Live Webinar Dec 19th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

Dr David Hillson is known as The Risk Doctor (YouTube, Risk Doctor website) and speaks on Managing Risk in Projects: New Concepts

Everyone knows projects are risky, and project risk management is our attempt to address this. There is wide consensus on project risk management basics, but the continued failure of projects to deliver consistent benefits suggests that the problem of risk in projects has not been completely solved.

David Hillson suggests that this is due to limitations in the way we think about risk. Starting from a pre-definition of risk as “uncertainty that matters”, David describes four types of uncertainty that must be addressed by our project risk management process, as well as challenging our view of what matters.

Take your risk management to the next level by ensuring that your approach includes every uncertainty that matters.

Presenter: Dr David Hillson, PMI-Fellow HonFAPM FIRM FRSA FCMI CMgr is well-known internationally as a leading thinker and expert practitioner in risk management, and he consults, writes and speaks widely on the topic. David specializes in both strategic and tactical risk, with a particular interest in opportunities and risk attitudes.

David has received several awards for his work in developing risk management, including the PMI Fellow Award (2010), the PMI Eric Jenett PM Excellence Award (2011), and the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award (2002). He is also an Honorary Fellow of the UK Association for Project Management (APM), a Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), and is a Chartered Manager and Fellow with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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Live Webinar – Dec 19th, 2013 – 10:00 am to 12:00 am EST
Presented by: The Gabriel Institute
Duration: Total of 2 Hours -2 Category B PDUs – Free PDU

Teamability^®:
The Ability To Connect With Others
To Form A Productive Team

Individual strengths can lead to a personal triumph,
But a team is greater than the sum of its parts.

Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine, recently wrote an article entitled “Teams Matter. Talent is Not Enough.”

In essence, it is a challenge for executives to find and exploit the ‘magic’ of team synergy.

The metrics of teaming now exist! Even the most extraordinary individual effort is no substitute for great teamwork. Teaming metrics are key to improving selection, increasing engagement, and vastly reducing new-hire turnover, all with measurable business value.

With TGI Teamabilityâ„¢
PMs will be able to create extremely strong teams.

In this introduction you will learn:

• A completely new technology will help you understand why talented, experienced people do not always ‘team’ well with others.
• How to reduce the costs and risks associated with errors in hiring and promoting,
  • Metrics and methods that measure and predict ‘teaming’ behaviors.
  • How to effectively analyze and solve team performance problems.
• How to deliver significant business value by matching people to the functional mission of their team
  • The ‘who fits where’ and the ‘why’ of winning teams
  • Behaviors that impact quality of team interaction and ‘fit’ to job responsibilities
• How it possible to reliably select high quality team players, and to match their job responsibilities to the way they envision themselves serving their team (their ‘Role’).

This is a MUST TAKE opportunity to help you understand the strengths of your team members placing them in the roles that will make your projects even more successful!

Edmonton PM

This program has been approved for 2 General recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification. PMPs can earn two Cat B credits for this two hour course. In addition, you will be offered the opportunity to have your own Teamability® experience!

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Live Webinar December 5th, 2013 – 8:00 am – 9:00 am EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S009)
Presented by: Peter Taylor The Lazy Project Manager

Project Management Is A Serious Business;
But It Can Be A Lot Of Fun Too!

Peter Taylor has presented over 200 presentations around the world in over 20 countries, worked with, and trained hundreds of project managers across the world and he always advocates putting the right level of fun into project work.

Improveing project morale and helping the team keep moving forward in a positive manner even in challenging times can make a positive impact to the bottom line.

Now whilst there are, quite rightly, lots of books about the serious side of the profession Peters book is the only one that address the more enjoyable aspects in “The Project Manager Who Smiled”.

The book is packed full with ideas and jokes, inspirational thoughts and quotes, suggestions and maxims, anecdotes and all manner of good material that you will want to steal and use in your own projects – and that is exactly what you should do!

A superb resource of inspiration and entertainment; the webinar will provide insights from the book which will be invaluable in creating more successful projects.

Lets Not Forget That:

• A good laugh not only reduces tension and relieves stress, but also helps to increase team bonding and boost morale;
• When you’re happy, you are more productive, more creative, more open, more likeable and a better leader.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Peter Taylor(LinkedIn profile, @TheLazyPM) is a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in Project Management. With over the 26 years experience in various business areas Peter has excelled in MRP/ERP systems with various software houses, Business Intelligence (BI) , and product lifecycle management (PLM) with Siemens. He has spent the last 7 years leading PMOs and developing project managers and is now focusing on project based services development with Infor.

Peter is also an accomplished communicator and leader speaking at PMI Chapters/Congresses and the author of several books including his latestThe Project Manager Who Smiled, The Lazy Project Manager: How to be twice as productive and still leave the office early and ‘Leading Successful PMOs‘ (Gower) and teaches leadership to business professionals with ‘The Lazy Winner‘. Check out his terrific website and listen to his free podcasts in iTunes.

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Live Webinar December 5th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Pharmaceutical CoP (REP #S012)

Research Demonstrates As Many As 60% of IT Projects Fail

While the causes of project failure are well documented, the impact that these failures can have on a Project Manager, is a topic that is less frequently discussed.

Although people might not always feel comfortable talking about how they respond when a project fails, as Project Manager’s we are likely to be faced with situations in our careers where things don’t go as expected.

Having the ability to face these situations and learn from them enables us to mature not only as Project Managers but also as people.

Drawing on his own personal experiences of managing a project that failed, David will share some of the key lessons he learned – some of which are project specific and some of which are more personal.

David will introduce a model for helping people recognize the behaviors that can cause their career to derail, and those that will help the project manager to not only survive a project failure, but thrive through it.

Presenter: David Baer, PMP (LinkedIn profile) is currently Program Director for a large, multi-year program to implement a global portfolio management solution in support of Pfizer’s core R&D drug development strategy. His previous positions at Pfizer were with Enterprise Informatics where he worked as a Program Manager, Business Manager, and PMO Team Lead. David also is a certified PRINCE2 Professional.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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Live Webinar December 3rd, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

Victor Lombardi, (LinkedIn profile, Rosenfeld Media bio) author of the book Why We Fail: Real Stories and Practical Lessons from Experience Design Failures, spent the past two years researching websites and consumer electronics that were successfully launched and hailed as great designs, but failed unexpectedly when people used them, such as Google Wave, Pownce, and Microsoft’s Zune.

Victor found a set of distinct patterns of failure that we can use to identify the customer experience risk in our own products.

Victor will discuss:

• The difference between design and the customers’ experience
• Why understanding your customers’ experience is increasingly important
• Case studies of well-designed products with undesirable experiences
• Patterns of experience failure
• How we can avoid customer experience failure in our own work

Presenter: Victor Lombardi co-founded the Information Architecture Institute and the Overlap conference, and taught at the Parsons School of Design and the Pratt Institute. He’s also written a book, Why We Fail: Real Stories and Practical Lessons from Experience Design Failures.

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’

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Live Webinar December 2nd, 2013 – 11:30 pm – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Global Sustainability CoP (REP #S046)

In 1994, global carpet tile manufacturer, Interface was inspired to rethink its purpose as a company and climb “Mount Sustainability.”

This journey, referred to as “Mission Zero” – Interface’s promise to eliminate any negative impact the company might have on the environment by 2020 – drives product design, engagement and all of the company’s global operations.

In sharing won experience, we can help others better understand what true sustainability means and how we’ve turned the concept into an everyday reality.

Our journey to Mission Zeroâ„¢ details the steps we’ve already taken and those that lie ahead, in the hopes that others will join this movement for meaningful change.

Nadine will share lessons learned from Interface’s story as well as insights for project managers who are looking to integrate principles of sustainability into their practice.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Nadine Gudz (Interface Speakers Bureau bio) as Director, Sustainability Strategy with Interface, Nadine drives and develops sustainability leadership and innovative market solutions. With more than 16 years experience in the fields of environmental education Nadine has taught in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University and served as a research fellow with the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability.

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