Live Webinar May 20th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is a part of a “Six Sigma Basics” series by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

What’s a DMAIC Project?
What’s a DMADV Project?
How Do I Know Which One To Use?

This DMAIC and DMADV overview webinar will teach the basics of each type of project, including how to use a storyboard approach and the key tools.

Join us for this 1 hour in depth presentation to learn DMAIC’s 5 step problem solving methodology to reduce process variation and DMADV’s 5 step methodology to redesign existing processes.

In this webinar participants learn about:

• What is DMAIC versus DMADV methodology and when to use each
• Key differences between Six Sigma projects versus other types of projects
• DMAIC’s 5 step methodology, including story components, tools used in each step, and how to tell when each step is complete
• A DMADV roadmap, primary tools and how to select the right ‘size’ DMADV and right ‘design methodology’

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Live Webinar April 29th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst
Many analysts think that “data modeling” means designing databases and technical data models.

Business users have no capability of creating and consuming that level of technical design, but they very much do care about their business data requirements.

They can describe how the data is used to make business decisions and how they want to see it processed by the system.

This webinar will introduce a set of requirements models for data that help describe the relationship of data in the system, details about fields, how data is used to make decisions, and how data is processed by the system.

Joy will describe how the models can be used together from top to bottom to create a complete picture of the data needs and how they integrate to other requirements models to fully round out the requirements.

Presenter: Joy Beatty, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Research & Development Seilevel, Joy Beatty has 15 years of experience in helping change the way customers create requirements with new requirements methodologies and training courses. She is a contributor to the core team for the new release of the IIBA BABOK^® Guide. She is a co-author of Visual Models for Software Requirements (Best Practices (Microsoft) and Software Requirements, 3rd Edition with Karl Wiegers

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Live Webinar April 29th 2015, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

Requirements Planning adds incredible value to the requirements process.

More than simply creating another “work breakdown structure” document, this is an opportunity to address risks proactively and gain better stakeholder participation.

This session demonstrates how every component of a requirements plan adds value.

Learning Objectives:

1. Illustrate the pitfalls of traditional approaches to Requirements Planning
2. Deliver guidelines for making Requirements Planning a value-add activity
3. Know what material must be present in a high quality requirements planning document

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Live Webinar  May 1st, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the fourth of a 4 part series series on Project Scheduling by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

The project schedule developed at the beginning of a project is not a guarantee of what will occur. Project schedules are in fact, only a point-in-time guess. Many things will conspire to invalidate the plan – project team members may not be available or may leave the project, technologies may work better or worse than expected, changes may be approved, and so on.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn why it is important to monitor progress against the schedule, communicate the progress, and refine the schedule based on facts and our observations.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Understand effects of path convergence and joint probabilities
• Discover recommended best practices for effectively controlling project schedules
• Understand how to use earned value to monitor project schedules
• Learn about considerations for preventive and corrective actions when controlling project schedules.
• Gather practical implementation tips for effectively monitoring and controlling projects

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Live Webinar April 17th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: BAW1313
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Well-run requirements workshops are considered one of the most effective ways for delivering high-quality requirements quickly and accurately. They can also promote trust, mutual understanding, and strong communications amongst the project stakeholders and project teams, and increase the probability of producing the desired deliverables to the end-users.

In this webinar, you will learn useful guidelines for planning and conducting an effective requirements workshop; additionally, you will also get familiar with some of the most common processes and techniques used to overcome the challenges of requirements elicitation.

About the Presenter: Scott Kastner, (LinkedIn profile) PMP®, CSM (Certified ScrumMaster), manages the IT Systems Operations at jetBlue Airways, and is also a business analysis and project management instructor and consultant. Scott’s strong technical background coupled with his practical business understanding has made him highly regarded in both the business analysis and project management communities.

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Live Webinar April 8th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

Those of us who have been writing software for a while know that if you don’t get the requirements right, it really doesn’t matter how well you execute the rest of the project.

Eliciting, Analyzing, Specifying, Validating, and
Managing requirements is hard.
Not everyone understands why it’s so critical.

This presentation describes seven critical success factors that will go a long way toward making the requirements activities in your organization pay off for the many project stakeholders.

The success factors are:

• A shared understanding of what requirements are and why we care
• Clearly defined business objectives
• Trained, skilled, and motivated business analysts
• A collaborative partnership with customers
• Rigorous and ongoing requirements prioritization
• Taking an incremental and iterative approach to requirements development
• Anticipating and accommodating change

Presenter: Karl E. Wiegers PhD (LinkedIn profile,  @KarlWiegers)  Principal Consultant with Process Impact, a software process consulting and education company in Portland, Oregon; Karl’s interests include requirements engineering, peer reviews, process improvement, metrics, and project management.

Previously, Karl spent 18 years at Eastman Kodak Company as a research scientist, software developer, software manager, and software process & quality improvement leader. Karl received a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. Author of numerous bestselling books and hundreds articles on many aspects of software development, management topics, chemistry, and military history, Karl is also the author of a Consulting Tips and Tricks blog.

Karl is the author of many books including:

• Software Requirements (3rd Edition)   Co-authored with Joy Beatty
• Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools
  
• Creating a Software Engineering Culture
• Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
• More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice
• Pearls from Sand: How Small Encounters Lead to Powerful Lessons

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