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Online Webinar – Recorded November 15th 2010
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Being an effective analyst requires that you be able to ask both intelligent and revealing questions to ensure that you get the information needed to fully understand the problem.
However, you can ask incredibly good questions, but if you don’t listen, you have just wasted everyone’s time.
You can also be a great listener, but if you don’t ask good questions, you ‘ve made the same mistake.
What it takes is the ability to do both! We will show you how to become a better listener and how to develop great questions so that the quality of your requirements takes a great leap forward.
Join Mary and learn Importance of “Questioning & Listening Skills”, her enthusiasm is exhaustive and contagious.!
Presenter: Mary Repetto Mary’s passion lies in the areas of strategic planning, project management and sales consulting, . With 25+ years of experience working with and for Fortune 500 companies in North America, Europe, South America and Asia, she is able to command the respect and attention of audiences participants worldwide. Mary holds degrees in Marketing, Business Administration (MBA in Finance), and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management, Six Sigma practices
Live Webinar August 26th, 2015 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU
Are you a Business Analyst trying to find your role in an Agile project?
Are you looking for ways to ramp up your Agile team’s productivity?
There are a lot of misconceptions about Business Analysis in an Agile development environment, and sometimes Business Analysts find it hard to adapt to the short iterations, just-in-time planning and minimalist documentation that characterizes Agile development.
This webinar is a frank discussion about what Agile demands from a Business Analyst and how Business Analysts can succeed and ensure their team succeeds.
Learning Objectives:
Dispel common myths about Agile, including the belief that Business Analysts aren’t welcome in Agile
Explain why every development team needs excellent business analysis to be successful
Guide analysts in how to deliver the most value in Agile settings
Online Webinar – Recorded January 13th 2015
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
When a software development professional first hears about Agile, they are often initially incredulous that this type of approach can work due to a misperception that Agile simply means “no planning.”
This belief could not be further from the truth.
Agile teams tend to plan more throughout the course of a project than a traditional approach, albeit in a different fashion than they may be accustomed to. Rather than planning once at the beginning of a project, Agile teams practice continuous planning throughout the project.
This web seminar will explore the five Levels of Agile planning, and how they help teams ensure that teams are able to benefit from what they learn over the course of their development and delivery efforts.
This course covers all the important topics for agile and Scrum planning–from estimating to iteration planning to release planning.
You’ll learn about story points and ideal days and the advantages to each.
You’ll leave knowing how to produce fixed-date, fixed-scope, and fixed-price plans you can be confident in, as well as how to avoid anchoring and other common pitfalls.
You’ll understand how story points differ from simply using hours,
You’ll understand how to estimate as quickly as possible with Planning Poker, and both approaches to iteration planning so you can help your team.
You will learn to answer “When can I get all of these features?” or “How much can I get by June?” from Customers/Stakeholders
Remember, this course is interactive (with short quizzes after each section to keep you on track), and it’s broken into short, quickly watched videos on specific questions you may have.
Agile Experts Love Mike Course
Even though I expected a lot from you, I’m blown away by your online Agile Estimating and Planning course. First of all it’s crazy fun. I about fell off my chair when you held up that koala bear. Second of all, there is REAL Learning. ”
You’re a Project Manager and want to learn how to estimate and plan agile projects.
You’re about to be a part of an agile project and need to gain an expert understanding of agile estimating and planning. This is the course that will cover everything you need to know about the agile estimating and planning process.
You’re a ScrumMaster! As the team’s coach, it will be important for you to understand the ins and outs of Agile planning. This course is the most efficient, fastest, and easiest way for you to learn how to estimate and plan agile projects.
You’re a Product Owner! Bosses, clients and customers come to you asking the hard questions. This course will show you how to answer those questions and much more.
You’re a Team Leader. This will be your ultimate Agile Estimating & Planning “download” directly into your brain.
Presenter: Mike Cohn (LinkedIn profile) is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, where he teaches and coaches on Scrum and agile development. Mike has written 3 of the most notable books on agile and has contributed to numerous other books and publications. With more than 25 years of experience, Mike is a highly sought after keynote speaker, and is a founding member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance.
Online Webinar – Recorded September 30th, 2014
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
It’s estimated that unengaged workers cost the US $350 billion/year and that US businesses lose $11 billion annually as a result of employee turnover.
Clearly engagement is a key priority for all organizations:
So why is it so low? And more importantly…..
What can be done – quickly – to get it right?
Join us as Mahan Tavakoli Regional Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for Dale Carnegie, shares best practices and action steps you can take immediately to start improving employee engagement.
Take-aways include:
Why organizations have largely failed to turn engagement around despite all the buzz
Latest research into the drivers of employee engagement
Actions individuals can take – immediately – to start boosting employee morale
Speakers: Mahan Tavakoli (LinkedIn profile) is Regional Vice President for Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., with offices in over 90 countries. Over the past ten years Mr. Tavakoli has lead the expansion of Dale Carnegie to new markets in Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America helping start the fastest growing operations worldwide in countries as diverse as India, Egypt, Romania and Colombia. For the past four years he has been responsible for Dale Carnegie Training’s operations in Latin America.
PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources
9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
9.2 Acquire Project Team
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’
Few will argue with the notion that the traditional role of a Business Professional is changing at an accelerated rate!
Managers, teams and offices are increasingly being asked to serve as business strategist, change management specialist, human capital coaches and mentors, cross-function experts, and technology innovators required to think and lead current business differently using digital technologies.
They need to be adaptive and innovative, often without the knowledge, skills, or the appropriate resources!
In short, they must enhance, elevate, and emphasize their business acumen.
PDUs2Go & The Nour Group are delivering a world-class, “immersive” experience, designed, developed, and delivered by world-class thought and practice leaders, both In-Person and On-Line.
PDUs2Go & The Nour Group believe in the notion of change, change management, the role of change agents, making change last over time, and intentionally developing and nurturing a disruptive innovation culture are topics most needed in the development of the business community As such, we will focusing on Change Management and Adaptive Innovation.
The right kind of change in the right stage of an organization’s evolution
Making change last as a cultural norm vs. “the flavor of the week!”
Change agents, advocates, and evangelists – Why they’re more critical than ever in challenging the status quo vs. defending it.
Developing signal scouts in the market to identify faint signals, while creating a culture of agility with the ability to get more done, faster!
Meet Jennifer Bridges Powerful Thought Leader :
Jennifer Bridges (Linkedin profile) Best Selling author of Optimize Your Thinking , speaker, consultant , trainer and PMP is the founder of PDUs2Go.com Inc, a global mobile learning development firm specializing in team and leadership development for Project Managers. Knowledgeable, Engaging & Approachable,Jennifer and her team are always there to assist your professional development needs!
Roger Young (LinkedIn profile) CEO, Excelsior Consulting Group has served as a leadership and organizational development consultant, master facilitator, and executive coach for more than 15 years. Roger’s expertise includes working and leading across organizational boundaries, executive team alignment and development, and organizational downsizing. Roger is experienced in a wide range of assessments including 360-degree feedback, the Hogan personality suite, Social Styles, DiSC as well as several other individual and team assessments.
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