Archive for May 4th, 2012

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Live Webinar May 8th, 2011 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by the McGill University (REP #2239) Course ID:YWB6
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – $69.00 CAD PDU
Note: Special Discount for PMI Members Only – $49.00 CAD

Over the course of a project, managers must contend with any number of factors that will impact schedule, scope, budget, or quality. Knowing how to identify and quantify these factors is one thing. While much has been written on the topic of project risk management by way of processes, approaches, formulas and methodologies, there is little data on exactly how project managers can translate risk information into actionable items, whether in planning for risk or in responding to it when it materializes.

Effective project managers are not only good at identifying threats and responding to them, but they also show a strong ability to foresee trouble and to seize opportunities when they present themselves. Risk management is about planning not only for what you know might happen, but also for what you don’t know might happen.

This webinar is designed to provide project managers with tools that will help them understand the dynamics of risk management so that they can not only plan effectively, but maximize their response to threats and opportunities, both foreseen and unforeseen, when they materialize.

Benefits:

  • Participants will learn how the risk management process translates into concrete actions
  • Participants will learn how stakeholders react to perceived risks, and how project managers should react to potential opportunities.
  • Participants will be introduced to concrete methods and tools to help manage project risks effectively.

This presentation will cover the following sections:

  1. Overview of the Risk Management Process
    There are multiple inputs to and outputs from the risk management process. The key to effective risk management is in understanding where the inputs come from, and what to do with the outputs.
  2. The heuristics of risk identification
    How do individuals identify risks and quantify them? What makes something a risk to someone and not to another? What makes an individual want to bring out the proverbial cannon to kill the fly?
  3. Threats and Opportunities
    Risks can be categorized as threats or opportunities, and there is risk in ignoring either of those.
  4. Concrete Risk Responses
    Managing threats and opportunities means developing appropriate responses that will be implemented if a risk materializes. It also means being able to capture risk knowledge at the organizational level, and understanding which responses work and which ones don’t.

Presenter: Réal Ouellette PMP MCTS (LinkedIn profile) is the president and founder of Nexop, a national project and risk management consultancy specializing in operational effectiveness. Nexop has also trained hundreds of participants in project and portfolio management, risk management, and operational excellence, and is a Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) partner. Réal has over thirty years of experience in management and IT, acquired mostly in the financial, legal and pharmaceutical sectors.A lecturer in the Advanced Project Management program at McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies, Réal is also a regular guest speaker at industry conferences such as Project World.

Click to Purchase & Register for Handling Uncertainty: Planning for Risk and Opportunity in Project Management (General Registration $69.00 CAD – Click Register For A Webinar Link)

Click to Purchase & Register for Handling Uncertainty: Planning for Risk and Opportunity in Project Management (PMI Discounted Rate $49.00 CAD – Click Register For A Webinar PMI Link )

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Live Webinar May 8th, 2012 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by : Accurev
Duration: 45 Min Credits: 0.75 PDU Category C – Free PDU

Code reuse has been talked about for years, but how much code have you actually reused? Is code reuse fact or fiction?

Chris Lucca, Technical Evangelist at AccuRev, and Dave Gruber, Director of Developer Marketing at Black Duck Software, will explore ways to get more mileage out of your existing code bases and the millions of lines of code locked up in source control systems around your organization.

In this webinar, AccuRev’s Chris Lucca (LinkedIn profile) will explain:

  • The challenges to code reuse
  • New approaches to code exploration, software “component-izing”, and automatic code reuse
  • How reuse can save you time and speed up your next project

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating & Executing, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 8 – Quality 9 – Human Resources 11 – Risk

  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
  • 5.2 Define Scope
  • 6.5 Develop Schedule
  • 8.1 Plan Quality
  • 9.3 Develop Project Team
  • 11.2 Identify Risks
  • 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 Redefining Code Reuse: Getting More Mileage Out of Your Existing Code Bases

Getting Value from Big Data

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Live Webinar May 10th, 2012, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar May 10th, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Big Data is rapidly becoming a recognized market term for the growth in the volume of data in organizations.

Understanding how to use Pattern-Based Strategy to seek, model and adapt to patterns contained in big data will be a critical IT and business skill.

Discussion Topics:

  • The Quest for (and Value of) Better Insight and Information
  • Understanding the Business Opportunity of Information
  • Why IT and Business Leaders Should Act Now

Presenter: DouglasLaney, (LinkedIn profile) Research VP

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
  • 5.2 Define Scope
  • 6.5 Develop Schedule

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 Getting Value from Big Data

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Live Webinar May 9th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by Citrix Online – GoToMeeting Corporate

Teachable moments begin with transforming an audience, but an audience will only change if you resonate with them.

Hear pioneer presentation innovator Nancy Duarte (LinkedIn profile), CEO of Duarte Design, demonstrate a new way of structuring training that helps the instructor create a powerful connection with audiences.

Join this live, interactive webinar and discover how to:

  • Develop compelling messages
  • Communicate your materials and message
  • Use time-tested story-telling principles to connect
  • And more…

Speaker: Nancy Duarte, CEO, Duarte Design

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing Monitoring & Control

Knowledge Areas: 10 – Communications

  • 10.2 Plan Communications
  • 10.5 Report Performance

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 Creating Visual Stories That Resonate!