Live Webinar – November 24th 2020 7:30 am – 8:30 am EST
Live Webinar – November 24th 2020 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

EVMS – Part 3 Of 3
View EVMS: Part 1 Here
View EVMS: Part 2 Here

This series of webinars will introduce people to the, often poorly understood, system of work (the Earned Value Management System) that underpins good Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and enduring decisions.

The techniques for analysing EVM data are well understood and widely deployed. However, the system of work that provides ‘unquestionable’ data to analyse is less well understood. This, in turn, has led to a lack of understanding of what Earned Value Analysis is actually telling us about our projects.

This series of webinars aims to improve and broaden the understanding of what makes a good Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and why it is important to be as concerned about the system as it is about the data.

Scot Butcher & Martin Eveleigh will build up your knowledge over three webinars. In this third webinar, they will introduce the tools and techniques to provide assurance that you have an effective EVMS in place, you are actually using it effectively and you have a valid baseline.

Along the way, Scot & Martin will also debunk a number of EVM myths.

Please Note:  Within the 3 hours of the 3 webinars, you can only achieve an awareness level of the scope and complexity of an effective EVMS. It is highly likely that, for some attendees, this will leave them with more questions than answers. However, the intent of these webinars is just that – to start to get people to ask themselves the difficult questions.

This webinar is suitable for professionals with
Intermediate Level Of Experience.

Presenters:

Scot Butcher (LinkedIn profile) MEng has spent his entire career as a Civil Servant in the Ministry of Defence. In 1998, Scot moved to a role in a multinational project based in Munich, Germany. In 2002, Scot joined the PMO for a major submarine procurement programme & was the lead for risk and change management for the programme, leading stakeholders through a particularly busy time.  One of Scot’s key roles was to improve the EVM practices. In 2013, Scot became head of the Submarine Portfolio Office (SPO) & chaired a number of EVM Integrated Baseline Reviews and System Demonstration Reviews.

Martin Eveleigh (LinkedIn profile) began his career in the field of Aerospace Development &  Electrical Design; then in 1993 Martin entered into Programme Management working on ever increasing complex Projects/Programmes. Martin authored the Rolls-Royce EVM System Description (EVMSD) and successfully led it through formal US Government ‘validation’. In 2005, he performed audits, teaching, mentoring and advising in all things Earned Value and Project Controls. Currently Martin runs his own Project & Programme Management Consultancy, enabling and sentencing of System demonstration Reviews (SDR) and Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR) as well as routine Surveillance. Martin holds a Masters Degree (MSc) in Project & Programme Management

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An Introduction To An Effective Earned Value Management System (EVMS) Part 3

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Online Webinar – Recorded October 4th, 2012
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)

Business Analysts and Project Managers spend too much time in long, inefficient, ineffective meetings.

Worse yet, oftentimes they are leading them!

We all know that meetings are a “necessary evil” in the world of business analysis and project management, but the question is – How can we do it more efficiently?

Most people don’t realize that there are specific techniques that anyone can employ to improve the efficiency and effectiveness in their meetings. This webinar is filled with tips and techniques to help you make your meetings much more efficient.

This two hour webinar reveals 5 key secrets you can use to reduce the length of your next project meeting (live or conference call).

Learn how to manage lengthy discussion, develop agendas to encourage brevity, artfully manage difficult meeting personalities like the “dominator”, “the rambler”, “the multitasker”, and get team members to come prepared and actually get involved in the meeting facilitation.

You will learn facilitation techniques that balance the leader’s focus on task with a desire to build/maintain relationship.

These techniques will not just reduce your meeting time but also enhance your credibility as a leader and improve the morale of the team. The session is filled with tips and techniques that you can begin implementing immediately.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• How to establish a PAL for your meeting to provide necessary structure
• How to artfully and tactfully manage difficult personalities like the dominator, the multitasker, and the rambler
• How to keep the meeting focused and on track

With the Course You Will Receive:

• White Paper – Managing the Meeting from Hell
• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Dana Brownlee (LinkedIn profile) a speaker and trainer garnered critical team leadership and management consulting experience through her years with AT&T Bell Labs, AT&T, IBM Consulting, and EMC Corporation. She possesses an impressive array of credentials including an MBA (Emory University), BIE (Georgia Tech), BS (Spelman College), IBM Business Transformation Consulting Certification, Project Management Professional, and Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualification.

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5 Secrets To Virtually Cut Your Meeting Time in Half!

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Online Webinar  – Recorded
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  PM Times (Diversified Business Communications REP1811)

Increasingly, people need to work together remotely, yet the research shows that effectiveness dramatically decreases as soon as people are more than 90 feet away from each other.

• In fact, did you know that 39% of people are sleeping during your virtual meetings?
• Some are multitasking; they’re catching up on email, and sorting through their to-do list.
• Others are engaging in Social Media, and some are simply not even paying attention.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

If your virtual project team meetings suffer from any of these symptoms then you need to join us for Fact Vs. Fiction: An interactive session about the myths surrounding virtual teams

This engaging  lunch and learn will uncover the myths surrounding virtual teams, and give you the tools you need to ensure productive and engaging virtual meetings.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Demystify the top 5 myths of virtual teams
• Discuss 3 virtual meeting strategies
• Determine how to build trust in a virtual team

Who should attend?

• Project Managers,
• BA’s
• Team members of virtual teams

With the Course You Will Receive:

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

Presenter: Claire Sookman (LinkedIn profile) the driving force behind Virtual Team Builders, brings to the table 20+ years of corporate & public sector consulting experience, working with over 4,500 Project Managers in the past three years. Specializing in virtual team building and communication strategies, Virtual Team Builders provides consulting expertise that results in virtual project teams working more efficiently. Claire began her career PMSI Project Mentors and worked with project managers and team members worldwide. The common challenge these teams were facing was working in and leading a dispersed teams and 1999 Virtual Team Builders was born. Visit Claire’s website at Virtualteambuilders

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Virtual Teams: Fact Vs. Fiction

Live Webinar November 24th, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The cloud is your new data & analytics platform. Cloud service providers and independent software vendors provide the basis for a new cloud-based ecosystem.

In this webinar Adam Ronthal (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst, explores the state of the data & analytics platform (data management, BI/analytics/data science, data and analytics governance), the transition to cloud and its implications, and what it means to operate successfully in the cloud or, more likely, multiple clouds.

Discussion Topics:

• Why now is the time for the cloud
• Key data & analytics challenges for transitioning to cloud
• Best practices for efficiently operating data & analytics in the cloud

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

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The Future Of Data & Analytics Is In The Cloud

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