Live Webinar – October 25th, 2011 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Presented by: Conscires Agile Practices
Duration: 1 hour 1 Category C FREE – Free PDU

In this interactive webinar, the participants will get an overview of the fundamental principles and mechanics of Scrum, thereby understanding the benefits of adopting Scrum principles and values in an organization.

As a customer, I want:

• The ability to go to market faster
• Faster return on investment

As a Project Manager, I want:

• To measure the progress of my project in terms of real progress made and product ready to be shipped.

As a team member, I want:

• A sustainable pace
• Satisfaction of quality product delivered

Bachan will be focusing on the following goals and relate it to how Scrum and Agile will help you achieve these goals.

Presenter:Lisa Montaño MBA, CSM, CSPO (LinkedIn profile) has over 15 years experience in start-up and entrepreneurial companies working as a business analyst and functional lead which includes leading cross-functional teams to implement customized web interfaces, e-commerce capability, and workflow automation projects. Lisa has extensive in agile roles including the Scrum Product Owner and Scrum Master, and is a trainer and Scrum coach with Conscires Agile Practices.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop 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.’

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Live Webinar October 22nd, 2012 11:00am – 12:00 pm
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category C – Free PDUs
Presented by: HR.com

Sure, you’ve sat in meetings all day and you’ve jotted down a million notes. But, you’ve left off some really important things:

• Create and support an environment that’s conducive to crucial conversations
• Make sure everyone on my team knows their role, how they fit in the big company picture, and what they contribute to overall strategic objectives
• Confirm that each team member understands what it takes to get promoted to the next level
• Help each team member create a career and employee development plan that lets them gain new skills to take on more while addressing their weaknesses and improving upon those

During this webcast we’ll cover the mistakes managers often make:

1. Acting as your team’s mother instead of being their leader
2. Not defining clear goals and expecting results
3. Lacking development resources for employees
4. Treating coaching as an annual process and not checking in enough and making sure it’s ongoing
5. Being afraid to coach because you don’t like confrontation or you really don’t know how to coach

Learn why it’s imperative that human resources work directly with managers and their executive to teach them how to become effective career coaches.

By doing so experience these stats gathered from our network of certified career coaches:

• 77% Better at Working Relationships with Direct Reports
• 77% Better at Working Relationships with Immediate Supervisor
• 61% Improvement in Job Satisfaction
• 53% Improvement in Productivity
• 48% Improvement in Quality of Work
• 48% Improvement in Organizational strength

Register today for our upcoming webcast and walk away understanding:

1. How to build better working relationships that result in increased engagement and retention.
2. The common mistakes managers often make when coaching employees.
3. How to give managers confidence and turn them into true career coaches.
4. How career coaching helps align employees with corporate strategies and goals.

Presenter: Linda Ginac (LinkedIn profile) TalentGuard, Inc.

PDU Category C documentation details (for this conference):

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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 – October 18th, 2012 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hrs2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.99 USD for 2 PDU / CDU
OR …….. The course is included in an (over 100 PDUs Available)
All Access Pass – 6 Months for $229.95 USD or 1 YR $349.95
Please enter Referral Code 576587

Join Greg, Lee & Steven on October 18th for a detailed discussion on how your organization can use project and product management to achieve better market results.

This webinar is presented by Greg Geracie, president of Actuation Consulting and author of the global best seller Take Charge of Your Product Management Development; Tips, Tactics, and Tools to Increase Your Effectiveness as a Product Manager and Lee Lambert, CEO of the Lambert Consulting Group and PMI Fellow.

In the recent Study of Product Team Performance, 2012 sponsored by Diversified Communications, respondents cited a “collaborative partnership between project and product management” as a key factor in creating value in the product development process. However, the relationship between these functions remains poorly defined in most companies and in industry literature.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Clarify the leadership roles for both product and project managers in product development projects from planning to execution
• Outline the importance of fully documenting the process used to produce your products and ensure appropriate alignment, hand-offs, and increased effectiveness
• Introduce the 3 C’s of project management and demonstrate the interrelationship between the product and project management life cycles from conception to retirement

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenters:

Greg Geracie, (LinkedIn profile) is the President of Actuation Consulting, providing product management training and advisory services to organizations nationwide. Greg is the author of the global best seller Take Charge of Your Product Management Development; Tips, Tactics, and Tools to Increase Your Effectiveness as a Product Manager â„¢ and was selected by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM) to lead the industry effort to develop The Guide to the Product Management and Marketing Body of Knowledge© (ProdBOK©). Greg is an adjunct professor at DePaul University’s College of Computing and Digital Media where he teaches a course on high-tech product management.

Lee R. Lambert, PMI Fellow, (LinkedIn profile) has established the standard against which educators and practitioners in the field of Project Management are measured. In 1981 he was invited to join the team that created the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Program. He is a Past President Central Ohio PMI. Lee Lambert is the author of Project Management: The CommonSense Approach.

Steven Starke PMP is the author of S.T.O.P. The Project Management Survival Plan: A proven project management framework complemented with tools, tips, and techniques to ensure you’re not the reason for stopping the project, Steven has more than 15 years of experience in project/program management, specializing in solving business problems with technical solutions by delivering multi-million dollar projects and programs on time and within budget while maximizing project value.

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Looking for a great Project Management Simulation?

Check Out ALLERTON’s
Connector Highway Project Management Simulation

“This simulation is a winner! I would highly recommend the Allerton Connector Project Management Simulation to anyone looking for a capstone experience to test their knowledge and judgment in a real world project management environment.”

— Lee R. Lambert, PMP, CEO, Lambert Consulting Group,
Project Management Institute Fellow, 2009

Challenge Yourself – Grow your Skills – With this great 10-hour In Basket Project Simulation. It will allow you to test your current skills and build new competencies. This is an excellent opportunity to challenge yourself by applying Project Management skills to the highway project – an environment that may be unfamiliar to you!

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Live Webinar – October 16th, 2011 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Presented by: Conscires Agile Practices
Duration: 1 hour 1 Category C FREE – Free PDU

In this interactive webinar, the participants will get an overview of the fundamental principles and mechanics of Scrum, thereby understanding the benefits of adopting Scrum principles and values in an organization.

As a customer, I want:

• The ability to go to market faster
• Faster return on investment

As a Project Manager, I want:

• To measure the progress of my project in terms of real progress made and product ready to be shipped.

As a team member, I want:

• A sustainable pace
• Satisfaction of quality product delivered

Bachan will be focusing on the following goals and relate it to how Scrum and Agile will help you achieve these goals.

Presenter:Lisa Montaño MBA, CSM, CSPO (LinkedIn profile) has over 15 years experience in start-up and entrepreneurial companies working as a business analyst and functional lead which includes leading cross-functional teams to implement customized web interfaces, e-commerce capability, and workflow automation projects. Lisa has extensive in agile roles including the Scrum Product Owner and Scrum Master, and is a trainer and Scrum coach with Conscires Agile Practices.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop 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 Introduction to Scrum-Agile: ”What Is In It For Me?”

Live Webinar – October 18th 2012, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

Agile, in it’s original form, was a framework utilized by product development organizations as a way to manage the creation and delivery of products for their customers. But as Agile continues to grow in popularity and is used more widely by a variety of organizations, many teams are finding it challenging to apply an Agile approach to a project that involves either third party developers or off-the-shelf products that need to be configured.

In each of these situations, Agile is still applicable, but it requires forethought in the way that working agreements and contracts are written so as to provide the flexibility that Agile promises while still maintaining the legal protections that the contract requires.

This hour long web seminar will explore various contracting models that may be used when applying an Agile approach while working with third party providers.

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Live Webinar October 4th, 2012 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDWxx
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

The best project managers know that managing the expectations, goals and objectives of key stakeholders is critical to project success.

If the stakeholders aren’t satisfied, even the most efficient and well-executed project won’t be deemed successful in the eyes of those that matter most. The best way to ensure stakeholder needs are met is to establish them up front, along with clear and mutually agreed upon communication and project completion requirements. By considering stakeholder perceptions while developing the project charter and project plan, you can avoid unnecessary readjustments during project execution.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How to initiate projects that help your organization achieve its goals
• How to develop a project charter and a project management plan
• How to identify and analyze project stakeholders and determine their information needs and communication requirements
• How to manage stakeholder expectations and ensure their satisfaction

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About the Presenter: Bonnie Cooper (LinkedIn profile), PMP®, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a twenty-year information technology professional. In her current role as the Program Director for the Massachusetts Medical Society’s (MMS) Corporate IT Program Office, Bonnie is responsible for coordinating the efforts of project teams, overseeing the implementation of project standards, managing the corporate IT strategic plan, and leading the program to re-engineer the membership platform for MMS.

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