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Online Webinar  – Recorded  April 3, 2019
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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How can you structure your large, in-house software developers to make agility flourish?

Traditionally, software development is organized into short-term project teams that draw from a pool of specialized talent. Developers often work on multiple projects simultaneously.

The problem? Project delays often create lags that ripple across multiple teams, creating inefficiencies and frustration.

Moreover, jumping from project to project forces our brains to switch gears, meaning we work harder to function at a lower level. Research suggests 40-80% of productivity is lost in context switching.

In contrast, “product teams” are assembled for the long haul!

Because teams focus on addressing business problems versus delivering a set of functions, they gain a broader perspective to understand requirements and deliver the desired results.

They also suffer less from context switching, resulting in 60-80% gains in productivity. Perhaps more important: knowledge, collaboration and satisfaction grow within cohesive long-lived teams.

So how do projects get executed within multiple product teams?

Typically, project requirements are divided into epics that go into the product backlog of relevant products. Product owners manage requirements while project managers oversee projects across product teams. In this way, the focus shifts to managing the work—not the people—creating self-empowered teams who foster agility across the enterprise.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the potential benefits of a product vs. project focus
  • Demonstrate how multi-tasking saps productivity by engaging in an exercise
  • Learn how knowledge, collaboration and satisfaction grow within stable, long-lived teams
  • Apply design thinking to brainstorm how to transform teams into a product-based model

Presenter:

NK Shrivastava (LinkedIn profile) PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SPC, is CEO of RefineM LLC and an experienced and certified Project Management Consultant, Risk Management Professional, and Agile Coach with over 25 years of experience in project management. NK is an experienced instructor/trainer on project management and Agile topics and specializes in project management fundamentals, risk management, and project recovery.

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Stop Making & Breaking Teams &
Watch Enterprise Agility Flourish

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Live Webinar May 8th, 2019 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hours 1 PDU
Provider: HRDQ-U Ideas For Learning

Awareness of our own cultural identities and experiences is the first step to becoming more effective cross-culturally. The Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory™ workshop is a powerful experience and diversity training tool that helps participants identify their personal areas of cross-cultural competency and provides examples of ways to improve them.

Join  Dr. Judith Meyers, as she teaches the four competencies that are critical to cross-cultural adaptability. Judith will also examine how to use them as a springboard to self-awareness and cross-cultural success.

This webinar is based on the HRDQ product, The Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory, a best-selling diversity training tool that was developed in direct response to needs expressed by cross-cultural trainers and teachers for a well-constructed and easily obtainable self-assessment training instrument on cross-cultural adaptability.

Learn:

  • How to define culture and one’s cultural identity
  • The four competencies associated with cross-cultural effectiveness
  • Methods to assess cross-cultural competence
  • A common vocabulary that allows for self-improvement, continued growth and perspective-taking in cross-cultural situations

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Diversity Training: Engaging Confidently With Other Cultures

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Online Webinar – Recorded – November 8, 2018
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  Human Capital Institute

As companies think about how to evolve their understanding of their organizations, people and culture,

Cat Kennedy (LinkedIn profile) Head of Organizational Development, HEINEKEN USA, discusses Heineken’s journey to understand the pulse of their organization, on the things that matter most.

Through fully transparent conversations with all of its people, we hear HEINEKEN USA’s different, if not slightly disruptive approach, to engaging everyone in the conversation and being part of the solution.

Webcast Highlights:

  • HEINEKEN USA’s journey to understand the pulse of their organization
  • HEINEKEN USA’s different, if not slightly disruptive approach, to engaging everyone in the conversation and being part of the solution

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SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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How HEINEKEN USA Started A Conversation With Its People
To Develop A Strategy For Inclusion & Diversity

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Winning In A World Of Digital Dragons

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Activity Type Now: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free

Live Webinar Was – May 7th, 2019
Activity Type Was: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Digital disruption is coming to every industry and geography. Digital Dragons like Alibaba, Amazon and others are playing evolving roles related not only to technology, but also to customer experience, payment, data and insight.

They have deep pockets, great talent and attractive brands.

This digital business webinar With Dave Aron,  (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) GartnerDistinguished VP Analyst helps answer the most pressing question we all face: How should businesses and their leaders think about, plan for and play with the Digital Dragons to be most successful?

Discussion Topics:

  • How the role of Digital Dragons is evolving
  • How different industries are impacted by the growing presence of Digital Dragons
  • What you must do to maximize your organization’s Digital Dragon opportunities

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Winning In A World Of Digital Dragons

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