Online Webinar – Recorded February 29th 2016
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – ASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event – More information will be available at the session.

BA’s Stakeholders In DevOps

With the application of DevOps management principles impacting entire enterprise IT departments, it is important for the BA to understand who the stakeholders are in a DevOps-style project and how they map to the stakeholder profiles described in the BABOK.

In this short session Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile)  will explain the contemporary roles of the various stakeholders one might find along the way on projects which espouse the principles of DevOps.

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Mapping the BA’s Stakeholders in a DevOps Workflow

Live Webinar August 3rd, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm  EDT
Presenter: Change Management Learning Center (PROSCI)
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU –  Free PDU

Prosci specializes in change management processes.  With a strong developed expertise in change management processes they produce high quality informative presentations and seminars

There is no doubting the buzz around change management over the last decade, some positive, some not.

Some of this buzz has PROSCI’s Chief Innovation Officer Tim Creasey, (LinkedIn profile, @timcreasey) worried – building traps & boundaries that limit our ability to create positive change.

In this interactive session, Tim will explore 6 “buzzes” and each buzz’s flawed assumptions and self-imposed boundaries that are limiting our potential to deliver meaningful and successful change.

This session will refocus you and help uyou debunk the buzz by converging on the “why we do what we do” behind change management – to help people be successful in change.

PROSCI literally “wrote the books” on Change Management:

• ADKAR®: A Model for Change in Business, Government and our Communityby Jeffrey M. Hiatt
  • ADKAR®—awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and reinforcement
• Change Management: The People Side of Change by Jeffrey M. Hiatt

These texts are a MUST READ for anyone performing Change management as a part of their role!

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 13 – Stakeholders

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.6 Manage Scope
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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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Debunking The Buzz

Live Webinar August 3rd, 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
Once viewed your PDU Will automatically Be recorded with PMI®

ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead premium content
Is available to PMI® members.

Anyone leading a project would likely agree that it is one of the hardest jobs to do.

Project leads and managers often have to work with a very diverse group of individuals, most of whom are usually not direct reports.

In order to fully complete the project on-time, within budget and with the available resources, the project leads and managers must tenaciously drive to influence the appropriate people at all levels of an organization to take action.

Having excellent communication skills becomes of paramount importance to successfully achieving that result.

During this webinar:

• Explore and understand the translation process that exists in each person’s mind when communication occurs
• Reveal the most unconscious foundation of all communication
• Discuss how our major senses influence communication
• Learn how to apply that information to communication more effectively

By the end of this webinar, you will have:

• More awareness of different communication styles
• Greater flexibility in communicating with those style
• A better understanding of how they communicate influences the results they get

Join Amy Mckee (LinkedIn profile) and communicate more effectively with your teams and stakeholders.

Note: You have to sign in to ProjectManagement.com with your PMI® credentials to register for this opportunity. If you are not signed in with your PMI® credentials you will not see the “Register for this webinar” link

Registration for these sessions fill quickly! If the registration is closed they are at maximum capacity for the live webinar.

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

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Simple Steps Toward Communicating More Effectively

Live Webinar – August 3rd, 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

What-if-Scenarios Part 2

This continuation of Leveraging MS Project / Project Online or Server for Project, to Program What-if-Scenarios will build upon both the best practices as well as show expanded options and advanced approaches for project managers who struggle with utilizing the full power of Project to do “What-if” scenarios.

Learn how to create powerful snapshots, scenario planning and leveraging combinations of views, custom fields and approaches for reporting and managing “What-if” options with MS Project

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about Project Settings that allow for scalability for what if planning
• Learn how to leverage comparative analysis, snapshots and centralized views for what-if data
• Learn how to create powerful views and reports in Project, visually showcasing scenario’s.

Presenter: Tim Runcie – (LinkedIn profile @Advisicon) MCTS, MCP, MVP, PMP MVP in Project Server, President of Advisicon Tim has over 25 years of experience in information systems and 12 years of construction project management experience.  An Agile PPM expert and Technology Champion & Trainer for PMO’s and PM community of practices Tim has published over of 35 books including:

• Making Effective Business Decisions Using Microsoft Project
  
• Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010 & Project Server (Best Practices in Managing Projects with Microsoft Project)
• Microsoft Access in a SharePoint World
• Microsoft Business Intelligence: Executive Dashboards and Reporting with Microsoft Tools

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

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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Advanced Approaches To Scheduling With MS Project

Live Webinar August 4th, 2016, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

New CDOs must act quickly and decisively when they take up their posts or risk failure.

Because the CDO role is new in many organizations, there is often no pre-existing program – everything must be done “from scratch.”

Join Debra Logan (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) VP & Gartner Fellow and learn the challenges and issues you need to face in the first 100 days.

Discussion Topics:

• What successful CDOs do in their first 100 days
• How to establish yourself as the data leader in your organization

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 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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The Chief Data Officer’s (CDO’s) First 100 Days

Live Webinar August 2nd, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

In this session Alexander Dymo discusses what really makes Ruby and Rails applications slow, what can make them faster, and the steps you should take to optimize performance.

Presenter: Alexander Dymo (LinkedIn profile) is an entrepreneur, Y Combinator alum, software executive, free software developer; and the author of the bestselling Ruby optimization book; Ruby Performance Optimization: Why Ruby is Slow, and How to Fix It .

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

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 9.3 Develop 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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Ruby & Rails Performance Optimization