Archive for November, 2015

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Live Webinar December 3rd 2015 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A Free
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is an introduction to Solutions cube 6 Part series Project Leadership vs. Project Management .Earn up to 7 pdus with this seminar and the entire series.

Leadership presents the ultimate bottleneck for business.Project leadership remains largely overlooked.And yet, project leadership is one of the dimensions that differentiates effective project managers from non-effective project managers.

Being a leader requires more than managing the mechanics of a project.Effective leaders inspire and motivate their teams, develop themselves and their resources to be more effective contributors, understand how their work fits into the bigger picture, work collaboratively across organizations, and make tough decisions when necessary.

Do you have the vision and attitude of a leader?

Join the Solutions Cube Group for this free 1 hour webinar to learn how improving your project leadership is a journey of continuous improvement and starts with self assessment.

  • Understand the difference between project leadership and project management
  • Recognize leadership styles and traits
  • Learn five practices and ten commitments of leadership
  • Discover stage specific project leadership styles and tasks
  • Gain insights for assessing your project leadership

Solutions Cube Group webinars are presented by experienced staff members and partners who have over 30 years of experience managing projects and developing and running facilitated project meetings and delivering project management training courses.

Who Should Attend This Webinar:

  • Project Managers, Portfolio Managers, Program Managers
  • Business Stakeholders, General Managers, Business Leads
  • Project Leads, Team Members, Facilitators

Earn 1 PDU by attending this Webinar. SPACE IS LIMITED. To secure a seat Register Now.

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Live Webinar – December 1st 2015, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

This is the next webinar in GK’s new Weekly series “The Sales Excellence Webinar Series for Business Outcomes.”

Developing the competences and skills to deliver a business outcome led approach to customer engagement is a critical step to ensuring success and relevance in the relationship with the customer. It is the strong foundation that must be in place before the next steps are taken.

Once the foundation established, skills can evolve and grow to become more sophisticated and consultative, driving a much stronger relationship with the customer and yielding better results.

Utilising a more advanced set of tools supports this developing skillset.

This webinar looks at advanced activities for a business outcome driven approach including:

  • Developing these skills across the full account team to create an aligned team
    • Account Team Adoption Workshops
  • Utilising advanced sales tools
    • PEST Analysis
    • Porter’s Strategies
    • Porter’s Five Forces
    • SWOT Analysis with Business Modelling
  • ” Building business outcome capabilities into a practice within the business.
    • Practice Accelerator and Consultancy

Watch for these webinars on PDU Of The Day:

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

  • 5.6 Control Scope
  • 9.3 Develop Project Team
  • 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
  • 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 PM Strategic Planning & Sales Excellence Series: Additional Development Support & Tools

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Live Webinar December 3rd, 2015, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

More and more organizations are under pressure to deliver sophisticated cross-platform web applications faster than ever.

Yet the world of web apps is complex, with numerous devices of various sizes using different operating systems and browsers.

In this fragmented environment, a comprehensive test process is essential to delivering the right experience on the right screen at the right time.

Join Sencha’s Don Griffin and Gautam Agrawal and guest speaker, Forrester Research’s Michael Facemire, to learn innovative techniques for testing web applications across multiple platforms, browsers, and operating systems.

Learn how to:

  • Adapt to the changing web application testing market
  • Test HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript applications across different browsers
  • Automate unit and functional testing for applications written in JavaScript

Presenters:

Michael Facemire (LinkedIn profile) Principal Analyst Forrester Research Inc.  is an expert on mobile software development, software development processes, and next-generation software architectures. Michael has 15+ years of experience in the software development industry and joined Forrester from IBM, where he delivered industry-leading applications in mobile, social software, content management, portal, and workflow.

Don Griffin (LinkedIn profile) Engineering Manager  Sencha  has 20+ years of software engineering experience on a broad range of platforms. His experience includes designing web application front ends and back ends, native GUI applications, network protocols, and device drivers. Don is passionate about building world-class products that people love to use.

Gautam Agrawal (LinkedIn profile) Senior Director of Product Management Sencha, Prior to joining Sencha, Gautam held various product and engineering positions at organizations developing SaaS and business intelligence applications using Sencha technologies. He holds a PhD and MS from State University of New York at Buffalo.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

  • 5.2 Collect Requirements
  • 5.3 Define Scope
  • 8.1 Plan Quality Management
  • 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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 Testing Web Applications Across Browsers & Devices

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Live Webinar December 1st, 2015 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Are You Overlooking Women For Your Tech Positions?

The focus on diversifying the workforce, especially in STEM careers, is shaping the talent landscape within the high tech industry, along with several other key industries.

The need for talent is paramount for organizations of all sizes along the business maturity continuum, from startup companies to those organizations that are reinventing their business strategies.

In this webinar Randi Zuckerberg, (LinkedIn profile) CEO, Zuckerberg Media, will focus on current workforce trends in tech talent and what is needed to succeed in the current environment.

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”

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs)

Click to register for Women In Technology & Talent Pressures For High Tech Organizations

Managing Difficult Personalities

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Live Webinar December 1st, 2015 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar Vicki Wrona (LinkedIn profile)  will help you understand the nature of conflict, why people react so strongly to each other, and how to progress – in spite of this – towards productive outcomes.

Presenter: Vicki Wrona (LinkedIn profile) is the founder and President of Forward Momentum, LLC, a woman-owned REP offering Project Management and Instructional Design services. Vicki has 20+ years of leadership & PM experience, & more than 15 years presentation / development experience. Viki was selected to serve on PMI’s committee to write & review the PMBOK® Guide 4th edition, &i also  co-developed the program that won PMI’s Professional Development Product of the Year award.

Vicki is extremely passionate about equipping individuals and organizations with practical knowledge and tools so that results – and bottom-line impact – are consistently achieved. For free eBooks, blogs, infographics and more, go to  Forward Momentum’s Resources Page.

Click to register for Managing Difficult Personalities

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Live Webinar December 3rd, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

Interaction designers need to conjure experiences quickly, easily, and at high fidelities.

At the bleeding edge of this practice, a new breed of prototyping tools is now emerging.

By helping us build more quickly they allow for radically new workflows to tackle the gnarliest problems in digital design.

In this webcast we’ll survey the landscape of these new tools, with special emphasis on InVision and Framer Studio.

Participants will learn:

  • How to talk about the pivotal role of prototyping in digital design
  • A strong conceptual model for understanding the current landscape of prototyping tools
  • The main features and value of several leading prototyping tools, alongside successful projects to which they’ve been applied

Presenter : Nick Inzucchi, (LinkedIn profile, @ninzucchi) Sr Interaction Designer at IDEO, is an all-around researcher, designer and hacker with a passion bringing projects from concept through completion.Nick has a B.A. in cognitive science and a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction. Nick’s interests include consciousness, interactive art, game design, philosophy, chill IPAs – oh and nick is also a great DJ!

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’

Click to register for UX Prototyping Basics: Fundamentals, Tools & Techniques