Live Webinar December 13th, 2022 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

In rhis webinar Alfonso Bucero will describe how to keep projects running smoothly, on budget, with timely deliveries and client satisfaction.

To do this consistently, there needs to be an overall framework that oversees the project. This is what we call project governance. Some best practices about project governance implementation will be shared.

Presenter: Alfonso Bucero, (LinkedIn profile) MSc, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI Fellow, Region 8th South-West Component Mentor

Some of Alfonso’s published works include:

• Today Is a Good Day! Attitudes for Achieving Project Success
• The Influential Project Manager: Winning Over Team Members and Stakeholders (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
• The Complete Project Manager: Integrating People, Organizational, and Technical Skills, 
• Hoy es un buen día. Actitudes para lograr el éxito del proyecto (Spanish Edition) .
• The Complete Project Manager’s Toolkit
• Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (Jossey-Bass Business & Management)

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Project Governance

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Live Webinar December 8th, 2022 11:00 am – 11:30 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

The company has decided to engage in IV&V(Independent Verification & Validation, ) – what’s next?

Like any consulting engagement with a third party, this type of work requires clear problems, goals, and success criteria in order to get the most benefit from the project or, in the worst case, to avoid significant waste from the activity.

In this webinar Sam Drauschak (LinkedIn profile) will address how IV&V is a formal project effort and how to plan to get the most out of it.

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Preparing For A Successful Audit

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Live Webinar December 7th, 2022 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

In this industry presentation, Christof shows the benefits of independent verification and validation for cybersecurity.

Based on his experiences at Vector he demonstrates with enhanced Grey-Box Penetration Test (GBPT) how to reduce test effort while being more effective in terms of coverage and indicating less false positives.

Presenter:  Dr. Christof Ebert (LinkedIn profile) Managing Director, Vector Consulting Service; is a renowned IT author and trusted adviser for companies around the world, member of industry boards, and professor at the University of Stuttgart. Dr. Ebert received the IEEE distinguished visitor award and is a member of the Alcatel Technical Academy.

Some of Dr. Ebert’s include:

• Global Software and IT: A Guide to Distributed Development, Projects, and Outsourcing
• Software Measurement: Establish – Extract – Evaluate – Execute
• Best Practices in Software Measurement
• And Several books in German including
  • Outsourcing kompakt: Entscheidungskriterien und Praxistipps für Outsourcing und Offshoring von Software-Entwicklung
  • Systematisches Requirements Engineering und Management

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Independent Verification & Validation For Cybersecurity

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Live Webinar December 7th, 2022 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: PMTA  Project Management Training Alliance

December 7, 1941, is, in President F.D. Roosevelt’s words, “a date which will live in infamy.”

Could the Japanese surprise attack have been avoided? If defending the Hawaiian island of Oahu against internal and external threats was the primary objective of the military authorities, could the U.S. forces have been better prepared?

Just how good was Japan’s plan for “Operation Hawaii”?

In this presentation Walter Viali will address how project management could have helped mitigate or outright avoid one of the darkest days in the history of the United States.

The first hour of the presentation covers the events leading up to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, while the second hour of the presentation examines the Japanese project of attacking Pearl Harbor and the U.S. project of defending Hawaii from a project management perspective, using the PMBOK Guide Knowledge Areas.

Also discussed are the assumptions made by the military leaders of both countries, what happened to the main protagonists involved directly or indirectly in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and valuable lessons learned for today’s project managers.

Presenter: Walter Viali (LinkedIn profile) PMP brings 30+ years of experience leading projects and building PMOs for his clients around the globe. He brings  expertise including Strategic Business Planning, Business Reengineering, Portfolio Management, and Project Management Office (PMO) implementation & has extensive experience conducting organizational assessments using the Software Engineering Capability Maturity Model (SEI CMM). He teaches project management and business analysis at the University of Houston. Walter is the co-author of the book Accelerating Change with Organizational Project Management: The New Paradigm for Change.  Walter volunteers for PMI in leadership positions (Houston Chapter & Clear Lake Galveston Chapters) serving as the Region 6 Mentor and making numerous presentations for chapters & at the PMI National Congress.

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Pearl Harbor, A Project Management Perspective:
2 Hours, 2 PDUs!

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Live Webinar December 6th, 2022 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

IV&V Independent Verification & Validation

Participants in this session will:

1. Be oriented to the role of IV&V and its potential benefits;
2. Understand the risks of an IV&V vendor “going native” and over-identifying with the system vendor;
3. Become familiar with seven signs that suggest there is a danger that your IV&V Vendor is losing their objectivity; and
4. Learn possible corrective actions to remedy the problem before it gets out of hand.

Presenter: Payson Hall, PMP® (LinkedIn profile) Consulting PM Catalysis Group, Inc. formally trained as a software engineer, and co-author of Improving Executive Sponsorship of Projects: A Holistic Approach Payson’s early career included commercial software development & system integration. His role shifted to include increasing PM responsibilities, and he  has performed and consulted on a variety of projects in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during his 35+ years professional career. Payson  coaches PMs & sponsors, teaches project management skills, consults and performs project reviews.  Payson has published over 100 project management articles, numerous project management and problem-solving classes,, and is sought after as a speaker who specializes in demystifying project management topics and communicating important ideas while entertaining audiences.

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Seven Signs Your IV&V Has Gone Native

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Live Webinar November 30th, 2022 11:00 am – 11:30 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

In this webinar Sam Drauschak (LinkedIn profile)  will look at the benefits and costs of IV&V as well as the various dimensions to consider when calculating ROI for the effort.

Sam will look at the factors to consider when deciding when, how, and why to engage in IV&V activities along with the value the organization expects to get from its efforts.

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Value Analysis

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