Live Webinar November 22nd 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

Why do projects fail?

Research studies have identified poor requirements management processes (or lack thereof) as a leading cause of project failure. Effective (structured) requirements management processes address many project development/management issues.

In both traditional or agile project development, requirements are important considerations in the project life cycle. Successful projects are highly dependent on well-defined and well-understood requirements.

Implementing requirements management processes, in collaboration with stakeholders, can greatly improve project success rates, leading to consistent delivery of successful projects and improved organizational performance.

This webinar focuses on utilizing requirements management effectively in improving organizational project success rates.

It covers effective implementation of requirements management processes in any industry, in the government or the private sector, including the requirements processes discussed in the featured article: “Setting the Course: Requirements Analysis Guides Project Success” shown on the front cover of the October 2013 issue of PM Network.

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

Presenter: Victoria Kumar, PMP serves as Project Management Office (PMO) Program Manager / Senior Project Manager for the state of North Carolina Office of the State Controller (NC OSC). She is responsible for implementing project / portfolio management methodologies and developing governance processes to manage the organization’s portfolio. She represents NC OSC in statewide IT project approval processes participating with the state’s Enterprise PMO in the state’s IT governance process.

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Live Webinar November 21st, 2013 – 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)

1. Establishing a proper requirement management process will provide high value to the project.
2. It will give the project the right start
3. It will lead the project planning towards the creation of value for the business
4. It will guarantee the voice of the business is heard throughout the project
5. It will increase the maturity of the organization in creating business value through the projects.

The project manager must first understand that requirements are documented and managed at different levels, involving many stakeholders. And the schema which include Business, Stakeholder, Solution and Transition Requirements should be followed as best practice.

Mastering the project requirements is considered a complex endeavor but in fact it isn’t.

This webinar will present an approach to Requirements Management that includes the following stages: Preparing, Eliciting, Analyzing, Approving and Managing.

For each stage the main processes are also described, to suggest the Project Manager the most important topics he should focus his attention.

This approach can be used in every project, though the Project Manager must understand that the approach might change throughout all project management process groups: the category of requirements is different at Initiating and Planning, and the weight of each stage might change as well along the project.

Bringing into the project a professional Requirements Management approach can improve significantly the project results and lead the project in delivering a real business value.

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

Presenter: Michele Maritato, (LinkedIn profile) MBA, PMP, PMI-RMP, CBAP has over 20 years experience in Project Management and Business Analysis. Vice President Organization of the PMI®-Northern Italy Chapter (PMI®-NIC), responsible for the PMO Observatory, PMI® Leadership Master Class in 2013. Vice President Education of the IIBA® Italy Chapter and Global Director of the IIBA®. Partner of PMProgetti.

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Live Webinar November 21st, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Legal Project Management CoP (REP #S049)

Public companies are required to design and implement numerous programs to comply with laws and regulations. These include programs such as import/export, insider trading, anti-corruption, and data protection, to name only a few.

Lawyers and law departments are typically not equipped to utilize the tools and techniques that are often necessary for creating successful outcomes for these programs.

Even though programs that are required by law are often seen as being “mandatory”, they take a particularly strong skill to implement in company cultures where building a consensus is so important.

This webinar will focus on the use of process design, change management and project management in company law departments to create and implement successful compliance programs.

Presenter: David Birk PMP (LinkedIn profile) has been a lawyer for 40 years. Recently retired as general counsel of Avnet, Inc., he implemented numerous compliance projects and programs. Today, David is managing director of Black Belt Compliance, LLC, a consulting firm that assists public companies in designing and implementing compliance programs. He is manager of PMI’s Legal Community of Practice.

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

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Live Webinar November 13th, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

Product development teams are embracing collaboration as a way to align everyone around the requirements, improve overall efficiency and drive quality. Unfortunately some people on your team might be reluctant to fully embrace collaboration on the grounds that it is “too noisy,” “complicated,” or “exposes too much.”

• So how do you leverage collaboration and pull in the right people to utilize their knowledge at the right moment while satisfying concerns about excess chaos?
• How do you share the right info at the right time to keep everyone in sync and in agreement?

To understand this balance we’ll need to take a look at what collaboration really means.

Summary of what you’ll learn:

• The difference between collaboration and social
• The impact on your product from sharing information early vs late in the process
• How collaboration improves productivity
• What is “Context” and how is it relevant
• Why Agile is less about stories and more about collaboration

Join this webinar and learn how to improve your requirements and save time by collaborating more efficiently while staying in control of your project.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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 – October 31st 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

There are numerous difficulties related to requirements and this first web seminar will focus on the common problems associated with eliciting requirements and analyzing requirements.

• Discover the 5 most common difficulties when drawing out requirements from stakeholders followed by strategies to overcome these problems.
• Review the 5 most common requirements analysis problems and find tactics that will help you conquer the negative effects in order to effectively deliver what the customer wants.

Whether you work in a plan-driven, change-driven, or hybrid environment, this web seminar will provide you with effective approaches to overcome these common problems.

Presenter: Kelley Bruns PMP (LinkedIn profile) has over 25 years of experience in the learning and development industry and is a PMP and a certified Development Dimensions International Facilitator. Kelley’s expertise lies in her extensive experience in a wide range of industries including banking, construction, energy, engineering, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail.

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Live Webinar – October 30th, 2013 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

Improving organizational Requirements Maturity is a strategic approach to improving project success and aligning IT with the business to meet objectives on time and on budget consistently.

According to the recent IAG BA Benchmark study of 437 large and medium organizations in North America and Europe, the organizational level of Requirements Maturity is directly proportional to the likelihood of project success.

Companies invest millions of dollars in recruitment, hiring, and training of Business Analysts every year without a detailed understanding of the role and how to integrate into the enterprise; the average Requirements Maturity level in North America is only 1.8 on a scale of 1-5, and only a fraction of those measured qualified at a level 3 or higher.

For individual and organizations that are serious about improving in a consistent and measurable way, IAG will explain the key concepts and results you can expect by improving organizational Requirements Maturity

Learning Objectives:

1. The impact of requirements maturity on overall business and project objectives.
2. The Requirements Maturity Model.
3. A high level roadmap to improving requirements capabilities.

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