Archive for August 7th, 2012

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Live Webinar August 16th, 2012 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)

So, you’ve worked on a lot of projects and know how to develop scope and requirements deliverables, but what are the Project Manager’s responsibilities during the development of these deliverables?

Attend this 1 hour live webinar learn what the Project Manager must do to ensure that scope is determined, managed, and approved and to develop and approve project requirements.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

  • The components for defining a complete Project Scope Statement
  • The components of defining clear Business Requirement Statements
  • The process for defining Technical Requirements

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Live Webinar – August 14th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Offered by: Roeder Consulting ( REP 2453)
Duration: 1 hour 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Tres Roeder, PMP, first delivered this presentation to the American Marketing Association in 2006. Since then, Roeder Consulting has trained hundreds on its proven three-step approach to winning support. Updated with recent research in behavioral science, this free webinar will arm you with the core framework required to earn support.

Presenter: Tres Roeder (LinkedIn profile) is recognized as a global expert on project management. He regularly speaks at global project management events, including, the Project Management Institute’s Global Congresses. Mr. Roeder educates project managers how to achieve project success by deploying a balanced approach with a particular emphasis on people. Tres is often quoted in books & articles (MSN Money, Microsoft Press, and the Project Management Institute), and released his best-selling book “A Sixth Sense for Project Management®â€ on the 10th anniversary of the founding of Roeder Consulting in 2011

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Live Webinar August 14th, 2011 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Cat A PDU Free Course ID: MDW1261

Projects delivered in matrix organizations have unique criteria when it comes to how resources are assigned, decisions are made, and issues are resolved.

In this webinar, you’ll explore key characteristics of successful matrix organizations and the top skills required for project managers in them; in addition, you will review some of the tools used to balance the challenge of being proactive and collaborative in a matrix, while still acting as an independent project management expert.

Learning objectives include:

  • The different types of matrix organizations
  • The advantages and disadvantages of the matrix organization
  • The top skills that project managers need to deliver projects in a matrix
  • The impact the matrix organization has on project delivery and your career
  • Exploration of project tools and templates for more efficient matrix project management

Presenter: Star Dargin (LinkedIn profile), PCC, CPCC, instructor and consultant for Corporate Education Group, is founder of Star Leadership, a management consulting firm that offers coaching, training, and consulting services for businesses.

Star held leadership positions at several high-tech companies, in roles such as Director of Engineering, Director of Project Managers, and International Program Manager; additionally, Star is an adjunct professor at Boston University where she teaches graduate level courses on Leadership and Communication for Project Managers.

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Live Webinar August 14th 2012 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Metavis

SharePoint is used as an enterprise collaboration platform in almost every organization, yet many organizations are still in the process of deciding why and when they should implement some of the new SharePoint 2010 social capabilities. While many organizations understand the benefits social technology can provide it’s not clear how SharePoint measures up against other social technologies, and perhaps more importantly what the true benefits social capabilities in SharePoint provide to real business scenarios.

Join Richard Harbridge as he provides an objective overview of what works well, and what works poorly in SharePoint 2010 and how it can help your SharePoint implementation be more successful.

Learn:

  1. Strengths and weaknesses of SharePoint’s native social capability and how you can tackle those weaknesses.
  2. Real world risks that SharePoint social capabilities can introduce and how to tackle them.
  3. How to begin planning a social strategy and roll out with SharePoint.

Presenter: Richard Harbridge (LinkedIn profile) is an internationally recognized expert in Microsoft SharePoint and is a technology and business evangelist with deep expertise in information architecture, enterprise content management, and technology strategy. He has defined, architected, developed and successfully implemented well over a hundred SharePoint solutions from small implementations on a single server to over 80,000+ user implementations in international organizations. Richard is a contributing author ofMicrosoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook and has a great blog you wont want to miss –Richards blog.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
  • 10.2 Plan Communications
  • 10.3 Distribute Information
  • 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’

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