Live Webinar January 24, 2012, 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: CA Technologies and BrightTalk

Join CA Technologies for a live webcast featuring Laurent Lachal, Senior Analyst from Ovum as he discusses the latest findings from the PPM Cloud Accelerator Report 2011 – a global research study conducted by Ovum.

Laurent will address many of the topics included in the report such as the challenges of adopting public cloud technologies and how IT leaders are managing cloud transformation programs.

He will also examine the role project and portfolio management (PPM) can play in helping organizations confidently choose the right cloud initiatives, manage global projects, resources and financials, while also driving strategic initiatives across the entire enterprise.

Other topics include:

• What are the major challenges of transitioning to cloud services?
• How do CIOs decide and prioritize which services to move to the cloud?
• The role PPM plays in accelerating the transition
• How PPM ensures IT is not bypassed as the business looks to the cloud

All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the PPM Cloud Accelerator Report 2011, a global research study commissioned by CA Technologies.

Note: BrightTalk advises that this session is worth 1 PDU

We have listed the session as qualifing for a Cat C PDU but the presenter may choose to make the presentation a Cat B or a Cat A

PDU information will be available at the end of the webinar.

Presenter: Laurent Lachal (LinkedIn profile) is leading Ovum Software Group’s cloud computing research and covers various aspects of the cloud computing phenomenon and its impact on the software marketplace. In his 18-year career as an IT analyst, Laurent has provided software vendors and users with insight into a wide range of issues from high-level business strategy issues to low-level technology ones. He has a deep knowledge of most segments of the IT industry from infrastructure to applications.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

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

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

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’

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