Live Webinar May 15th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is third in a four part series series on The Role Of The PM by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

So, you’ve worked on a lot of projects and know how to develop scope and requirements deliverables, but what are the Project Manager’s responsibilities during the development of these deliverables?

Attend this 1 hour live webinar learn what the Project Manager must do to ensure that scope is determined, managed, and approved and to develop and approve project requirements.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• The components for defining a complete Project Scope Statement
• The components of defining clear Business Requirement Statements
• The process for defining Technical Requirements

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar – May 15th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Enfocus Solutions
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDUs Credits: 1Category C PDU- Free PDU

Agile has become mainstream for developing software.

Organizations that have adopted agile have seen improvements in quality, cycle time, and customer satisfaction.  Standish Group research shows that agile projects are three times more successful than traditional plan driven projects.

However using Agile Development practices does not make an agile organization.

Frequent delivery of software provides little value if the software cannot be deployed because of rigid release and change management processes.

Another significant challenge facing enterprises is how to coordinate agile teams across multiple projects in multi-disciplined environments.

Companies are appointing agile coaches to individual projects, but there is little or no company-wide coordination.

In addition, little has been done to help transform the business to be able to respond more rapidly to change.

Agile transformation requires focus on four key areas:

1. Agile Discovery
2. Agile Delivery
3. DevOps
4. Agile Business Change

In this webinar, John will address these four topics with heavy emphasis on Agile Discovery and Agile Business Change and discuss how BAs and PMs will need to transform to operate in the agile environment.

Presenter: John E. Parker (LinkedIn profile) President and CEO Enfocus Solutions Inc.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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 May 12th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

Project management is an essential ingredient to innovation. It is only with great project management that you can bring an innovative idea to action.

However, innovation requires a different type of project management than the standard multi-year government project.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How innovative project management differs from traditional project management
• Tools to leverage agile project management and human centered design
• How to treat change as a variable and learn from the scrums
• Concrete tips and tricks from those doing it right and bringing innovation to their agency

Presenters:

Dr. William Brantley, (LinkedIn profile) PMP (Data Scientist, PM, & OpenSource Developer)  Innovative Federal government professional currently involved in building the data science and project management capabilities for the Office of Personnel Management. Strategic thinker in public policy, investigative, analytical, qualitative/quantitative research, and information technology. Highly-accomplished university instructor, presenter, and trainer. Knowledge Management Lead for Government Community of Practice.

Winnie Liem, (LinkedIn profile) PMP (Project, Program & Portfolio Manager)
Professional career with the Ontario Public Service at the Ministry of Health and previously at the Ministry of Attorney General advocating for Innovation and Excellence in Project Delivery to drive success and better outcomes in government. Winnie is currently the Community Manager for the Government Community of Practice.

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

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Live Webinar May 8th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Process management helps to provide a line of sight from strategy through execution of organizational initiatives.

Akin to the business analysis (BA) requirements discipline, this traceability enables performance maturity, better communication, clearer roles and responsibilities, and good governance.

Clarification of problems or opportunities for improvement is integral to business analysis and process management.

In each, you must elicit and clearly state a specific problem that quantifiably affects business/operation and that ultimately matters to your customers.

Process management is:

• An integral part of business analysis, implementation, improvement, and sustainability,
• Solves problems, and
• Expedites risk identification, mitigation, and impact.

In this webinar Vicki will explain how to:

1. Tie process management to organizational strategy,
2. Use process management as a foundation of good decision making, change management, and governance, and
3. Increase efficiency and value optimization throughout the organization.

Presenter: Vicki Hoard, PMP, (LinkedIn profile) Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, is a Senior Consulting Manager with Robbins Gioia’s Process Refinement & Optimization Practice. Vicki is responsible for developing and tailoring business process management and improvement methods. She is an experienced facilitator and has consulted on projects in the areas of quality management, Lean Six Sigma, business process re-engineering and performance management.

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Live Webinar April 24th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

The goal of Agile teams is to continuously deliver high-value outcomes—as quickly as possible.

To achieve this, these teams focus on skills, not titles or traditional role delineations.

• So what does that mean for the experienced project manager, product manager, or business analyst?
• Where do their planning and analysis skills fit into Agile’s fierce focus on frequent delivery?

Drawing on her insights from coaching Agile teams, Mary addresses these questions and outlines the dynamic relationships between agile work, disciplines, and skills. Join us to discover how re-positioning from role-based to skill-based work enables you to collaboratively contribute to any agile effort.

Presenter : Mary Gorman CBAP, CSM (LinkedIn profile), is VP of quality and delivery at EBG Consulting. Mary works with global clients, speaks at industry conferences, and writes on requirements topics for the business analysis community. Mary also  co-authored a book with Ellen Gottesdiener, (LinkedIn profile  @ellengott) on practical agile planning and analysis practices,Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning & Analysis.  In addition to serving on the IIBA® Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® Committee for four years, Mary helped create the first CBAP® certification exam.

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Live Webinar April 15th, 2014 12:00 am – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:  1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA    Pharma/Biotech SIG

This webinar will focus on the three main areas that comprise pharmaceutical R&D:

1. The Beginning of Basic Discovery: Identifying a Disease process (What’s wrong?)
2. Preclinical Development and Phase I trials: What the drug does to the body? What does the body do to the drug? (Toxicology and Safety)
3. Clinical Development: Clinical trials to determine drug safety in humans. (Effectiveness/Safety Regulations)

Part one covers the various aspects of basic research. This sets the stage for discussing the purpose of preclinical development and describing what that entails.

The goal is to demystify each step in the process for the non-scientist.

Lastly, there are certain regulations and guidelines that govern human clinical trials to ensure drug safety in larger populations, clinical development.

For those who would like to learn more about the Pharma/Biotech R&D domain, this introduction will provide an overview of the high level processes from the lab to the clinic.

Presenter: Aubrey Watkins III, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile), is Associate Director, Global Procurement, at Merck Sharp & Dohme, and is responsible for establishing contracts and managing over $100M of business with suppliers on a global basis in support of pre-clinical research and manufacturing of vaccines and biologics for Phase I trials.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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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