Live Webinar December 18th, 2014 – 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

This webinar addresses top project and requirement management challenges and the seven keys to requirements management success.

This webinar, a repeat performance of a presentation of the same name at the PMI 2014 NA Congress in Phoenix reveals the top requirements management tips as collected by your RqM Council leaders Beth Ouellette (LinkedIn profile) and Mike Frenette (LinkedIn profile) using experiences gained during two years of monthly webinars delivered to the Community and results from a survey sent to you – the over 18,000 Community subscribers.

Deliver project success more frequently by managing requirements smarter and tighter.

Focus on some of the seven Success Keys to improve project performance, yield higher business value through involving the right people, setting the right expectations, increasing quality, managing change and building in timely approvals.

If you can focus on just a couple of the seven Success Keys, your project is sure to improve. Let’s manage requirements a little bit smarter, tighter, and deliver project success more frequently.

Cheers to Better Requirements!

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

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Live Webinar – November 20th, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
By BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hr  1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free  PDU / CDU

By far the most requested topic from clients and people performing business analysis is “What are the right questions to ask?”

Asking questions is at the core of performing business analysis and the “correct” answer to this question is as varied as the projects analysts are involved with and the techniques they utilize.

This presentation will provide a framework for ensuring that you’re asking the right questions, at the right time, and of the right audience.

Discussions will include factors that will impact the types of questions required and techniques to help drive the right questions. Participants will be provided checklists for use after the session as job aids.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Discuss factors that impact the right questions
• Determine the right questions to ask based on where you are in the project
• Discuss the use of techniques to drive and highlight the right questions to ask
• Understand how validation is a critical component to ensuring you asked the right questions

With the Course You Will Receive:

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

Presenter: Kupe Kupersmith CBAP®, President B2T Training, (LinkedIn @Kupe) possesses over 14 years of experience in software systems development. He has served as the lead Business Analyst and Project Manager on projects in the Energy, television, sports management and marketing industries. Kupe, a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®), is also internationally known for his strong mentorship of business analysis professionals.

Read Kupe’s blog on BA topics: Kupe’s blog on BA Times.
And …
BA’s Don’t Miss: B2T’s Valuable Downloadable Resources.

B2T Training: Since its inception in 2000, B2T Training, has focused solely on providing business analysis training and professional development. As experts in the field, B2T Training continues to shape the Business Analysis discipline and the careers of BA professionals in major corporations across the globe through its high impact training sessions and valuable resources.

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Live Webinar November 20th, 2014 – 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)

In short, the presentation will demonstrate that comprehensive requirements management is not about the sophistication of the tool used.

This presentation will:

• Review the role of requirements management in supporting the Proof of Concept and Solution Selection processes.
• Explore the benefit and value of combining the requirements management process w/ Proof of Concept for supporting Solution Selection
• Use a spreadsheet matrix designed to support an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution deployment  for illustrative purposes.

Comprehensive requirements management instead requires thoughtful planning and a well-designed process for documenting, categorizing, prioritizing, comparing and tracking requirements.

Presenter: Barry M. Milteer, MBA, PMP, MCTS (LinkedIn profile) is well-versed in many areas of Business and IT.  Having over 10 years’ experience in Project, Program and Portfolio integration, scope, schedule, cost and risk management. Barry also has significant additional multi- platform Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience including Business Case Development, Requirements Management, Solution Selection, Proof of Concept (POC), Installation/Setup, Configuration, Deployment and Training.

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

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Live Webinar – November 11th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Boot camps for professionals who need quick, powerful data analytics skills is proving to be quite popular.

With the explosive growth in both the volume of our organizational data and the power of the tools available to harness it,  learners are coming from a wide variety of different situations.

A class should be designed to provide the most pragmatic, broad-based array of data analysis skills that people need to truly leverage data in the real world.

In order to deliver a classroom experience that meets a broad array of needs, it’s important to get a sense of your goals in attending the class, as well as giving the learner a sense of what to expect.

Join Chris Knotts (LinkedIn profile) and Damian Herrick  (LinkedIn profile) Triangle data guru, for this hour of an overview of ASPE’s Data Analysis Boot Camp.

Overview of Key topics include:

• Statistical thinking and analysis
• Distribution
• Probability
• Hypothesis Testing and predictive analytics
• Graphic representation of data
• Modeling and analytics
• Financial calculations

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders

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 – November 5th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

The optimal path to mature requirements practices is often obscured by misinformation. Register now to see how to make significant operational improvement in requirements maturity and select a path based on a strong foundation of research and quantified success.

The Business Analysis Benchmark is rapidly becoming the world’s leading source of information on the impact of requirements quality on project outcome. We are pleased to announce the release of the 2009 survey results.

Learn:

1. The Facts of Performance: What is the impact of requirements maturity on technology projects?
2. Myth Busting: there are many commonly held beliefs that prevent organizations from successfully making change.
3. Path To Success: What activities can be taken to improve development success.

Featured Speaker: Rob Stewart, IAG Consulting (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar – October 28th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: 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

Miss this webinar the first time? It’s back again!

Join David Herron for his most popular webinar topic of 2014: How to Sell Function Point Analysis to Your Manager.

You’re convinced that Function Point Analysis would improve your company’s development and deployment.

As someone involved in the day-to-day aspects of these tasks, you know the impact that this would make. But your biggest hurdle is convincing senior management that this is a worthwhile investment.

We know how hard that can be. David Herron (LinkedIn profile) has had years of experience in explaining and demonstrating the value of Function Point Analysis to senior IT staff.

In this webinar, David will share his insights into successfully selling Function Point Analysis to your manager.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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

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