Live Webinar  May 16th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 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 May 12th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

Project management is an essential ingredient to innovation. It is only with great project management that you can bring an innovative idea to action.

However, innovation requires a different type of project management than the standard multi-year government project.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How innovative project management differs from traditional project management
• Tools to leverage agile project management and human centered design
• How to treat change as a variable and learn from the scrums
• Concrete tips and tricks from those doing it right and bringing innovation to their agency

Presenters:

Dr. William Brantley, (LinkedIn profile) PMP (Data Scientist, PM, & OpenSource Developer)  Innovative Federal government professional currently involved in building the data science and project management capabilities for the Office of Personnel Management. Strategic thinker in public policy, investigative, analytical, qualitative/quantitative research, and information technology. Highly-accomplished university instructor, presenter, and trainer. Knowledge Management Lead for Government Community of Practice.

Winnie Liem, (LinkedIn profile) PMP (Project, Program & Portfolio Manager)
Professional career with the Ontario Public Service at the Ministry of Health and previously at the Ministry of Attorney General advocating for Innovation and Excellence in Project Delivery to drive success and better outcomes in government. Winnie is currently the Community Manager for the Government Community of Practice.

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

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Live Webinar May 9th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the third in a four 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.

Project Schedules Change On A Regular Basis

Critical path management facilitates the application of management by exception by focusing the project manager on the critical activities.

Additionally, critical path management enables project managers to identify slips earlier and consequently readjust their schedule without impacting the overall completion date.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn how critical path management provides techniques to efficiently monitor and control the project schedule and how managing the critical path can minimize the risk of project overruns.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants will:

• Understand the effects of path convergence and joint probabilities on the critical path
• Learn how to protect the critical path and considerations for corrective and preventive actions to ensure deadlines are met
• Discover recommended schedule assessments when monitoring and controlling your schedule
• Gather practical implementation tips

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Live Webinar May 8th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Process management helps to provide a line of sight from strategy through execution of organizational initiatives.

Akin to the business analysis (BA) requirements discipline, this traceability enables performance maturity, better communication, clearer roles and responsibilities, and good governance.

Clarification of problems or opportunities for improvement is integral to business analysis and process management.

In each, you must elicit and clearly state a specific problem that quantifiably affects business/operation and that ultimately matters to your customers.

Process management is:

• An integral part of business analysis, implementation, improvement, and sustainability,
• Solves problems, and
• Expedites risk identification, mitigation, and impact.

In this webinar Vicki will explain how to:

1. Tie process management to organizational strategy,
2. Use process management as a foundation of good decision making, change management, and governance, and
3. Increase efficiency and value optimization throughout the organization.

Presenter: Vicki Hoard, PMP, (LinkedIn profile) Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, is a Senior Consulting Manager with Robbins Gioia’s Process Refinement & Optimization Practice. Vicki is responsible for developing and tailoring business process management and improvement methods. She is an experienced facilitator and has consulted on projects in the areas of quality management, Lean Six Sigma, business process re-engineering and performance management.

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Live Webinar May 9th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the second in a three part series series on Collaboration by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

Bringing project stakeholders together in collaborative meetings is an effective way to quickly make decisions and complete project work with a high degree of alignment and buy-in.

Use of a brainstorming activity is a high energy and powerful way to uncover hundreds of ideas during meetings. However, there is more to brainstorming than just gathering a list of ideas which can often be misinterpreted or dismissed, after the energy of the meeting subsides.

Understanding what those rapidly collected ideas really meant to the stakeholders, before the meaning is forgotten, is where the real value and power of brainstorming is leveraged.

In this 1 hour live in-depth Webinar participants learn how to:

• Structure brainstorming sessions to collect ideas in collaborative meetings
• Focus ideas captured during brainstorming to increase relevance to the meeting objective
• Use questioning techniques to guide brainstorming and improve brainstorm quality
• Use questioning techniques to drive clarity and increase buy in of brainstormed ideas
• How to avoid common mistakes which sabotage a brainstorm activity

Solutions Cube Group’s live Webinars address many relevant project issues. Join us for this 1 hour in depth presentation to learn how to increase the value and effectiveness of brainstorming while avoiding the common pitfalls which sabotage the best intentions of any brainstorming effort.

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Live Webinar May 7th, 2014 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDW1260
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Are you looking for techniques for successfully scoping a project?
Then, this webinar is for you!

You’ll not only explore how to get from a starting point to an end result that satisfies the business goal, but you’ll also examine the requirements process and learn strategies for successfully managing scope changes; in addition, you’ll distinguish between product and project scope, and also discover how your project team can set boundaries and better manage stakeholder expectations.

Key learning points include:

• Best practices for identifying and documenting scope
• Difference between product and project scope
• Techniques for identifying requirements and managing changes

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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