Live Webinar – March 23rd, 2015 12:00 pm – 1::00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour – 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Offered by Beyond20 (REP #2842)

Think Agile is just for software development?
Think again!

Every Project Manager, regardless of industry, can benefit from using Agile and Scrum concepts as part their projects to build more cohesive teams and deliver better results.

In this webinar, Erika will discuss creative ways to use Agile and Scrum with risk planning, requirements gathering, weekly status meetings, lessons learned, for managing issues and problems as they arise, and more!

Presented by: Erika Flora PMP, PgMP, ITIL Expert ( LinkedIn profile, @erikaflora )Specializing in Microsoft EPM tools, PMP, PgMP, IT, ITIL, ITSM, biotech, pharmaceuticals, drug development, networking, writing, speaking, training/mentoring, small business development, womens issues, non-profit strategy and growth – Erika is a scientist by training.

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Live Webinar March 19th, 2015 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Featured Sponsor : Jama

Building a new product is like putting a large, complicated puzzle together with a stopwatch counting down to completion.

As you assemble the puzzle, you see progress on one section and discover missing pieces in another. There are so many pieces to keep track of and you’re under pressure to move fast.

Four Keys to Simplifying Complex Product Delivery Problems outlines a time-tested collaboration method that serves your teams’ needs and your company’s business goals.

It’s a configurable, accessible solution that removes complexity and greatly increases efficiency, no matter what you’re building or how you are building it.

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PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 6 – Time 10 – Communications

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 6.6 Develop Schedule

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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Live Webinar – March 18th, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Demystify a wide range of agile & traditional requirements / development methodologies!

This session looks at the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and gives prescriptive guidelines to requirements leadership looking to improve results by striking a better balance between agile and disciplined practices.

These practices are not mutually exclusive – the real issue is to look at your current circumstances and find the right balance to maximize success.

This session refocuses the agility versus discipline dialogue.

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Live Webinar – March 17th, 2015 12:00-1:00  PM EDT
Duration:1 hour – 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Offered by Beyond20 (REP #2842)

ITSM is a nuanced world, made up of a host of unique, yet equally important processes. Managing all of these processes to the point they run smoothly and routinely provide excellent service can be a tall order.

Enter the ITSM assessment. You have to know where you are before you can accurately plan where you’d like to be – and an assessment can provide insight into both.

But how do we make those insights actionable? Join Beyond20 Senior Consultant, Andy Rivers (LinkedIn profile) and Brian Flora, and find out, as they take you through their three Actionable Benefits of an ITSM Assessment.

Click to register for Top 3 Actionable Benefits Of An ITSM Assessment

Live Webinar – Recorded August 2014
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course ID:  WS07301

Understanding the real scope of any project is vital to controlling the project.

As a project manager or business analyst, it is key to first document the initial scope of the project and then direct, monitor and control the scope through Requirements Management techniques.

Learning these techniques provide the ability to more easily control the quality issues, costs, time and risks associated with on-going scope creep associated with requirements changes.

In this seminar you will:

• Review the role of a facilitator in running a Requirements Workshop.
• Learn the phases of a workshop and building the “Heart” of a workshop’s agenda.
• Review useful facilitation techniques along with failures and critical success factors.
• And more…

Presenter: Bob Keith

PDU Documentation Details (PMBOK 5):

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.5 Validate Scope

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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Live Webinar March 11th, 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

Strategic change initiatives are profiling in organizations. To facilitate execution of these initiatives, firms are investing in business architecture to help assess and plan them.

Enterprise Business Architecture is quickly evolving into a mainstream business capability. Some would argue that it is already there considering 50% of the world’s top performing enterprises have embraced business architecture as a strategic differentiator.

The tools and techniques of business architecture should be foundational to strategy development, deployment and executive planning. This webinar intends to demonstrate the business architecture framework, describe the what, why, how and uses of some architectural blueprints.

Learning Objectives:

1. Purpose and benefits of Business Architecture to scope, planning and delivery.
2. Applicability of Business Architecture in the context of the rapid Change Agenda
3. Business Architecture framework and a variety of approaches to know when to use model types.
4. Different views of a business architecture framework and how analysis techniques will expose risk.
5. To think architecturally in the decomposition of the organization as a technique for defining organizational impact, scope and for Process Modeling & Requirements analysis methods.

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