Live Webinar July 19th, 2017 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Is Sitting Down At The Negotiating Table Scary?

Not sure how to strike the best deal? Let’s take the mystery out of negotiations and develop the confidence to achieve the best possible agreement.

This webinar will look at the various tools and techniques that will help ensure success at the negotiating table.

It will begin with a look at the theory behind negotiating and its various strategies.

Followed by a look at the three styles of negotiators along with tactics that they employee.

It concludes with a look at how culture impacts negotiations, and how this all is incorporated into project management.

Join Bill for a highly informative and engaging look at removing the mystery around negotiating.

Learning Objectives:

• Exploring the theory behind negotiations and its various strategies
• Finding out the various styles of negotiators and their tactics.
• Looking at how the culture of various countries impact negotiations.
• Discovering how and when various strategies, styles and tactics should be used in project management.

Presenter: Bill Johnson (LinkedIn profile) PMP, MSPM, is a project management consultant and  an Adjunct Professor at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in the Project Management Masters Degree program. He has 15 years as an independent project manager and consultant where he has worked for clients including American Rhodes Trust and The State of Minnesota. As a contractor, Bill has extensive experience negotiating with fellow contractors and clients alike.

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Negotiations In A Project Environment

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Live Webinar July 19th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Identification & Counterbalancing Of Bounds
(Rationale to Wisdom)

It is very important for the project managers to make an optimal decision rather than a satisfying decision.

If project managers consider the bounds highlighted and make proper adjustments to the current decision-making process, it would help them in striving towards making the optimal decision for the project.

Project managers across different disciplines and industries can make use of the proposed decision making model for effective decision making and counterbalancing bounded rationality.

This decision-making model, which is based on Rational Thought Process, Analytical & Intuitive Approach, Project Management Triple Constraints, Metacognition, has been proposed.

If adopted, it reduces the bound quotient to a great extent. If organizations succeed in implementing this model their executives will able to make optimal decisions rather than just satisfying decisions.

Join Tanish Mathur (LinkedIn profile) in this informative presentation.

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Decision Making

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Online Webinar – Recorded
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Explore the fundamentals of the software testing lifecycle (STLC). In this session you will learn how and why the STLC will be instrumental in achieving project success and delivering quality.

This general overview provides descriptions of the deliverables involved in the STLC and how to apply them to your projects.

Benefits

• Gain an understanding of the scope and objectives of the software testing lifecycle (STLC)
• Learn the phases of the software testing lifecycle
• Understand the interactions and dynamics of the software testing lifecycle with the project management lifecycle and the software development lifecycle

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Exploring The Software Testing Lifecycle

Live Webinar – July 20th, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Note: This Is NOT A Members only event

*This is a FREE MPUG Vendor Session. Presenter will discuss Microsoft Project add-ons and how they can streamline the integration of various applications and Microsoft Project in a no pressure, stress-free environment. These add-ons are not out-of-the-box functionality and require product trial or purchase.

With Milestones Professional, it is now possible to create a one page schedule that is linked to any number of Microsoft Project files. And when your dates change in your Microsoft Project files, you can easily and automatically get the new dates into your Milestones Professional file.

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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Using Milestones Professional To
Summarize Multiple Microsoft Project Files

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Live Webinar – July 19th 2017, 9:30 am – 10:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – July 19th 2017, 2:30 pm – 3:30 am BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)

Many of the best practice frameworks and methodologies that we know and hold dear in our organisations are changing. Keeping up with the rate of change in DevOps, Agile, SIAM, ITIL, PRINCE2 et al can be bewildering. Updates, new releases, new frameworks…there is so much happening just through this summer. As your organisation transforms and your staff need new capabilities do you feel you know enough to be ready? Barry will spend time outlining some of the key developments you need to be aware of and giving a little advice to help you make education choices in an increasingly complex environment.

The webinar will include something for everybody:

• DevOps – Once you make the decision to adopt DevOps practices you are in it for the long haul.  A balanced view to education is essential.  We outline what is available to smooth adoption and protect your investment.
• Scrum and Agile – An area where there is no little confusion.  A multitude of approaches each with passionate and vociferous advocates.  One approach?  Hybrid Approach? Where to start?
• SIAM – Managing multiple suppliers of services and integrating them into a single business facing IT partner can be like herding the proverbial cats.  We will look at what Service integration and Management (SIAM) has to offer and the education you can choose
• ITIL – Reports of ITIL’s demise are greatly exaggerated.  GK are supporting AXELOS who are embarking on ground breaking global research to collect views on the future state of IT service management.  Learn how you can get involved and also “Level Up” your skills with ITIL practitioner.
• PRINCE2 – There is something very reassuring about the daddy of all project management frameworks.  Don’t let age fool you.  With maturity comes the wisdom that is wrapped up in the new PRINCE2 2017 release.  We highlight the significant changes not least to the way you retain your PRINCE2 registered status.

Presenter: Barry Corless (LinkedIn profile) is responsible for maintaining and developing Global Knowledge’s best practice portfolio to offer wider content and more competency-led activities.  He has been managing and delivering service management education and consultancy solutions since 1999. In addition to his role with Global Knowledge, he is currently ex-chair of itSMF (UK), former ITIL version 2 Chief Examiner for the APM Group, a current ITIL senior examiner and a fellow in the PrlSM Institute.

Click to register for: IT Best Practices Update: DevOps, SIAM, ITIL, PRINCE2 2017, Agile

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Live Webinar July 19th, 2017, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The IoT has yet to transform manufacturing. Early projects focused on connectivity might create new insights; however, the paradigm shift that is being promised still awaits realization.

Manufacturers must erase the boundaries between the virtual and physical worlds, cultivate their ecosystems, deploy new models for automation and mature analytical acumen.

In this session Simon F Jacobson, Research VP (Gartner bio, LinkedIn profile)   looks at the current momentum of the IoT and provide an actionable path toward achieving breakthrough performance.

Discussion Topics:

• How IoT will impact manufacturing beyond the factory walls
• Where to focus and actively embrace the long-term potential

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Maximizing The IoT’s Potential In Manufacturing

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