Live Webinar October 13th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

Note: This webinar does not cover business process management nor is it a substitute for formal BPMN / DMN training.

Using two examples and basic tutorials, this webinar reviews two Unified Model Language (UML) techniques: Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Decision Model and Notation (DMN).

The webinar starts with a simple sequential flow application using a BPMN model with multiple pools, lanes, orchestrations, collaborations, and choreography.

After this example, the webinar cites and explains a working set of BPMN elements for business analysts (15 out of 150 elements).

The webinar then expands the topic with a more complex BPMN model with alternate flow gateways. This application involves a project selection of software development methods (Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid).

In this example, DMN augments the BPMN model by documenting the business rules used in the decision process. After this example, the webinar provides an explanation of DMN elements and requirements.

Presenter: Mark Monteleone, (BA Times bio) CBAP, PMP  an independent consultant and author of The 20 Minute Business Analyst: a collection of short articles, humorous stories, and quick reference cards for the busy analyst  Mark has also written several articles in Modern Analyst, BA Times, BA Connection, International Association of Facilitators (IAF), and Global Flipchart. Mark also instructs courses on business analysis and project management plus consults on business applications and projects in more than 35 countries.

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Augmenting BPMN With DMN:
Documenting Process Decision Logic

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Online Webinar – Recorded November 18th, 2015
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU Free
Provider:  The American Management Association

Managing Your Boss to Advance Your Career

It’s not your boss’ job to Develop /Motivate/Inspire you.

That’s Your Job!

This humorous, highly interactive webcast will delve deeply into the awkward, unnatural boss-subordinate relationship and help you to manage even the scariest relationship.

Most people leave the magic of what could be a career-changing relationship with their boss untapped.

This program starts with a simple concept: “Your boss is just an imperfect human being, doing the best she can… just like you.”

You’ll learn techniques to help you gain more influence in your relationship with your boss and be able to navigate even the most tricky situations more elegantly.

What you will learn:

• Why the boss-subordinate relationship is so complex
• The biggest career mistake you can make
• How to get your boss to trust you
• 8 questions every employee should ask their boss
• How to persuade your boss
• How to give your boss bad news
• How to deal with a moody boss
• How to find out where you stand with your boss and his boss
• What to do if your boss is really a jerk

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter:  Karin Hurt  (LinkedIn profile @letsgrowleaders) is Chief Executive Officer of Let’s Grow Leaders,  keynote speaker, MBA professor, and author of , Overcoming an Imperfect Boss: A Practical Guide to Building a Better Relationship With Your Boss,  Energize Your Leadership: Discover, Ignite, Break Through and her newest book Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results—Without Losing Your Soul.  With 20 + years in sales marketing and Human resources, this A former Verizon Wireless executive, recently was recognized on Inc magazine’s list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference and AMAs 2015 Leaders to Watch.

For another great PDU Opportunity get a free chapter of:
Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results—
Without Losing Your Soul
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Activity Type: Education – Read Up to 2 PDU – Free

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Overcoming An Imperfect Boss

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Live Webinar October 13th, 2016, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Security and risk management leaders are always trying to improve the quality of their metrics to inform better decision making in their organizations.

“Business alignment” is spoken about frequently, but execution is challenging. Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) should have defensible causal relationships to business impacts and present leading indicators to decision makers.

In this webinar, Jeffrey Wheatman (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) will discuss a Gartner methodology to integrate risk and corporate performance that helps achieve these goals.

Discussion Topics:

• The characteristics of good KRIs
• How to create defensible causal relationships between IT and business outcomes
• How IT KRIs can be presented effectively to business decision makers

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Building Successful Business Metrics For Technology Risk

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Live Webinar – October 13th, 2016 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

When violence erupts in a workplace, the outcome, impact and events of the scenario are unpredictable. Injury or death of building occupants, lawsuits, property damage, and diminished trust in the organization by staff and the community are just a few of the possible consequences.

According to an FBI survey, 45% of active shooter incidents take place in a commercial environment.

The unfortunate possibility of an Active Shooter Incident is no longer a question of if, but rather when and where – yet the risk for violence is difficult to predict and almost impossible to eliminate.

In most workplaces where risk factors can be identified, the risk of assault can be prevented or minimized if employers take appropriate precautions and are able to plan and implement multi-hazard safety training.

Under the federal Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA), all employers have a general duty to provide a safe workplace for employees, free from recognized hazards that cause or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees.

OSHA believes that a well-written and implemented workplace violence prevention program, combined with engineering controls, administrative controls and training can reduce the incidence of workplace violence in both the private sector and federal workplaces.

• Does your organization have an emergency preparedness plan?
• Would your employees know what to do if an active shooter selected your office to carry out their attack?

Learn:

• Understand the multiple types of workplace violence and crisis that can impact your organization
• Understand how to plan for multi-hazard crisis safety
• Learn how to create an emergency response plan and prepare for an Active Shooter incident
• How best to communicate and develop effective liaison with internal and external stakeholders, law enforcement agencies and other first responders
• Come away with best practices for conducting Active Shooter response training for employees and recognizing signs of potential workplace violence

Presenter:  Anthony S. Mangeri (LinkedIn profile) MPA, CPM, CEM  Director of Strategic Relations for FS&E Services, American Public University System & Faculty  School of Security and Global Studies at American Military University.  He also serves on the Fire & Life Safety Council of the American Society for Industrial Security. Anthony has more than 30 years of experience in emergency management and public safety.  During the attacks of September 11, 2001, he served as the Operations Chief at the New Jersey Emergency Operations Center assisting with the coordination of New Jersey’s response to the attacks on the World Trade Center.

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Workplace Violence:
Develop A Culture Of Preparedness

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Live Webinar October 12th, 2016 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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We as project management professionals are well aware of the importance of the so-called soft skills in our professional development and success.

• But just what are these “soft skills”?
• Where do you and your PM/PMO staff rank when it comes to the soft skills  necessary for project success?
• Do you know your and staff’s weaknesses in the PM soft skills area?
• How do you as a manager or PM professional determine and address these weaknesses?

Ruffin Veal and Associates, Inc., working in conjunction with Psych Tests AIM Inc., has identified a series of 15 psychological soft-skills specifically selected to address those skills needed for project management success.

In addition, this  webinar will provide practical tips and best practices to improve the professional soft skill development of PM personnel.

Learn: 

1. The 15 Essential Areas of PM Soft Skill Development.
2. The importance and practical application of these skills for PM professionals+
3. Exercises and best practices to improve their skill level in each area.

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.

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Registration for this session is close to being full. 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 72 hours of the live session.

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Essential Project Management Soft Skills:
A Self Assessment Webinar

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Live Webinar October 12th 2016, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

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Managing Requirements Operational Excellence
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

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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