Live Webinar May 22nd, 2013, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A Free
Previously recorded version also available.

This session is a deep dive into requirements documentation issues showing examples of good documentation practices and samples of materials that only look good on the surface, but have significant buried problems. Find out the 3 most common documentation mistakes, and learn about 5 critical success factors for effective requirements documentation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Know what material must be present in high quality requirements documentation.
2. See how documentation defects impact project performance.
3. Learn how to simplify your strategy for documentation by focusing on the right information at the right time

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Recorded Version Information:

If you watch the recorded version of this webinar it is a good idea to record the information about this webinar date, time, and list this prerecorded event for your PDU Audit folder.

Click to view a recorded version (2008-10-28) of Inside Effective Business Requirements Documentation .

Live Webinar March 13th 2013, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A Free
Previously recorded version also available.

This session is a deep dive into requirements documentation issues showing examples of good documentation practices and samples of materials that only look good on the surface, but have significant buried problems. Find out the 3 most common documentation mistakes, and learn about 5 critical success factors for effective requirements documentation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Know what material must be present in high quality requirements documentation.
2. See how documentation defects impact project performance.
3. Learn how to simplify your strategy for documentation by focusing on the right information at the right time

You will have to register – then the webinar will load in the page
Please be patient this may take a min or two to load.
(You may have to use the side scroll bar to place the webinar on pause)

Click to register for the Live version of Inside Effective Business Requirements Documentation

Recorded Version Information:

If you watch the recorded version of this webinar it is a good idea to record the information about this webinar date, time, and list this prerecorded event for your PDU Audit folder.

Click to view the recorded version ofInside Effective Business Requirements Documentation .

Live Webinar January 2nd 2013, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A Free
Previously recorded version also available.

This session is a deep dive into requirements documentation issues showing examples of good documentation practices and samples of materials that only look good on the surface, but have significant buried problems. Find out the 3 most common documentation mistakes, and learn about 5 critical success factors for effective requirements documentation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Know what material must be present in high quality requirements documentation.
2. See how documentation defects impact project performance.
3. Learn how to simplify your strategy for documentation by focusing on the right information at the right time

You will have to register – then the webinar will load in the page
Please be patient this may take a min or two to load.
(You may have to use the side scroll bar to place the webinar on pause)

Click to register for the Live version of Inside Effective Business Requirements Documentation

Recorded Version Information:

If you watch the recorded version of this webinar it is a good idea to record the information about this webinar date, time, and list this prerecorded event for your PDU Audit folder.

Click to view the recorded version ofInside Effective Business Requirements Documentation .

Live Webinar March 9th, 2011, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Linkage

Well-integrated, high-performing teams—those that ‘click’—never lose sight of their goals and are largely self-sustaining. In fact, they seem to take on a life of their own.

The degree to which members of an organization can effectively collaborate and work in teams is a determining factor for success.

• Is your team equipped for success?
• Do you want a proven approach to generating results in 2012?

If so, you won’t want to miss this practical, how-to session.

In this session, you will learn how to:

• communicate a clear vision and inspire team members to make the vision a reality
• create blueprints for action to achieve those goals
• use language to build trust, encourage forward thinking, and create energy within the team
• get the right people involved

Presented by: Marcus Marcero

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 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’

Click to register for Coaching For Results: Making Good Teams Great

Live Webinar February 23rd 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Management Concepts (Rep #1124)

In order to grow as a project manager, it is necessary to take an inventory of your current skills and identify areas for improvement.

Having a sense of what it takes to be a successful project manager is a good start. Creating and implementing an actionable plan to improve your capabilities is even better.

In this webinar, Susanne Madsen (LinkedIn @SusanneMadsen) author of the recently published book, Project Management Coaching Workbook: Six Steps to Unleashing Your Potential, and Dr. Shelley Kirkpatrick, (LinkedIn profile) Director of Assessment Development at Management Concepts, will discuss the six steps you can take to improve your project management skills and go from being a good project manager to a great one.

You will learn how to:

• Assess your skills today and identify those you wish to have in the future
• Overcome some of the common leadership and development challenges project managers face
• Discover the key elements to creating an actionable development plan to improve your capabilities
• Continually assess your progress in acquiring and using the skills, knowledge, and behaviors you wish to develop

Complete the Skill Assessment – To get the most from this webinar, we recommend that you take the skill assessment prior to attending. The results will be emailed to you automatically.

Read excellent project management articles on Susanne Madsen’s site.

I love Susanne’s writing/mentoring style and I know you will too. She has written a practical workbook filled with tips, tools and techniques for everyone who wants to coach themselves and others to become highly valued and truly successful project managers and leaders.

I had the pleasure of reviewing a pre-release copy of the Project Management Coaching Workbook ::

“Whether you are building your own project management career development plan or managing the professional development of project managers, this book is a must-have. It provides a unique methodology for developing the task management and team management/leadership skills of the project manager and would be an excellent tool for formal professional development and mentoring programs.”

— Martin Chernenkoff, founder of pduOTD.com – PDU of the Day

Presenter/Author: Susanne Madsen (LinkedIn @SusanneMadsen) is a sought after project manager, mentor and coach and author with over 15 years experience in managing and rolling out large change management programs. A PRINCE2 practitioner and a qualified corporate & executive coach, she works as a Program Director for one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Her newest book The Project Management Coaching Workbook is not to be missed. Susanne is dedicated to helping organizations deliver better change management programs and is passionate about coaching and mentoring project managers to improve their leadership capabilities, performance and well being.

Click to register for Six Steps to Unleashing Your Project Management Leadership Potential

Live Webinar – January 17th 2012, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Triple Creek – Enterprise Mentoring Software

Technology and innovative thinking have revitalized mentoring and extended its developmental benefits to the entire enterprise.

No longer just about one-to-one relationships between senior leaders and potential successors, today’s mentoring is focused on removing the barriers between people and engaging them in rich learning and teaching opportunities.

Join Michael Rochelle, (LinkedIn profile) Chief Business Development Officer for the Brandon Hall Group, and Randy Emelo, President and CEO of Triple Creek, as they discuss the strategies that make modern mentoring more valuable than ever.

See how they are using modern mentoring programs:

• Wells Fargo expanded mentoring to 6,600 employees (increase of 900%) while reducing administrative time and costs by 70%.
• McDonald’s mentoring program helps identify and nurture future leaders, and builds skills for more competent employees.
• Agilent’s mentoring program’s emphasis on speed to competence enables them serve customers faster and better than their competitors do by improving time to market and customer focused innovation across the organization.
• A Major Technology Company experience significantly higher engagement scores for employees involved in their program compared to those not engaged in mentoring.
• Northern Trust uses mentoring to build their culture, spur productivity, and ensure that people are more collaborative in their approach to work.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 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’

Click to register for Modern Mentoring: Harnessing the Collective Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Passions of Today’s Workforce