Live Webinar May 31st, 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)

In this session Ruffin will focus on the challenges faced by PMO management during the Level 2 to Level 3 transition of organizational maturity.

Level 2 (Emerging Discipline) PMOs tend to get trapped in an endless web of entanglements.

No matter how hard they work at establishing initial functional integration and other earmarks of Level 3 (Initial Integration) maturity, they are never able break free of Level 2.

This presentation offers an assessment for Level 2 organizations to help PMO managers take direct aim at seven of the behaviors and approaches that trap a PMO at Level 2.

Presenter:  Ruffin Veal III PMP (LinkedIn profile)  Principal Ruffin Veal and Associates, Inc, is an IT & PM professional whose career spans multiple industries including manufacturing, banking, retail and government. An author, speaker and trainer whose industry related articles can be seen in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Virtual Library as well as in national and international publications. Ruffin holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and an M.S. degree in Project Management. Make sure to check out Ruffin’s ProjectTalk blog.

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PMO Leadership: Strategies For Organizational Maturity-Emerging Discipline To Initial Integration

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Live Webinar – May 30th, 2018 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP1811)

Scrum defines three roles, the Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team Member.

But what happens if you have a different job title? It doesn’t mean that you are out of luck or out of a job, in most cases it means the exact opposite with your job expanding to deliver more value in the Scrum Team.

So, where do you fit in Scrum?

In this talk Dave West, CEO and Product Owner of Scrum.org talks about the roles of Scrum and how the three roles relate to your existing job titles. He describes the future of work in the context of an agile delivery model and what the implications are to job descriptions and career progression.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Build the future role description by focusing on competencies and outcomes
• Building communities
• What it means to you
• The role of measurement
• Why does Scrum only have 3+1 roles?
• Solving the challenges for Business Analysts, Project Managers, Testers and more
• Scaling and the role of specialists

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter:  Dave West, (LinkedIn profile)  CEO and Product Owner at Scrum.org, is the author of  Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design & a frequent keynote at industry conferences and a published author of articles and research reports, along with his acclaimed book.  Dave’s book  helped define new software modeling and application development processes & he had previously led the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) for IBM/Rational. Previously Dave had managed Ivar Jacobson Consulting in North America, and as a VP, research director Forrester research, he ran the software development and delivery practice. Prior to joining Scrum.org he was Chief Product Officer at Tasktop where he was responsible for product management, engineering and architecture.

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The Truth About Job Titles In Scrum

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Online Webinar  – Recorded April 3rd 2018
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media Up to 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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The current model is challenging. We keep creating products that no one really needs that produce waste that nobody wants.

Furthermore, we need to start concentrating on the conditions that people live in and what goods and services meet those conditions.

In this webinar Michael Boyle will describe to you what frugal innovation is, why this is important, and the approaches a Project Manager can take to master such projects.

What you will get: 

• An understanding what frugal innovation is about
• Why we can expect such projects escalating
• What approaches a Project Manager must take with such initiatives
• Hopefully broaden your ability to take on such projects in the future.

Presenter: Michael Boyle (LinkedIn profile) PMP PfMP Michael’s professional dealings have been throughout Europe with numerous global projects throughout the years. Currently, Michael is the Managing Director of Procurro Solutions, specializing on all elements tied to Project Management, Business Analysis and Product Management.

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How to Manage A Frugal Innovation Project

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Live Webinar May 30th, 2018, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Building a business case on the basis of improving the customer experience (CX) is not easy.

The benefits must first be experienced by the customers and drive increased customer satisfaction, loyalty and advocacy. Then it has to result in improvements in either reduced costs and revenue growth or improved value for citizens in the longer term.

In this webinar, Ed Thompson, (LinkedIn profile) VP Distinguished Analyst examines how to build a business case to gain approval for a CX technology investment.

Discussion Topics:

• Why measuring ROI of a CX technology project is so difficult
• How to build a business case to gain approval for a CX technology investment

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How To Build Your Business Case To Improve Customer Experience

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