Archive for February, 2018

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Online Webinar – Recorded at Agile 2013 Conference in Nashville
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: NetObjectives (REP #3045)

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There is a lot of confusion about what Kanban is!

Some of this is due to the fact that many people who have never used Kanban have been deriding it – saying it is a mechanistic team management method that doesn’t respect people.

The fact that Kanban is quickly growing and gaining a reputation for success where other Agile methods have had challenges belies that categorization.

But what is Kanban?

Even when listening to Kanban thought leaders one will hear different answers:

  1. It’s a power agile management system based on lean-flow.
  2. It’s a transition management method to assist teams to achieve continuous learning.
  3. It’s a way to create visibility for executives to improve their product portfolio management.

This talk discusses how Kanban actually is a multi-faceted method that assists process, transition and collaboration.

Kanban is not a mere tool, or even a set of practices. It’s a mindset that attends to people, their culture, and the systems they find themselves working in.

The talk presents a few of the basics of Lean-Flow and theory of constraints that it is based on as well as some of the psychological aspects of people adopting new methods.

While this talk is intended for those considering adopting Kanban, those currently using Scrum will find it helpful as many of the principles and practices of Kanban fit well into the Scrum framework.

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Presenter: Alan Shalloway (Linkedin Profile & @alshalloway) is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 40 years experience, Alan is a thought leader in Lean, Kanban, PPM, Scrum and agile design. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, and Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design. Alan is a co-founder and board member for the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

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De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

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Live Webinar February 14th, 2018 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 John Gillen will explain why culture has moved from a topic of conversation in the break room to the board room.

John will show how companies can build new, more engaging cultures and move from cultures of command & control to creation & innovation.

Frank Wander (LinkedIn profile, bio) author of Transforming IT Culture: How to Use Social Intelligence, Human Factors and Collaboration to Create an IT Department That Outperforms., Founder and CEO of PeopleProductive, will also present with John.

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The Changing Role Of Culture
In The New World Of Work

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Scaling Agile With SAFe

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Live Webinar February 14th, 2018 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026) Branded SPL

Organizations are trying to increase their internal speed and flexibility by shedding current bureaucratic governance models and structures.

These organizations are looking at Agile as a potential “answer” to becoming faster and flexible.

Agile principles have proven effective for software development at a team level, but can they do the same at the organizational level?

How do you scale agile principles and practices across the enterprise?

In this webinar Samir Penkar will introduce Scaled Agile Framework – SAFe and attempt to answer your questions.

In this webinar Samir will:

  • Introduce the Scaled Agile Framework – SAFe – what is it?
  • Share a few key scaling agile concepts.
  • Look at some case studies of companies who have successfully applied SAFe.

In the pursuit of enterprise agility, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) offers a framework that you can customize for your organization.

Presenter: Samir Penkar, (LinkedIn profile) SAFe SPC, CSM, PMP, Product Owner. An avid evangelist for agile practices, Samir attended the first SAFe 4.0 training program led by SAFe founder Dean Leffingwell and has 10+ years  experience in program and project management leading and running agile initiatives. Samir is the author of the program management book From Projects to Programs: A Project Manager’s Journey (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management) He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fox9 News and has presented on project management topics throughout the world.

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Scaling Agile With Safe

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Live Webinar February 15th, 2018, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Addressing software as a service (SaaS) change management is ranked among the top five SaaS challenges for technical professionals.

Current software change management strategies are unsuitable for SaaS solutions as changes are typically rapid and inconsistent.

New change management strategies need to be formed specifically for a SaaS portfolio and take into account that the majority of changes will be pushed and controlled by the SaaS provider, not IT.

In this webinar Kyle Davis (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director will discuss the Gartner agile and risk-oriented approach that enables IT to perform SaaS change management focusing only on the upcoming changes that may disrupt the business and impact enterprise users.

Discussion Topics:

  • Why change management is one of the top 5 issues for technical professionals implementing SaaS
  • Using risk levels to determine if and when IT should control change management
  • Using shorter cycles for SaaS testing to keep up with change cadence

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How To Address SaaS Change Management

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Online Webinar Recorded – July 27th, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1.25 PDU – Free
Provider: Charles Sturt University AU / IT Masters Program

While the 5 hour course is still available for Professional Development – qualifying for Online or Digital Media PDUs – PLEASE NOTE the course materials and examination are still available for those who wish to complete the course at their own pace, however certificates of completion will no longer being issued for this course.

This is the first lecture in the course

The Webinar Covers Introduction & Requirements Elicitation:

  • The role and purpose of business analysis
  • The nature and importance of requirements
  • Defining the nature of the problem or objective
  • The elicitation of requirements

The target audiences for this Short Course are those that:

  • Are interested in pursuing a career as a Business Analyst
  • Want to find out about the tools and techniques used by Business Analysts
  • Want to be able to work more effectively with Business Analysts
  • Are Interested in pursuing the Introductory Certificate in Business Analysis from Business Analyst International Qualifications (BAIQ)

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Free 5 Week Business Analysis Online Course

This short course ran over 5 weeks in July and August 2016.
This course is free to undertake.

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Lecture 1:
Introductory Certificate In Business Analysis

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Live Webinar February 14th, 2018 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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The 80/20 Principle, also known as the Pareto principle, states 80% of your outputs are derived from 20% of your inputs.

In other words, the majority of the tasks you get done or products your produce are a result of only a handful of activities.

In this presentation Christopher Cook will give you five rules to make better decisions using this principle.

You will start to realize how few decisions are actually important, and when they are essential, default responses are already in place. Also, this process will help you determine what is working (double down) and what is not (change early).

Note: You have to sign in to ProjectManagement.com with your PMI® credentials to register for this opportunity. If you are not signed in with your PMI® credentials you will not see the “Register for this webinar” link

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5 Rules For Decision Making Using The 80/20 Principle

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