Live Webinar – December 20th, 2017 10:00 am – 12:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  2 Hour s 2 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

This two-hour webinar covers techniques and guidelines for defining the type of requirements needed for inclusion in an RFP for application software.

In order for Project Managers and Business Analysts to evaluate vendors and their software proposals, the business requirements need to be appropriately defined and structured.

• The methods for defining requirements for a software product are different than for custom developed solution.
• The documentation and templates of business requirements is different when they’re being written for vendor selection.
• The level of detail and what included and excluded is critical to a successful vendor assessment.

Learn answers to these issues and more in this valuable webinar.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn an effective approach for collecting requirements for inclusion in an RFP
2. Understand the essential types of requirements to be elicited and included in commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) RFP
3. Learn what should be included and the sufficient level of detail for an RFQ/RFP
4. Learn the best format and templates for writing requirements for a COTS solution

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Requirements Definition Best Practices For Software RFPs

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Live Webinar – December 6th, 2017 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour s 1 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

Demystify a wide range of agile & traditional requirements / development methodologies!

This session looks at the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and gives prescriptive guidelines to requirements leadership looking to improve results by striking a better balance between agile and disciplined practices.

These practices are not mutually exclusive – the real issue is to look at your current circumstances and find the right balance to maximize success.

This session refocuses the agility versus discipline dialogue.

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Harmonizing Agility & Discipline

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Live Webinar – November 2nd 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown  (REP 2161 was ASPE)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – TechtownASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

In this webinar, Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile)  will spend the hour examining one of today’s biggest obstacles to large-scale success in enterprise environments: Work In Progress (WIP).

Chris will discuss and take your questions on where WIP is a concern, how it gets out of control, the stifling effects it has on productivity, and how to tame and manage it.

From top-level portfolio and program management to back-office DevOps practices, WIP is a primary concern for teams at every level of the enterprise who are trying to help their organization achieve sustainable, scalable agility.

Join Chris and ask questions and have a conversation about the best ways to manage WIP in your teams, and how doing so is the key to revolutionizing how technology work gets executed and how projects are managed.

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Whip WIP!
Stop Letting Work In Progress Crush Your Teams

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Live Webinar – November 1st 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown  (REP 2161 was ASPE)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – TechtownASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Agile approaches, with their focus on delivering working software through short test-driven iterations, promise to improve quality, productivity, and satisfaction. Experienced Agile practitioners zealously tout their successes.

But to someone schooled in traditional processes, it can all seem strange. Those short iteration cycles can make it difficult to keep up. It’s a whole new vocabulary.

On day one coders are coding and testers are testing. An Agile development team can be a “hungry beast” demanding to be fed with user stories.

Without the big requirements document, or the time to write it, how can you be certain your teams will be delivering the right things and not wasting time and money?

This fun and engaging hour start with the dirty little secret behind the origins of the Agile Alliance.

• Learn why test-driven, incremental development makes sense whether you’re agile, just considering it, or convinced you’ll never be.
• Cut through the seemingly absurd lingo, ritual, and ceremony that all too often gets in the way.
• Learn how a few simple yet powerful models can get you organized. See how a test-driven approach can clarify that all-important “definition of done.”

Presenter: Marc J. Balcer (LinkedIn profile) Check out Marc’s books Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture and Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies

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No Bull Agile

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Live Webinar October 3rd, 2017 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
(Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Beth Layman will discuss five model and domain agnostic management practices that IT and software organizations can and do live without but shouldn’t.

Presenter:  Beth Layman (LinkedIn profile)  co-author of Practical Software Measurement: Objective Information for Decision Makers

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5 ‘Agnostic’ Best Practices
That Every Organization Should Adopt

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Online Webinar – Recorded July 6th, 2017
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Discussion Topics:

• Why you should shift the focus of your organization’s delivery model
• How to flatten the management hierarchy
• How to reform performance management processes to emphasize team accountability and skills diversity

Presenters:

Bill Swanton, (LinkedIn profile) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst

Matthew Hotle (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst

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Change 5 Leadership Practices For Effective Digital Software Delivery

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