Live Webinar  March 4th, 2015 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EST
Thursday March 5th, 2015 9:00 am – 10:30 am Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)
NOTE: This is an evening EST ITMPI webinar

Changing/Implementing An ERP?

Don’t Miss This Session with Peter Hill of

Called by many names your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is defined as:

Systems with the ability to deliver
an integrated suite of business applications.

ERP tools share a common process and data model, covering broad and deep operational end-to-end processes, such as those found in finance, HR, distribution, manufacturing, service and the supply chain.

 “A Good Estimate – The Foundation of a Strong Relationship” (article)

In this webinar Peter Hill will explain the main tasks involved in implementing an ERP package and the percentages of the total time that is spent on these tasks.

Using history data from recent projects Peter will provide some practical guidelines and “rules of thumb” for ERP implementation project estimation, or quotation evaluation, and most importantly Peter will discuss the main areas of project risks in ERP implementation.

Sign up for Peter’s session and get great insights into what you need to know before you begin!

Presenter: Peter Hill (LinkedIn profile) Director at Fenwick Software, has spent 40+ years in the Information Services supporting a number of industries including manufacturing, distribution, freight and aviation.  Previously CEO of the International Software Benchmark Standards Group (ISBSG), Peter is a sought after speaker at conferences across Europe, Asia and the USA.

Peter has compiled and edited numerous books and articles covering key aspects of the Information Services industry and is a member of the China Software Process Improvement Network; past Chairman and Secretary of the Victorian branch of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and Fellow of the ACS.

Some of  Peter’s Impressive Works Include:

• Practical Software Project Estimation: A Toolkit for Estimating Software Development Effort & Duration
• The Benchmark Release 8
• Software Metrics Compendium

Click to register for Implementing ERP Software Packages: Risks, Time, & Costs

The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
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Live Webinar March 4th, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Bring L.I.F.E. to your User Stories
For “Just Enough Design”

User stories are a popular approach to defining stakeholder requirements for software, especially in Agile software environments.

How do we ensure that just enough design is considered in relation to a user story?

This webinar will discuss:

• The consideration of lifecycles (L), interfaces (I), the future (F) and end results (E) in relation to user stories,
• Why these concepts are important,
• When there is a significant value proposition in applying these concepts (i.e. what is “just enough?”),
• How epics help you tell a more cohesive story, and
• Tools you can use to accomplish bringing L.I.F.E to your user stories.

Consider bringing L.I.F.E. to your user stories.

Click to register for User Story Elaboration

Live Webinar February 11th, 2015 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C  – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Critical Steps for More Accurate Business Forecasting

In this webcast, Chia-Li Chien will explain how business forecasts differ from budgets and why forecasting is critical in business — whether you are in a start-up or a mature global organization. This program focuses on the importance of accurate forecasting in business, the difference between budgeting and forecasting, and how to build a budget and a forecast to serve your organizational goals.

For a full hour, the webcast explores the following questions:

• What is a forecast?
• What are the differences between a budget and forecast?
• How do you build a budget?
• What are the various types of forecasts?
• How do you build a forecast?

Whether you are a seasoned line of business manager or new to forecasting, this webcast offers you specific, practical, applicable tips to tackle the concepts and building blocks of value-adding, on-target forecasts.

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter:  Chia-Li Chien, CFP®, CRPC, PMP (LinkedIn profile) is the Chief Strategist of Value Growth Institute and an award-winning author of the books such as Show Me the Money: Run Your Business Like a Prosperous Investor and Work toward Reward: Building Business Value Today for a Well-Deserved Future.  She is also on the faculty of the American Management Association. Her blog and newsletter was named a Top Small Business Resource by the New York Times.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 7 – Cost

• 7.1 Plan Cost Management
• 7.2 Estimate Costs
• 7.3 Determine Budget
• 7.4 Control Costs

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 Four Financial Forecasting Secrets!

Live Webinar February 5th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
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 discusses the architecture value chain in conjunction with a supporting capability/service model.

Presented by: Chris Armstrong (LinkedIn profile)

Click to register for Architecture Value Chain and Capability Model

The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

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Memberships Include all PDU Codes

Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

Live Webinar January 29th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912. She struck the iceberg four days into the crossing, at 23:40 on 14 April 1912, and sank at 2:20 the following morning, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
-Wikipedia

If you’ve been handed a project that is off course, Jana Axline (LinkedIn profile) webinar will teach you how to change direction before it’s too late.

Click to register for Live Webinar January 29th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

Earn Cat C PDUs with Titanic Lessons Learned

If you are interested in the Titanic
There are a lot of project management lessons to be learned!

April 2012 was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. pduOTD commemorated this by compiling a list of great resources to earn Category C PDUs and develop your project management knowledge and skills.

For Example:

1. READ: Titanic Lessons for IT Projects (the first and second chapters are available for download), 160 pages
2. Read: Avoiding Project Disaster: Titanic Lessons for IT Executives (Lessons from History), 312 pages.
3. View: You can view a 20 minute video called Titanic – Project Management Blunders on YouTube. An interview with Mark Kozak-Holland is available online, also on YouTube.

The Sinking of the Titanic on April 14/15, 1912 offers many valuable lessons for the Project Manager, from both a popular perspective and from a more serious academic perspective.

Various authors have used the sinking of the Titanic to illustrate popular lessons, such as Icebergs are only 1/7th above water (hence the expression “tip of the iceberg“). Blog entry Management Lessons from Titanic on the Taming the Software Dragon blog lists 10 such lessons learned.

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope – Human Resources 11 – Risk 13 – Stakeholders

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses
• 11.6 Control Risks
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders

Click to View the Complete List Of Titanic Project Management Lessons (and Resources) To Create Your Own Self Directed Learning Plan.

The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

Search for “2733” to see other great titles available!
Memberships Include all PDU Codes

Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

Online Webinar Recorded – August 17th, 2011
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $25 USD PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Improving your ability to estimate projects is a key component in completing projects within schedule and under budget.

Project estimation need not be an art – you can, as an individual or an organization, get better at estimating project cost and schedule.

There are key concepts and techniques that you can learn and apply over time that will significantly increase your ability to accurately estimate your projects.

Good project estimation requires the ability to understand the relationships between the five key project estimation variables:

1. Schedule,
2. Effort/cost,
3. Quality,
4. Size/functionality, and …
5. Productivity.

Learn about these relationships and how to use them in “balancing” their project objectives.

History data is a key to getting better at project estimation.

Jesse will look at “why” we don’t collect history data and “why” it is important to put the effort into not only collecting history data, but analyzing it and using it to generate better project estimates.

Presenter: Jesse Freese PMP (Linkedin profile) is well known for his interactive presentations on the topics of project management, leadership and change management at the Project Management Institute (PMI) national symposium, and other PMI events. Many of Jesse’s presentations deal not only with the “hard” side of project management, but also with the “soft” side. All of his presentations include “real-life” stories that are relevant and entertaining.

Click to register for Project Estimation: The Hard & The Soft