Live Webinar – June 11th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX  – The Process Excellence Network

Calling all Project Managers,  Business & IT Managers, and Executives, Whether you’re a decision maker, influencer, implementor, or a purchase agent, this webinar is for you.

Delivering a 21st Century digital business experience to customers and employees requires an influx of new innovative business apps.

In this webinar, Forrester Vice President John Rymer will use new research data to explain how slow and costly development approaches are inhibiting business transformation.

Lizzie Epstein Appian’s Director of Application Platform Marketing, will give an overview of how Appian helps IT and the business rapidly evolve to a digital future.

In the course of this webinar, you will learn:

• Why new digital business demands are pushing IT to the breaking point
• Why Agile needs to be a mentality, not just a development methodology
• How new development approaches and platforms can accelerate delivery to drive transformation

Presenters:

John Rymer (LinkedIn profile) Vice President & Principal Analyst Forrester Research leads Forrester’s Application Development & Delivery (AD&D) coverage of cloud platforms. He is the lead analyst on Forrester’s application development strategy, sourcing, and structure playbook. He is an authority on the enterprise strategies of IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle and contributes to Forrester’s coverage of low-code application platforms and business rules platforms.

Lizzie Epstein (LinkedIn profile) Director of Application Platform Marketing Appian  has spent 9 years at Appian implementing, selling, and researching business process automation and rapid application development at government agencies and large enterprises around the world. Previously, she was a software engineer on various projects for the U.S. Navy. Ms. Epstein holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Stanford University.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

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

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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