Online Webinar – Recorded March 30th 2011
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Cat A Free

So you’ve been assigned a complex,
poorly defined project concept
So now what?

Nothing is worse (or better) for a senior project manager or analyst than being handed a project that is: strategic, very large, and way outside your comfort zone in complexity.

These projects will sometimes roll around the halls of big companies for months while they struggle to gain sufficient momentum and clarity to really move forward with a sense of purpose and direction.

• Let’s say one of these career-bruisers/-builders is yours?
• What do you do next?

This session is about the tactics of early-stage project intake and clarification – getting clarity efficiently.

Learning objectives:

1. Inside the project intake process – why is intake so dysfunctional?
2. The action plan – simple steps that drive project clarity and milestones that deliver benefit.
3. Targeted result – time tested deliverables that work

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Online Webinar  – Recorded February 10th, 2015
Duration: 1 Hours webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Global Consulting CoP (REP #S029)
By: Projectmanager.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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So What is Flawless Consulting?

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!

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.

Specific Session Topics Include:

• Understand and practice a model for having greater influence.
• Develop commitment from others.
• Negotiate more effective and enduring working agreements.
• Effectively deal with difficult people and situations.
• Develop business partnerships that work.
• Get better use of your expertise.
• Avoid no-win situations.

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.

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Live Webinar – April 1st, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

Improving organizational Requirements Maturity is a strategic approach to improving project success and aligning IT with the business to meet objectives on time and on budget consistently.

According to the recent IAG BA Benchmark study of 437 large and medium organizations in North America and Europe, the organizational level of Requirements Maturity is directly proportional to the likelihood of project success.

Companies invest millions of dollars in recruitment, hiring, and training of Business Analysts every year without a detailed understanding of the role and how to integrate into the enterprise; the average Requirements Maturity level in North America is only 1.8 on a scale of 1-5, and only a fraction of those measured qualified at a level 3 or higher.

For individual and organizations that are serious about improving in a consistent and measurable way, IAG will explain the key concepts and results you can expect by improving organizational Requirements Maturity

Learning Objectives:

1. The impact of requirements maturity on overall business and project objectives.
2. The Requirements Maturity Model.
3. A high level roadmap to improving requirements capabilities.

Click to register for Managing Requirements Maturity

Live Webinar March 31st, 2015 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

This webinar Brian Lucas (LinkedIn profile) will explore the question: is there a role left for a business systems analyst in an Agile environment?

Click to register for Agile Business Analysis: The Role of a BSA: Nothing or Everything?

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Live Webinar – March 26th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
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So Who Has An Opinion?

1. The Agile evangelists would say it is a skill the entire team needs.
2. The IIBA would say it is a role that needs to grow in order for companies to gain competitive advantage with their technology deployments and internal automation.
3. PMI® has also spoken on this topic. Their position, based on the certification they developed (PMI-PBA) is it’s a skill successful project managers add to their tool kit of skills and techniques.

What can be factually attested to is the following; as SDLC practitioner positions like developers, testers and architects were being outsource, larger enterprise organizations depended on building software and systems for competitive advantage have been hiring Business Analysts.

Just look at Indeed or Dice or Monster and see which tech jobs are HOT and Business Analyst will be in the top 5.

This presentation will break out the current trends in the software development industry and where BA is seen as skill and were it is being built out as a role.

From there David will take a look at the pros and cons of each view and where things may end up in the end. Ultimately giving you critical information as you plan your career growth goals for 2015 and beyond.

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 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 Business Analysis: Is it a Role or a Skill?

Live Webinar March 24th,2015 –  12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU Free
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

Although Agile has proven to provide incredible benefits in software development and delivery, it is not foolproof, nor a “Silver Bullet” when adapted quickly and adopted without consideration of potential issues.

Plenty of factors need to be considered
Before attempting this highly disciplined approach.

With anything new there are going to be difficulties. What starts out a small test with a pilot team leads to a huge bandwagon affect.

This is great but some band-wagoners get nervous when the problems start and ultimately become the naysayers and finger pointers that can kill Agile before it even gets a chance to provide benefit.

Top Pitfalls That Lead To Agile Troubles Include:

• Self-organized team function
• Poor Product Owner performance
• Lack of adequate training and coaching
• No change management plan
• Lack of executive support
• Inconsistent business unit support

Learn from the mistakes other organizations have made and discover which pitfalls to avoid to ensure that your first attempt at applying an Agile approach will be met with a successful outcome and keep the band-wagon’s wheels here on earth and avoid the bubble burst when expectations are set too high.

Ultimately Agile success requires an organization to do some creative destruction which leads to inefficiency and confusion for a period of time.

Be prepared to weather that storm by preparing your sponsors and management with an understanding of the problems you will face on your road to incorporating Agile methods into your organization.

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.

Click to register for Top Pitfalls that Lead to Agile Troubles