Live Webinar December 20th, 2017 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Brightwork

All projects carry some risk. The trick is to manage risks proactively from the outset using a clear and consistent process with your team.

Attend this webinar for practical tips on:

1.  Creating a risk management module in SharePoint
2. Enhanced portfolio risk management.

Join Microsoft Project & Certified Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) Silver Partner, BrightWork for a series of education webcasts and Hands on Learning labs (HOL).

CEO of BrightWork: Eamonn McGuinness (LinkedIn profile) has been involved in the development of commercial software products on Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange 2000 webstore, SharePoint 2001, SharePoint 2003, SharePoint 2007 and now SharePoint 2010, with the same basic product mission (process driven project management). Eamonn has been on various Microsoft SharePoint advisory councils since 2001. He has over 25 years of executive experience at various technology organizations

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An Easier Way To Handle Project Risks Using SharePoint

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Live Webinar November 21st, 2017 – 11:00 am – 11:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1/2 Hour  .5 PDU free
Provider: Brightwork

Project teams often jump straight into a new project without closing the previous project correctly! Missing this invaluable opportunity to review and learn makes it more difficult to improve team and project performance in the long-term.

Join Brightwork & learn how to:

• Leverage SharePoint surveys to collect team input
• Create a ‘Closing Section’ SharePoint list to record discussion points
• Review and sync changes to project management templates.

Join Microsoft Project & Certified Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) Silver Partner, BrightWork for a series of education webcasts and Hands on Learning labs (HOL).

Sponsor: Eamonn McGuinness (LinkedIn profile) CEO BrightWork has been involved in the development of commercial software products on Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange 2000 webstore, SharePoint 2001, SharePoint 2003, SharePoint 2007 and now SharePoint 2010, with the same basic product mission (process driven project management). Eamonn has been on various Microsoft SharePoint advisory councils since 2001. He has over 25 years of executive experience at various technology organizations

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How To Run Effective Project Post-Mortems Using SharePoint

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Live Webinar – Sept 27th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

In this session Sam will walk the attendee through 9 practices that are sure to be problematic.

Topics will include but are not limited to:

1. Including summary tasks in project sequencing;
2. Assigning resources to summary tasks;
3. Constraining activities rather than sequencing dynamically;
4. Scheduling project tasks as late as possible;
5. Leveling resources without analysis;
6. Inadequate baselining techniques;
7. Using elapsed durations for team schedules;
8. Incorrect calendar association resulting in incorrect schedules;
9. Organizing project tasks incorrectly forcing incorrect reports.

After attending this session you should be able to:

1. Identify inappropriate practices in their MS Project schedules.
2. Resolve issues created by these practices and
3. Leverage their learning in future project plans by avoiding the recurrence of inappropriate practices.

Each of the identified inappropriate practices affects a project plan.

The demonstrations are:

• Violate an established best practice
• Identify and illustrate the issues created
• Resolve them quickly.

Speaker : Sam Huffman (LinkedIn profile) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Project Management Professional, and Project MVP. Sam has been delivering training for The Versatile Company since 1996. Sam gained insight into Microsoft Project while working at Microsoft as a member of the Microsoft Project development and support team. Sam is considered a leading authority on the tool, and provides great insight to project Managers on the newest enterprise features of all versions of Microsoft Project and Project Server.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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The Do’s & Don’ts Of MS Project

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Live Webinar – September 20th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Project 2016 includes significant updates to Project Professional, Project Pro for Office 365 and Project Online.

Project 2016 delivers on some of the most requested capabilities:

• Resource Management,
• Resource Capacity Planning,
• Multiple Timelines,
• Tell me,
• Office add-ins,
• Link tasks using drop-down and much more.

In this webinar, Sai would walk you through on some of these features through examples and demonstrations.

Presenter: Sai Prasad, (LinkedIn profile) PMP^®, PMI-SP^®, MVP MCTS Project, Senior Manager,Learning & Development Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd  is a Champion of PM from PMI India, & was awarded the Champion of the Quarter (Q4 – 2012) and Delivery Excellence Award (2011-2012, 2012-2013) from PMI India. Sai was also named his company’s Global Trainer of the Year . A master trainer, he spent 13,000-plus hours in mentoring, coaching, training 9000-plus practitioners on project management topics ranging from project management concepts, project risk management, project scheduling, Microsoft Office Project® to software estimation techniques.  Sai is also the editor of the project management book, Forecast Scheduling with Project 2010  & the President of the MPUG India Chennai chapter.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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What’s New In Project 2016?

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Live Webinar September 20th 2017 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Brightwork

Easy access to data is key to project performance, helping to improve visibility, collaboration, and decision making.

Tracking metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) allows your team to quickly check the status of the project and adjust as needed.

Learn more about:

1. Real-time portfolio dashboards for immediate visibility
2. Metric Tiles to keep everyone up-to-date
3. Using Scorecards to review historical trends.

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Improve Project Performance
With Metrics & KPIs In SharePoint

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Live Webinar August 23rd, 2017 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Brightwork

Effective project request management ensures any approved projects match your organization’s strategic goals. Depending on your organization’s size and type of projects, selecting the right projects can be quite tricky!

Make project request management easier with SharePoint.

Register for this webinar and learn how to:

1. Create and manage a pipeline of project requests
2. Travel through the project request life-cycle
3. Create projects sites based on approved requests
4. Configure the Project Request Manager for your local needs.

Join Microsoft Project & Certified Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) Silver Partner, BrightWork for a series of education webcasts and Hands on Learning labs (HOL).

Eamonn McGuinness (LinkedIn profile) CEO BrightWork has been involved in the development of commercial software products on Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange 2000 webstore, SharePoint 2001, SharePoint 2003, SharePoint 2007 and now SharePoint 2010, with the same basic product mission (process driven project management). Eamonn has been on various Microsoft SharePoint advisory councils since 2001. He has over 25 years of executive experience at various technology organizations

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Optimize Project Request Management Using SharePoint

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