Live Webinar – March 29, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 CAT A Free
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

The Agile Manifesto teaches us to favor working software over documentation. That makes logical sense … unless you work in a compliance/governance heavy environment.

How do you reap the rewards of better software and efficiency while satisfying documentation requirements?

Whether required by your clients, like CMMM(I), or due to the nature of your business, like HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley, certain metrics are a business requirement. But, agile teams traditionally avoid such documentation like the plague.

Can these worlds co-exist?

We will explore several types of standards and metrics and show how to provide them while maintaining agility.

Presenter:
Steven Ropa (LinkedIn profile) has spent the last 17 years in the software development industry, first as a programmer and later as a development manager and director. He has been involved in the Agile development scene for the past 10 years, been an active contributor to the Agile Denver community and was on the organizing committee for Agile 2005. He has taught and led teams varying in size from small shops to large, distributed organizations in their transition to using agile methods. Steve is currently an Agile coach for VersionOne.

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1 Cat A PDU Free (after Mar 27 2011 may be 9.99 USD)
Presenter: CPrime (REP 2925)
An Eleap registration is required to download this course.

Please note: This course may possibly be free only till March 27th and may be at a cost of $9.99 USD after its introduction. Individual Support may also be unavailable after this date.

Interest in the Scrum Agile process framework is exploding as companies discover that Scrum enables them to manage software projects with greater reliability and improve responsiveness to customers. This class introduces the skills that project managers and team leaders need to perform the basic steps of a Scrum process for software development.

The course provides an introduction to the basic practices and skills required to make a Scrum project successful and this online on-demand course provides lecture and quizzes plus individual support for follow-up questions, which will be answered through our course forum and individual support during normal business hours, Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm Pacific Time (US). (Possibly available only till March 27th 2011)

What You Will Get From The Course:

• Earn 1 PDU of course credit (PMI)
• Learn how Scrum practices relate to project management fundamentals
• Learn the essentials of Scrum as a software development process
• Learn the three Scrum roles, three Scrum meetings, and three Scrum artifacts
  • Project Managers and team leads learn basic planning, tracking, and management skills
  • Product Managers learn how to develop and prioritize requirements
  • Team members learn how to estimate and break down work

IDC research indicates that 70+% of software development failures are due to poor gathering and management of requirements, while a 2008 study by QSMA Associates showed that projects organized for agile development deliver products 37% faster to market, with 16% greater productivity, than industry averages.

The desire for fewer failures and speedier success is driving the rapid adoption of the Scrum process framework, and the increasing need for trained people who can make agile projects successful. Scrum is designed from the start to improve responsiveness to customer needs, reduce wastage, and reduce time to market.

This course provides a firm grounding in the basic practices and skills required to make a Scrum project successful.

Audience:

• Project Managers, Program Managers, PMO Directors and staff who manage projects and processes
• Software development, QA, and Product Management personnel who will do the hands-on work in a Scrum process
• Executives interested in integrating Scrum processes with the business to improve product development
• Anyone who wants to know how Scrum really works

Instructor:
Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., has a doctorate in Physics from Princeton University, and extensive background in managing software development projects. He specializes in training individuals, teams, and organizations in agile development. Dr. Thompson helps companies make the challenging transition to agile development by working with development teams and business stakeholders to identify their needs, define the right process for the business, determine the steps needed to implement the process, and work through the steps successfully.

Dr. Thompson has Project Management Professional (PMP), Scrum Master (CSM), and Scrum Practitioner (CSP) certifications.

Please note: You will need an eLeap registration to register for the course. Using other links to this course may show the $9.99 USD Charge.

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This course also has an associated LinkedIn Event.

• Starts: Saturday March 27, 2010, 08:00AM
• Ends: Saturday March 27, 2010, 05:00PM

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cPrime Training CenterIntroduction to Scrum for Project Managers PDU Information
Activity Name: Introduction to Scrum for Project Managers
Provider number: 2925 Activity Number: 070501

To apply the 1 PDUs earned from our Agile & Scrum eLearning Course, please follow the process in the link: http://www.cprime.com/about/PDU.html

Online Webinar by Journyx
Presenter: James Brawner
Duration: 30 Minutes 0.5 CAT B FREE

Development and professional services are becoming more intertwined in order to manage and deliver a successful customer experience.

Learn how to reduce non-billable hours, streamline processes, and increase overall efficiency.

You will have to register to view this webinar.

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RESCHEDULED
Live Webinar – Was Friday March 18 Now Tuesday March 22 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 CAT A Free
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating.

Let’s reduce the too often “fire-fighting” method of risk management.

We’ll focus on the 10 empirical, simple rules of risk management.

What’s a discussion of risk without recognizing that a great team is vital in the success of every project? Yet the challenge of creating and maintaining a high functioning team is getting progressively more difficult. We are tasked with different work styles, different cultures, and even different generations.

We’ll review myth of management verses secrets of leadership.

Seminar Presenter:

Dolores Thomas, PMP, is an accomplished Seminar Leader with more than 25 years of experience in the information technology and training industry. Her background includes serving in various capacities of technical support, systems integration, customer service, and managing projects from initiation to acceptance. She’s been recognized for demonstrated achievement in managing technical projects ranging from $100K to over $1M. She has assisted countless organizations to increased success by consulting with them on methods to meet their required project timeframes. Dolores has successfully developed and delivered Project Management seminars to IT professionals and business leaders throughout the United States. In addition to PMP, she holds certification in CompTIA, IT Project Management Microsoft Project Expert, and certified ScrumMaster.

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Live Webinar March 17 2011 – 12:00 – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU Cat A
Presented by : PMCentersUSA (Rep 1016)

Interviewing is the most effective requirements elicitation method, but many Business Analysts are still having trouble making it work for them.

Attend this webinar to learn how to maximize the effectiveness of your interviews, and how to ‘turbo-charge’ your results.

Subject Matter Expert: Rick Clare, PMP, CBAP, OCP
Rick Clare (LinkedIn profile) is the Business Analysis Practice Director and a Senior Instructor for PMCentersUSA, with over 15 years experience in the Systems/Business Analyst field and over 18 years of experience as a technical lead/trainer.Rick’s career experience has been as a Senior Oracle Database Developer, performing analysis, design, development and documentation on numerous database systems using Oracle and its complete set of development tools.

This presentation will be 30 minutes long with a live question and answer session afterwards.

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Interview with Rory McCorkle (LinkedIn profile)
March 17, 2011 12:00-1:00pm EST
(You must be a PMI.org member to attend)

PMI is launching an exciting new PMI Agile Practitioner Certification. The goal of the certification is to validate a practitioner’s ability to understand and apply Agile principles and practices on basic projects.

Join us for the first official interview with the Product Owner of the certification Rory McCorkle who will share with us the background, goals and future direction of this certification in addition to responding to community questions.

Follow some of the output of the webinar through Twitter #pmiagilecert

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Click here for the PMI Agile Certification information page (open to everyone)
– includes an Agile Quiz, an Agile Certification FAQ and details of the Agile Certification Pilot