Live Webinar – October 16th 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

DISCOVER YOUR HIDDEN ASSETS…IDENTIFY & DEVELOP YOUR
HIGH POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES (HPE)

In today’s cut throat environment, finding your company’s competitive edge can be quite challenging. While many companies focus only on their products and services to achieve this goal, an equally important area to focus on is your people. Many times your existing employees can be more important to your success and they are already in your organization.

Identifying and developing high potential employees (HPE’s) is extremely important and this webinar will help you understand the value of this type of program in your organization.

Presenter: Mary Zarba (LinkedIn profile) is the founder of Head First Training & Consulting and provides training for business analysts and IT project managers in key communication skills, project management, leadership techniques and problem solving skills. She also provides management consulting for medical group practices to optimize cash flow, explore innovative IT options, and troubleshoot problematic processes.

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Live Webinar October 17th, 2012 11:00 – 12:00 pm EDT
Offered by QuantumPM (REP #1264 )
Duration 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU or 1 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Come and learn how easy it is to create project plans “the right way” using Microsoft Project 2010, so you can manage your projects more effectively.

Some of the topics covered include tool overview, task dependencies and constraints, resource assignment, baselines, timelines and handy tips and tricks.

Whether you are an occasional or a seasoned project manager, we guarantee you’ll learn something new!

Recommended Audience: IT Managers, IT Professionals, Project Managers, IT Directors, Solution Architects, Product Managers, Software Developers, Developers, Architects

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session

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Live Webinar October 17th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

This session provides an in depth look into a suite of Software Testing (SD) deliverables.

It identifies SD deliverables, provides a description for each of the deliverables and discusses where and how these deliverables can be applied.

The intent of this session is to provide an understanding of how each of these ST deliverables can be utilized, scaled, and leverage to contribute to the success of projects.

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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Live Webinar – October 18th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX – The Process Excellence Network

Improve transparency and insight into your global business processes

In exploration & production, energy companies increasingly operate in joint-ventures and complex capital projects involving multiple partners, contractors and business units.

The successful delivery of these projects requires the orchestration and flawless execution of many business processes across a number of disciplines – often principally concerned with mitigating risk.

Discover how Business Process Management solutions can help you capture, manage and monitor your key business processes.

1. Hear case studies from a global EPC company and O&G Exploration company who will demonstrate how to increase collaboration and visibility of core processes across your organization, and deliver operational excellence.
2. Gain business insight into how to improve transparency and visibility into your key business processes
3. Learn how to achieve process excellence through faster and better informed decisions in complex projects and joint-ventures
4. Identify how BPM can deliver business impact by reducing risks and improve results

Presenter: Robert Gascho (LinkedIn profile) is the Industry Analyst for the Energy Sector at OpenText responsible for developing the strategy for business solutions that meets the needs of their Energy Sector customers. His experience includes: managing the Software Solutions Centre for AMEC Engineering,and implementing solutions for British Petroleum and Sinopec.

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 11 – Risk

• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.4 Verify Scope
• 5.5 Control Scope
• 11.1 Plan Risk Management

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Live Webinar – October 16th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Decision Management Solutions

Redesign your business for the big-data driven, social, mobile consumer.

You will be introduced to a company trying to build capabilities to handle a growing consumer business. The company has challenges in trying to synchronize initiatives across Marketing, Sales, Product Management, Operations, Accounting and Technology.

You will learn how Decision Management approaches, tools and technology helped the Company develop a common model to sync up the initiatives with Company goals on its way towards implementation.

Presenter: Gagan Saxena, (LinkedIn profile) VP Consulting Decision Management Solutions and ex-CIO Apple Vacations

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.’

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