Live Webinar September 15th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 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 September16th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

The exercise of requirement gathering and analysis for software applications has been around for quite some time.

However, do the conventionally used yardsticks and guiding principles of business analysis, still hold ground in the face of the disruptive mobile technologies today?

While they definitely do, there is a strongly-felt need, for an additional cognizance of the Mobility Factor.

The Mobility Factor drives several considerations while building a mobile solution.

These include the ones brought about by the unique characteristics of the mobile platform:

• limited screen space,
• availability of native device features,
• the ‘on-the-move’ behavior of the user/device etc.

However, it is important to note that mobility is not just about making things work on the mobile platform; it’s also about doing them better as compared to conventional platforms.

Right from improving the workflows of the business process to capturing data with greater accuracy and delivering the best user experience, the Mobility Factor brings in umpteen opportunities for improvisation in the form of the mobile solution.

This webinar will discuss how you, as a Business Analyst, can style your work to incorporate the Mobility Factor. We will cover a range of mobile-specific considerations that can help you design your mobile solution to best address your business needs.

Upon Completion, You Will Understand:

1. Leveraging features provided by the mobile platform
2. Using mobility to enhance/improve the business solution
3. Delivering a good user experience on the mobile device

Click to register for IIBA: Key Considerations for a BA While Addressing Requirements for a Mobile Solution

Live Webinar – September 17th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

PMI (Project Management Institute) continues to meet the needs of Project and SDLC (Software / System Development Life Cycle) professionals by offering another specialty certification.

The industry knows how critical a working relationship between the BA and PM is for project success. Also it is well understood that smaller companies can only afford to have Project Managers yet still need strong business analysis work done. PMI as answered these needs by offering this new certification.

Pilot applications are being accepted through May 12, 2014.

This web seminar will go over in depth the PMI-PBA handbook (costs and application requirements), the examination content outline and the reading/outside knowledge requirements. We will save you the time and energy of reading through the 70+ pages of documentation.

Learn the information, knowledge, and skills needed to achieve the designation.

Click to register for Introducing the New PMI-PBA (Professional in Business Analysis) Certification

Live Webinar – September 17, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)

Note: Although DCG is an Rep this event may not have a course number contact DCG for further information

1. Do you have an unusually high percentage of non-functional requirements in your projects?
2. Are you using function points in your estimation model and have difficulty estimating the non-functional work?
3. Have you been reluctant to use function points because they only cover functional requirements and not the non-functional ones?

SNAP may be a software sizing solution for you.

The Software Non-Functional Assessment Process (SNAP) is an IFPUG-developed, innovative approach to sizing non-functional requirements.

As a complement to Function Point Analysis sizing, SNAP sizing can become an integral part of your estimation model for projects that have both functional and non-functional requirements.

This webinar, presented by SNAP trained specialists, will provide an overview of what SNAP is and what it can do for your organization.
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NOTE: Calendar conflict? Register below and receive the link to the recording to view at a later time.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate Scope

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 view SNAP – A New Approach to Sizing Non-Functional Requirements

Live Webinar – September 16, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Resource availability is a key source of negative risk to projects. Even if your project has well-defined scope and validated activity effort estimates, if the resources you are provided are working on multiple projects and operational activities, predictability of schedule outcomes is poor.

This webinar will review some options for responding to this risk from both a systemic and project-focused perspective.

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Understand the criticality of uncertain resource availability on project outcomes.
2. Learn which approaches for getting better knowledge of resource availability won’t work in your organization.
3. Gain a better understanding of the pros and cons of the practices that can successfully incorporate resource availability uncertainty into project planning and tracking.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating  & Executing, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1  Plan Risk Management
• 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”

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

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