Live Webinar December 5th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Pharmaceutical CoP (REP #S012)

Research Demonstrates As Many As 60% of IT Projects Fail

While the causes of project failure are well documented, the impact that these failures can have on a Project Manager, is a topic that is less frequently discussed.

Although people might not always feel comfortable talking about how they respond when a project fails, as Project Manager’s we are likely to be faced with situations in our careers where things don’t go as expected.

Having the ability to face these situations and learn from them enables us to mature not only as Project Managers but also as people.

Drawing on his own personal experiences of managing a project that failed, David will share some of the key lessons he learned – some of which are project specific and some of which are more personal.

David will introduce a model for helping people recognize the behaviors that can cause their career to derail, and those that will help the project manager to not only survive a project failure, but thrive through it.

Presenter: David Baer, PMP (LinkedIn profile) is currently Program Director for a large, multi-year program to implement a global portfolio management solution in support of Pfizer’s core R&D drug development strategy. His previous positions at Pfizer were with Enterprise Informatics where he worked as a Program Manager, Business Manager, and PMO Team Lead. David also is a certified PRINCE2 Professional.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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Live Webinar December 4th, 2013 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Some people, upon their arrival at this place called MANAGEMENT, believe they can rest on their laurels.

Truth is, there is much more to learn and much more growing that has to take place.

The job requires new knowledge, new skills, and new behaviors, and managers need go after learning opportunities whenever and wherever they can find them.

Here are three ways to grow into a really great manager:

• Seed – get feedback from all levels to gain insight into your performance
• Feed – get smarter: Go after your own learning and development
• Weed – get rid of unwanted behaviors

Presenter: Casey Mitchell, (LinkedIn profile) is Founder and Principal of Waybridge Associates, Inc. Casey’s primary focus is on management learning and development and working with new managers who want to make a successful transition into move into leadership roles. Prior to founding Waybridge Associates, Casey was human resource development manager at Marshalls Department Stores.

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Live Webinar – December 3rd, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) initiatives are expected to provide significant benefit to multiple roles within an organization.

Intuitively, most staff can understand the potential value in the organization, process and technology changes involved with a PPM initiative. However, the lack of change management practices through a PPM initiative’s implementation is one of the most common reasons for their failure. Symptoms of this issue can include poor executive commitment, resistance or political pressure from functional management and compliance issues with project teams.

Eclipse will review common misconceptions about PPM initiative implementations, provide some guiding principles for successful change and detail the steps and key communication messages necessary to gain buy-in from executive and functional management as well as from project teams.

This webinar will also provide tips that can be incorporated into the initiation and planning of your PPM initiative to increase your odds of success.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

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

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) 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’

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Live Webinar December 3rd, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

Victor Lombardi, (LinkedIn profile, Rosenfeld Media bio) author of the book Why We Fail: Real Stories and Practical Lessons from Experience Design Failures, spent the past two years researching websites and consumer electronics that were successfully launched and hailed as great designs, but failed unexpectedly when people used them, such as Google Wave, Pownce, and Microsoft’s Zune.

Victor found a set of distinct patterns of failure that we can use to identify the customer experience risk in our own products.

Victor will discuss:

• The difference between design and the customers’ experience
• Why understanding your customers’ experience is increasingly important
• Case studies of well-designed products with undesirable experiences
• Patterns of experience failure
• How we can avoid customer experience failure in our own work

Presenter: Victor Lombardi co-founded the Information Architecture Institute and the Overlap conference, and taught at the Parsons School of Design and the Pratt Institute. He’s also written a book, Why We Fail: Real Stories and Practical Lessons from Experience Design Failures.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope

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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