Live Webinar October 23rd, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Category A – Free PDU/CDU
By: The Versatile Project Management Company (REP 1524)

Have you Upgraded to Project 2013?

Learn about the great new features found in Project 2013!

See the features that are designed to improve a project manager’s ability to analyze a project and how project teams will have better ways to communicate.

Specific topics will include:

• Trace Tasks Paths
• New set of reports
• Communicate with your team in real time
• New ways to share your project plans
• Improved timeline

Speaker : Sam Huffman (LinkedIn profile) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Project Management Professional, and Project MVP

Click to register for What’s New in Project 2013!

Live Webinar – October 24th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

A key component of SharePoint Server 2013 is Business Process Automation, taking the repetitive daily tasks business users are presented with and configuring SharePoint to handle them.

A common request for SharePoint involves displaying a list of documents from multiple sites, or a rolling up a list of project reports for stakeholders across many different projects.

In SharePoint 2010 as long as the content was in the same site collection you could use the Content Query web part.

SharePoint 2013 introduces a brand new tool – the Content Search web part. The Content Search web part can display information from anywhere within a SharePoint farm or indexed by SharePoint search.

In this webinar Andy Huneycutt will discuss:

• The differences between the Content Query web part and the Content Search web part.
• When to use Content Query web part versus the Content Search web part.
• How to use the Content Search web part.
• How to display data in the Content Search web part.

Join us in this ongoing series as we explore SharePoint 2013 Business Process Automation, and as we build custom solutions to solve real-world problems.

As long as the SharePoint search can crawl and index it, the Content Search web part can display it!

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholder

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 10.1 Plan Communications Management
• 10.2 Manage Communications
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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 Customizing SharePoint 2013 with Web Parts – Content Search Web Part

Live Webinar October 22nd, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Prior to reaching a successful conclusion, the functionality that was designed, developed, and tested by the project team must receive the proper authorization before being handed over to the user community in a production environment.

This can be accomplished through leveraging the following integrated methodologies:

1. Requirements traceability log,
2. Unit test authorization,
3. System integration test (SIT) authorization,
4. User acceptance test (UAT) authorization and project closeout.

The purpose and utility for each of these deliverables will be discussed during this tutorial.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Click to register for Project Close & Delivery

Live Webinar October 23rd, 2014, 11:00 am – 12:00 am EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Midmarket CIOs and heads of IT consistently cite not having enough IT people as a primary challenge within their IT environments.

However, small and resource-constrained teams are held to the same performance standards as their larger, more-endowed peers.

Their challenges are unique, but approached creatively, can lead to resource optimization.

Discussion Topics:

• How to establish and execute against meaningful, business-based performance goals
• How to prioritize work for optimal leverage and execute for consistent results
• When “good enough” is just that
• Which “best practices” to keep and which to ignore

Presenter: Colleen M. Young VP Distinguished Analyst (Gartner bio)

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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 Five Practices for Leading Small And Resource Constrained IT Teams