Live Webinar – April 10th, 2019 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

In many organizations, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and their team understands the need for a strategic approach to managing an enterprise information security program.

However, continual tactical “fire drills” rarely allow time to be dedicated to strategic objectives. Given typical CISO resource constraints, efficient and effective operations is critical to success.

Running a cybersecurity program through a disciplined program management approach enables CISOs to bridge gaps between tactical time pulls and the goals of a strategically oriented, business focused information security program. For smaller organizations that may not have a security staff at all, the Cybersecurity Program Management Office (PMO) concept provides a model for obtaining the necessary services.

Join Brian Hubbard (LinkedIn profile) to understand how you can implement a Cybersecurity Program Management.

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A Disciplined Approach To Cybersecurity Program Management

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Live Webinar April 11th 2019 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT 
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  0 .5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

Shifting defect discovery to earlier activities (Shift Left) reduces rework and improves quality deliveries to customers.  A lot of attention is paid to this part of “Shift Left and Down”, but how do we do the Shift Down?

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is the answer. A variety of techniques can be used with varying formalities, cost, and results; ranging from informal, 5-why, Ishikawa/fishbone to Cause-Effect.

• Which technique is the right one to use, and when should it be applied?
• Is your organization ready for RCA?
• What do you do with the results?

These questions and others will be discussed by Ed Weller, (LinkedIn profile) who will draw on 20 years of experience using RCA and onsite training across a wide range of businesses

In this free webinar, Rex will discuss these points and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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The Down Part Of Shift Left & Down

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Live Webinar April 9th, 2019, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Roles in quality assurance (QA) and quality engineering (QE) tend to be ambiguous for agile teams pursuing the DevOps approach in their software development lifecycle. And misconceptions around these roles, automation, and which agile ceremonies make sense in DevOps only complicate the issue.

In this web seminar, Melissa Tondi will share her insights into how she consults with organizations—from startups to Fortune 100 companies—on ways QA and QE roles can add value to DevOps. She will discuss innovative ways to align agile and QA/QE activities to ensure a consistent, efficient, and productive playbook for DevOps.

Learn How To:

1. Retune test automation to make DevOps more efficient
2. Shift traditional QA and QE tasks left in the software development lifecycle
3. Make refinement meetings more efficient for all members of the team
4. Improve definitions around what is shippable and what is not

Presenter:  Melissa Tondi (LinkedIn profile) spent most of her career working with software testing teams. Founder of Denver Mobile and Quality (DMAQ), Past President & Board member of Software Quality Association of Denver (SQuAD), & professional services manager at Rainforest QA: she assisted companies to continuously improve the pursuit of quality software. Melissa has focused on building and organizing teams around three major tenets—”Efficiency, Innovation, &  Culture” using the greatest common denominator (GCD) approach for determining ways team members can assess, implement, and report on day-to-day activities.  In this way the gap between need & value is as small as possible.

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The QA/QE Role: Supporting DevOps The Smart Way

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Live Webinar April 9th, 2019, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

CIOs must change the stories they tell and the metrics they share with business leadership to effectively communicate the value of IT.

The story of ITs value must start with what the business executives care most about. It should then convey how IT is supporting and enhancing those executive goals and objectives.

In this webinar  Robert Naegle (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Analyst explores the challenges of communicating the value of IT to business leaders and the requirements for building IT metrics that matter. We lay out a framework for defining, communicating and measuring the value of IT to your business.

Discussion Topics:

• Identify and capture your organizations pain points to establish IT’s true value to the business
• Connect IT-delivered applications and services to business outcomes
• Communicate to business leaders how IT enables business outcomes

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Tell An IT Value Story That Executives Will Care About

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