Live Webinar April 17th, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Third-party risk is an urgent concern for organizations due to their growing reliance on existing and new third parties, increasing complexity of third-party networks, and changing third-party risk profiles.

As executives and Boards ask ever-tougher questions about third parties, Heads of ERM are struggling to drive effective management of third-party risk at the enterprise level.

To succeed, they must develop an approach that can overcome the large and varied nature of their organizations’ third-party networks, and the wide variety of risks that third parties may pose.

In this webinar James Fitzmaurice (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Advisory to learn more on why third-party risk is among the most urgent and difficult challenges facing heads of ERM today.

Discussion Topics:

• Why third-party risk is among the most urgent and difficult challenges facing heads of ERM today
• How ERM can provide unique value to the third-party risk management process
• Where ERM should invest scarce resources to have the largest possible impact on third-party risk exposure

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Enterprise Third-Party Risk Management

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Online Webinar  – Recorded September 21, 2021
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of project managers and business stakeholders have been wondering what, if anything, could have been done in risk management of their projects better or at least differently to anticipate such an unusual and consequential event.

In many cases, we are finding that the systems and practices we apply in project risk management are incapable to appropriately address events of high impact and extremely low probability, because these risks tend to fall off the margins of our risk frameworks.

We call them ontological uncertainties, extreme unknown unknowns or “black swans” for being unfathomable before being observed and self-evident shortly after. Events like these expand our understanding of what is probable, but give little in a way of quantitative analysis, which leads to confusion among project managers about what can actually be done in advance, with some project managers choosing to do nothing.

It is obvious that to enable a proactive response, risk management at all levels (project, portfolio and enterprise) should apply different approaches in identification, classification and mitigation.

Following in the footsteps of a seminal book The Black Swan by Nicholas Nassim Taleb, Arturas Kuliesas (LinkedIn profile) will demonstrate key failures of traditional risk management and stakeholder management practices in projects where extreme unknown unknowns are concerned.

Special attention would be given to explaining how identification of Black Swans and planning the response for them is different from the traditional techniques we apply with tractable risks (known unknowns).

More importantly, Arturas will address the Project Management Principle of „Embrace Adaptability and Resiliency“ in the 7th edition of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as the fundamental, if not perfect, remedy to negative impacts of Black Swans that we need to apply  for the benefit of the project and its stakeholders.

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Black Swans In Your Project:
Understanding, Identification & Management
Of Extreme Unknown Unknowns

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Live Webinar – November 2nd, 2022 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

Learn why the finish date predicted by Microsoft Project is NOT the date you promise to deliver to your customer.

Even with excellent estimating and execution, the project finish date predicted by scheduling software is usually unattainable.

Everything is subject to some uncertainty and even small amounts can result in projects being delivered

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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Protecting Contract Deliverables With
Schedule Risk Analysis & Schedule Margin

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Live Webinar September 20th, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Inadequate supplier risk analysis creates disruption and financial losses that can hinder business continuity.

Supplier risk management enables organizations to predict dilemmas and prepare appropriate solutions for their suppliers.

To achieve proper compliance, supply chain leaders must develop a risk management plan for effective supplier risk analysis.

In this supply chain webinar Michael Ryan (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Principal Advisory will help you evaluate and manage supply risk impacts so you can better protect against potential business disasters.

Discussion Topics:

• Identify the most impactful business risks, and evaluate mitigation maturity
• Develop supply chain risk tolerance, and prioritize accordingly
• Find out how supply chain leaders optimize their pre-contract due diligence

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Manage Supplier Risk To Avoid Disruptions

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Live Webinar – August 2nd 2022 5:00 am – 6:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – August 2nd 2022 10:00 am – 11:00 am BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

Risk management is a fundamental component of all projects, but to what degree is the full toolkit used, and how is it integrated across an organisation?

In this webinar, Pauline Stewart-Long will review some of the risk practice that could be improved in the Pharma, Biotech and Life Science sector.

Participants will find two threads useful.

1. Firstly, although we usually collect and assess potential risks, what are the best practices for impact assessment, and what are the most practical methods for establishing practical, meaningful mitigation strategies?
2. Secondly, although we typically manage risks within a project, these are often mis-aligned at different levels in a company and across a portfolio of projects.

Presenters:

Pauline Stewart-Long (BSc, PhD) (LinkedIn profile) Project Management Consultant Stewart-Long Solutions Ltd has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years with roles of increasing seniority in both project and portfolio management. She has led R&D drug development projects as well as major organisational change projects. She left GlaxoSmithKline in 2012 to set up her own consultancy and has developed organisation-specific solutions ensuring the project management organisation acts as a catalyst for R&D strategy by providing staff with the skills to deliver projects. Pauline was the Chair of PIPMG from Dec 2014 until January 2021.

John Faulkes (LinkedIn profile) Consultant PIPMG Group began his career as a scientist in Immunology Diagnostics within the Wellcome Foundation (now GSK). He moved  to a career in human resources as a trainer, team coach and eventually a learning and development Business Partner. John became a consultant in the 1990’s, offering organization development, team building, skills training / coaching, instructional design and coordination. In 2001, he co-founded PPMLD Ltd with Ralph White, which specialises in enhancing collaborative working in life sciences cross-functional project management and alliance / CRO outsourcing partnerships.

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Risk Management In The World Of Project Management

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Live Webinar June 6th, 2022, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars (AEST Sydney local time June 7)

Aligned Assurance

Traditional due diligence methods in risk management policy fail to capture new and evolving risks, especially involving third parties.

More than 80% of legal and compliance leaders say that third-party risks were identified after initial onboarding and due diligence, according to Gartner. This results in slower business processes, increased noncompliance, an incomplete risk picture, and a culture that tries to avoid risk altogether.

Join Gartner experts Alex Ossington (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Principal Advisory & Daniel Hebda (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Director Advisory, Katherine Clinton (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Principal, & Krista Lewis (LinkedIn profile) Sales Manager;  break down the key elements of third-party risk management, highlighting opportunities for assurance alignment and cooperation. Gartner experts will offer third-party risk management case studies, and address the most-pressing questions raised by you and your peers.

Discussion Topics:

• Apply the key elements of third-party risk management to your Asia-Pacific organisation
• Discover why aligned assurance plays a core role in third-party risk management
• Find out how leading organisations approach third-party risk management

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The Key To Third-Party Risk Management

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