Live Webinar November 17, 2011 – 12:00 – 12:30 pm EST
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

This webinar will describe practical quality tools both PM’s and BA’s can utilize to better manage projects.

Specific techniques with examples that will be discussed include controls charts, cause & effect diagrams and Pareto charts.

Attend this webinar and learn how a focus on quality management can improve the success of your projects. This presentation will be 30 minutes long with a live question and answer session afterward.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE
Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile), is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering solutions in project management, business analysis and business process improvement.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.

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Live Webinar November 16, 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Presented by: Mark Smith
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Learn How to Leverage Existing Resources to Accelerate Organic Business Growth.

Is your company still struggling to grow? – Most are.

Credit remains tight. Confidence is fragile. The vitality of the recovery itself remains uncertain.

Growth in this economy won’t be about risky marketing plays or highly leveraged mega deals. What you need now is a solid strategy for growing from within, using resources already at hand.

This Webcast will first share highlights from unique research that revealed a rare breed of growth leaders driving significant organic revenue growth—not at high-tech start-ups—but inside some of world’s largest and best established companies. You will then learn exactly what these growth catalysts do to ignite organic growth and build high-performing growth organizations.

The core of this session will be a close review of the seven formulas growth catalysts use to reframe value propositions for customers: Diving Deep; Swimming for the Surface; Swimming Sideways; Bundling; Finding White Space; Networking; and Starbucking.

What You Will Learn:
Based upon research and interviews with business executives in multiple sectors, John Baldoni will explain:

• The most common ways organizations unintentionally block organic growth
• Success stories of growth catalysts in action
• Practical growth leader behaviors you can apply to accelerate organic growth

Presenter: Mark Smith spearheads the growth leadership practice at Healthy Companies International, a global management consulting and research firm based in Arlington, Virginia. He conducts ongoing research clarifying the leadership characteristics, workplace culture, and processes that enable organizations to grow sustainably and predictably. Mark has worked with top executives at 15 Fortune 500 Companies, six Global 100 Companies, and dozens of other commercial and government organizations around the world. Among those clients: ADM, Black and Decker, Fiat, IBM, Kraft Foods, Merck, NASA, and Novartis

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience (include the weblinks) and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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Live Webinar – November 16, 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.

It is here!

Testing for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner pilot started in September. With our leadership position in both Agile and Project Management, ASPE-SDLC felt uniquely qualified in providing this primer session to help you prepare yourself to obtain this certification. Many of our instructors have taken the exam and will receive their results soon.

Overview:

• Application Requirements
• Fees
• Exam content overview
• Domains and tasks for Agile Certification
• Training options
• Where this certification fits with the Scrum Alliance certifications
• Q & A

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has more than 16 years of experience in business to business continuing education in executive, product management, marketing, and operations capacities. He has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, covering topics in the software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries. David was instrumental in the development and delivery of the training industry’s first voice over IP (VOIP)-enabled live, instructor-led training course for public consumption.

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Online Webinar
Presented by: PMSolutions Recorded: March 11, 2010
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Kent Crawford (LinkedIn profile) of PMSolutions will walk you through unlocking the ‘Value’ of your PMO. Kent focuses on the 4 areas to focus efforts on to realize success with you PMO:

• Enabling Effective Governance
• Managing Your Portfolio
• Optimizing Your Resources
• Measuring Performance

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.5 Control Scope
• 6.6 Control Schedule
• 7.3 Control Costs

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 register for 4 Secrets to Unlocking the Value of Your PMO

Live Webinar November 16, 2011 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

This session provides a wrap-up of all the previous sessions and focuses on how the various lifecycles can be implemented. It provides a high level overview of the QAIassist Integrated Methodology and the benefits that can be derived from its successful implementation.

The intent of this session is to conclude the webinar session and have all attendees understand the IT Methodology context and content they have received throughout the series and are aware in how a IT Methodology can be scaled and customized to contribute to their organizational objectives.

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Live Webinar November 16, 2011 – 12:00 pm EDT
Presenter: Brightwork
Duration:  Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Microsoft SharePoint is a fantastic tool to house and share information, but many organizations are not using the platform to its full potential.

With templates and reporting, SharePoint can be transformed into a comprehensive work and project management solution. SharePoint templates are built to enable team members to easily find and manage their own work, while powerful reporting allows project managers to manage single projects or across multiple projects.

Reporting on SharePoint also provides senior management with a “birds-eye-view” of all projects going on.

With SharePoint templates and reporting, your organization can use SharePoint to enable collaboration and visibility at all levels of the project team.

Join us on Wednesday November 16th for a webinar in which Éamonn McGuinness(LinkedIn profile) will fully explain and demonstrate a practical approach to leverage SharePoint for Collaborative Project Management.

All attendees will receive a copy of the slide deck and webcast recording.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.5 Report Performance

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 register for Leveraging SharePoint for Collaborative Project Management