some.

It can be seen as overly rigid and bureaucratic. Overly linear and traditional by others.

Some value it, some question it and some loathe it. How to navigate managing projects in the real world and ensure success in any environment.

Join Mark Mullaly (LinkedIn profile) author of Researching the Value of Project Management in this informative presentation.

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Project HEADWAY:
Adapting Project Management For The Real World

Live Webinar – May 16th 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  – they are an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Configuration Management, when applied over the life cycle of a system, provides visibility and control of performance, functional, and physical attributes.

The configuration management process facilitates an orderly management of system information and system changes allowing for system automation and ease of capability updates, improvements to reliability and performance, risk and cost reduction, or to correct defects.

Easier said than done, right?

In this session Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile)  will explain an overview of Configuration Management principles and what you can do to begin implementing a structured, accurate and consistent CM program for your organization.

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Configuration Management Principles

Live Webinar – May 17th, 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

In today’s mobile and project-centric work environment, the ability to coordinate multiple projects with distributed teams—and making high-level strategic decisions based upon consolidated project progress, risk and resource usage information—is critical.

When it comes to project management, every individual, team, and organization has unique needs.

Microsoft’s vision for project management is to enable individuals and teams to choose the tool that is the best fit for their specific project while still delivering the visibility that their organization needs to ensure focus on the right priorities.

Join Dux Raymond Sy as he will help you understand how all the solutions across Office 365, SharePoint, and Project fit together so you can chart a realistic approach to project management for your organization that will deliver immediate value today and drive lasting success tomorrow.

Presenter: Dux Raymond Sy (LinkedIn profile) is Chief Technology Officer of AvePoint Public Sector, where he is responsible for leading the development & delivery of strategic solutions. Dux is the author of  SharePoint for Project Management: How to Create a Project Management Information System (PMIS) with SharePoint. As a thought leader in maximizing project team collaboration, he is focused on empowering organizations on how to leverage the benefits of collaborative tools with quantifiable goals. Dux is very much involved in the greater SharePoint community and is an event chair for SharePoint Saturday, a free community driven conference that has been held worldwide. Dux regularly writes about project management, SharePoint and globalization at MeetDux.com.

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This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

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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Fast Track Project Management Success:
How To Utilize Relevant Microsoft Technology

Live Webinar May 17th 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Let’s suppose you bought a car.
Six days later, someone from the dealership
Let himself into your garage …
Removed the tires on the car …
Installed some “updated” tires …
That actually had holes in them …
And then they left!

In the morning, your car was there in the garage, all sad and undriveable on its flat, flabby tires.  That’s clearly unacceptable, in fact even criminal!

But we allow the same thing to happen all the time with software!

Why?

In this webinar, Rex will catalog infamous automated software updates, released without sufficient testing to wreak havoc, or at least inconvenience.

Rex will then give a detailed roadmap for reducing your chances of being part of the problem.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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Defeating The Scourge Of
The Under-Tested Automatic Software Update

Live Webinar – May 16th 2016, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – May 16th 2016, 2:00 – 3:00 BST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: TestHuddle.com

As Kevin Harris explains the topic of the webinar:

When I first started 18 years ago, the tester’s role was pretty simple – find as many bugs as you can. That was it. And I was pretty good at that – in my first few years I found literally thousands of bugs.

Many years later we like to think that we are much better testers than we used to be – more experienced, using more techniques and more tools to find bugs in more and more interesting ways.

We are often working on systems incredibly more complex than we ever used to, with more moving parts and more things that could go wrong.

And yet many of us are not raising anywhere near as many bugs that we used to.

So why is that?”

This webinar looks at 10 simple improvements in the way testers work which means that they’re now either catching bugs before they get to the test environment, or, even better, preventing them from happening in the first place.

Presenter: Kevin Harris (LinkedIn profile), NewVoiceMedia, UK – has been in Software Testing for more than 15 years, working in a variety of industries – loyalty, travel, health, Government, marketing and communications.  Kevin worked  in a variety of roles from Tester to Test Manager (via Developer, Business Analyst and Scrum Master), and is is specifically interested in the Agile Process and the positive effect it has had on the Development process. 

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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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Striving for Zero Bugs on the Test Environment