Live Webinar April 23rd, 2018, 5:00 am – 6:00 am  EDT
Live Webinar April 23rd, 2018, 9:00 am – 10:00 am GMT
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.

1. Cost optimization:
   1. Finding cost reduction opportunities,
   2. Evaluating their potential impact on the business, and
   3. 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:
Using Analytics to Optimize IT & Business Costs

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Live Webinar – April 26th, 2018 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: SD Times (Software Development Times)

With the release of Java 10, the impact of Java 9, and the spread of multiple emerging technologies, the biggest questions for high-performing development teams is: How do we keep up and take advantage of the features relevant to us?

Join Java experts Toomas Romer (LinkedIn profile) and Rod Cope (LinkedIn profile) as they discuss recent changes to the language and how they impact tools, development velocity, and the ability to innovate; along with industry insights to better plan for more complex systems, the inevitable modernization, and adapting to scale.

Learn:

• Strengths and benefits of new language features
• How to keep up with the Java six-month release cycle
• Development hygiene tips to keep legacy apps running
• Best practices to move to microservices

After attending this webinar, you will understand and be able to take advantage of modern Java features to better plan releases, speed innovation, and keep up with change.

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Java 10 & Beyond:
Keeping Up With The Language & Planning For The Future

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Live Webinar April 25th, 2018 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
(Rep 2733)

Concepts like resource, portfolio, and project management aren’t new. Napoleon Bonaparte mastered all three more than 200 years ago.

In this informative session with Jerry Manas, you will learn how to apply Napoleon’s timeless strategies to your own PMO.

Presenter: Jerry Manas (LinkedIn profile) is a bestselling author of The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook: A Guide to Maximizing the Value of Your Limited People Resources and is a recognized leader in organizational project and resource management. He is also Senior Editor and Research Consultant for market leading portfolio management firm, Planview.

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If Napoleon Ran Your PMO

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Live Webinar – April 25th, 2018 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Lack of leadership is often cited at the #1 obstacle to success for organizations.

The good news is that modern leadership isn’t dependent on your title, years of experience or knowledge about a domain.

Leadership, at it’s core, is about setting a direction that motivates others to action. It’s about creating a vision that gets buy-in.

We are all capable of leading, and inspiring others to lead. During this talk we will explore the truth about leadership in the modern era, and how it really works.

You will come away with game-changing ideas and experience powerful shifts that will help you elevate your leadership skill immediately. Most importantly, you will have a deep sense of knowing that you are ready to lead, now!

Presenter: Ravi Raman (LinkedIn profile) is an executive career coach and long-time veteran of Microsoft, where he led product management and marketing teams for several global software products and services. Ravi has helped countless clients unlock higher performance and build careers they can be proud of.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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The Art Of Modern Leadership

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Live Webinar April 23rd, 2018, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

The pressure on enterprises to deliver quality at speed has never been higher.

This is made even more difficult by the sheer quantity of data, limited knowledge of tools, and the huge backlog of test cases enterprises need to manage.

But if you harness the power of AI and machine learning, you can cut through backlogs, optimize test processes, and accelerate release cycles.

Join this web seminar to watch an informative video panel discussion about how AI can mitigate common testing challenges enterprises face due to spiraling complexity and QA pressures.

Discover how to drastically cut release cycles, improve quality, and increase efficiency by applying intelligent testing techniques using AI for every stage of the testing process.

Learn:

• What aspects of software testing delay your digital initiatives
• How AI can be leveraged to optimize various aspects of testing
• Criteria to assess AI implementation readiness
• Methodologies to put test bots into action

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Harness The Power Of AI To Optimize Testing Processes

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Live Webinar April 25th, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

A recent Gartner survey reveals that 25% of CEOs perceive the impact of blockchain as major or transformational over the coming five years.

While blockchain evolves into a platform for digital transformation, CIOs and application leaders supporting customer relationship management (CRM) and customer experience (CX) are in a unique position.

They can use this opportunity to drive innovation and competitiveness by leveraging blockchain as part of their long term customer strategy.

In this webinar, Nadine LeBlanc (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director will discuss how and why blockchain technologies have the potential to transform the way your organization interacts with customers.

Discussion Topics:

• What blockchain is and why it is important
• The new opportunities blockchain brings for customer experience
• How blockchain will impact your customer strategy, and how to get started

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Can Blockchain Transform Your Customer Experience?

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