Live Webinar August 14th 2017 – 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  10.5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

Agile methods have become widespread over the last 20 years, but it’s taken a while for testing to catch up. However, Agile testing best practices have emerged, and the ISTQB AgileWorking Group has taken on the task of capturing those for you.

In this brief webinar, Rex Black, Chair of the ISTQB Agile Working Group, will explain where the program has been, where it is now, and how it is evolving to support Agile testers in their careers.

Learn how the ISTQB Agile syllabi can help you advance your career as an Agile tester.

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

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One Key Idea: ISTQB Agile Program

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Live Webinar – August 17th, 2017 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Obviously, the sales team has a tremendous impact in the organization.

If sales people don’t produce, the business is negatively impacted. And that impact is felt at every level of the organization. That means keeping the sales team engaged and productive.

However, engaging the sales team might be different from other employees.

Join Sharlyn for a stimulating conversation on how to engage the company’s sales team.

This workshop, will cover:

• Why engagement is important and the current state of engagement
• 5 Strategies for engaging your sales team, including remote sales teams
• How to implement an engagement strategy
• Measuring the results of your engagement strategy

Presenter: Sharlyn Lauby (LinkedIn profile @hrbartender),  Keynote speaker and author of The HR Bartender Blog (book) has been named a Top HR Digital Influencer.  HR Bartender (blog) has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Blogs read by HR professionals by SHRM  Sharlyn is also the author of Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers. Checkout and join Sharlyn’s HR Bartender Linked In Group today!

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5 Ways To Get Your Sales Team Fully Engaged

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Live Webinar – August 17th, 2016 4:30 am – 5:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – August 17th, 2016 9:30 am – 10:30 am BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: APM a division of  APMG International

Management is the collection of activities and techniques that minimize the risk of failure to realize benefits. Change Management is an essential partner to Agile approaches, enabling the early and frequent realization of benefits and return on investment.

In this webinar Melanie explains how to integrate change management and Agile approaches and the implications this has for the roles of Scrum Masters and Project Managers.

Melanie will also explore which change activities to include in the Product Backlog and how to incorporate this work into each Sprint.

This session is relevant to you if you are working as part of an Agile team or you are managing projects or programmes which use Agile approaches. Change Managers will also find this useful, as the webinar explains how important close working relationships with Agile practitioners are for effective change management.

Join APMG & renowned agile expert Melanie Franklin, co- chair of the Change Management Institute UK and author of Communicating Change: How to control your own change initiative; in this webinar to increase your knowledge and pick up some valuable tips to make your work easier.

Presenter: Melanie Franklin, (LinkedIn profile, @AgileMelanie) has a track record of excellence in project, programme and portfolio planning & delivery. She has set up and run the project management capability for several major corporates and has been responsible for the successful delivery of global transformational change programmes for over twenty years. Co-chair of the Change Management Institute in the UK, Melanie is a ‘Master’ level change practitioner and author of many books on change and project management including Managing Business Transformation: A Practical Guide; Agile Change Management: A Practical Framework for Successful Change Planning and Implementation.  and her newest book Communicating Change: How to control your own change initiative.

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Change Management
For Scrum Masters & Project Managers

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Live Webinar August 15th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

BA skills in Agile Environments can improve the project team’s agility and help deliver project success!

This dynamic session provides participants with knowledge, concepts and techniques on how to perform the business analyst (BA) role effectively in Agile environments and how to benefit from the skills the BA brings to the Agile project.

More and more organizations and Agile practitioners are realizing the value and critical need for business analysis skills – whether through a dedicate BA role, or business analysis skills employed across the team.

In this session Ori Schibi  provides a series of tips that can help maximize the benefits that virtually any Agile environment can reap from having a BA or business analysis skills on the project.

The webinar involves engaging participants with surveys, practical concepts, useful tips and relevant real life examples that will help perform the role of the BA in Agile environments effectively.

Presenter: Ori Schibi (LinkedIn profile) president of PmKonnectors is a visionary leader, communicator, connector and author of  “Managing Stakeholder Expectations for Project Success”.   Ori offers practical new ways of managing and dealing with projects, programs, business analysis and PMOs  including driving process efficiencies, software implementations, Agile Transformations, and project recoveries.

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Make Room For The Agile Business Analyst:
Tips For Adding BA Skills To Your Next Agile Projects

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Online Webinar – Recorded August 17th, 2016
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider:PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

As the project team develops the code to meet the authorized requirements, the newly built functionality must be verified to ensure it reflects the authorized requirements and satisfies the business need.

This can be accomplished by implementing the following integrated methodology deliverables:

• Project status report,
• Team status report,
• Issue definition,
• Risk definition,
• Change request,
• Unit test defect log(s),
• System integration test (SIT)
• Defect log(s),
• User acceptance (UT) defect log,
• Requirements traceability log

Learn how to each deliverable can be beneficial to your project.

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Project Control & Verification

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Live Webinar – August 16th, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) are important sources of knowledge taught to others.

Traditional SMEs are isolated and are not in synch with the immediacy of demand for their knowledge.

They become roadblocks to rapid transfer of skills. In contrast, the modern SMEs are in constant motion and feeding the right knowledge as they are needed by learners and workers.

They focus on the impact and value of their contributions to immediate results.

• How does one become a modern SME?
• How does an SME re-skill for the new rapidly changing workplace?

In this session, Ray will cover the following topics:

• What are the expertise models that SMEs use? Which ones are dated and which ones are new trends?
• How is knowledge transfer changing and how does this impact the way workers and learners learn?
• What are the skills of the modern SME – the outlook, the packaging of knowledge, the tools, the delivery and transfer options.
• What jobs and roles do the modern SMEs start to embrace?

Presenters :

Johnny Hamilton (LinkedIn profile) Executive Producer, Vignettes Learning

Ray Jimenez, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) – Chief Learning Architect and Founder of Vignettes Learning and StoryImpacts.com, a systems development and consulting company specializing in e-Learning and Performance Systems, eLearning course development and interactive tools and social learning community platform.

Ray has over twenty years experience in the consulting and training industry. Author of “3-Minute e-Learning: Rapid Learning and Applications, Amazingly Lower Cost and Faster Speed of Delivery: Plus Online Demos, Templates, Videos“, “Scenario-Based Learning: Using Stories To Engage e-Learners (Scenario-Based Learning, Volume 1)“, and “DIYEL 101 Tips for Do-It-Yourself eLearning“. Ray teaches eLearning programs for the University of California, Irvine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center and Assumption University, Bangkok.

Workshop and briefing participants describe Ray as fun, engaging, Technically savvy, has depth in e-learning experience, balances theory and hands-on experience  and inspiring. Visit Ray’s website and his blog.

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The Modern Subject Matter Expert (SME):
Agile, Responsive & Digital

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