Live Webinar – January 17th, 2017 10:00 pm – 11:00 am  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

The large, complex project brings with it a unique set of problems that may not be encountered in a smaller project.

This one-hour webinar will focus on the planning phase for a large, complex project.

Learn the importance of developing an understanding of the complete scope of analysis and developing an integrated series of requirements plans to eliminate redundancy of effort and to provide for better input to the high level architectural design decisions that must be made.

Learning Objectives:

• How to define the complete scope of analysis
• How to develop comprehensive, integrated Requirements Management Plans
• How to ensure the necessary and sufficient input is available to optimize the high level architectural design decisions

What’s Included:

• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides
• Large Project Requirements Planning Checklist
• Large Project Vision and Scope Document Template
• Large Project Requirements Management Plan Template

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Tips For Planning Requirements Elicitation
On Large Projects

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Live Webinar Jan 10th, 2017 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU/CDU
Provider: IIBA

1. Are you looking to get 2017 off to a productive start?
2. Are you wondering how to maximize the use of your time and move more quickly towards your business analysis career goals?

In this webinar, Laura will discuss the 5 New Years’ Resolutions that every new and aspiring business analyst should have on their radar.

Presenter: Laura Brandenburg (LinkedIn profile, @LLBrandenburg) CBAP is the author of How to Start a Business Analyst Career: The handbook to apply business analysis techniques, select requirements training, and explore job roles … career (Business Analyst Career Guide),  Bridging the Gap, which offers a BA career planning course (it’s free) to help you start your business analyst career. She’s reviewed hundreds of BA resumes and is ready to help you improve yours!

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IIBA: 5 New Years’ Resolutions
Every BA Should Have On Their Radar

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Live Webinar – January 11th 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown /ASPE (REP 2161)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – ASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Power Up with Power BI!

Find out what Power BI and the full Microsoft BI stack can do for you.

With so many changes and new capabilities added to the Microsoft BI stack, it can be challenging to keep up with it all.

In this webinar, learn about ALL the components that make up the Microsoft BI stack, the latest developments, and what’ coming next.

Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile) will help you ramp up your business intelligence skills, with this webinar.  It is the perfect starting point.

NOTE: All attendees will receive a free Tips & Tricks Power BI Guide and discount coupon for our 3-Day Power Bi Boot Camp! Be sure to attend.

Click to register for:
Understanding The Microsoft BI Stack & Power BI Updates

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR – Highly Recommended!
Live Webinar January 4th 2017 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST or …
Live Webinar January 4th 2017 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 .5 Hrs  1.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

While much of testing and test management involves rational decision-making, measuring quality and providing testing services to the team, there are realms of the test manager’s job where psychology meets politics to form psychopolitics.

In this webinar, drawn from three decades of industry experience and materials in his best-selling book Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing, 3rd edition, Rex will discuss how psychology and politics can collide to make the test manager’s job…interesting.

Join in the discussion after the initial presentation with your own questions and stories about testing psychology, testing politics, and plain ol’ psycho-politics!

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of:
The Psychopolitics Of Test Management

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of:
The Psychopolitics Of Test Management

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR – Highly Recommended!
Live Webinar Jan 4th, 2017  10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training Up to 1 PDU – Free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

• 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:

1. Dispel common myths about Agile, including the belief that Business Analysts aren’t welcome in Agile
2. Explain why every development team needs excellent business analysis to be successful
3. Guide analysts in how to deliver the most value in Agile settings

Click to register for:
3 Ways Business Analysts Enable Agile Success

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PDU Of The Day has published almost 7000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

pduOTD.com published over 1000 opportunities in 2016 and we’ve made a list of the 20 most popular sessions.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2016, we’re re-publishing the top 20 articles and some of our favorite editor’s choice articles.

Each of these webinars is available online!

Top 20 2016 pduOTD Reader Favorites – #12

Online Webinar  – Recorded April 13th, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 Hour 1 PDU
Provider: American Management Association (REP 1294)

A Simple Path To Powerful Leadership

Managers and leaders find themselves stuck in three vicious circles. They’re frustrated by teams who have become overly dependent on them.

They’re overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do. And they’re disconnected from their own great work – the work that has impact, the work that has meaning.

Sound familiar?

Breaking out of these vicious circles is simpler than you might think.

Mastering five essential questions can help managers and leaders increase the focus, courage and resilience they need to have more impact in the work they do.

In this practical, interactive and engaging webcast, you will:

• Discover the three vicious circles that keep managers – and their teams – stuck
• Understand how breaking out of these circles can help them work less hard and have more impact
• Learn the five core questions they need so they (and those they lead) can focus on the work that matters
• Hear the best coaching question in the world (and it has just three words)

Participants will not only leave with a plan to do things differently, but will also get access to a special Box of Crayons report: Four Surprising Phrases to Supercharge Your Conversation and Boost Your Manager IQ.

This webcast is based on Michael Bungay Stanier’s acclaimed book
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever.

Presenter:  Michael Bungay Stanier (LinkedIn profile),  founder  of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less good work and more great work.  He created the eight irresistible principles of fun, a short Internet movie that has been viewed by millions of people, and his first book, Get Unstuck & Get Going… on the stuff that matters, has won a number of publishing and design awards.  His book, Do More Great Work: Stop the Busy Work and Start the Work That Matters, contains 15 practical tools to help you find, start, and sustain more great work.  He is also the author of of the bestseller The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. To view a short animated version of this manifesto, visit his site at DoMoreGreatWork.

Click to register & view:
The Five Question Leader:
The Secret To Having More Impact