Archive for August, 2012

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Live Webinar September 6th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Gary Gack (LinkedIn profile) will review a wide range of software metrics and will compare and contrast the advantages and limitations of various approaches. Newer metrics ideas derived from Lean will also be discussed. Sources of benchmark data will be reviewed.

Note: ITMPI is now charging a $2.99 convenience fee to obtain the PDU code. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code can be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. Search the Rep # (it is in our listing) The courses are listed alphabetically use the arrow keys to move to the correct place in the alphabet and search the list on that page for the course that you attended – the code should be listed. (setting the “set the dropdown box” to show 100 per page will make your search easier).

Click to register for Software Metrics: the State of the Art

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Live Webinar – September 6th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Resource availability is a key source of negative risk to projects. Even if your project has well-defined scope and validated activity effort estimates, if the resources you are provided are working on multiple projects and operational activities, predictability of schedule outcomes is poor.

This webinar will review some options for responding to this risk from both a systemic and project-focused perspective.

LESSONS LEARNED:

  1. Understand the criticality of uncertain resource availability on project outcomes.
  2. Learn which approaches for getting better knowledge of resource availability won’t work in your organization.
  3. Gain a better understanding of the pros and cons of the practices that can successfully incorporate resource availability uncertainty into project planning and tracking.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating & Executing, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

  • 11.1 Plan Risk Management
  • 11.2 Identify Risks
  • 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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’

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

Click to register for Managing Uncertainty in Resource Availability

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Live Webinar September 5th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by Citrix Online – GoToMeeting Corporate

To get your business partners’ attention, leave terminology like “abandoned rate,” “average speed to answer” and “first-call resolution” to your IT meetings and start talking about what matters to the business.

Join Rae Ann Bruno, (LinkedIn profile) president of Business Solutions Training, to learn how to transform your current metrics and reports into information valued by the business.

Attend this live webinar to learn:

  • How to communicate your positive impact on the business
  • How to translate IT metrics into business benefits
  • Which reports to use to market your accomplishments
  • And more…

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 10 – Communications

  • 4.3 Direct and Monitor 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 Metrics That Promote Business Value, Minus the “Geek Speak”

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Live Webinar – September 6th, 2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Offered by : JP Stewart Associates
Duration 1 hourNOTE: This Presentation does not qualify for PDUs

This session will answer all those questions you’ve had …
Telling you what is really involved in getting PMP
® certification.

Topics will include (among others):

  1. What are the benefits of getting certified?
  2. Will it make me a better project manager?
  3. How hard is the exam?
  4. Can I self-study or do I need an instructor?
  5. What materials should I look for from a vendor?
  6. How much experience and education do I need?
  7. How do I keep my certification up-to-date?
  8. Do I have to join PMI?
  9. What are the pros and cons of virtual vs. in person training?
  10. What is the cost in time and money?
  11. What is the passing score?
  12. What about these post-8/31/11 changes I’ve heard about?
  13. What other options are available if I do not have enough work experience or education to take the PMP exam?

Presenter: Jim Stewart PMP (Linkedin Profile, @JimPStewart) With over 20 years experience in IT, Jim has managed numerous multi-million dollar international infrastructure and software development programs. As principal of JPStewart Associates since 2003, Jim is engaged in multiple endeavors including consulting, training and mentoring. A Project Management Professional since 2001, he has trained hundreds of PMP’s via both virtual and on-site sessions. He also provides on-site training to corporations in Risk and Project Management basics.

If questions in advance about the content, please contact
Jim Stewart

And dont forget to check out Jims Blog The Useful PM.

Note: Space is limited for this session. If you get out shut out of registration,email Jim. If he gets enough potential registrants, He will run another session. Jim wants you to know he will not add your name to any mailing list nor will anyone call you soliciting training or anything else.

Click to register for PMP Certification – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About It Please plan on joining the webinar session 10 minutes early.

Agile in CMMI-Rated Organizations

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Live Webinar – September 5th 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
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

Yes, you can embrace an Agile approach to software development in a CMMI(R)-rated organization, but care must be taken to be sure your CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) rating is not jeopardized.

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has provided guidance in the latest CMMI-DEV version 1.3 about interpreting Specific Practices for Agile projects. In this webinar.

ASPE will look at the SEI’s guidance about Project Planning (PP), Project Monitoring and Control (PMC), Requirements Development (RD), and Requirements Management (REQM), and discuss what these processes would look like on Agile-CMMI projects.

Presenter : Alan S. Koch, PMP, CSM, ITIL (LinkedIn profile) Alan has more than 30 years IT experience, Author of Agile Software Development Evaluating the Methods for Your Organization, Alan’s education and training are extensive and he is affiliated with numerous industry-leading organizations, including the Agile and Scrum Alliances.

Click to register for Agile in CMMI-Rated Organizations

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Live Webinar – 2 Successive Fridays
September 7th & 14th, 2012 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am EDT
Presented by: The Gabriel Institute
Duration: Total of 4 Hours (2 events 2 hrs ea) 4 Category B PDUs – Free PDU

This is a MUST TAKE opportunity – If you are setting up your own teams this provides a terrific framework to help you understand the strengths of your potential team members placing them in the roles that will make your projects even more successful. I took this session and was very impressed with the usefulness of the material and the “payoff” it provided!

For those of you setting up agile teams with strong roles – This helps you understand the strengths of your team and set up the best matches to make your projects even more successful!
September 7th & 14th
– Edmonton PM

NOTE: This registration is for 2 consecutive Fridays – The instructional segment is delivered in four modules, each one contact hour, given in webinar format in two, two-hour sessions. This course is also approved for four hours of HRCI recertification credit

When work requires close collaboration, even the most extraordinary individual effort is no substitute for great teamwork. TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ is a completely new online behavioral assessment for hiring, workforce planning, coaching, and team-building. Project Managers need to be able to create strong teams. Many teams are strongly role based and a solid understanding of Teamability will assist in choosing and developing agile team members.

The Gabriel Institute has created technology that reveals how people will perform when working with others to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and achieve common goals. In short, it measures Teamability: the ability to connect with others to form a productive team.

Individual strengths can lead to a personal triumph, but a team is greater than the sum of its parts. TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ identifies behaviors that impact quality of team interaction and ‘fit’ to job responsibilities: the ‘who fits where’ and the ‘why’ of winning teams. With Teamability, you can reliably hire ‘the best of the best’, identify and resolve team performance problems, and build a strong, resilient human infrastructure

There are many ways to measure skills, talents, and traits, but teaming metrics are unique. It took 25 years of research and testing – including 9 years of software development – to produce TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ reports, which are the foundation of TGI’s Role-Based Approach to selecting, structuring, managing and motivating teams.

Organizations of every type and size experience the cost and pain of human performance failings, and are highly vulnerable to the ‘collateral damage’ that results from hiring the wrong people. TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ makes it possible to reliably select high quality team players, and to match their job responsibilities to the way they envision themselves serving their team (their ‘Role’).

TGI Teamability was designed from its very beginnings to measure and predict the quality of a person’s team interaction.

TGI Teamability can greatly reduce the costs and risks associated with errors in hiring and promoting, while delivering significant business value by matching people to the functional mission of their team. It is also highly effective in analyzing and solving team performance problems.

This certification course is a comprehensive overview of Teamability and CHI methods. It prepares learners to provide basic support to users of TGI Teamabilityâ„¢, and to apply for an optional Certification. Certification requires passing a written examination and meeting TGI’s modest standards for ongoing participation.

Course content includes:

  • Participant’s own Teamability Report at no additional cost
  • Four contact hours of training, including all materials
  • Readings to be completed during course attendance
  • Brief written certification examination to measure comprehension of course materials and applications (optional to complete)

Click to register for What Is Your Teamability? Understanding the Natural Roles that Your Team Members Best Fill with a Role Based Approach