Live Webinar January 2nd, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST or
Live Webinar January 2nd, 2014 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Software Quality In General Is Pretty Bad

If you’re a professional tester, that statement is no surprise. What does surprise people, even testers, is how much damage a single bug can do.

In this free webinar, Rex will examine case studies of ten bugs that caused:

• At least $1,000,000 in damage,
• The death of at least one person,
• Or both.

Beyond just recounting the bug and its damage, we’ll look at how—or even whether—better software testing could have detected the bug before it did its dirty work.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of Ten Bugs that Shook the World

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of Ten Bugs that Shook the World

Live Webinar – January 8th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: Enfocus Solutions
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: 1 Category C PDU- Free PDU

Agile development is here to stay. It has definitely been proven to deliver higher quality products and shorter cycle times.

However, it is not perfect.

All too often, teams have long and frustrating Sprint planning sessions because backlog items are poorly defined and not well understood.

This results in slow velocity as well as poor design because details are still being worked out during the Sprint. The end result is waste and rework because backlog items were not adequately validated.

Product managers must find a better way to identify and validate ideas instead of the current practice of validating and building an idea during development.

In this webinar, John Parker (LinkedIn profile) will address how product managers can use a dual track of Discovery and Delivery.

Discovery is about identifying and validating ideas in the form of features with key stakeholders. Delivery is about quickly generating a releasable product with minimal waste and rework.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 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’

Click to register for Product Design in an Agile Development Environment: A Guide for Product Managers

Online Webinar – Recorded February 14th 2013
By ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU #WS081710

Many of today’s project managers are finding themselves leading and managing Agile development teams, only to find that many of the tools and techniques applied when utilizing a traditional project management approach no longer work as effectively or at all.

In order to do more than survive in this iterative development environment, today’s PM must employ additional project management tools and techniques to effectively lead their teams and deliver their projects.

Learning how to transition from a traditional project manager to an effective Agile Project Manager is going to be an essential step for today’s software development leaders to remain relevant. This hour long web seminar will explore how today’s PM can easily and successfully make the transition to an effective Agile PM.

Presenter: Bill Gaiennie (LinkedIn profile) has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer,with 5 years of Agile experience effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

Click to register for The Agile Project Management Professional (PMP)

Online Webinar – October 9th 2012
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

Medical practices and hospitals will need to apply proven business analysis and ROI assessment tools to understand and implement new healthcare requirements for their organizations.

Learning Objectives:

• Political and legal aspects of the new healthcare guidelines and HIPAA requirements.
• Statistical data on actual healthcare project success/failure factors.
• How to understand The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, plus Federal & State technology initiatives that will affect your organization.
• Preventing the mistakes and pitfalls that others have made in the selection, management and implementation of healthcare IT systems and meeting Meaningful Use guidelines.
• Identify issues that are often overlooked such as third party interfaces, data conversions, paper medical record retention and database management.

Presenter: Mary Zarba (LinkedIn profile) is the founder of Head First Training & Consulting and provides training for business analysts and IT project managers in key communication skills, project management, leadership techniques and problem solving skills. She also provides management consulting for medical group practices to optimize cash flow, explore innovative IT options, and troubleshoot problematic processes.

Click to register for Essential Business Analysis Skills in Healthcare

Online Webinar – Recorded Sept 18th, 2013
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcast

Come join us at the dawn of an age of discovery as we explore how Big Data can help personalize healthcare.

This is a call for the believers in Big Data, as well as the skeptics and non-data healthcare people, to come together to learn about the “Healthcare Big Data Landscape”.

For non-data people, we will explain the background on Big Data and the recent data deluge triggered by wild growth in the use of mobile devices by providers, patients and consumers.

Bonnie will develop a story around three case studies of how Big Data is being harnessed to improve healthcare:

1. Supporting Research – Genomics
2. Transforming Data to Information – Cancer Research
3. Supporting Self-Care and Increasing Consumer Awareness – Mobile Social Games for Health

This webcast will also examine and answer the questions:

1. Who is doing this? Why does this matter?
2. How are Big Data and data analytics going to improve healthcare?
3. What are the future implications?
4. Why do we care?.

….. While we explore the promise of improvement in the emerging ecosystem of personalized medicine.

Presenter: Bonnie Feldman (LinkedIn profile) As principal of DrBonnie360, most recently, she is set to publish “Big Data in Healthcare -Hype and Hope” in collaboration with Rock Health. Prior to this original research, she created a first of its kind industry overview “Mobile, Social and Fun: Games for Health,” published by MobiHealthNews, which was well received as a presentation at the Games for Health Conference. She holds a BA in Economics, a Doctor of Dental Surgery, and an MBA in Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders

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 Using Big Data to Personalize the Healthcare Experience

A Great Webinar & Some Additional Videos On
Lean Healthcare

Recorded Webinar – Compliments of the Gemba Academy
Presented by: KaiNexus
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Kaizenis a collaborative improvement platform that engages every person in the organization in a structure and an effective continuous improvement process. Whether the focus is daily improvement, “kaizen events,” or even major projects, Kaizen drives, shares and sustains measurable improvements that matter for patients, staff and leaders.

Click to learn more about “A Physician’s Perspective on Kaizen: Employee Engagement & Continuous Improvement In Healthcare” and also Enjoy Some Additional Videos On Lean Healthcare

Online Webinar – Recorded October 22nd 2013
ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU #WS102213

A common question asked when organizations seek to make the move to an Agile approach is who is affected by this change and who will be required to be on the Agile team.

This type of approach is not just focused on the developers, but the larger organization, and in order for it to be successful, understanding how to form an Agile team is critically important.

This web seminar will cover how to determine the appropriate team size, which roles should be included, how to involve the business as a member of the team, and what role leadership plays in ensuring the team’s success.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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 Forming the Agile Team