Live Webinar June 24th, 2015, 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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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 a recorded version (2008-10-28) of Inside Effective Business Requirements Documentation .

Live Webinar June 24th, 2015 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hours webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Global Consulting CoP  & Projectmanager.com (REP #2488)

Projectmanager.com / Gantthead premium content
Is available to PMI® members.

Consulting relationships with our clients are considered Lateral Relationships. A lateral relationship in management is a link between people working with the same organization without a direct level of authority over each other.

The power balance in lateral relationships is always open to ambiguity – and to negotiation!

So What is Flawless Consulting?

When a consultant gets resistance from a client, sometimes we aren’t sure whether to push the client harder or to let the issue go.

• Flawless Consulting is about addressing and managing this kind of ambiguity.
• Flawless Consulting is about methods and techniques, but the consistent message is that each act that expresses trust in ourselves and belief in the validity of our own experience is always the right path to follow.
• And    Flawless Consulting Teaches us that Each act that is manipulative or filled with pretense is always self-destructive.

Join Peter Block (LinkedIn profile for Designed Learning) as he gives a high level overview of his best selling book Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used (3rd Edition) and learn how your consulting process can be Flawless.

Note: You have to sign in to ProjectManagement.com with your PMI® credentials to register for this opportunity. If you are not signed in with your PMI® credentials you will not see the “Register for this webinar” link

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Live Webinar – June 24th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Many companies are making the transition from waterfall to agile.

However, Scrum and most other agile practices do not define a role for Business Analysts. So where do you, a Business Analyst from a waterfall world, fit in an agile environment?

Just as organizations need to change their mindset and behaviors to transition to agile, so must business analysts. Attend this webinar with Dave Saboe (LinkedIn profile) to understand the role of an agile business analyst and the shift you need to make to be successful in an agile environment.

You will also discover how you can bring value to your team and organization through agile practices.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 13 – Stakeholders

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management

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 Transitioning to Agile: The Journey Into Agile Business Analysis

Live Webinar – June 22nd 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

With the launch of BABOK Guide v3, everyone is anxious to start delving into the finer details of the Guide to gain further insight into today’s global view and expectations placed on business analysis professionals to create better business outcomes and drive business success.

Join ASPE on June 22nd to discuss these expectations and the way in which BABOK Guide v3 expands the scope of business analysis to support the evolution of the business analysis profession.

Key Points:

•  The journey to BABOK v3
• What’s New… the Major Changes
• Why these changes are important to the Business Analysis practitioner

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 9.3 Develop 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 Introducing The BABOK 3.0

Live Webinar June 24th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

You’re a project manager and are managing people that don’t report to you directly.

You’re having some difficulties getting the people on your project to do the tasks required to meet the project’s objectives.

Are there any tools and techniques available to help you overcome the challenges you’re having with matrix managing project team members?

This webinar will introduce techniques for resolving the challenges that we all face when we’re matrix managing team members ensuring team buy-in, ownership, and accountability, responsiveness to requests for action, and appropriate and effective escalation processes.

Participants will learn about:

• Setting up the project kick-off meeting.
• Making a contract with functional managers.
• Obtaining buy-in and ownership.
• Resource planning and the Responsibility Matrix.
• Communication planning.

Learn how to set the stage through your project kick-off meeting, negotiate a suitable matrix management contract with functional managers, and understand how to engage team members and executives through effective communication and escalation planning.

PLEASE NOTE:  If you are on the Solutions Group Site and receive a message that your cart is empty when you go to check out – this is because you are not yet signed in to your account on their site – or you have not registered for a free account on their site.

To resolve this issue simply click the “person” icon on the top of the course description page and either sign in or register.  You can then return to the course Description page and add the course to your cart.

Click here to PURCHASE How to Solve Matrix Management Problems: How Do We Influence People that Don’t Report to Us?

Live Webinar June 17th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

Learn to Manage Requirements Variability
From Analysis, To Development &
All the way through Testing

In this introductory webinar you will learn how the definition of variability in software product lines represents a key to mass customization efficiency.

Learn how being agile while meeting your customer’s needs can differentiate your business and keep you ahead of your competitors as you develop, test and deploy more efficiently.

Polarion and Vector Software support a new way of delivering testing efficiency and mass customization in a world of quickening demands and changing regulations.

When testing multiple configurations, team members could easily create common tests for all configurations or specialized tests for a subset of configurations at the touch of a button.

In this introduction to “Requirements Variability”, you will learn about:

• Understanding Master Specification, Features, Feature Models, Linking and Traceability
• How feature modes are used to describe the full variability of all different product attributes
• Modeling Variability in the Business Process
• Documenting Product Variability across Product Lines
• Using UML to Model System Variability
• Applying Variant Description Model (VDM) and Variant Specifications

Seize this opportunity to learn the benefits of Functional Variability and Cost Saving Testing methods to meet your customer demands so you can outpace your competition without compromising quality or functionality.

Presenters:

Regg Struyk (LinkedIn profile) Product Management Polarion Software

Lynda Gaines (LinkedIn profile) Vector Software Director, Strategic Accounts, North America

Click to register for Using ‘Master Specifications’ For Requirements Variability