Live Webinar February 6th, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

 In 2012, early cloud pioneer Heroku developed the Twelve-Factor App, a set of rules and guidelines for helping organizations build cloud-native applications.

But cloud native is more than just a set of checkboxes or factors to tick off; it’s a mindset and a way of life for developers building modern, highly scalable, resilient applications.

The industry is full of buzzwords like “cloud native” and “microservices.”

Kevin Hoffman distills these terms into concrete definitions as he covers his 15 expanded and revised factors, which he explores in more detail in his Free Ebook Beyond the Twelve-Factor App.

Along the way, Kevin discusses the developer mindset that has allowed him to create applications and services that thrive in the cloud.

Presenter: Kevin Hoffman (LinkedIn profile) author of several books including: Cloud Native Go: Building Web Applications and Microservices for the Cloud with Go and React (Developer’s Library), Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed, ASP.NET 4 Unleashed, WPF Control Development Unleashed: Building Advanced User Experiences and Beyond the Twelve-Factor App Kevin has been building software professionally for over 20 years. He spends his days helping migrate applications to the cloud and his nights working on hobby code projects and writing fantasy novels The Sigilord Chronicles Series (The Fifth Vertex, The Blood Sigil)

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Beyond The Twelve-Factor App

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Live Webinar – February 8th, 2017 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm 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 February 3rd, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: International Institute for Software Testing (IIST)

For many years, professional certifications in any field have been critical to qualify people for the job they are supposed to do.

When you hire a person based on the fact that he or she is certified in their field, you generally assume that the person has received certain level of training and education that enable them to do the job they are hired for and are able face challenges when needed.

We all agree that the value of any certification program lies in how it helps you become a better professional. After all, the purpose of getting certified to be able to do a better job as professionals.

In this webinar, Dr. Hanna will shed some light on the different certification approaches and how we can evaluate certification programs.

More specifically, he will discuss the education-based approach to certifications and how it help advance the software testing and quality profession. He will also discuss the different certification programs available from IIST.

Presenter: Dr. Hanna (LinkedIn profile) is a recognized educator, speaker, and consultant in several areas of software engineering. Over the last 35 years, he worked in all aspects and capacities of software projects and processes and has trained over 50,000 professionals around the world. Dr. Hanna is Founder, CEO, and Chairman of several organizations including the International Institute for Software Testing and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Software Test Professionals.

Dr. Hanna developed new approaches and methods in software engineering including:

• The Scenario-Based Development and Testing (SBDT),
• Requirement-Based Project Management (RBPM),
• Software Quality Engineering Methodology (SQEngineer),
• The Unified Data Model (UDM), and
• The Data-Driven Object Model ( DOM ).

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Software Testing & Quality Certifications
Facts and Fictions

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Live Webinar January 27th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: International Institute for Software Testing (IIST)

Agile methodologies stress the benefits of collaboration and working with cross-functional teams to encourage strong communication between business owners, from whom we get requirements for products, and the technical team that produces the product.

Two of the four values in the Agile Manifesto highlight the emphasis Agile methodologies place on strong collaboration. “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools” reminds us of the importance of strong and respectful communication.

For example, rather than testers and developers using a defect tracking tool to record bugs, they are encouraged to sit and work together to recreate and resolve issues.

Agile methodologies require frequent and face-to-face communication between all team members. Being a highly skilled and versatile communicator is vital in the Agile environment for success.

Key to this is the ability to understand different behavioral styles and learn how to adapt to build solid and positive relationships with both team members and customers.

You can increase your success 25%, 50% even 75% by developing style flexibility and communicating based on the others personal style.

This is in the spirit of the Platinum Rule: Treat others in the way they prefer to be treated!

This session will provide an understanding of: personal communication style, identify styles of others quickly, adapt your style to build rapport which will enable you to increase your success in collaborating with others.

Presenter: Tammy Schembari  (LinkedIn profile) has worked as a program and project manager for over 20 years, developing software, managing large teams and responsible for project budgets u to $20 million dollars in size. Tammy encourages the value of good communication, and well rounded leadership skills which creates an engaging environment for teams. This allows her teams to perform at their best. Tammy is focused on coaching to share her passions with motivated leaders to heighten their abilities, boost their performance and optimize their teams.

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Succeed In The Agile Project Environment:
Increase Collaboration Through Communication

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Live Webinar January 26th, 2017, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Open-source software　DBMS (OSDBMS)　software has come a long way in the past 10 years,　creating　new options for organizations to not only save costs but also experiment with many new technologies.

Products range from traditional relational　to new, nonrelational DBMS technologies, such as graph, document, key-value and　increasingly, multimodel.

Although cost optimization is a valid use of OSDBMS, there are other advantages to implementing these technologies as well.

Replacing older technologies, such as　prerelational,　pure-XML, object-oriented DBMSs and consolidating outdated desktop DBMS products are a few of the options. OSDBMS products are not without risk.

It is important to understand the risks and　rewards associated with OSDBMS — when to use them and when not to, when to purchase support and how to mitigate the risks.

Discussion Topics:

• If OSDBMS is ready for “prime-time”
• What OSDBMS choices are available
• Best practices for implementing OSDBMS

Join Merv Adrian (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research VP, and Donald Feinberg (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst, as they help you get to understand Open Source DBMS’s and how they may help you rewrite the rules in your organization.

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Open Source DBMS 2017:
Rewriting the Rules

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Live Webinar January 25th, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The JavaScript framework landscape continues to evolve and improve, providing increasingly more benefit to Web and mobile application developers.

In this webinar, Brad Dayley (Linkedin profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director, explores the reasons why JavaScript frameworks improve productivity and how to choose the right one for each project.

Discussion Topics:

• Why there are different types of JavaScript frameworks
• What criteria are important in evaluating a JavaScript frameworks
• How to choose a JavaScript framework that fits the needs of your team and project

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Choosing The Right JavaScript Framework

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