Online Webinar
Offered by ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU – 1 Cat A Free

Outsourcing is an increasing reality.

The business world is operating in the absence of time zones in today’s 24/7 “always on” environment. The availability of smart tools and collaboration technologies enable corporate mobility and flexible workforce arrangements.

It’s no secret to global companies that a distributed workforce cuts cost (most notably in energy and real estate) but what does it cost organizations in physiological distance? How does remote team management relate to effective organizational communication?

In an informal survey, 300 project managers (PMs) were asked the cause of project failure, and more than 80 percent of respondents attributed project failure to the inability to manage the relationships within the project.

Fundamentally, managing virtual project teams is based on the same philosophies as managing a local team; the primary difference is that the virtual dynamic is compounded by space and lacks the visual component of body language and inflection.

When project communication is based on the written (email) and spoken (conference call) word, only seven percent of what one wants to communicate is received.

How can PMs in virtual team environments overcome communication challenges and minimize the negative impact to organizations? This session will explore an analysis of four filters that impact the PM’s environment: virtual, personality, technology and culture filters. It will draw conclusions for best practice communication in virtual teams based on intrinsic understanding of these filters.

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Live Webinar – May 12, 2011 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A Free

Bad estimates are almost always the result of incomplete information and/or lack of communication.

This webinar will discuss the common barriers to the preparation of accurate estimates, and provide timely tips that can be used for preparing more accurate estimates.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP®, PE, CCE

Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile) is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA.Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs.

Registration to the PMCentersUSA site is required.

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Online Webinar
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B Free
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

Project managers and business analysts fear scope creep more than any risk presented.

What is traceability in the context of a project and why it is important to the success of the project? Requirements traceability facilitates the tracking of project scope delivery.

Learn how to define requirements in such a way that traceability is simple and manageable during project execution and validation of the requirements is simple and objective, leading to project acceptance by the customer, whether an internal or external customer.

In order to claim a Category B PDU after watching this presentation contact PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc) and advise them of the Date and Time you watched this prerecorded event along with your information and request a Category B PDU Certificate.

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Online Webinar
Offered by ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU – 1 Cat A Free

Regardless of whether it is small and localized or spread across an entire enterprise, change can impact every level of an organization—and every project. This webinar will cover a topic of particular relevance in today’s workplace: organizational change.

You will learn:

• A framework for taking charge of organizational change
• How to become a change leader in your organization
• How to leverage organizational change for positive outcomes

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