.BOOK – Agile Project Management
Earn Up to 8 Category C PDUs for Reading the Book (320 pages)
Project Management the Agile Way: Making It Work in the Enterprise byJohn C. Goodpasture

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In this book, Goodpasture explores uses and nuances of both agile and classical project management methodologies in 12 domains ranging from the essential business case to benefits realization. The chapters on governance and quality are particularly outstanding.

He describes how agile, as a methodology, might align with the existing PMI standard for a single project (PMBOK^® Guide, Chapter 3, 4th Edition) it is fairly easy to see how it relates to the five major processes – Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing.

About the Author – John C. Goodpasture, PMP (LinkedIn profile) and Managing Principal at Square Peg Consulting, is a program manager, coach, author and system engineer specializing in defense systems, aerospace and information systems. He has extensive experience in project management and system engineering, risk management, strategic planning and portfolio value management. He is the author of two other books in the field of project management; Quantitative Methods in Project Management, and Managing Projects for Value (Project Management Essential Library) as well as numerous magazine articles in project management publications. Read John’s blog, and his work products are found in the Square Peg library, and on Slideshare.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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Online Webinar (original broadcast June 22 2011)
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Sponsored by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Presented by: Ken Blanchard and Colleen Barrett
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If you haven’t discovered the concept of Servant Leadership you are not alone. The modern servant leadership movement was launched by Robert K. Greenleaf in his 1970 essay, “The Servant as Leader”, and although this management style has been around for years the concepts and underlying philosophies were often practiced in ‘Faith Based’ businesses and organizations. But this is now changing ……

Companies that have adopted the principles of Servant Leadership (sometimes known as the New Golden Rule). Companies are quickly discovering that the philosophies, if honestly adopted:

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The Presenters:
Ken Blanchard (@kenblanchard) is the cofounder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, an international management training and consulting firm.He also hosts a twitter account on leadership topics – The Blanchard LeaderChat – @LeaderChat.

He is a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, and a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. He is cofounder of the Center for FaithWalk Leadership, which is dedicated to helping leaders walk their talk in the marketplace. His books include The One Minute Manager® , coauthored with Spencer Johnson, which has sold more than 13 million copies and remains on best-seller lists, to Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service® also Gung Ho!® Turn On the People in Any Organization, and Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships!

Colleen Barrett is president emeritus of Southwest Airlines Company.She was a member of the company’s Executive Planning Committee andchaired numerous special teams, task forces, and committees relating to internal and external Southwest customers. She now serves on theBoard of Trusteesof theKen Blanchard College of Business at Grand Canyon University, the Becker College Board of Trustees, and the JC Penney Company, board of Directors.Barret is coauthor of Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success (192 pages Earn up to 7 PDUs)

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Servant Leadership: Creating Culture and Sustaining Performance

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Live Webinar May 9th, 2012 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)C

Want to be a star performer or lead a team of high performers?

We highly recommend this webinar with Shawn Kent Hayashi – pduOTD.com has always valued your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) but Shawn offers more. The information in this session can be applied to your projects and stakeholders. Creating better lines of communication will increase the success of any project. Sign up for this session today! – EdmontonPM

This webinar with Shawn Kent Hayashi (LinkedIn profile) will reveal the conversations you need to create meaningful, engaging conversations that bring star performance alive.

,, Shawn discusses her book Conversations for Change: 12 Ways to Say it Right When It Matters Most Earn Up To 10 Category C PDUs for reading her book. (235 pages) As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Note: ITMPI is now charging a $2.99 convenience fee to obtain the PDU code. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code can be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. Search the Rep # (it is in our listing) The courses are listed alphabetically use the arrow keys to move to the correct place in the alphabet and search the list on that page for the course that you attended – the code should be listed. (setting the “set the dropdown box” to show 100 per page will make your search easier).

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Live Webinar April 26th,2012 12:00 – 12:30 pm EDT
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Project managers and executives do not like to talk about ‘problem’ projects; however, the reality is that they do exist.

Most Project Managers are faced with events that result in a troubled or problem project that is in jeopardy with regards to the criteria used to define project success.

This Webinar will discuss problem project symptoms along with successful problem solving strategies including systematic and creative approaches. Attend this Webinar and learn recovery techniques to turn your problem project around for successful completion.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE (LinkedIn profile), is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering solutions in project management, business analysis and business process improvement.Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs.

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Looking for More Information on Troubled Projects?

Book /Learning Guide
Earn Up to 10 Category C PDUs Reading & Completing
Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure & A Learning Guide For “Rescue The Problem Project” (pduOTD Primer Series)

Are you managing a problem project? Do you want to learn more about the recovery process before you’re managing a problem project? Todd C. Williams’ “Rescue the Problem Project” is the #1 book that details the recovery process for a problem project.

Martin Chernenkoff, Senior Editor at PDU Of The Day (pduOTD.com) has written this companion to the #1 book on Project Recovery. “A Learning Guide For Rescue The Problem Project” is part of the pduOTD Primer series for Project Management.

Many books explain how to run a project, but only Todd C. Williams shows how to bring it back from the brink of disaster. With 65% of projects failing to meet goals and 25% canceled outright, that’s essential information!

With the help of this Learning guide, you will turn the recovery process outlined in “Rescue the Problem Project” into a detailed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Action Item list.

After working through the Learning Guide and studying the book, you’ll be ready to tackle that gnarly project! At the same time … earn PDUs.

What is the purpose of this learning guide?

1. The learning guide navigates you through the recovery process.
2. It supplements the book with a Work Breakdown Structure and Action Items for the recovery manager.
3. The learning guide helps you document the PDUs earned for PMI® certification and earn up to 10 PDUs .

The six parts of this book mirror the steps of the recovery process and the parts of “Rescue the Problem Project”. Each section contains a WBS diagram that lists deliverables required, a WBS Dictionary that defines the deliverables and a checklist with key points to remember.

As you work through the learning guide and customize the WBS, you’ll be creating the recovery plan you need to bring your problem project back from the brink.

NOTE: Category C Recording information is included with the Learning Guide.

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BOOK – Leadership Topics
Earn Up to 7 Category C PDUs for Reading the Book
Leadership: Helping Others To Succeed– by Bernardo Tirado

This book will help you build on your strengths of:
Leadership, Collaboration, and Communication

Project Managers are in the relationship business – We need to be building our leadership skills to identify potential in the individuals we are trying to approach and have them start to take that leadership stand.

– Bernardo Tirado (LinkedIn profile, @thepmobox) author of Leadership: Helping Others To Succeed and The Project Box

The traditional “Command & Control” model for running projects and project teams is rapidly changing. Today’s economy, millennials entering the workforce and the empowerment of knowledge workers has changed the way in which teams operate. It is very hard to be in command and control when you may not be aware of critical customer knowledge that your people have.

Harvard Business Review found that those individuals that were adding the most value and had critical customer knowledge were not even known to the management team.

Leaders need to shed the command-and-control and consensus styles in favor of collaborative leadership according to Herminia Ibarra and Morten T. Hansen of HBR. (July 2011)

Large and small organizations are working towards more collaborative structures to leverage the hidden knowledge in the organization and are finding that when individuals succeed so does the organization.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WX7BNnYTf8&feature=player_embedded

Cisco CEO John Chambers explains how abandoning command-and-control leadership has enabled the company to innovate more quickly, using collaboration and teamwork.

Collaborative Leadership styles that support others
is what this book is all about!

The book features experts that have been chosen because of their unique ability to lead others toward excellence and success.

Containing 15 interviews with the leading experts in leadership styles this book will give you insights into the workings and results of leadership styles that will create an environment of success.

Find answers to intriguing questions including:

• What is mind work and how is it connected to success?
• What are the most significant skill sets that you think a leader must apply to influence the success of others?
• What is self-directedness and how does it lead the way to success?

Leadership: Helping Others To Succeed presents new ideas and ambitious ways to approach the challenge of being an example and leading others in the right direction.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Earn up to 7 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs for reading Leadership: Helping Others To Succeed (This book is 232 pages.)

Live Webinar – February 14th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Offered by: Roeder Consulting ( REP 2453)
Duration: 1 hour 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU &/or
Earn Up to 6 Category C PDUs for Reading the Book
A Sixth Sense for Project Management®

One year after publishing his Amazon best-seller, A Sixth Sense for Project Management®, Tres Roeder, MBA, PMP will discuss the state of project management and recent developments on the human side of change.

Charles Dickens began his famous novel, A Tale of Two Cities, by writing “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness …”

And so it is with project management.

The number of people sitting for the PMP test remains very high; Agile certification is hot; and many organizations are adding Project Management Offices and deepening their investment in project management.

At the same time, many project managers are looking for work, some organizations are reducing or even eliminating project management staff, and other people and organizations are stagnant in their antiquated approach to project management.

One year after writing his book on the state of the project management profession and a call for a more balanced approach, Mr. Roeder shares recent developments in the profession and his expert perspective on how to be a part of the future.

Presenter: Tres Roeder (LinkedIn profile) is recognized as a global expert on project management. He regularly speaks at global project management events, including, the Project Management Institute’s Global Congresses. Mr. Roeder educates project managers how to achieve project success by deploying a balanced approach with a particular emphasis on people. Tres is often quoted in books & articles (MSN Money, Microsoft Press, and the Project Management Institute), and released his best-selling book “A Sixth Sense for Project Management®â€ on the 10th anniversary of the founding of Roeder Consulting in 2011

Click to register for A Sixth Sense for Project Management® – One Year Later

Earn Up to 6 Category C PDUs for Reading the Book
A Sixth Sense for Project Management®

In the book A Sixth Sense for Project Management® Tres Roeder lays out a system to help you succeed not only in your projects, but in any interpersonal relationship that requires a change in behavior. In this book, Mr. Roeder lays out how he succeeds by using a balanced approach of technical project management skills, business acumen and sixth sense people skills. Sixth sense people skills are unlike any people skills guidance you have ever received. Read this book and forever change the way to manage people and projects.

This book is 148 pages. Reading this book would qualify for up to 6 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs (formerly Category 2 SDL PDUs).

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’