Live Webinar – February 23rd 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Getting Started with Macros

Learn:

• Recording and editing basic macros
• Assigning a macro to the Microsoft Project ribbon
• Creating a macro to set the baseline for all tasks in your project that have not yet been baselined
• Creating a “hammock” task that dynamically calculates Duration based upon its Start and Finish “driving tasks”
• Rounding Duration and Work values to the next highest whole number
• Removing the displayed Units from a resource name next to a Gantt Chart bar
• Creating a routine to inflate or deflate work by a specified %
• Distributing your macros to other users
• Using macros with standalone Project and Project Server

Presenter: Ira Brown (LinkedIn profile) is the President and CEO of Project Widgets, a Microsoft Project Partner specializing in add-on products, implementation services, integration, training, and custom software development for Microsoft Project. He is a is a recognized Microsoft Project expert with over twenty years of experience.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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Beyond Macros: Customizing Microsoft Project For Non-Techies

Online Webinar – Recorded March 29, 2010
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Note: NetObjectives is an REP ( 3045) but this opportunity is a Category B PDU.

This is the 3rd webinar in a 7 part  NetObjectives series: Business Driven Software Development

Check out:

• Info on the 1st webinar in the series on pduOTD
• Info on the 2nd webinar in the series on pduOTD

Many organizations start their agile transformation with a pilot project – that is, taking a single team agile. This fails to achieve enterprise success most of the time for several reasons.

Amongst these are the team is often not the major impediment to business agility.

Furthermore, team based methods such as Scrum provide little insight into how to correct the organizational structure and business issues that impede business agility.

Teams may start Scrum, have problems but be unable to align management to help them.

Knowing where to start means being able to understand where your organization is impeded and having more than one approach available to you so you can start your transition appropriately.

Outline:

• The four areas that commonly impede business agility
• What to do if you don’t have teams
• How to determine where to start your lean-agile transition

Primary target audience of session: Executives to team leaders
Also useful for: Anyone interested in starting a lean-agile transition

Presenter: Alan Shalloway (Linkedin Profile & @alshalloway) is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 40 years experience, Alan is a thought leader in Lean, Kanban, PPM, Scrum and agile design. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, and Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design. Alan is a co-founder and board member for the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 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”

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Where To Start Your Agile Transition

Live Webinar February 24th 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST or …
Live Webinar February 24th 2016 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Exploratory testing is a name given for a technique of using knowledge, experience, and skills to test software in a non-linear, investigatory fashion.

• Is it a powerful and important part of each professional tester’s repertoire, or actually magic quality pixie dust?
• Is this the only real way of testing, or is there room for other forms of validation as well as verification?
• What are the origins of exploratory testing, and who actually invented the technique (as opposed to coining the current name)?
• Does it always degrade into an unmanageable, unaccountable, random bug hunt, or are there ways to instill order, measure coverage, and build confidence with it?

In this webinar, Rex will explore and burst some of the myths of exploratory testing.

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:
Myths Of Exploratory Testing

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of:
Myths Of Exploratory Testing

Live Webinar February 25th 2016, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar February 25th 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

A move to cloud office -either Microsoft Office 365 or Google Apps for Work – represents a significant change in the role of the IT organization from a provider of mission-critical personal and group productivity tools to a broker of those services.

Consequently, the IT organization should not just transfer workloads to the cloud, but should use the move to cloud office to boost employee agility and engagement and take full advantage of the investment.

Join Matthew W. Cain (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) VP Gartner Distinguished Analyst & Paul Miller (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Managing VP in this informative seminar.

Discussion Topics:

• How to rethink the IT/employee contract as a result of the move to cloud office
• How cloud operational efficiencies enable IT to focus on improving employee agility and engagement via the cloud office
• Why the move to cloud office should drive the IT organization to package IT services into an employee-friendly digital workplace experience

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 8 – Quality 11 – Risk

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 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”

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Take Advantage Of Cloud Office To Kick-Start The Digital Workplace

Live Webinar February 23rd 2016 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

The concept is simple: developing skills for workers at the moment workers need to develop them.

With the intention of providing training in segments ranging from 1 to 15 minutes, however, the implementation is challenging.

In this session Saul Carliner (LinkedIn profile) Associate Professor and Provost’s Fellow for Digital Learning at Concordia University, provides general guidance for implementing just-in-time training in practical and cost-effective ways.

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”

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

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5 Tips For Just-In-Time Training