Live Webinar February 1st, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Purchasing a project solution versus building one internally to avoid the cost and time of re-inventing the wheel is becoming more common on projects. Selecting a vendor through a Request For Proposal (RFP) process doesn’t always guarantee that the solution the vendor proposed, and the project team selected, really meets the project’s needs and stakeholder’s expectations.

In order for vendors to effectively propose a viable project solution, they must have all of the necessary information regarding the project environment and needs. To prepare a complete RFP document, the project team needs to include information for 7 distinct components of the RFP.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• The 7 components of an RFP
• The role each of the RFP components plays in selecting the right vendor
• The critical project information that should be given to the potential vendors in an RFP.

Join Solutions Cube for this 1 hour in-depth webinar and learn what the 7 RFP components are and how they are used to influence the decisions associated with selecting the right vendor and solution.

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Live Webinar January 31st, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Exploring the BABOK® Guide, a new, public IIBA webinar series launches on January 31, 2013 at 11 a.m. EST. Each webinar brings together a panel of Business Analysis thought leaders to explore A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) and the new Business Analyst Core Concept Modelâ„¢ (BACCM).

The BABOK® Guide is the foundation of the business analysis profession, and the starting point for a business analysis career – but it’s not the whole story. In the years since IIBA published version 2, the Business Analysis community has discovered many important implications to the knowledge collected in the book. Many of these realizations are integrated into a new model for understanding the BABOK® Guide, called the Business Analyst Core Concept Modelâ„¢ (BACCM).

In the first episode of the series Kathleen Barret (CEO, IIBA) and Kevin Brennan (Chief Business Analyst and EVP, IIBA) join regular panellist Julian Sammy (Enterprise Business Analyst, IIBA) to describe the series, and provide an overview of the BABOK® Guide.

Panellists:

• Kathleen Barret (CEO, IIBA) (LinkedIn profile) : Expertise
• Kevin Brennan (Chief Business Analyst and EVP, IIBA) (LinkedIn profile) : Expertise
• Julian Sammy (EBA, IIBA) (LinkedIn profile) : Enterprise Business Analysis, BACCM

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Live Webinar January 25th, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

As with many things in life, all projects are subject to uncertainty, however all uncertainty is not the same as “risk”. Project Risks can be “threats” to be minimized as well as “opportunities” to be exploited.

Effective Project Risk Management recognizes both types of risks and is the key contributor to “project success”.

This webinar will introduce participants to techniques for defining a Risk Management Process and using this process to progressively build a Risk Register including: identifying risks using a Risk Meta-Language, Assessing Risks with quantitative techniques, understanding the 8 risk responses and selecting the appropriate Risk Response for the project risks and monitoring risks throughout the project.

Learn how to implement a more effective risk management effort that balances the impacts of project uncertainties occurring with the effort needed to prevent or encourage the uncertain event.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• The difference between Project Risk and Uncertainty
• How to define the scope of a Risk Management Effort
• How to use Risk Meta Language to identify project risk
• How to use Qualitative Techniques to assess project risk
• Techniques to “minimize” Risk Threats and “exploit” Risk Opportunities

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Live Webinar January 25th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Purchasing a project solution versus building one internally to avoid the cost and time of re-inventing the wheel is becoming more common on projects. Selecting a vendor through a Request For Proposal (RFP) process doesn’t always guarantee that the solution the vendor proposed, and the project team selected, really meets the project’s needs and stakeholder’s expectations.

OFten project teams make the mistake of jumping straight to the proposal portion of the their project lifecycle before clearly defining the project needs. The resulting RFP sent to vendors is vague and fails to communicate the critical requirements vendors need to propose accurate solutions.

Vendors who respond to the RFP are left with little choice except to make many assumptions on what the project needs are and base their proposals on these, often times, false assumptions. Because the project requirements are so vague, almost any vendor solution appears to adequately address the need.

Learn the critical success factors of an RFP effort and the characteristics that cause many RFP efforts to fail.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn about:

• Critical Success Factors of the RFP process
• Characteristics of a successful RFP process
• Common pitfalls that cause RFP efforts to fail

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Live Webinar January 22nd, 2013 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 Category A PDU – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: InfoTech (Rep 1223)

Defining & Writing Good Business Requirements
Are Essential To Your Project.

1. What exactly are they?
2. Who do you need to talk to?
3. How should they be documented?

This session will give you some tips on how to get your project off on the right footing.

In this session InfoTech will discuss:

• Difference between business and technical requirements
• Process flow used for information gathering
• Different types of requirements use different question types
• Information gathering techniques
• Structuring a requirement to include all key components

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Live Webinar January 23rd, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Waiting until the project is delivered to the customer is not the time to confirm, or not confirm, that objectives of the project are met.

Project managers and business analysts must understand how to analyze the various risks of the project objectives and develop ways to intermittently validate the attainment of those objectives. Learn the roles and responsibilities of the project manager, business analyst and quality assurance teams in successful project delivery.

Objectives:

• Define what Validation means as it relates to project delivery
• Define team roles and responsibilities as it relates to validation
• Identify the types of validation necessary for your project
• Develop action plans to validate key components of the project

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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