Live Webinar – June 24th, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1.25 Hour  1.25 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

This session will walk you through 11 practices that are sure to be problematic.

Topics will include but are not limited to:

1. Including summary tasks in project sequencing;
2. Assigning resources to summary tasks;
3. Constraining activities rather than sequencing dynamically;
4. Scheduling project tasks as late as possible;
5. Leveling resources without analysis;
6. Inadequate baselining techniques;
7. Using elapsed durations for team schedules;
8. Incorrect calendar association resulting in incorrect schedules;
9. Organizing project tasks incorrectly forcing incorrect reports.
10. Dismissing Agile Tools
11. Not use customization for specific needs

After attending this session, you should be able to:

• Identify inappropriate practices in their MS Project schedules.
• Resolve issues created by these practices.
• Leverage their learning in future project plans by avoiding the recurrence of inappropriate practices.

Speaker : Sam Huffman (LinkedIn profile) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Project Management Professional, and Project MVP. Sam has been delivering training for The Versatile Company since 1996. Sam gained insight into Microsoft Project while working at Microsoft as a member of the Microsoft Project development and support team. Sam is considered a leading authority on the tool, and provides great insight to project Managers on the newest enterprise features of all versions of Microsoft Project and Project Server.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

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!

Click to register for:
Microsoft Project Do’s, Don’ts & Cool Customizations

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Live Webinar June 25th, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

While test automation is a struggle for many teams across the globe, there are companies that have mastered the technique and are executing a successful test automation strategy—and we can learn from them.

Join this web seminar to learn from Angie Jones’s extensive research on how these top companies are successfully approaching test automation. Get specific examples of effective test automation practices the speakers have seen from multiple consulting engagements, and discover what these innovative brands are doing right.

You will get:

1. A collection of empirical data highlighting common practices companies are employing to obtain test automation success
2. A roadmap to improve your automaton strategy over time
3. Recommendations based on case studies of a variety of companies that tapQA has consulted with

Presenters:

Angie Jones (LinkedIn profile) is a Senior Developer Advocate who specializes in test automation strategies and techniques. She speaks & teachs at software conferences all over the world, writing tutorials and technical articles on AngieJones.Tech, & the leading the online learning platform Test Automation University.  Angie is known for her innovative and out-of-the-box thinking style which has resulted in more than 25 patented inventions in the US and China. In her spare time, Angie volunteers with Black Girls Code to teach coding workshops to young girls in an effort to attract more women and minorities to tech.

Mike Wagner (LinkedIn profile) Test Architect & Principal Consultant with tap|QA;  has 13+ years of industry experience as a Software Tester, Engineer, Developer, and Architect. Mike is primarily focused on driving innovative test automation practices and strategies. He enjoys sharing his technical prowess and has given several technical presentations on test automation strategies and best practices. His areas of expertise are software testing, artificial intelligence, test automation and open source technologies.

Click to register for:
Successful Test Automation Practices From Innovative Brands

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Live Webinar June 22nd, 2020, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Chief technology officers (CTOs) must respond to the short-term disruption of COVID-19 while simultaneously planning to help their organizations’ long-term emergence from the pandemic and economic recession.

CTOs, as technology leaders, should analyze ongoing trends and adapt their technology strategy to their organization’s current needs.

They should aim to navigate their organization through prolonged periods of uncertainty and volatility as innovators.

In this webinar Samantha Searle (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Principle Analyst will help CTOs determine the right technology and capability investments that can improve their organization’s chances of surviving and thriving through this crisis and future disruptions.

Discussion Topics:

• How to respond to the COVID-19 crisis
• Adapt your focus on digital capabilities throughout the crisis
• Leverage innovation to navigate uncertainty

Return to the web page to watch both the live and on-demand webinar.

Click to register for:
The Chief Technology Officer’s Guide To Lead Beyond Disruption

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Live Webinar June 24th, 2020 11:00 am – 11:15 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  .25 Hour  .25 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

In this webinar Elisabeth (Beth) Genly (Linkedin profile)  will talk about what leaders can say (and should avoid saying) to a team member whom you believe is burned out.

Click to register for:
Burnout: It’s Time To Talk About It

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