Live Webinar – August 18th 2020 7:00 am – 8:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – August 18th 2020 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

The Covid-19 lockdown has had several impacts on PMO teams in all industries.

During this webinar, Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton will provide some insight into the realities of PMO life right now, and provide some tactics that we can put into practice right now to make our PMOs as strong as they can be for the future (whatever that looks like).

Presenter: Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton (LinkedIn profile) Director of Consulting Services  Wellingtone PM, is a Project, Programme & Portfolio specialist with extensive experience in the change management industry and a particular focus on collaboration, PMO conception & strategy, method & capability development. Emma-Ruth is  currently Chair of the APM’s PMO SIG, an APM Accredited Trainer, and involved in various project management charitable organisations.

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Finding Your PMO Mojo Following Lockdown

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Online Webinar  – Recorded March 13, 2020
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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The initial Agile implementations at the enterprise level, although developed by well known academics and senior executives, were somehow hidden from the public view.

Once done only by Computer Science graduates concentrated in the Computer department of large enterprises, software development has become an industry itself, providing services not only to companies but also directly to the end customer.

In a business environment, estimation is a mandatory activity in the planning phase. Any traditional framework will involve estimations from the Business Case throughout the closure of the project. Effort and cost estimation become a science, and in non-software industries, there are specialized estimators.

Unlike traditional frameworks where estimation is a very well documented and structured process, in Agile, each team has his own approach to estimation. Much of the time, Story Points, a diluted version of other estimation models like Function Points or Object Points, are used.

In this webinar Stelian Roman (LinkedIn profile) looks at the #NoEstimate Approach, a revolutionary approach seen by some Agile teams as a waste reduction, team morale improvement and of course the elimination of one of the most dreadful activities in “waterfall”.

The webinar is based on the presenter’s practical experience as a Project Manager and Development Manager, including real life examples of the benefits and pitfalls of estimation and lack of estimation.

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The Agile Enterprise: Estimate Or #NoEstimate?
What Is The Agile Way?

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Live Webinar August 19th, 2020 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  HR.com

Not only has technology changed the way we work, but so has the recent pandemic. Flexible work arrangements are not just a nice to have anymore, they are the “new normal” for many.

At the same time, essential employees are often unable to work remotely.  Organizations must consider balancing business continuity goals with the employee experience and well-being – for both remote and on-premise employees.

During this webinar Neil Reichenberg (LinkedIn profile) Executive Director International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR); & Chris Mullen (LinkedIn profile) Director Strategic Advisory  Kronos; will discuss this new way of working, while providing quantifiable benefits and practical tips on how to offer flexibility in jobs that require a physical presence.

Learn the key components for making this all work for employees and businesses.

Participants can expect to discuss:

1. Changing employee expectations – the need for flexibility
2. Quantifiable benefits of providing flexible work arrangements
   • As outlined in the cited research and papers.
   • * Include caveat that reduced hours are not feasible for all types of work.
3. Practical tips on how to offer flexibility in jobs that require a physical presence (in addition to the recommendations in the chapter).
   • AI-enabled schedule changes, PTO, and shift swaps for improved short-term flexibility and better work-life balance.
   • Enhanced cross-training to allow individuals to back-fill a higher percentage of jobs.
     • This reduce scheduling bottle-necks and increase scheduling flexibility.
   • Transform a few positions into “Rovers”
     • Almost like a utility player in baseball) or convert one full-time position into 2 or 3 part-time
     • Rover jobs to fill scheduling gaps as they occur to minimize the impact on other employees. *IMPORTANT: the need to support employees is crucial
4. Explore alternative work schedules that allow employees to be off work for longer periods of time (rotating 4/12 and 3/12 shifts for example)

NOTE:

HR.com is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP®️ or SHRM-SCP®️️. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.

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Providing Flexibility When Presence Is Required

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Live Webinar August 17th, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Digital transformation initiatives, the implementation of new technologies, and changing operating models expose organizations to more risks.

As a result, audit leaders are expected to expand assurance over changing processes and controls, but they struggle to develop a scalable assurance strategy and approach. Both resources and internal audit’s insight into key change initiatives are limited.

Furthermore, the conventional approach of increasing the time dedicated to consulting and advisory activities is proving to be insufficient in this high-change environment.

A new approach is needed to meet the evolving assurance needs.

In this webinar Tegan Gebert (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Advisory Director reveals how audit departments can adapt processes and activities to scale their involvement in high-risk, high-change areas of the organization.

Discussion Topics:

• How to provide high-value assurance over changing processes and controls
• Update audit’s methodology to help guide staff’s interactions with the business
• Communicate to business management how audit adds value to organizational change

For another Great PDU Opportunity Check Out:
Getting Audit Teams To Data-Driven Insights

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Audit At The Speed Of Business:
Strategies For Scaling Assurance In A
High-Risk, High-Change Environment

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Online Webinar  – Recorded March 18 2020
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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If you work in a large organization, then chances are better than good that you work on at least one ‘virtual team,’ possibly more. If you’re like most people, you find this ‘difficult,’ if not almost impossible from time to time.

The obstacles to performance are many; they include time zone differences, matrix management, the blurring of the work/life boundary, and cultural differences that are totally hidden until you’re ensnared in some conflict that no one really understands.

Welcome to the modern world!

In the past, a ‘meeting’ was something personal. We could see the people we worked with – we knew the people we worked with – we might even have a personal relationship with the people we worked with. Today, we work with complete strangers. People we’ll never meet. People we have nothing in common with. Yet? We expect virtual Teams to operate as effectively as ‘real’ teams.

This presentation builds on some recent work with a multinational organization. It will summarize the issues surrounding virtual teams, paying specific attention to the unexpected issues. It will also offer some possible solutions to the discovered problems.

Peter will summarize the observations/findings by relating the nature of Virtual Teams to Dr. David Rock’s SCARF model.

Presenter:  Peter De Jager

Peter de Jager (LinkedIn profile  @pdejager)  is a very highly respected keynote speaker/writer/consultant on the issues relating to managing change of all shapes and sizes in all types of organizations. He has published hundreds of articles on Problem Solving, Creativity and Change Management – to the impact of technology on areas such as Privacy, Security and Business Issues appearing in publications such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American.

Peter is best known to IT audiences for his efforts to create responsible awareness of the Y2K issue – For which he received several awards from IT associations and Govt. Agencies.  He has also written several regular columns and presented sessions to world class organizations.

Peter has spoken in over 35 countries recognized worldwide as an exciting, humorous, provocative and engaging speaker.

Peter’s Kindle publications include A Pocket Full Of Change about Organizational Change,  So? You’re a Manager… Now What?, and Truth Picks Vol I. A Truth Pick is a short, pointed commentary on a popular quote – For Peter these “Truth Picks” was a personal morning meditation he was publishing – which  blossomed until several thousand people were reading them on a daily basis.

Peters presentations and workshops are highly interactive, fun, irreverent to mistaken ideas and most distinctively – provocative. He entices the audience, by demonstrating conflicts between their stated beliefs and behaviors, to think differently about what they thought they knew. You can read much of his work in the publications section of www.technobility.com and view his videos at Vimeo.com/technobility.

This webinar series is a de Jager & Co Limited  and Interthink Consulting production.

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Virtual Teams – Real Problems – Possible Solutions

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Online Webinar – Recorded Jun 25 2020
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The COVID-19 crisis left many retailers with low or limited cash reserves, putting the business in jeopardy.

In this webinar Max Hammond (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst explores using a disciplined approach to continuous cost optimization as a major back-to-work strategy.

The approach allows retailers to strike a balance between supporting cost efficiencies and contributing to innovation investments to create competitive advantage for long-term business success.

Discussion Topics:

• Optimize costs across product availability, merchandising, workforce and collaboration
• Cost optimization as a back-to-work strategy
• Develop a balance between cost efficiencies and innovation investments

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Beyond COVID-19:
14 Ways For Retailers To Use IT
To Optimize Business Cost

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