Live Webinar – May 16th 2016, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – they are an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Configuration Management, when applied over the life cycle of a system, provides visibility and control of performance, functional, and physical attributes.

The configuration management process facilitates an orderly management of system information and system changes allowing for system automation and ease of capability updates, improvements to reliability and performance, risk and cost reduction, or to correct defects.

Easier said than done, right?

In this session Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile)  will explain an overview of Configuration Management principles and what you can do to begin implementing a structured, accurate and consistent CM program for your organization.

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Configuration Management Principles

Live Webinar May 17th 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Let’s suppose you bought a car.
Six days later, someone from the dealership
Let himself into your garage …
Removed the tires on the car …
Installed some “updated” tires …
That actually had holes in them …
And then they left!

In the morning, your car was there in the garage, all sad and undriveable on its flat, flabby tires.  That’s clearly unacceptable, in fact even criminal!

But we allow the same thing to happen all the time with software!

Why?

In this webinar, Rex will catalog infamous automated software updates, released without sufficient testing to wreak havoc, or at least inconvenience.

Rex will then give a detailed roadmap for reducing your chances of being part of the problem.

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

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Defeating The Scourge Of
The Under-Tested Automatic Software Update

Live Webinar May 11th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

• An IT background is necessary. It’s not.
• Expertise in a specific business domain is critical. It isn’t
• It makes sense to wait it out for hard-to-find entry-level BA position. It often doesn’t.

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IIBA: How To Start a Business Analyst Career:
Debunking The top 3 Myths

Online Webinar – Recorded March 16th, 2016
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: BAW1313
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Well-run requirements workshops are considered one of the most effective ways for delivering high-quality requirements quickly and accurately.

They can also promote trust, mutual understanding, and strong communications amongst the project stakeholders and project teams, and increase the probability of producing the desired deliverables to the end-users.

In this webinar, you will learn useful guidelines for planning and conducting an effective requirements workshop; additionally, you will also get familiar with some of the most common processes and techniques used to overcome the challenges of requirements elicitation.

About the Presenter: Scott Kastner, (LinkedIn profile) PMP®, CSM (Certified ScrumMaster), manages the IT Systems Operations at jetBlue Airways, and is also a business analysis and project management instructor and consultant. Scott’s strong technical background coupled with his practical business understanding has made him highly regarded in both the business analysis and project management communities.

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Better, Stronger, Faster: Plan and Conduct More Effective Requirements Workshops

Live Webinar May 3rd, 2016 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

Project estimation can be a game where opportunity, risks, rules, probabilities, skill, and even luck determines success. In fact, it almost sounds like poker!

Presenter: Carol Dekkers PMP P.Eng. CMC (LinkedIn profile @caroldekkers) author of The IT Measurement Compendium is a Project Manager, Management Consultant  and a Professional Engineer who bridges the gap between technology experts (engineers, scientists, computer specialists, etc) and the non-technical personel. Carol is a highly sought after international expert whose keynote presentations are engaged by international project management and quality conferences throughout the world. Carol effectively demonstrates how to use communication effectively to bring the true value of technology to life through articulate presentations, effective collaboration, and team processes that increase the success of high tech projects.

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Estimation Poker:
Bluffing (And Winning) With Metrics

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• Google has PageRank,
• Amazon and Netflix have their recommendation engines,
• Airlines have their seat pricing systems,
• Supermarkets their targeted coupons

All are examples of algorithms driving revenue and differentiation in businesses today.

Algorithms are a way to encapsulate knowledge, expertise and insight in a form that enables ease of use and productization.

In a world increasingly awash in data from billions of connected devices and sensors, algorithms add the speed and scale to accelerate digital business to the next level.

Algorithmic business is about the systematic use of these capabilities to not just operate the business efficiently (although they do that exceptionally well), but also to deliver new revenue streams, products and competitive advantage for the organization.

Building on existing disciplines like data analytics, forecasting, process optimization and automation, with a growing helping of machine learning, artificial intelligence and smart machines embracing algorithmic business will be pivotal to success over the next decade.

Stephen Prentice (Gartner bio) VP & Gartner Fellow will help you understand:

• What algorithmic business is and what it deliver
• Essential skills needed and where to find them
• New and disruptive business models you may face as a result of algorithmic business

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Response
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders

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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Driving Differentiation With Algorithmic Business