Live Webinar March 20th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Verifying and validating requirements early on will help ensure your team develops a solid set of project requirements with minimal change as the project progresses.

A good verification process not only weeds out the requirements you don’t need, but further identifies missing requirements you do need.

Requirements verification is critical to maximizing successful outcomes and aids the business analyst in determining when a design is complete.

Learn:

• What requirements verification is and what are its benefits
• Why we need verified requirements
• How to plan for verification and execution
• Requirement verification attributes
• Verification methods and modeling

The webinar will explore the four fundamental methods for requirements verification: Inspection, Demonstration, Testing and Analysis. You will be taken on a journey through the life of a requirement.

Presenter: Terrell Smith (LinkedIn profile), MPA, PMP, CBAP With over 25 years of experience in a wide range of project management and business analysis assignments, he brings concepts to life in a practical and easy to apply manner. Terrell has assisted clients in the development of project management methodologies, risk assessments, quality management, agile methods, problem solving, rescuing troubled projects, implementing business analysis best practices, and team building.

Click to register for A Day in the Life of a Requirement: The Importance of Verification

Online Webinar  – Recorded
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A  – Free PDU
By: Projectmanager.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
Once viewed your PDU Will automatically Be recorded with PMI®

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Is available to PMI® members.

All Projects Run Into Difficulties!

Some troubling situations can be very challenging for the project team to address.

Issues with sponsors, clients, subcontractors, management and other stakeholders related to requirements, funding, resources, scope changes and other factors can arise, adding stress and turmoil to any effort.

Learn what the common project challenges are and what the PM and team can do to handle these situations effectively.

Also learn how to lessen the probability that these troubling situations will surface on your projects.

The attendee will learn:

• What are Common Difficult Situations Projects Face
• What to Do If These Challenges Arise
• How To Avoid These Difficulties Before They Surface

The content of this seminar is the experiences of Mark Waldof’s 40 years of experience in working with 100s of projects that have faced difficult situations.

Learn what the PM and team can do to handle these situations effectively.

Presenter: Mark Waldof  (LinkedIn profile) has over 40 years of industry experience in systems engineering, project and program management, systems design, and process development. Mark has worked to develop and implement organization assessments, processes, training courses and related infrastructure in both technical and management areas providing services to a wide range of large Fortune 50 and 500 corporations, government agencies, academic institutions, non-profits.

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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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Online Webinar – Offered by ProjectTimes.com
(Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hours 2 Category A PDU/CDUs –  Free PDUs

Note: IAG is the presenter but the session is offered by Diversified Business Communications

Description Of The Course:

This webinar will provide Business Analysts and Project Managers with essential techniques and specific guidelines for gathering and defining the right kind of requirements needed for inclusion in an RFP for the selection of a vendor for application software.

In order for Business Analysts and Project Managers to perform effective and efficient vendor evaluation, the business requirements need to be appropriately defined and structured.

If you have struggled with strategies for commercial-off-the-shelf software acquisition, what level of detail is needed in an RFP, when and how to involve the vendors, what research is required, and what templates to use, then spend two hours with us to help you set the right path for success with your next COTS project.

Get answers to these questions:

• How are the methods for defining requirements for a software product different than for custom developed solution?
• How is the documentation of business requirements different when they’re being written for vendor selection?
• How much detail is needed for an RFP?
• How do I know what to exclude and include?
• How do we accommodate changing requirements?
• When do we hold vendor demonstrations?

Learning Objectives For The Course:

• How to understand the unique aspects of a defining requirement for COTS vs. custom developed software
• Learn the specific strategies for collecting the requirements to be included in an RFP
• Understand the essential types of requirements, sufficient level of detail, and best format for requirements to be included in a Software RFP

Included in the course:

• Access to the Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides
• RFP Outline Template
• Vendor Scorecard Template
• Vendor Scorecard Template

Speaker: Keith Ellis, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, IAG

Click to register for 7 Secrets to Defining Requirements for Package Software Selection: Preparing an RFP for Application Software

Live Webinar March 4th, 2015 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

Organizations are becoming increasingly aware that no matter how well they manage projects, they won’t succeed if they don’t get the requirements right.

But what does it mean to have good requirements?

Is it creating a mountain of unnecessary paperwork? Is it a rejection of techniques that have served requirements practitioners well over the years? Where is the business analysis industry going?

Specifically, this presentation:

• Describes seven trends in the field of business analysis and why some of these trends are replacing time-honored traditions while others are not
• Describes four competencies that are needed to take advantage of these trends
• Discusses what this means for practitioners who do or manage business analysis work

Attendees will be able to discuss:

•  The latest trends in business analysis
• Which trends are apt to last and which will fade
• What is needed to take advantage of these trends

This presentation addresses these hot topics in business analysis.

Presenter: Elizabeth Larson , (LinkedIn profile) PMP, CBAP CEO of Watermark Learning, Elizabeth has over 25 years of experience in business analysis, project management, training, and consulting. She is a frequent speaker at Business Analysis and Project Management conferences and co-author of the Practitioners’ Guide to Requirements Management, The Influencing Formula, and the  CBAP Certification Study Guide (2nd Edition). Elizabeth is on the team that is developing the PMI-PBA Practice Guide, was a lead contributor to the BABOK® Guide Version 2.0, Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition (Collect Requirements), and is the content lead for Scope Management for the PMBOK® Guide – Fifth Edition.  Elizabeth has been cited in CIO and PM Network and regularly contributes articles to BA times, Project Times, and Modern Analyst.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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Live Webinar – March 4th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Member Only Event

One of the most common requirements of a PPM solution deployment is Resource Management.

While Resource Management could mean many things to many people, the common underlying questions, which every executive wants answered through the tool are:

• How is my current resource utilization?
• How does my Requirements vs. Committed Capacity charting look like?
• Can my organization/group handle the requirements that are lined up for them for the upcoming period?

Ironically, while these questions are the most basic and common questions to ask, are also the difficult to answer accurately.

These questions touch several areas like the planning of work, estimation, tracking of actual work, and maintenance of the plans.

A sensible approach is needed to put the proper framework in place, so that when these questions are asked, you are ready with answers.

This sessions will cover how to use Project Online, and set up the frame work, to plan the work, execute it, track it and provide accurate reporting, from Resource Management perspective.

Presenter: Prasanna Adavi  (LinkedIn profile, @prasannaadavi) (PMP, MCTS, MCITP, MCT) is a Senior Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Consultant. He specializes in helping organizations meet their business needs in the areas of Project Management and Portfolio Management. His main focus is on building “business driven solutions” using, MS Project, Project Server and SharePoint Platforms. He is a regular presenter at various Project Server, EPM and SharePoint events across the country.

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!

Click to register for Answering The Requirements vs. Committed Capacity Equation With Project Online