Short Notice Webinar – Highly recommended!
Live Webinar – August 17th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: PMI® chapter – Minnesota (REP #C018)

This webinar is presented by PMI-MN

Different chapters offer different opportunities and benefits for chapter members. We encourage you to take a look at the this wonderful webinar presented by A PMI® chapter. Please Consider joining PMI-MN.

In today’s PMO environments, a clear understanding of PMO management’s leadership role and responsibility is absolutely essential for a successful evolution, from project management to program management to portfolio management organization.

In this presentation Ruffin Veal will focus on the expanding role and vision of PMO management while exploring the corresponding project/program/portfolio management essentials and dynamics necessary for collaboration and organizational success.

Presenter: Ruffin Veal III PMP (LinkedIn profile)  Principal Ruffin Veal and Associates, Inc, is an IT & PM professional whose career spans multiple industries including manufacturing, banking, retail and government. An author, speaker and trainer whose industry related articles can be seen in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Virtual Library as well as in national and international publications. Ruffin holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and an M.S. degree in Project Management. Make sure to check out Ruffin’s ProjectTalk blog.

Choose the PMI Chapter (s) That are Right For You.

Project Managers can join any number of chapters that may suit their needs (not just their local chapter). Different chapters offer different opportunities – We encourage you to find the chapters that meet your specific needs.

Consider joining
PMIMN- Membership is only $30.00!!
OR any other PMI® Chapter that Suits your needs.

Click to See PMI-MN’s page:
PMO Leadership: Strategies For Organizational Development

To join the webinar:
Click the link on the PMI-MN page link &
Enter your name to join. (Adobe Connect)

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Live Webinar – August 23rd 2016 7:30 am – 8:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – August 23rd 2016 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Associaton for Project Management – APM

In order to function effectively in projects, Knowledge Management needs to work with people from different departments to collaborate.

This is challenging in itself for the Knowledge Manager, but how about building communities of experts outside of specific projects?

Hear from our speaker who has set up and led communities of experts.Virgina will be talking about LIKE (London Information & Knowledge Exchange) and its role in sharing knowledge across disciplines with a variety of professionals.

Join Virginia Henry about engaging experts and unlocking access to combined knowledge in ways that can work within your project teams and across wider communities.

Presenter: Virginia Henry (LinkedIn profile, @virginiahenry) is a knowledge professional who has worked for many different institutions, including UnLtd, Making Knowledge Work and the BBC. Virginia is also a cofounder of London Information & Knowledge Exchange (LIKE) where professionals meet once a month and share stories, learn and exchange knowledge in an informal and relaxed environment with good food.  She believes in good communication as a tool to help people to work more effectively together.

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Making The Most Of Knowledge
With Expert Communities

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Live Webinar August 25th 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT or …
Live Webinar August 25th 2016 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 .5 Hrs  1.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing:

1. Irrelevance/redundancy
2. Ignorance of relevant skills or facts
3. Obstructionism
4. Adversarialism
5. Nit-picking
6. Blindness to project/organizational priorities
7. Last-moment-ism

Are you your own worst enemy?

You might recognize your own behaviors, or behaviors of others on your test team. Rex will discuss these seven sins and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.

Rex gives examples of these behaviors through case studies, and tells you how to stop the behaviors and solve the problems those behaviors have created. For sinners and non-sinners alike, Rex offers ideas on how to become a testing saint.

Join Rex and discuss these seven deadly sins.

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

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of:
The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of:
The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing

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Live Webinar August 22nd, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

• What should a CIO do when there is no corporate strategic plan, or when a plan exists but doesn’t provide clear guidance?
• What should a CIO do when strategies exist, but aren’t accomplished amid the flood of urgent priorities and changing issues of the day?

The answer for many may be “strategic thinking.” Strategic thinking provides mental models, frameworks and tools that can help CIOs when the enterprise’s direction is unclear.

It can also help them better focus, execute and adapt in times of great change and uncertainty. Join Tina Nunno (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) VP and Gartner Fellow, and start thinking strategically today!

Discussion Topics:

• How to surface your own leadership mental models and fine-tune them for success
• How to use strategic questions to guide the daily behavior of your team and yourself
• How to use strategic questions to resolve conflict and create collaboration

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A Practical Approach To Strategic Thinking For CIOs

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Live Webinar – August 18th 2016, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training 1 Hour  1 PDU Free
Provider: Offered by Techtown /ASPE (REP 2161)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – ASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Wastes is one of the main concepts integral to the application of “Lean Principles”.

Wastes are often inherent in our business processes and work flows and are at times, hard to identify.

Join Elena Gilbert in this session to more quickly identify information wastes and a few techniques and strategies to minimize and eliminate them.

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Identifying Information Wastes

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Live Webinar August 17th 2016, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

This session is for business analyst leadership and development executive looking to make long term, systematic improvement to their business analyst organization.

IAG will draw from its project experience with over 700 customers to baseline organizations, assess the value of improvement, and determine the action plan for success.

Learning Objectives:

1. How do you assess the maturity of an analyst organization?
2. Where do you focus for improvement?
3. What implementation guidelines should be used to enhance success?

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Managing Requirements Operational Excellence

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