Online Webinar  – Recorded November 21st 2019
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Research demonstrates over and over again that the life span of the typical PMO is incredibly short. On average, about two or three years.

What that means is that the organization creates a structure, finds it wanting, and abandons it—all within an astonishingly short time period.

While the averages are sobering, however, not all PMOs suffer the same fate. Some continue. Some are overwhelmingly successful. Not many, perhaps, but enough.

In this webinar Mark Mullaly (LinkedIn profile) author of Researching the Value of Project Management explores what sustainable, stable PMOs do differently to reach that vaunted status.

In this webinar, participants will:

• Understand the challenges of developing PMOs
• Explore the reasons that most PMOs don’t last
• Identify the critical success factors behind PMO success
• Evaluate what it takes to make the bridge from startup to stable

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Making The Jump To A Stable PMO

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Live Webinar February 11th, 2020, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Maintaining separate, redundant chatbot and other conversational platforms will not be cost-effective in the long run, potentially resulting in suboptimal user experiences.

As service and channel expectations evolve, the traditional distinction between voice and text operations will not be sustainable. This does not mean that all chatbot solutions should be converged and shifted to a conversational architecture.

Success depends on developing a comprehensive strategy that includes text and voice chatbots, conversational platforms, and interactive voice response (IVR) solutions.

In this webinar Bern Elliot, (LinkedIn profile) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst  looks at the critical business and technical issues enterprise leaders should consider when defining their conversational strategy and roadmap, and provides guidance on evaluating options and solutions.

Discussion Topics:

• The critical leadership, technical, and intent modeling issues to address when developing a conversational platform strategy
• How to evolve from a text chatbot and menu-based IVR approach to an intent-based, conversational approach
• Emerging best practices for these types of projects

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Beyond Chatbots:
Defining Your Enterprise Conversational Platform Strategy

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Online Webinar  – Recorded November 18th 2019
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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This session will walk the attendee through 9 practices that are sure to be problematic.

Topics will include but are not limited to:

1. Including summary tasks in project sequencing;
2. Assigning resources to summary tasks;
3. Constraining activities rather than sequencing dynamically;
4. Scheduling project tasks as late as possible;
5. Leveling resources without analysis;
6. Inadequate baselining techniques;
7. Using elapsed durations for team schedules;
8. Incorrect calendar association resulting in incorrect schedules;
9. Organizing project tasks incorrectly forcing incorrect reports.
10. Dismissing Agile Tools

After attending this session the attendee should be able to:

• Identify inappropriate practices in their MS Project schedules.
• Resolve issues created by these practices
• Leverage their learning in future project plans by avoiding the recurrence of “Inappropriate Practices”.

Presenter : Sam Huffman (LinkedIn profile) PMP MCITP MCT is a Project MVP and has been delivering training for The Versatile Company since 1996. Sam gained insight into Microsoft Project while working at Microsoft as a member of the Microsoft Project development and support team. Sam is considered a leading authority on the tool, and provides great insight to project Managers on the newest enterprise features of all versions of Microsoft Project and Project Server.

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Microsoft Project Do’s & Don’ts

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Live Webinar – February 13th, 2020 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: SD Times (Software Development Times)

Learn The Latest Tips From The Experts!

Gary Gruver’s latest book Engineering the Digital Transformation provides systematic approaches for improving how software is developed for a broad range of applications.

This webinar will provide an overview of the key takeaways from Gary’s newest book.

Join Gary and Jeff  for an engaging conversation & learn:

1. High-level principles for engineering improvements
2. The foundation of these principles being derived from manufacturing expertise
3. How these principles have been modified to address software’s unique characteristics and capabilities

Presenters:

Gary Gruver (LinkedIn profile) President of Gruver Consulting & author of several Books including Leading the Transformation: Applying Agile and DevOps Principles at Scale & A Practical Approach to Large-Scale Agile Development: How HP Transformed LaserJet FutureSmart Firmware (Agile Software Development Series) & Start and Scaling Devops in the Enterprise.

Jeff Keyes (LinkedIn profile) Director of Product Marketing at Plutora , has 30+ years in high technology companies including roles as developer, architect, development management, solution consultant, product manager, product marketing manager and evangelist. His passion focuses on humanizing technology while  improving application delivery utilizing value stream management and DevOps methodologies. Outside of 6 years at Microsoft, he has helped grow startup companies including Atlantis Computing, Kaseya and Captura Software.

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Engineering Your Digital Transformation

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Live Webinar February 10th, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

There’s a lot of hype around DevOps, but do you really understand what it means for your organization or what it entails?

Increasing the speed of value delivery isn’t as simple as saying you are “doing” agile or DevOps. DevOps applies agile principles of discipline, collaboration, and early feedback to tasks. “Being” DevOps requires everyone involved in product development lifecycle to change how they currently work and to expand their knowledge and capabilities into new areas.

In this webinar, Bill Holz (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Analyst helps you understand and apply the keys for DevOps success at your organization.

Discussion Topics:

• What DevOps is and what it is not
• The keys critical to DevOps success
• How to build your DevOps practice into your software development lifecycle (SDLC)

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Keys To DevOps Success

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Live Webinar – February 13th, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

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Using Video In Training: What To Look For & Why

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