Live Webinar – June 21st, 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

Earned Value Management or EVM is standardized method used by project managers to track and predict progress and performance of a project.

It allows Project Managers with a way to accurately predict the future and overall performance of a project but using information gathered on completed work.

Using EVM one can monitor, report and correct project performance issues earlier in the project’s life than non-EVM managed projects allow.

This 3 part series will serve as a basis for EVM and will allow PM to start their EVM journey.

This presentation (week 2) will demonstrate how to use Microsoft Project to set up a Project that will track EVM.

It will cover EVM metrics and steps for measuring EVM.

Learning Objectives:

• How to setup and use Microsoft Project to track EVM.
• What EVM metrics are.
• How to set up a project schedule in Microsoft Project that will track EVM Metrics
• What steps are necessary to track and measure EVM.
• How to Track and Measure EVM using Microsoft Project.

Presenter: Fletcher Hearns (LinkedIn profile) PMP PMP-SP MCP (Project & Server) Director of Technology Solutions, Edwards Performance Solutions; is responsible for the implementation, of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solutions & overseeing the custom application development around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project (Desktop & Server) and SharePoint. Fletcher is a leading trainer in PM & the use of project management tools. Prior to joining Edwards, Fletcher spent 20+ years in leadership roles at firms across a broad spectrum of industries including systems used in the medical industry for digital diagnostic image dissemination and recording & held roles in  design, development, and project management of complex, high-performance systems used in the financial and online gaming industries.

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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Earned Value Management (2 of 3)

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Live Webinar June 22nd, 2023, 12:00 pm -1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Accessors, also known as Locators, are a key component of automated testing.

They allow automated testing tools to interact with the application under test by clicking buttons, filling out forms, or executing other required actions.

But applications today have become more complex and dynamic, causing accessors to become unreliable.

The consequences of unreliable accessors are significant. Not only do they lead to test failures and false positives, but they also require significant effort to maintain and update.

In some cases, test teams may need to spend more time maintaining their test scripts than testing the application.

How can automation teams compensate?

Join this webinar to learn:

• How dynamic applications and code-generators may exacerbate the issue
• What solutions teams can adopt to help minimize the incidence of unreliable accessors
• How AI can help make approaches more robust

Register to join the conversation and learn how common this problem may be and how to address it effectively.

Presenter:  Kevin Parker (LinkedIn profile) Vice President of Customer Success, Appvance.ai  is a 30+ year industry veteran and the holder of 4technology patents. He specializes in the Digital Transformation of Business Systems through DevOps, Agile, Shift Left, software development, software testing, software release management, digital transformation, micro-services architectures, and web-services architectures.  Kevin works to ensure their success, working closely with analysts, the press, customers, partners, and employees to exchange ideas about industry direction and business issues.

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The Consequences Of Unreliable Accessors

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Live Webinar June 19th, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The security of applications has become a primary concern for software engineering leaders, as their organization’s attack surface grows larger and more lucrative.

Malicious actors now prioritize attacks against an organization’s hosted applications.

Leading engineering organizations are modernizing application security and the software development life cycle (SDLC).

are also adopting DevOps practices to enable rapid delivery of customer value and agility at scale.

However, in most organizations application security practices lag the curve of innovation. As a result of these obstacles, software engineering leaders are unable to layer application security on top of DevOps practices.

Join Aaron Lord (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr. Director Analyst which explores how to modernize application security practices for DevOps.

Discussion Topics:

• Integrate and automate secure design
• Perform continuous security verification and testing
• Secure the continuous delivery pipeline

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

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Application Security Practices For Modern DevOps

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Live Webinar – June 21st, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Learn about the power and awesomeness of vector graphics in PowerPoint.

Use simple vector elements to make professional PowerPoint slides and graphics in minutes.

Geek out with Mike as he breaks down pro tips and techniques to make your job easier, lower file size, and blow everyone away with incredible new skills.

• Understand vector in PowerPoint
• Make pro graphics
• Use vector to cut out photos fast
• Know where to go to get pro vector graphics

For Another Great PDU With Mike Parkinson Check Out:
Billion $ Graphics’
Top 10 PowerPoint Tips, Tricks, & Tools

Presenter: Mike Parkinson (LinkedIn profile) Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs & CPP APMP Fellow, is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, professional speaker, and trainer, and a multi-published, award-winning author of Do-It-Yourself Billion Dollar Graphics: 3 Fast and Easy Steps to Turn Your Text and Ideas Into Persuasive Graphics & A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters. Mike’s  creative services firms, 24 Hour Company & Billion Dollar Graphics helps organizations, and agencies & he regularly contributes articles and conducts training seminars to companies, organizations, agencies like Microsoft, Fed Ex, Motorola, Dell, Lockheed Martin, Subaru, and the NSA as well as at learning institutions and organizations such as STC, ATD and Training Magazine.

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Victory With Vectors (PowerPoint Advanced)

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Live Webinar June 20th, 2023 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: PMTA  Project Management Training Alliance

How Well Do You Manage Risk On Your Projects?

Every project has elements of risk within it, dealing with those risks is so much more than just a simple plan.

What do you think of when you hear the word Risk?

An event that could negatively impact your project or something else?

Join Lyn to review the basics of risk management.  She will then focus on ways to identify risks for projects as well as strategies that you might use to deal with them.

Learner Outcomes: 

1. Review the basic aspects of risk management
2. Explore risk identification tools & techniques
3. Find strategies for handling risks if they do occur

Presenter: Lyn Heaton, PMP (LinkedIn profile)  Heaton Business Consultants, LLC providing project management training since 2008 in a variety of settings; corporate, military, PMI chapters, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Lyn received her Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification in 2001.  She holds a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

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Do You Manage Risks, Or Do They Manage You?

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Live Webinar June 21st, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

Strategic planning and fostering a strategic mindset is about getting your team, department or organization where it needs to go.

Starting with the bigger picture and moving onto the practical implementation issues, this webinar takes you right through the strategic planning process with helpful tools, techniques and ideas at every stage.

Topic areas:

• How to develop a strategic mindset
• Using the strategic planning process to help you make choices about the future nature and direction of your organization
• Assessing the benefits and risks of strategic planning
• Setting strategic objectives
• Implementing the strategy
• Undertaking effective monitoring and evaluation
• Communicating your strategy to the board and senior management

Presenter: Susan Croft (LinkedIn profile) is an international public speaker, corporate trainer, and PR practitioner. With 30+ years of experience in project management, sales, communications, change management, marketing and management training, as well as public relations consulting for a number of international organizations; she has written extensively on management and communication and coaches individuals and small groups on managing projects, managing personal and organizational change, communications, and presentation skills.

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Developing A Strategic Mindset

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