Live Webinar – December 6th, 2017 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour s 1 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

Demystify a wide range of agile & traditional requirements / development methodologies!

This session looks at the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and gives prescriptive guidelines to requirements leadership looking to improve results by striking a better balance between agile and disciplined practices.

These practices are not mutually exclusive – the real issue is to look at your current circumstances and find the right balance to maximize success.

This session refocuses the agility versus discipline dialogue.

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Harmonizing Agility & Discipline

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Live Webinar December 8th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

Healthcare organizations around the globe are looking for cost and risk reductions.

Many organizations in the area of clinical services, pharmaceuticals, and biotech are using the mindset and toolset housed under the Continuous Improvement umbrella to deliver these results.

Some are rolling out new programs with all the pomp and circumstance of a new windfall.

Others are quietly training the entire organization to see waste, variation, and defects so improvement opportunities can be discovered and implemented on a daily basis.

Both approaches are delivering savings of time and money.

This webinar will share the critical success factors of either approach so managers can determine the right approach for them.

Topics covered:

• Mindset of Continuous Improvement
• New Program?
• Proactive versus Reactive
• Improvement Is Fun
• Blame Game Must Stop
• You Won’t Fix What You Can’t See

Toolset of Continuous Improvement

• Team Facilitation
• Align Problem to Structure
• Poka-Yoke
• Root Cause Analysis

Presenter: Anne F. Foley, (LinkedIn profile) PMP, MBB, CSSBB  is an author, speaker and training consultant with Corporate Education Group (CEG). Anne has spent 25 years of her career using data to identify root causes of defects and non-value added activities in processes. She incorporates data collection and analysis to decisions ranging from routine to complex. An energetic and interactive trainer, Anne has been leading virtual and traditional training classes, workshops and conferences for 18 years.

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Lean Forward:
How Healthcare Organizations Can Reduce Cost & Risk

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Live Webinar December 6th, 2017, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Cost optimization is a business-focused, continuous discipline to drive spending and cost reduction, while maximizing business value.

In this webinar, Alys Woodward (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director will review the vital role analytics play in cost optimization: finding cost reduction opportunities, evaluating their potential impact on the business, and analyzing and selecting scenarios to spend for the best business outcomes.

Discussion Topics:

• How analytics can support and enable cost optimization
• How IT is a typical entry point for cost optimization
• How you can prove business value to defend analytics investments
• How to avoid cost-cutting traps

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Cost Optimization:
Analytics To Optimize IT & Business Costs

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Live Webinar – December 7th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

“Design Thinking” is permeating many aspects of organizational life – including how the federal government is engaging its employees.

Global Head of Duke CE Labs Tony O’Driscoll (LinkedIn profile) will show how Design Thinking can be applied to design work, just has it has been used to design products and services.

Discover some basic tenants of design thinking and a process to innovate and implement in a lean and experiential way.

Then, find out how Sydney Heimbrock, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) Executive Director of Innovation Lab, US Office of Personnel Management, is leading the charge to build an innovative public sector workforce, helping create a workplace in the U.S. government that unlocks creativity to solve complex problems.

Learn how her work leading the Innovation Lab at the US Office of Personnel Management is teaching federal leaders and professionals to apply human-centered design.

In this session, you will…

• Discover a mindset that can help learning leaders better innovate the way they design, develop and deliver training.
• Learn what is required to future-proof your workplace.
• Explore how high-performance teams are reshaping leadership, learning and development.

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The Future of Learning & Work By Design

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Live Webinar December 6th, 2017 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
(Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Angela Wick will look at the present and future of portfolios, programs, projects, products, and requirements at every level of detail that entail increments of value.

Angela Wick (LinkedIn profile @WickAng) After more than 15 years of consulting, mentoring and teaching, Angela knows that great BAs transform organizations. Angela encourages BAs to be agents of change. She helps BAs develop the skills they need to inspire collaboration, creativity and innovation. Get free BA tips and trends by following Angela on Twitter  or by visiting AngelaWick.com.

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Defining Value: Perspective Is Everything!

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Live Webinar – December 7th 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown  (REP 2161 was ASPE)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – TechtownASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

In this session Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) will examine how you can easily address your security issues with DevOps.

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Security Made Easy In DevOps

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