Archive for January 7th, 2014

Predicting Project Outcomes

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Live Webinar Jan 15th 2013 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session provides attendees with hands on techniques for determining the outcome of their projects before the project really gets rolling.

This session is about facts, and presents extensive research from IAG’s new Business Analysis Benchmark Study to help project managers build a predictive risk assessment model.

This session puts the intake and requirements gathering process of the project lifecycle under the microscope to determine what actions project managers can take to more consistently achieve a successful outcome on their projects.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Executive perspectives on making requirements change
  2. Techniques for optimizing requirements discovery
  3. The tactics of requirements competency development

Click to register for Predicting Project Outcomes

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Live Webinar January 14th, 2014, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: StickyMinds/Techwell

Your organization needs the latest and greatest technologies, so you’ve adopted Agile methodologies to attain the speed and velocity that are more important than ever. Yet buggy or frail software code presents the greatest danger to your Agile team’s continued ability to deliver.

As the global leader in quality and test management, we’ve learned a thing or two about how you can ensure that quality standards remain—even in this Agile world.

Attendees will come away with key learnings including:

  1. How can existing quality tools and practices be utilized for Agile delivery?
  2. At what point can test automation be utilized?
  3. How can testing teams and developers work together to accomplish the desired outcomes?
  4. How can you maintain good collaboration and communication across the organization?

This web seminar outlines a pragmatic approach to driving Agile velocity and quality in your organization.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
  • 5.3 Define Scope
  • 6.6 Develop Schedule
  • 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 Agile Software Delivery: Get Speed Without Sacrificing Quality

The Art of a One-Page IT Strategy

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Live Webinar Jan 15th, 2014, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST or
Live Webinar Jan15th, 2014, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast- Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Strategic planning is at the heart of any enterprise, and alignment with the corporate strategic plan is often a key concern of CIOs.

There is a science to developing an IT strategy, and there is an art. This session will explore the art of strategic planning, helping attendees articulate IT’s contribution.

Discussion Topics:

  • The components of an IT strategy when using “science”
    to develop it
  • The thought process behind the art of a one-page strategy
  • Techniques for developing a one-page strategy

Presenter: HeatherColella, (LinkedIn profile) Research VP

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
  • 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 The Art of a One-Page IT Strategy

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Live Webinar January 14th, 2014 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

How Do you handle Change?

In times of significant global growth, how do you engage a workforce to model behaviors that enable a strategic vision?

How do you ensure that your company’s competency model is understood and relevant to the workforce?

Most companies have developed and deployed competency model but struggle to make them relevant to all employees.

In this session, you will learn how to:

  1. Use innovative, engaging techniques to communicate and educate your workforce regarding a competency model
  2. Integrate your competency model into key HR processes
  3. Measure project success and business impact

Attend this webcast to hear how The Hershey Company integrated its competency model into key HR processes and engaged the workforce to model key behaviors.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

  • 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 Change is on the Horizon: Learning as a Catalyst for Global Growth