Live Webinar October 19th, 2017 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

When a software development organization wants to improve the way it works, it’s not enough to write a bunch of procedures, buy some tools, and run your staff through some training.

The manager leading a change initiative also must consider the organization’s culture.

A software engineering culture is a set of beliefs, behaviors, and technical practices that define an environment in which all team members are committed to building quality software products through effective and appropriate software processes.

As requirements form the foundation of all the software work that follows, it’s especially important to instill a set of effective values, principles, and practices around requirements practices.

This presentation describes 10 lessons learned from leading requirements improvement initiatives.

Learn:

1. A commitment to effective requirements engineering is a hallmark of a healthy software engineering culture.
2. Clearly defined business requirements are the foundation of a successful project.
3. Taking a usage-centric approach instead of a feature-centric approach during elicitation better meets user needs.
4. Customer engagement is a vital contributor to building high-quality software.
5. The business analyst plays a central role in understanding and communicating a project’s requirements.
6. No single view of the requirements shows you everything you need to know.
7. A guiding principle of requirements

We hope that you will register today and we look forward to having you join us for this event!

Presenter: Karl E. Wiegers (LinkedIn profile) Principal Consultant Process Impact has provided training and consulting services worldwide on many aspects of software development, management and process improvement.

Karl is the author of many books including:

• Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools (Best Practices)
  
• Creating a Software Engineering Culture,
• Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
• Software Requirements
• More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice

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Software Requirements & Organizational Culture: 10 Lessons Learned

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Live Webinar October 18th, 2017 – 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Presenter: Ike Bennion (LinkedIn profile) is a product marketing manager at Instructure where he monitors market trends in buyer and competitor behavior in training and development. He has successfully implemented and consulted the training departments of over 150 companies of varied sizes and verticals.

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Set – Achieve – Repeat!  Workplace Goals  – Part 1

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Live Webinar – October 18th, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Most eLearning, webinars and face-to-face training focus on memorization.

Critical thinking and building expertise are left to chance. As a result, this environment adds to failure on the job, poor performance and yet costly training.

Furthermore, the challenge has been that software for learning systems reinforces memorization and discourages thinking and reflection.

However, on the contrary, when tasks change quickly and business leaders want demand agility, critical thinking and rapid expertise development is the new norm.

In this webinar, Ray will share with you his experiences.

Ray will cover:

• What are the costs to business when critical thinking is not part of work processes?
• When is memorization as learning ever justified?
• What is the science in “instant thinking” and “deep dive thinking”?
• How would you design a learning experience that fosters critical thinking and rapid expertise development?
• A walkthrough and demo of an in-house software project that accelerates expertise development, critical analysis, solutions generations and success impacts reporting will be shared.

Presenter : Ray Jimenez (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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Make Your Smart Teams Smarter

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Online Webinar – Recorded October 19th, 2017
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Artificial intelligence makes the use of computing simpler than it has ever been and allows software to accomplish what previously we believed only humans could do.

Join Whit Andrews (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst and discover how artificial intelligence will improve computer interfaces, applications, real-world devices and ecosystems of computing.

Discussion Topics:

• How will AI affect human interactions with computing resources?
• How will AI affect enterprise computing? IoT?
• How will AI interconnect applications in ecosystems?
• How will a world with commonplace AI appear?

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Ride The Major Trends In Artificial Intelligence

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Live Webinar October 18th, 2017, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm  EDT
Live Webinar October 19th, 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

PROSCI recently released a research report focused on the intersection of change management and Agile.

The research covered two aspects of the people side of change – improving adoption and usage when moving from waterfall TO Agile and adapting and adjusting the practice of change management IN initiatives leveraging Agile iterative development.

In this webinar PROSCI will provide insights and examples around integrating the Prosci methodology into your Agile process.

PROSCI will also explore findings from the research including: common obstacles, sponsorship challenges, resistance management, and what to do differently.

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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Integrating Agile & Change Management

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Live Webinar October 18th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: American Management Association (REP 1294)

How To Lead With Presence & Impact!

Why does emotional intelligence (EI) matter? Because at the core of every outstanding leader are the abilities to connect, achieve, inspire and act with resilience.

Emotional intelligence has evolved from an area of research to a recognized set of best practices and core competencies that are at the heart of successful leadership. Today we use EI as an integrated set of skills that underpin highly effective, fast-reacting, and innovative organizations.

This webcast offers you a powerful introduction to the highly popular hands-on AMA seminar, Leading with Emotional Intelligence.

To give a real sense of EI in practice, we’ll take a deep look at how EI drives and facilitates your ability to lead collaboration.  You’ll also learn about the F.L.I.P. Modes of Conversation as a “must have” tool for collaboration and relationship enhancement.

If you want to become the consummate emotionally intelligent leader, this webcast is a great place to start.

Learn:

• Emotional Intelligence (EI):
  • What it is and why it’s such a critical leadership skill
• The 4 cornerstones of EI
• How EI underpins and facilitates 6 core leadership competencies
• The role EI plays in leading collaboration
• How EI skills can help you overcome defensiveness
• Learn how to F.L.I.P. a conversation toward collaboration

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

Presenter: Susan Mason (LinkedIn profile) is Principal Vital Visions Consultants, has  35+ years of experience as an educator, executive coach, trainer, & keynote speaker. Susan has designed, developed and implemented a wide variety of learning solutions for organizations of all sizes, including AMA. She has worked at Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations & Hamilton College where she now helps direct the Levitt Leadership Institute. She also has been a keynote speaker at AMA’s Women’s Leadership Center and is a member of AMA’s Online Course Faculty.

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Leading With Emotional Intelligence

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