Live Webinar October 25th, 2012 – 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hours 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDUs
Presented by: Praxis (REP #1231)

NOTE: Although Praxis is an REP they have stated that this opportunity will not be registered with PMI® as a Category A opportunity. If you have any questions contact Mrs Jamie Morris with Praxis. See below for Category C documentation details.

In the years since the FDA published Pharmaceutical cGMPs for the 21st Century – A Risk Based Approach many organizations have adopted the vision of implementing practical, risk-based software validation methods. However, often the next step – implementing the vision – is a very big one. The objective of this webinar is to get you started!

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality
• 8.3 Perform Quality Control

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 24th, 2012 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

This session is for business analyst leadership and development executive looking to make long term, systematic improvement to their business analyst organization.

IAG will draw from its project experience with over 700 customers to baseline organizations, assess the value of improvement, and determine the action plan for success.

Learning Objectives:

1. How do you assess the maturity of an analyst organization?
2. Where do you focus for improvement?
3. What implementation guidelines should be used to enhance success?

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Live Webinar – October 10th, 2012 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 September 27th, 2012 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)
Presented by: Dawn Henwood

Many non-expert readers find the amount of technical detail in a requirements document overwhelming. Faced with a series of long lists and elaborate diagrams, their eyes tend to glaze over. Consequently, they may not examine your document thoroughly enough to be able to provide you with the feedback you need.

The key to creating requirements non-experts can easily read is to think like an web designer and make usability a key factor in your writing. This webinar will introduce you to four simple, easy-to-implement strategies for producing user-friendly requirements:

• Provide an overview highlighting the business goals and benefits
• Use summary statements to introduce sections
• Manage long bulleted lists by using parallelism and subdivisions
• Integrate use case diagrams and other visuals so they are easy to interpret

As with web design, subtle adjustments can make a big difference to the user experience. Working within your organization’s template for requirements, you can easily apply user-friendly writing strategies to improve your communication with colleagues as well as stakeholders.

Presenter: Dr. Dawn Henwood is a published author of A Writing Guide for IT Professionals, columnist, associate professor and program developer/director. She specializes in helping technical experts bridge the gap in knowledge and values that so often separates them from their customers. Her methods have even the most reluctant writers producing clear documents with ease and confidence.

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

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Live Webinar – September 19th, 2012 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

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, Sr. Consultant, IAG Consulting (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar September 20th, 2012 – 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hours 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDUs
Presented by: Praxis (REP #1231)

NOTE: Although Praxis is an REP they have stated that this opportunity will not be registered with PMI® as a Category A opportunity. If you have any questions contact Mrs Jamie Morris with Praxis. See below for Category C documentation details.

The prospect of a software quality audit can be intimidating and the work to prepare can seem daunting.However, audits are not generally conducted according to random processes, nor do auditors ask random questions.By learning what to expect, you can be prepared!

In this session, you will receive an overview of standard audit terminology, roles and processes. You will learn how to prepare your validation documentation,standard operating procedures, facilities, and personnel for the software quality audit.

Praxis will review frequently asked questions and checklists from international regulatory guidance. The session will also address approaches to handling problemtopics.

You will learnbest practice tactics for use during the audit. And finally, to help you determine where to focus your preparation efforts, this session will provide statistics from FDA inspections on the most prevalent software quality topics and the most cited typed of computer systems.

• Fundamental audit terminology, roles and practices
• Key US and international regulatory guidelines regarding software quality audits
• Audit preparation for staff, facilities, and documentation
• Common software quality audit questions
• Best practices during an audit
• Accommodating requests for access to computer systems and data
• Most frequently inspected systems and software quality topics

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality
• 8.3 Perform Quality Control

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 Preparing for a Software Quality Audit