Live Webinar – January 11th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

In the second webinar of this multi-part series, Microsoft Project expert Ira Brown will present additional techniques for initiating a new project that is consistent with established organizational standards.

This presentation will cover topics such as:

• Quick review of topics covered in Part 1 including initiating a project from a template and making the necessary adjustments for a real project
  o Initiating a new project from an existing project
• Using the Import Project Wizard to transform a standalone MPP file into an enterprise project
• Replacing generic resources with named resources
• Replacing generic resources with multiple named resources who will be fulfilling the same role
• Adding additional activities to a project that is underway

Presenter: Ira Brown (LinkedIn profile) is the President and CEO of Project Widgets, a Microsoft Project Partner specializing in add-on products, implementation services, integration, training, and custom software development for Microsoft Project. He is a is a recognized Microsoft Project expert with over twenty years of experience.

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!

Click to register for:
Best Practices For Initiating A New Project Schedule
With Microsoft Project – Part 2

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Live Webinar – January 11th 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
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.

Power Up with Power BI!

Find out what Power BI and the full Microsoft BI stack can do for you.

With so many changes and new capabilities added to the Microsoft BI stack, it can be challenging to keep up with it all.

In this webinar, learn about ALL the components that make up the Microsoft BI stack, the latest developments, and what’ coming next.

Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile) will help you ramp up your business intelligence skills, with this webinar.  It is the perfect starting point.

NOTE: All attendees will receive a free Tips & Tricks Power BI Guide and discount coupon for our 3-Day Power Bi Boot Camp! Be sure to attend.

Click to register for:
Understanding The Microsoft BI Stack & Power BI Updates

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR – Highly Recommended
Live Webinar Jan 5th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: 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.

There are many risk identification techniques that we can use to identify risks and yet brainstorming is the most commonly used technique.

Latest research studies into decision making and predictive capabilities give insight on additional techniques and practices which could improve our risk identification rates.

What quantitative and quantitative methods should we use to achieve the best results?

The focus in this interactive Q&A based session will be on how to improve risk identification rates from around 60% of identified risks to 85% of identified risks.

Presenter: Nicki Kons, BSc., MBA, MA, PMI-RMP, PMI-PMP, (LinkedIn profile)

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 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.

Click to register for:
Risk Identification Techniques: Beyond Brainstorming

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR – Highly Recommended!
Live Webinar January 4th 2017 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST or …
Live Webinar January 4th 2017 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 .5 Hrs  1.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

While much of testing and test management involves rational decision-making, measuring quality and providing testing services to the team, there are realms of the test manager’s job where psychology meets politics to form psychopolitics.

In this webinar, drawn from three decades of industry experience and materials in his best-selling book Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing, 3rd edition, Rex will discuss how psychology and politics can collide to make the test manager’s job…interesting.

Join in the discussion after the initial presentation with your own questions and stories about testing psychology, testing politics, and plain ol’ psycho-politics!

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 Psychopolitics Of Test Management

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of:
The Psychopolitics Of Test Management

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR
Live Webinar – Jan 4th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Gaining adoption once an enterprise aggregates all their projects into a portfolio can be challenging.

Project Pro and Project Online/Server are really good out of the box however, your enterprise adoption strategy for Project Pro and Project Online/Server requires just a little bit more.

In this session Darrin will cover adoption strategies around shifting to a new tool, updating best practices and policies, training the team, surfacing new insights all while creating excitement for all of your users.

Presenter:  Darrin Lange, (LinkedIn profile) BAd PMP Director of Operations and Project Management at Advaiya, has 20+ years with diverse project management experience in the Information Technology industry. Working in leadership roles across diverse companies from Public Safety software companies to DaaS providers and Consulting, he has helped to shape company strategies. Darrin is now responsible for forming and facilitating cohesive teams, client interfacing, and liaising with stakeholders.

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!

Click to register for:
Project Online/Server Adoption Strategy

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR
Live Webinar January 5th, 2017, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Data and analytics leaders now come from all parts of the business.

Data and analytics programs are no longer being led exclusively by IT, but are created by and for other business leaders.

The integrated, connected, real-time nature of digital business requires collaboration between historically independent organizational units, and data and analytics programs are at the center of it all.

Join Debra Logan (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) VP & Gartner Fellow and learn about Gartner’s 2017 vision for the direction of analytics and data.

Discussion Topics:

• The trends impacting data and analytics, and the challenges and opportunities they create
• How leading organizations create and evolve their information and analytics strategies
• The leading practices in data and analytics programs

Click to register for:
Data & Analytics: Leadership & Vision 2017

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