Online Webinar – Recorded August 28th, 2023
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Economic uncertainty has put more pressure on sourcing, procurement and vendor management (SPVM) leaders to reduce costs while facilitating the evaluation and selection process in an effective manner.

Gartner benchmarking shows that the average organization spends 43% of its IT budget on infrastructure and operations.

With outsourcing accounting for over 40% of that spend, getting control over outsourced costs is vital. However, many organizations struggle with how to do this and don’t know the routes available to them.

Join Andrea Lanzavecchia (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Director Analyst in this webinar which looks at how you should respond to this complexity, providing tips and ideas for optimizing costs in your outsourced infrastructure contracts, while protecting services.

Discussion Topics:

• Determine short term cost cutting
• Get insights on medium-term cost optimization
• Explore long term optimizing the business value

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4 Steps To Negotiate & Optimize Outsourced Services Costs

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Online Webinar  – Recorded April 3rd 2018
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media Up to 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Is available to PMI® members.

The current model is challenging. We keep creating products that no one really needs that produce waste that nobody wants.

Furthermore, we need to start concentrating on the conditions that people live in and what goods and services meet those conditions.

In this webinar Michael Boyle will describe to you what frugal innovation is, why this is important, and the approaches a Project Manager can take to master such projects.

What you will get: 

• An understanding what frugal innovation is about
• Why we can expect such projects escalating
• What approaches a Project Manager must take with such initiatives
• Hopefully broaden your ability to take on such projects in the future.

Presenter: Michael Boyle (LinkedIn profile) PMP PfMP Michael’s professional dealings have been throughout Europe with numerous global projects throughout the years. Currently, Michael is the Managing Director of Procurro Solutions, specializing on all elements tied to Project Management, Business Analysis and Product Management.

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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How to Manage A Frugal Innovation Project

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Live Webinar July 18th, 2024, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Like any large-scale strategic initiative, the success of cost optimization efforts hinges on effective strategy communications.

Given the general sensitivity associated with reducing costs and the added complexity of cross-enterprise workstreams, business leaders need the strategy team’s expertise to facilitate adoption of cost targets and build a shared understanding of cost optimization goals.

CIOs continue to experience cost pressures due to their geography or global pressures, making it difficult for them to help the enterprise achieve its objectives while sustaining the IT organization.

Join James Michael Anderson (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst, to learn how to build and communicate a cost optimization strategy using the discussed insights to develop and sustain cost optimization efforts.

You will walk away from this session with answers to your vital questions, a copy of the research slides and recommended actions to help you achieve your goals.

Discussion Topics:

• Brainstorm and prioritize cost optimization ideas
• Develop a cost communication roadmap
• Communicate the impact of cost optimization efforts and decisions

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How To Build & Communicate A Cost Optimization Strateg

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Online Webinar – Recorded January 18th 2024
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Strategic cost optimization is more than just cost cutting. CIOs must drive a culture that proactively looks for ways to optimize spend prior to contractual commitment and recover current spend on projects and services that are under performing or in which there is over investment.

CIOs continue to experience cost pressures due to their geography or global pressures, making it difficult for them to help the enterprise achieve its objectives while sustaining the IT organization.

Join expert Cesar L. Lozada (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Director Analyst in this Gartner IT webinar as he provides new insights into the pitfalls mature organizations avoid in their strategic cost optimization efforts and how they sustain cost efforts more effectively.

Discussion Topics:

• Common themes CIOs encounter when pursuing cost optimization
• Understand the pitfalls CIOs face during times of organizational or economic uncertainty
• Optimize your costs while finding opportunities to invest in new capabilities

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CIOs, Avoid These Pitfalls In Your Strategic Cost Optimization

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Live Webinar – September 27th, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Microsoft Project is a great tool for project schedule planning and tracking.

Where it stands out among many of its peers is in the ability to perform detailed man hour and cost tracking.

In this session MPUG will explore man hour and cost tracking by looking at related schedule options and settings, resource settings and task assignment tracking within the desktop application.

Finally, MPUG will explore a set of out of the box views and reports that aid in visualizing man hour and costs over the life of the project.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the options and elements utilized for man hour and cost planning and tracking.
• Explore the schedule elements that contribute to man hour and cost planning and tracking.
• Overview the tracking techniques for task resource assignments that contribute to man hour and cost planning and tracking,
• Explore the views and reports available for man hour and cost planning and tracking.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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Man Hours & Cost Tracking Using Microsoft Project

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Live Webinar August 28th, 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Economic uncertainty has put more pressure on sourcing, procurement and vendor management (SPVM) leaders to reduce costs while facilitating the evaluation and selection process in an effective manner.

Gartner benchmarking shows that the average organization spends 43% of its IT budget on infrastructure and operations.

With outsourcing accounting for over 40% of that spend, getting control over outsourced costs is vital. However, many organizations struggle with how to do this and don’t know the routes available to them.

Join Andrea Lanzavecchia (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Director Analyst in this webinar which looks at how you should respond to this complexity, providing tips and ideas for optimizing costs in your outsourced infrastructure contracts, while protecting services.

Discussion Topics:

• Determine short term cost cutting
• Get insights on medium-term cost optimization
• Explore long term optimizing the business value

Return to the web page to watch both the live and on-demand webinar.

Click to register for:
4 Steps To Negotiate & Optimize Outsourced Services Costs

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post! Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.