Live Webinar July 15th, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Organizations, governments, and individuals face challenging decisions with limited evidence-based scientific data to show the outcome of a choice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When considering re-opening, organizations must consider the implications of returning to the office, lifting travel restrictions, requiring masks, and restructuring space to allow social distancing.

When even the most mundane daily activity involves risk, you must understand what factors to include in your mitigation strategy.

In this webinar Mandi Bishop (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Analyst & Michael Shanler (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Distinguished VP Analyst use the scientific cone of uncertainty to vet assumptions about testing, contact tracing, treatments, vaccines, and herd immunity that drive reopening decisions in healthcare.

CIOs will get actionable recommendations to help their organizations get to a new normal.

Discussion Topics:

• Why the conventional wisdom about the COVID-19 curve and reopening decisions is flawed
• Key progress milestones that indicate narrowing scientific uncertainty
• Get the facts about testing, contact tracing, treatment, vaccines, and herd immunity

Return to the web page to watch both the live and on-demand webinar.

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Make Data-Driven Reopening Decisions
With Healthcare & Life Science Insights About COVID-19

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Live Webinar – July 15th, 2020 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 – Guests Free (Open To The Public)

WBS Schedule Pro is a Windows-based project management software application designed to be a feature-rich yet easy-to-use tool for planning and managing projects.

This presentation includes:

• The recommended approach for using WBS Schedule Pro
  • To plan and manage projects, including
    • How to use a WBS Chart for planning, how to create a schedule and define the critical path using a Network Chart and
  • How to use the many additional features within WBS Schedule Pro to plan any project.

Other areas of discussion will describe how to customize the various charts in the software, how to use WBS Schedule Pro with Microsoft Project and how to Import/Export data.

Also included throughout the presentation Jim will detail many shortcuts and valuable tips for using WBS Schedule Pro effectively.

Presenter:  Jim Spiller (LinkedIn profile) is President of Critical Tools, Inc, makers of the WBS Schedule Pro software. Jim has been a part of the Project Management Software business since 1985. For the past 20+ years with Critical Tools, Jim helped design and develop what is now called WBS Schedule Pro.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

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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Using WBS Schedule Pro

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Live Webinar – July 16th, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP1811)

• Organizations need great products to implement their strategy.
• They also need products that meet customers’ needs and demands.

One of the challenges organizations have is how to align the roles to execute strategies better and produce more value for their customers.

This presentation will explore the roles of project managers, business analysts, and product owners working together in partnership through the project and product lifecycles.

Peter & Joanna will first define the roles of project managers, business analysts, and product owners and their interactions. We will discuss how the roles fit into the product lifecycle to deliver value to customers.

They will present the iterative product development approach through an example and why this approach is key to delivering value to customers. Then we will show how project managers, business analysts, and product owners support each other in the iterative approach to ensure appropriate stakeholder engagement and communications and getting feedback from customers.

Through continuous feedback, integration, and product improvement will result in products meeting customer needs and organizations achieving their strategic objectives.

This virtual presentation has been designed with interactive discussions and activities.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Describe roles of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Product Owners on projects
• Apply the three roles to an effective iterative product development cycle
• Understand how the three roles need to work together to improve communications and gather customer feedback

With the Course You Will Receive:

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

Presenters:

Peter Monkhouse. (LinkedIn profile) President MonkArt, teaches a variety of project management & business courses at Ryerson University, University of Toronto, and University of Calgary. Peter has actively led projects and project managers in the areas of education, consulting, engineering, information technology, health, and organizational change from multinational organizations to startups.  Peter has taught thousands of students in PM in a variety of formats. He has been an active volunteer with PMI for 20 +years and presently sits on the PMI Education Foundation Board of Directors. Peter has a BSc (Engineering) & an MBA.

Joanna Tivig, (LinkedIn profile) is a Lecturer, Agile Leadership Coach and Speaker with 15+ years of executive experience launching successful products and portfolios in and outside Canada. She is also a committee member & organizer of Toronto Agile Conference. Joanna has been a Lecturer for UofT School of Continuing Studies for 10+ years. She recently launched her own business, focusing on improving the productivity of Agile teams. She has led successful transformation projects (Branch Transformation and Agile Adoption) in the Financial Services sector.  Joanna has a Bachelor Degree in Education & Foreign Languages, and holds multiple certifications in Business, Project Management and Agile.

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A Golden Partnership: PMs, BAs, & POs

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Live Webinar – July 16th 2020 7:30 am – 8:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – July 16th 2020 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

P2 Consulting is well-known for its Planning Managed Services:
Helping companies understand future scenarios and navigate the
Risks and issues of large scaled digital transformation.

In this webinar, Directors’ Adam Skinner and Andy Willis will discuss the approaches, tips and tricks to both building pragmatic and engageable plans and roadmaps, and how to maintain them in a way that keeps them as living documents.

Adam & Andy will look at how to do this in a waterfall and a scaled agile environment using PI Planning techniques – they’ll compare and contrast the different approaches and share the principles that underpin world-class planning.

Presenters:

Adam Skinner (LinkedIn profile) has 15 + years of successful project and programme delivery experience from a career spanning HM Treasury, PA Consulting, Atkins Global and P2Consulting. Adam specialises in the implementation of Programme and Portfolio Management capabilities through the establishment of Programme and PMO’s. Adam has established PMOs & P3M capabilities across a range of sectors including government, energy, retail and the financial sector & sits on the APM’s Portfolio Management SIG committee as Co-Chair. Adam is a graduate with distinction of Saïd Business School’s MSc in Major Programme Management.

Andy Willis (LinkedIn profile) has 35+ years experience in both IT and Business delivery. Andy specialises in PMO and Planning Delivery and has worked on many programmes and project, both planning them, and leading PMOs and PMO maturity assessments. Andy is an AgilePM Practitioner and SAFe 4 & 5 Agilist and combines this with his years of experience in Prince2 and Waterfall delivery.

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Mapping The Future:
The Art & Science Of Programme Planning
In A Waterfall Or Agile World

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Live Webinar – July 15th, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

As organizations contemplate options for re-entry, a lot of questions emerge.

1. How can everyone remain safe?
2. What if someone gets sick?
3. When is the right time to go back?
4. Should we even re-open the office?

With companies like Twitter and Google opting for their employees to remain home for an extended period of time or even indefinitely, it can be hard to know what’s best for your organization.

While there is not a simple answer to these questions, during the webinar, Libby Mullen, is going to explain one thing that all organizations must do to make this transition as smooth as possible. Organizations must consider both employees’ physical and mental health and safety when creating their plan for a successful re-entry into the workplace.

Join Libby as she discusses:

• How to prepare for re-entry before anyone steps foot into the office
• Why employees’ mental health must be taken as seriously as physical health during this time of uncertainty
• Guidelines and precautions from the CDC on how to safely return to work
• Assessments to uncover what is the right move for your organization
• And so much more ….

Presenter:   Libby Mullen (LinkedIn profile) Learning & Development Manager, BizLibrary;  enjoys developing employees to realize their maximum potential. Libby has over 25 years of experience in Education, Training, and Business Consultation, both in Higher Education and in Business Sectors. Building positive partnerships, solving business challenges creatively, and bringing out and developing the strengths in others are what makes Libby “tick.” Libby is a fervent writer, an experienced public speaker and is most passionate about the importance of life-long learning in helping employees to take initiative to become “Smarter Every Day.”

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How To Prepare Your Organization
For A Safe Re-Entry During COVID-19

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Live Webinar July 15th, 2020 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Virtual teams used to be an interesting subset of the modern organization. Now everyone who can conceivably work from home is doing so. Effective virtual teams just became a top priority.

Organizations that do a better job of engaging and enabling their remote employees now will have a significant long term advantage over the competition once the economy recovers.

Join Tangie Pettis (LinkedIn profile, HCI bio) Chief Talent Officer of  TWT  Talent and learn what makes an effective, engaged virtual team.

In this webcast, you will:

• Learn to manage effectively when everyone on your team is working from home
• Discover how to overcome some of the growing pains associated with transitioning to remote work
• Consider how specific tools and leadership can promote engagement in a virtual setting

Note:

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) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Leading & Engaging Remote Teams

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