Live Webinar Nov 23rd 2016, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar Nov 23rd 2016, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Ask an IT organization to review its application project success track record over the past 10 to 15 years and chances are that they will express general satisfaction — most application projects are deemed to be successful.

Ask the current business managers what they think of the current portfolio of applications and they will express dissatisfaction — most applications are unpopular.

Discussion Topics:

• The root cause of this dichotomy and how can it be eliminated
• The difference between a successful project and a successful application
• How future application projects can ensure delivery of successful applications

Join Andy Kyte, (LinkedIn profile) VP & Gartner Fellow and learn how successful applications make for successful projects!

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Stop Aiming For Successful Projects:
Start Aiming For Successful Applications

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Live Webinar November 17th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

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Project Management Best Practices With Karl Wiegers

Successful software projects are built on a foundation of well-understood requirements.

However, many development organizations get caught in traps that prevent them from effectively collecting, documenting, or managing their requirements.

This presentation describes ten typical requirements problems that can sabotage your project.

Several symptoms that indicate you might be getting caught in each trap are presented, along with suggestions for avoiding or escaping from the trap.

The requirements traps discussed are:

1. Confusion about what a requirement is
2. Inadequate customer involvement
3. Vague and ambiguous requirements
4. Unprioritized requirements
5. Building functionality no one uses
6. Analysis paralysis
7. Scope creep
8. Inadequate requirements change process
9. Insufficient change impact analysis
10. Inadequate requirements version control

Presenter: Karl E. Wiegers (LinkedIn profile) Principal Consultant Process Impact has provided training and consulting services worldwide on many aspects of software development, management and process improvement.

Karl is the author of many books including:

• Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools (Best Practices)
  
• Creating a Software Engineering Culture,
• Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
• Software Requirements
• More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice

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Software Requirements: 10 Traps To Avoid

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Live Webinar November 15, 2016 – 6:00 am – 7:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Brightwork

Projects rarely go according to plan! This webinar outlines three practical steps to leverage SharePoint to track and re-plan your project.

Attend this webinar and learn how to:

1. Assess the current status of the project
2. Manage exceptions and risks
3. Re-assign work and update your team.

Join Microsoft Project & Certified Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) Silver Partner, BrightWork for a series of education webcasts and Hands on Learning labs (HOL).

Click to register for:
3 Steps To Track & Re-Plan
Your Project With SharePoint

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Live Webinar November 1st, 2016 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 Arlene Minkiewicz explores the particulars of crowdsourcing and discusses what impacts it will have on the future of software cost estimating.

Presenter: Arlene F. Minkiewicz (LinkedIn profile @arleneMink) Chief Scientist at Price Systems, LLC With 30 + years of experience building cost models, Arlene is a software measurement expert dedicated to finding creative solutions focused on helping make software development professionals successful. Check out her Blog on the Pricesystems Site!

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Software Cost Estimating:
Have You Crowdsourced Today?

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The Live Session Is Free But…

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ITMPI Membership

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Live Webinar – October 25th 2016 11:00 am -12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)

Note: Although DCG is an Rep this event may not have a course number contact DCG for further information

In this presentation Philippe Guerin (LinkedIn profile) and Mike Harris (LinkedIn profile) with a broad expertise in all phases of the SDLC, will share their broad expertise in all phases of the SDLC,

Philippe & Mike will examine how effective quality benchmarking and productivity measurement translate into successful transformation initiatives that cost less and de-risk your IT organization.

Philippe has a significant experience leading both technology and organizational transformation initiatives in complex global environments especially around productivity measurement and improvement programs.

You will walk away from this webinar with broadened knowledge around successful deployment processes, including how portfolio visibility can help manage risk, complexity, and architectural quality.

Learn how to introduce proactive measurements to detect structural quality and risk and vendor / ADM team output before transformation, monitor key performance indicators during, and continue to optimize applications by establishing performance improvement and cost reduction goals.

Philippe and Mike will also address how to:

• Monitor, track and compare ADM teams’ utilization, delivery efficiency, throughput and quality of outputs
• Detect portfolio outliers, compare against competitors, identify improvement opportunities, and track the evolution of size, risk, complexity, and quality
• Increase management’s visibility of risk, quality, and throughput through enhanced Service Level Agreements

Do you connect on social media networks?

• DCG LinkedIn,
• DCG Twitter

During the webinar, join the conversation on Twitter using #DCGwebinar.

NOTE: Calendar conflict? Register below and receive the link to the recording to view at a later time.

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Successful Deployment Strategies:
From Software Sizing To Productivity Measurement

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Live Webinar October 11th, 2016 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  3 Hour  3 PDU’s free
Provider: O’Reilly

O’Reilly’s Open Source 101 Mini Conference:
3 One Hour Sessions

Open source software is everywhere, but do you know where to start if you want to contribute, convince your manager your next project should be open source, or avoid recreating the wheel?

Join four seasoned open source contributors, as they discuss why open source is so important, how to avoid obstacles, and find the right solutions for your project.

Learn—and how you can apply:

• How to begin your open source project
• How to convince business leaders that open source is the right choice
• What open source methods, tools, and culture exist to help with your project

This online conference is for you because:

• Developer considering contributing to an open source project
• Business person wondering if open source is right for your company
• Project manager wondering if open source will work for your next project

 Session 1:
How-to: Your First Contribution

Starting with little more than enthusiasm, I made my first contribution to the Apache Spark project this year. I will tell the story of this journey, sharing the key lessons I learned in a format that serves as a guide for anyone looking to get started, especially if they don’t know where to begin.