Live Webinar – November 21st 2017 7:30 am – 8:30 am EST
Live Webinar – November 21st 2017 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

Note:  The NEC4 family of contract was completely updated in July this year. This independent review highlights the (mainly) good, the bad and ugly changes in the update.

NEC4 Suite Of Contracts reflect procurement and project management developments and emerging standard. This emerging best practice improves flexibility, clarity and the ease of administration in the civil engineering and construction industries, and also the power, water; oil & gas; IT and consultancy sectors.

The NEC family of contracts is now not just used widely in the technical engineering and construction industries and consultancy sectors both in the UK and abroad.

It’s original objectives were  aimed to:

• Be more flexible in terms of what it can be used for and the contract strategies that can be adopted;
• Have greater clarity and simplicity, so that it is easier to understand and use; and
• Stimulate good project management.

NEC4 – the fourth edition – of the family was launched in July and has since been subject to a fair amount of review. This two part webinar identifies and reviews the changes made as well as highlighting changes that have not been made.

The second webinar looks at the changes which affect contract strategy e.g. additions to the family; alterations to main payment options and changes made to the secondary option clauses, including the dispute options.

This part of the NEC4 webinar series, will focus on the changes in the Engineering and Construction Contract with a focus on the payment, programme, early warning and compensation event clauses.

Presenters:

Dr Jon Broome (LinkedIn profile) is the managing consultant for leading edge projects consulting ltd and chair of the APM Contracts & Procurement SIG.  Jon has hands-on experience of contributing to innovative procurements, both on the client and contractor side. Jon co-edited the soon to be released ‘APM’s Guide to the Procurement and Management of Contracts for Projects and Programmes’, which includes the trend towards outcome based procurements and contracts. Jon co-authored a Slideshare ‘An Agile Approach to Contracts and Procurement in the “Contracting Jungle”‘.

John Lake has 30+ years.experience in technical, project and general management. With his electronic’s degree, he has held positions within companies ranging from SME’s to large corporations. John  has experience of both sides of the subcontracting equation and is keen to share this knowledge base with others and wishes to promote best practices within the professional project management community.

This first webinar, gave a quick introduction to the NEC family’s background and the objectives for NEC4.

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Engineering & Construction Contract Clause Changes Part 2 (NEC4)
The Good, Bad & Ugly Series

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Online Webinar  – Recorded March 17th 2015
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media Up to 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Delivering higher-value projects in increasingly shorter timeframes sustains competitiveness.

Challenges exist at every turn; risk must be understood and mitigated, and problems recognized and solved quickly.

Adaptive reasoning and problem-solving skills have become increasingly important in project management, where decisions based on sometimes sparse, voluminous, or contradictory data must be dealt with, verified and conveyed to a diversity of team members – often under stressful, time-sensitive circumstances.

In such situations, project managers’ ability to update their mental models precisely, draw valid conclusions, and effectively deploy response through team members is critical.

This presentation discusses how advancements in adaptive reasoning and problem-solving skills resulting from the development of structured approaches to innovation are changing perceptions of project deliverables (time, quality, cost, risk management, et al).

Presenter: Dana W. Clarke, Sr. (LinkedIn profile) President/CEO of Applied Innovation Alliance LLC, specializes on the advancement and practical application of Structured Innovation and TRIZ (The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving).  Author of TRIZ: Through the Eyes of an American TRIZ Specialist & 40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Innovation [Extended Edition]  His expertise encompasses the practical applications, consulting, facilitation and training of methodologies and business practices. As an expert in Strategic Planning, Competitive Intelligence, Business Process Innovation, Quality Function Deployment, and TRIZ. Dana became the first American to become internationally recognized as a Level 4 TRIZ Specialist by the International Association of TRIZ.

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The Role Of Adaptive Reasoning &
Problem Solving In Project Management

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Online Webinar  – Recorded August 30 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Human Capital Institute

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

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Make The Case: The Smart & Heart Of Measuring
Leadership Development & Training

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Live Webinar November 20th, 2017, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Blockchain can enable new IoT business models and ecosystems, particularly in situations when partners who don’t know or trust each other must share information.

But there are challenges: it’s complex and immature, there are many types of blockchains, and IoT hardware and networking doesn’t always match blockchain’s needs.

In this session Nick Jones (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst will explore the opportunities for blockchain and IoT, the pitfalls to avoid, and assess when it will be ready for prime time.

Discussion Topics:

• Where can blockchain technology and principles benefit the IoT?
• What challenges emerge when using blockchain for IoT applications?
• When will blockchain be ready for mainstream IoT applications?

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Blockchain & IoT: Transformational But Immature

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