Live Webinar May 26, 2015 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
A Microsoft Worldwide Event Presenter: Brightwork
Duration: 30 Minutes 0.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU

An essential element of successful project management is the control of associated project risks.

We all know we should practice project risk management, but many of us don’t know where to start! Typically, the challenge here is applying theory to practice.

Get started fast and stay consistent with your risk management process using SharePoint 2013.

Learn:

1. Learn the essential elements of risk management
2.  Explore ways to fully engage with your project team for collaborative risk planning
3.  See how to build out your risk management module in SharePoint, including workflow and reporting
4.  Understand enhanced portfolio risk management using BrightWork with SharePoint

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

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 6.6 Control 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’

Click to register for Project Risk Management Using SharePoint 2013

Live Webinar May 20th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Why Implement A
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)?

This session describes the purpose of the SD lifecycle and provides descriptions for the nomenclature involved. Learn where and how the SD deliverables can be applied. Walk away with a general understanding of the SD lifecycle and the fundamentals that are associated with it.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Click to register for Leverage the Software Development Lifecycle

Online Webinar  – Recorded date December, 13th 2012
A Microsoft Worldwide Event Presenter: Brightwork
Duration: 45 Minutes 0.75 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Note: If you problems viewing this presentation in your browser use IE as the presentation was done with Office Live Meeting

In July of this year to much fanfare, Microsoft announced SharePoint 2013 and there are an amazing amount of slick new features in it!

It’s clear the Microsoft SharePoint team are really encouraging us to use SharePoint to collaboratively manage projects. In this webcast Éamonn McGuinness will present and demonstrate which pieces of SharePoint 2013 will help you with project and everyday work management.

You will see:

• The new template for project management in SharePoint 2013
• The new Work Breakdown Structure list type
• The improved synchronization with Microsoft Project
• And lots more cool stuff (e.g. Social, Apps marketplace, SkyDrive, etc.)!

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

Presenter: Éamonn McGuinness (LinkedIn profile) CEO BrightWork has been involved in the development of commercial software products on Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange 2000 webstore, SharePoint 2001, SharePoint 2003, SharePoint 2007 and now SharePoint 2010, with the same basic product mission (process driven project management). Éamonn has been on various Microsoft SharePoint advisory councils since 2001. He has over 25 years of executive experience at various technology organizations

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 6.6 Control 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’

Click to register for SharePoint 2013: What’s New for Project Management?

Live Webinar April 21st, 2015 – 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
A Microsoft Worldwide Event Presenter: Brightwork
Duration: 30 Minutes 0.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU

See how a combination of best practice templates; reporting dashboards; and a proven deployment approach can you can get started fast with a fully working SharePoint 2013 project office in as little as 3 weeks!

Brightwork will demonstrate how you can deploy SharePoint to:

1. Manage and control all (on-going) projects and work
2. Report across portfolios and resources
3. Collaborate and connect with team members
4. Increase your overall project success rate
5. Continuously improve your project management practices

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

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs

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’

Click to register for How To Successfully Deploy A Project Office On SharePoint 2013

Live Webinar April 9th, 2015 – 5:00 am – 5:30 am EDT
A Microsoft Worldwide Event Presenter: Brightwork
Duration: 30 Minutes 0.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Note: This is an early morning session

Give senior executives the insight they need to make real-time decisions and efficiently manage a large portfolio of projects using metrics-driven dashboard reports.

See how you can easily extend SharePoint to deliver:

1. Program / department level dashboards
2. Organization-wide dashboards including exception reporting
3. Key performance indicators and metrics
4. Automated cross-project reporting

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

Presenter: Eamonn McGuinness (LinkedIn profile) CEO BrightWork has been involved in the development of commercial software products on Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange 2000 webstore, SharePoint 2001, SharePoint 2003, SharePoint 2007 and now SharePoint 2010, with the same basic product mission (process driven project management). Éamonn has been on various Microsoft SharePoint advisory councils since 2001. He has over 25 years of executive experience at various technology organizations

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs

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’

Click to register for Create Metrics-Driven Portfolio Management Dashboards Using SharePoint

Live Webinar April 9th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT
Duration:1.5 hour Webcast  – Up to 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
A Microsoft Event Presented by: Imaginet

Why does UX Matter?

Bob Duncan (LinkedIn profile) is a User Experience (UX) Architect for Imaginet and has over 10 years experience in User Experience Design within Enterprise organizations.

Bob is passionate about making challenging problems simple and strives to develop user experiences that delight and inspire.

In this session Bob will show you:

• The fundamentals of User Design and why it matters to you and your end users.
• Why User Experience (UX) Design is the most important process that your development practice needs to adopt now!
• How to succeed with your user experience design in your next project.
• … and much, much more!

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope

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’

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session

Click to register for Enterprise UX: Project Success with User Experience Design