May Peace & Love Surround You
At Christmas Time & All The Whole Year Through!

Its been another fantastic year …

As we Start our 8th year – I have been very blessed  to meet and chat with so many of our WONDERFUL READERS!

As 2017 comes to a close the editors & I wanted to share with you some of the best Professional Development PDUs  as judged by our readers & our editors favorite picks.

Take some time this season to “Stock Up” on some GREAT PDUs!  The easiest way to locate them is to search for “Stocking Stuffers” or  “Stocking Up on PDUs” in our search bar at the top of the screen.

I am constantly learning from all of you and for that
I Thank You!

Whether you are a Servant Leader like I am or just a Professional Project Manager, BA, Agile/Lean, or Change Manager
I hope you enjoy what we have to offer and
I wish you all the best in the new year to come!

Martin Chernenkoff Sr Editor PDU Of The Day

The lyrics of this song express my thoughts & my prayers for all of you so much better than I can express..
YOU Make This Possible! Blessings to you all!

My Christmas Card To You

Written by Tony Romeo Sung by: David Cassidy Discography

To you and all your family, your neighbors and your friends
May all your days be happy with a joy that never ends
May Peace And Love Surround You
At Christmas time And All The Whole Year Through

I’m looking out my window at the softly falling snow
that dances in the early morning light
I got my guitar right before me, strummin’ a beautiful sound
watching it a-comin’ down, all around
on the fields and the farms and the road to town

And I’m thinkin’ up a letter that I’m writin’ in my head
a Christmas card to all the folks I love
Instead of lettin’ the postman bring it, I decided I’d rather sing it
especially for you, for you

To you and all your family, your neighbors and your friends
May all your days be happy with a joy that never ends
May peace and love surround you
at Christmas time and all the whole year through

May your life be filled with sunshine, may your every wish come true
May you find the sweet fulfillment in everything you do
May your days be blessed with the very very best
both now and the whole year through
it says so in my Christmas card to …

You and all your family, your neighbors and your friends
May all your days be happy with a joy that never ends
May peace and love surround you
at Christmas time and all the whole year through
at Christmas time and all the whole year through

Unfortunately David Cassidy passed away November 22, 2017 at 67.
His wholesome persona drew a fan club that was reportedly larger than that of the Beatles.
He will Be Missed!

Online Webinar – December 13th 2012
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  Mountain Goat Software (REP # 3102 AEP1)

PDU Of The Day has published over 8000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2017, we are publishing some new opportunities,  and some of our readers & editors favorite articles, as a special treat for our readers!

Each of these webinars is available online!

Now that you have learned about planning Poker  – Make sure to check out PlanningPoker.com An estimation tool that is fun to use brought to you by the agile experts at Mountain Goat Software.  It is free to sign up and This Tool Even Lets Distributed Teams Estimate Together!

“Planning Poker is a good way to come to a consensus without spending too much time on any one topic. It allows, or forces, people to voice their opinions, thoughts and concerns.”

— Lori Schubring, Manager, Bemis Manufacturing Company

Presenter:  Mike Cohn (LinkedIn profile) is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, where he teaches and coaches on Scrum and agile development. He is the author of Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum, also Agile Estimating and Planning, and User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development  and contributor to numerous other books and publications. With more than 25 years of experience, Mike is a highly sought after keynote speaker, and is a founding member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance.

Or Click To Watch On YouTube:
Agile Estimating: Learn Planning Poker!

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Online Webinar – Recorded April 25th, 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

PDU Of The Day has published over 8000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2017, we are publishing some new opportunities,  and some of our readers & editors favorite articles, as a special treat for our readers!

Each of these webinars is available online!

The rise in popularity of Agile methods during the last decade has been both a benefit and a challenge for project and portfolio management teams.

While Agile methods have proven to increase and accelerate value to organizations by delivering faster and better results when applied to the right projects and in the right way, many organizations still struggle to figure out what to do with these new approaches for managing projects.

When this happens, Agile methods can become an obstacle and hindrance to benefits realization.

By breaking down the methodologies into smaller components, Benoit will explore how the ingredients of traditional and Agile can be blended more easily, doing away with dogmatic approaches.

Learn:

• How Agile is different but also similar to traditional methods
• How Agile techniques can complement more traditional approaches
• What other companies are doing to improve how they manage work this way.

Presenter: Benoit De Grâce, (LinkedIn profile) Sr Trainer/Consultant Corporate Education Group (CEG), has 20 + years of experience delivering courses on project management, scope, leadership, communication and quality management. With a keen ability to synthesize business processes and adapt project management know-how to various corporate environments, Benoit  helps organizations define and streamline their business processes. Benoit has a passion for delivering more efficient projects through the improvement of business processes, project/portfolio management skills, disciplines, and efficient information technology tools.

Click To Register & View:
Fire & Ice! How Agile & Traditional Practices
Can Coexist & Complement Each Other

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Online Webinar – Recorded April 28, 2011
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Agile Journal With Scott Ambler

PDU Of The Day has published over 8000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2017, we are publishing some new opportunities,  and some of our readers & editors favorite articles, as a special treat for our readers!

Each of these webinars is available online!

Since it’s advent in 2001, Agile practices have transformed the way software is built and delivered. However, there are those who still believe Agile doesn’t work for large teams, Agile only works in co-located environments, or that Agile is undisciplined.

In reality, Agile practices are being used in virtually every industry and are being used to effectively deliver every type of software!

Agile Is Everywhere!

With IBM agility@scaleTM, IBM has led the way in helping organizations to adopt, scale and succeed with Agile whether they are globally distributed, require strict governance, or are building technically- complex software.

Join Agile Guru Scott Ambler as he:

• Briefly discusses the past, present, and future of Agile
• Definitively busts some of the Agile myths that still remain
• Explains how IBM Rational not only helps organizations quickly get started with Agile practices, but also provides a roadmap, services, training and tooling that allow teams to scale their Agile practices across the application lifecycle

Speakers:

Bob Aiello, (LinkedIn profile) Editor-in-Chief, CM Crossroads

Scott Ambler, (LinkedIn profile) Chief Methodologist/Agile, IBM Rational Scott travels the world helping clients to understand and adopt software processes that are right for them. A prolific author, Scott has received awards for several books, including those focused on the Unified Process, agile software development, Unified Modeling Language, and development based on the CMM (Capability Maturity Model). A widely recognized expert on Agile Process, he is a regular speaker at international IT conferences and a senior contributing editor for Information Week. Scott also wrote the Agile Software Development at Scale blog on IBM developerWorks.

Some Of Scott’s Award Winning Agile & Technical Bestsellers Are:

• Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
• Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process
• Process Patterns: Building Large-Scale Systems Using Object Technology (SIGS: Managing Object Technology series)
• More Process Patterns: Delivering Large-Scale Systems Using Object Technology

• Presentation Download
• Scott Ambler’s Agile.Everyware blog

Click To Register & View:
Agile Everywhere Busting The Myths Once & For All!
Online Webinar With Scott Ambler

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Online Webinar – Recorded Aug 8 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

PDU Of The Day has published over 8000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2017, we are publishing some new opportunities,  and some of our readers & editors favorite articles, as a special treat for our readers!

Each of these webinars is available online!

Agile infrastructure and operations (I&O) organizations deliver service faster, better and cheaper than previously possible. I&O leaders struggling to optimize IT operations can become more agile by following five steps to build a high-performance, business-aligned I&O organization.

Discussion Topics:

• How to spot agility roadblocks and opportunities
• How to reduce I&O “transaction friction”
• How to make I&O agility business as usual

Presenter: Hank Marquis ( Gartner bio) is a prolific author being best known for his bestselling books books Visual Basic® 6 Bible, and the A Visual Basic 6 Programmer’s Toolkit.

Click To Register & View:
5 Steps Toward Agile Infrastructure & Operations

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