Live Webinar April 5th, 2023 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

Buying Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software is a common way to achieve computer processing capabilities quicker, cheaper, and with less risk than building it.

However, acquiring COTS and other software still has a high rate of failure.

In this important interactive presentation Robin reveals the differences and gives guidance on defining requirements that make COTS acquisitions succeed.

Presenter: Robin Goldsmith (LinkedIn profile) author of Discovering Real Business Requirements for Software Project Success,  advises & trains business and systems professional on risk-based Proactive Software Quality Assurance and Testing™, requirements, REAL ROI™, metrics, outsourcing, project and process management.Robin is a subject expert for TechTarget’s SearchSoftwareQuality.com and a subject expert/reviewer for the IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK v2).  Robin  writes the Unconventional Wisdom blog on TestHuddle.com and is publishing his next book shortly – Cut Creep—Put Business Back in Business Analysis to Discover REAL Business Requirements for Agile, ATDD, and Other Project Success. Make sure to check out GoProManagement.com Robin’s site!

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Define Right Requirements For Acquiring COTS

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Live Webinar – April 5th, 2023 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 – Members only event

When you open a large Microsoft Project plan, it’s often difficult to understand the details and complexities of the schedule.

During this fun and informative session, Ira Brown – an industry leader and recognized Microsoft Project expert – will demonstrate some of the visualization capabilities of Microsoft Project that help you quickly see the information for which you’re looking.

In this webinar, Ira will discuss Microsoft Project features such as the following that can be used to highlight critical project information:

• Font and text styles
• Zoom in/Zoom out functionality
• Highlighting summary tasks
• Gantt bar formatting
• Graphical indicators
• Shading columns in a view
• Making fields ‘read only’
• Macro automation, and more!

This session is geared toward the Microsoft Project business user (PMs), rather than a technical programmer, providing practical, real-world examples for solving the common challenges a user faces when working with Microsoft Project, especially with larger projects.

Learning Objectives:

• How to use Microsoft Project fonts and text styles to highlight key focus areas
• How to highlight summary tasks in Microsoft Project
• How to use graphical indicators
• How to format Gantt Charts in Microsoft Project
• How to make fields “read only” and why this is important for Project Managers

Presenter: Ira Brown (LinkedIn profile) is the President and CEO of Project Widgets, a Microsoft Project Partner specializing in add-on products, implementation services, integration, training, and custom software development for Microsoft Project. He is a is a recognized Microsoft Project expert with 20+ years of experience.

Project Widgets is well-known for offering add-on products for Microsoft Project and Project Online, as well as for creating custom solutions that meet their clients’ unique business requirements. Project Widgets even have several free, downloadable widgets available on their website that you can begin using right away

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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Now You See It: Microsoft Project Visualization Magic

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Live Webinar April 6th, 2023 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:   PEX  – The Process Excellence Network

How businesses can transform their AR process into efficient systems that boost revenue and improve customer relationships

From soaring interest rates and sky-high inflation to a challenging labor market and increasing economic uncertainty, today’s businesses have a lot obstacles standing in the way of success.

Increasingly, a big part of overcoming these challenges is the ability of the accounts receivable (AR) team to secure revenue and fortify critical customer relationships. The solution? Automation powered by AI technology.

Inefficient accounts receivable (AR) processes can have a significant impact on a business’s bottom line. This is why it’s crucial to identify and address the symptoms of a bad AR process, including manual data entry, missed payments, and errors.

By leveraging AI-driven automation, businesses can cure these symptoms and transform their AR process into a streamlined and efficient system that can boost revenue and improve customer relationships.

However, implementing AI-driven automation comes with its own set of challenges. Many businesses struggle to find the right technology solutions, integrate them with existing systems, and ensure that their staff is properly trained to use them.

Join Jon Seaman, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Account Executive at Esker, highlights how AI-driven solutions pave the way for optimized productivity, increased visibility and improved cashflow.

Jon will discuss strategies for getting AP projects started by addressing how to identify solutions.

In this webinar you will:

• Offer dashboards with customized KPIs to monitor daily receivables, collections performance and assess cashflow position.
• Add value throughout your AR processes, from credit management, invoice delivery and payment to cash application.
• Adapt to evolving business needs and ensure continuity even during periods of extended disruption.

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7 Symptoms Of A Bad AR Process &
How To Cure It With AI-Driven Automation

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Live Webinar April 3rd, 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

In the fight against inflationary economic headwinds, enterprises need innovation and a growth strategy, but they face resistance to progress by failing to clear technology debt.

Technology debt is the remaining amount of money that an organization must spend to meet its digital technology cost obligations while continuing doing business.

Even as new cost liabilities mount in the technology portfolio, CIOs must address inflation, recover from underinvestment, and prevent underspending. CIOs need to report cost liabilities to help business executives identify the technology debt position and develop plans that create net wealth.

Yet, technology leaders can be reluctant to discuss technology debt, and business leaders often do not ask about it or attend inquiry calls.

In this webinar Stewart Buchanan (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Analyst will help CIOs and IT leaders better manage and communicate technology debt, and digitally accelerate cash flow to boost business margins.

Discussion Topics:

• Better communicate the impact of technology debt to business leaders
• Digitally accelerate cash flow to boost business margins
• Effectively demonstrate the business value of IT

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

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Manage Technical Debt To Create IT Wealth

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