Live Webinar May 10th, 2017, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm  EDT
Live Webinar May 11th, 2017, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:: Change Management Learning Center (PROSCI)

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

The 10th Best Practices in Change Management study is now open!

For 20 years, Prosci has collected insights from thousands of change professionals to assemble the most complete collection of trends and best practices in the industry.

In this webinar we will discuss the latest study and the best practices PROSCI has identified most recently including: culture, change agent networks, vertical industry customization and complementary roles.

These new topic areas are transformational – take advantage of our latest data and insights, by learning how to apply new best practices to your work!

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!

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Approach To Change Management:
20 Years of Research

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Live Webinar May 10th, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Backup and recovery is a very old, but often expensive and problematic, process for organizations.

Dave looks at current trends in backup, alternatives that are available, and their maturity and applicability, as well as best practices to remediating current backup challenges.

Discussion Topics:

• The current state of the backup/recovery market
• Whether you should fix or ditch your backup approach
• Best practices for better backup

Join Dave Russell (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst, in this informative and useful webinar!

For another great Webinar with Dave Russell (Recorded)
Check out our article:
Building Better Backup  1 Strategic PDU!

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Backup: Fix It Or Ditch It?

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

Task Types and Effort Driven are two of the most confusing features of Microsoft Project, both to novice users and experienced users alike.

For example, have you ever changed one number in Microsoft Project, and then the software changed another number in response, and you don’t know why?  In this webinar presentation, Dale will unlock the mysteries of Task Types behavior in Microsoft Project, showing you how their behavior is both logical and predictable, and allowing you to harness the power of Task Types in your own projects.

He will also show you how the Effort Driven status of tasks interacts with each Task Type.

Presenter:  Dale Howard (LinkedIn profile)  MVP, MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP, MVP, MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP Director of Education at Sensei Project Solutions.  Dale manages educational services and is an enterprise project management trainer/consultant with more than 15 years of training experience. Dale volunteers many hours each week answering user questions in the various Project news groups in the Microsoft Communities. Dale received the prestigious Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in 2004 for his expertise with the software and for his contributions to the user communities.

Dale is an author of many great MS Project books including:

• Ultimate Study Guide: Foundations Microsoft Project 2013
• What’s New Microsoft Project 2013
• Implementing and Administering Microsoft Project Server 2010 | Second Edition
• Ultimate Study Guide: Foundations Microsoft Project 2010 (Exam 70-178)

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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Eliminate The Confusion:
Deep Dive Into Task Types & Effort Driven

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Live Webinar – May 8th, 2017 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: SD Times (Software Development Times)

• How you can effectively change your organization’s IT culture
• The benefits of creating a DevOps environment
• Shifting left: What it means and how to do it

Presenter: Gene Kim (LinkedIn profile) is co- author of the book The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win along with Kevin Behr (LinkedIn profile), and George Spafford (Linkedin profile, Gartner bio).

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A Deep Dive Into DevOps With Gene Kim

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Live Webinar May 9th, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

The Testing Foundation Is Broken

Current testing approaches are broken. Test teams lack the true automation needed to keep up with the continuous delivery engine that both the customer and the business demands.

At the same time, the gap is increasing between the priorities of the business owners and the test team. Our current approaches simply don’t put the user at the center of our testing practices.

The rules that testing, automation, and user experience were founded on have been broken by the consumerization of software, mobile apps, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the continuous delivery and DevOps approaches needed to support them.

Learn how to design a new approach to testing that puts users, automation, and a strong relationship between testers and business owners at the center of your testing practices.

Also learn:

• Why the consumerization of software, mobile apps, the IoT, and continuous delivery demand an all-new approach to testing
• How current test automation approaches don’t support continuous delivery
• Why we need to rethink our familiar “testing triangle” to put the user at the center of testing
• Four new principles that should be at the core of your next test strategy and how you can start applying them today

Presenter: Antony Edwards (LinkedIn profile) CTO and Board Member TestPlant, is responsible for all aspects of product strategy and roadmap, product delivery, and customer success and services. More recently he held the position of CTO with a major US online entertainment company. Australian born, Antony currently lives in London.

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4 Principles For Renewing Your Testing Strategy

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Live Webinar May 8th, 2017, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Most executives have teams working on IoT initiatives in their enterprises.

These teams are struggling with technology issues, vendor selection challenges, and entrenched cultural and political practices.

The teams need a roadmap to help formulate their strategic and tactical next steps.

Discussion Topics:

• The critical roadmap factors for IoT project success
• Essential IoT project management and people best practices
• Which architectures, technologies and vendors are key for IoT project success

Join Alfonso Velosa Gartner Research VP (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) to better understand “The IoT Roadmap For Digital Business”.

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The IoT Roadmap For Digital Business

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