Online Webinar  – Recorded April 12, 2021
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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The world is changing rapidly – driven by global economic, political, demographic and technological trends.

Adapting to change requires a constant assessment and adaptation through critical thinking and decision making. As project practitioners make decisions on their projects, they need to be aware of inherent biases and fallacies that can lead to less-the-optimal decisions.

Among these, to name a few, are framing effect, anchoring bias, and correlation versus causation confusion.

In this session Marvin Nelson (LinkedIn profile) & Nader Khorrami Rad (LinkedIn profile) explores examples of these decision fallacies and more, and shows how the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition can be useful in re-thinking the decision-making process.

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Using Critical Thinking To Avoid Flawed Decisions

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Live Webinar – January 11th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Engagement is everything.  Engaged employees realize 18% higher productivity and 60% higher quality than disengaged employees.

However, only 36% of U.S. workers – and 20% of global workers – are engaged.  Using engaging techniques during training will create an anchor to the material being learned, so when participants go back to the job, they’ll be more passionate and use the information they’ve acquired.

In this session, Jill Christensen – author of the best-selling book, If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement – will share strategies to engage learners.

Through engagement, participants will increase retention, transfer knowledge, gain a sense of ownership and accountability, and have a sense of time well spent. Priceless.

Presenter:  Jill Christensen, Jill Christensen, (LinkedIn profile) President, Jill Christensen International & author of the best-selling book, If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement, has uncovered a four-step strategy to turn your disengaged workforce into a unified high-performing team, resulting in increased profits, customer satisfaction, productivity, and retention.

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How Engagement During Training Strengthens
Employee Engagement On The Job

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Live Webinar January 14th, 2022 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: International Institute for Software Testing
(IIST – Rep 4514)

Organizations have become more and more interested in defect prevention as a way of reducing the cost of quality. Historically, the role of the test team in software organizations has been limited to identifying and reporting problems to the development team to fix. Experience suggests that this is a very expensive way to deliver quality products.

In this webinar, Magdy will present more methods that test professionals can use to prevent defects early in the process as well as using these methods to improve the development process, the test process, and the requirement process.

These methods include:

• Closing the gap between development and testing with collaboration
• Scenario-based Development and Testing
• Asynchronous Collaborative Reviews
• Impact analysis

Presenter: Dr. Magdy Hanna PhD (LinkedIn profile) is a recognized educator, speaker and consultant in several areas of software engineering. His highly rated seminars in various topics over the last thirty-five years have spanned various aspects and capacities of software projects and processes.

He has trained over 50,000 professionals around the world over the last 20 years. As a professor of Software Engineering at the University of St. Thomas , he taught graduate courses on several software engineering topics with emphasis on practical software quality techniques.

Dr. Hanna developed new approaches and methods in software engineering including the Scenario-Based Development and Testing (SBDT), Requirement-Based Project Management (RBPM), Software Quality Engineering Methodology (SQEngineer), the Unified Data Model (UDM), and the Data-Driven Object Model ( DOM ). Dr. Hanna and his instructors conduct hundreds of free online webinars each year.

Dr. Hanna also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Software Test Professionals, a publication of IIST, now the Bug Free Zone.

Dr. Hanna is Founder, CEO, and Chairman of several organizations:

• International Institute for Software Testing,
  • leading educational and professional development organization that provides education-based certifications to software test and quality professionals around the world.
  • Dr. Hanna serves as the Chairman of Advisory Board for the Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP) and the Certified Test Manager (CTM) credentials.
• International Institute for Software Process
  • leading professional development organization that provides education-based certifications to software process improvement professionals around the world.
  • Dr. Hanna serves as the Chairman of Advisory Board for the International Software Process Improvement Certification (ISPIC).
• International Conference on Practical Software Quality and Testing,
• International Conference on Software Process Improvement,
• RommanaTM Software
  • In this role, he is the Chief Architect of an Integrated Software Lifecycle Management System.

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Testers Can Prevent Defects Too:
Maturing The Test Profession Towards True Quality Assurance

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Live Webinar – January 12th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

This course provides an overview of how to manage a project’s resources, timeline and cost through effective critical path modeling using Microsoft Project.

In this step by step approach Sam addresses some of the common challenges in project estimating, including limited resource availability, multiple parallel activities, support activities, and accounting for time off, sick leave and minor changes.

Unlock the power of MS Project’s leveling feature and start your projects off on the right foot by attending this course.

Learning Objectives:

• This course begins by providing an overview of the benefits of a well-structured project plan and the overall approach to using MS Project as a critical path modeling tool.
• You will learn different approaches to estimating and modeling resource and cost requirements.
• You will learn how to implement the use of project and resource calendars to support resource leveling and critical path determination.

Presenter: Sam Bell (LinkedIn profile) PMP, SSCP & CMMC RP, leverages 36+ years of IT and project management experience in managing data warehouse, call center, reporting, and security infrastructure and assessments projects. His focus on process improvement ensures a consistent, repeatable, and measurable approach is taken to deliver value and a secure operating environment for clients. At Edwards, Sam oversees the Cybersecurity Assessments practice, leading NIST 800-53, HIPAA, NIST CSF, and CMMC readiness assessments for firms of all sizes, across diverse industries.

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!

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Critical Path Modeling Using Microsoft Project:
Lesson 1 Estimating Resources & Using Resource Calendars

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Live Webinar January 12th, 2022 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

A McKenzie and Company study found that 75% training didn’t get the desired outcome.

In this webinar Jamison Manion (LinkedIn profile) President of Workforce Engagement Solutions (WES) and author of The Workforce Engagement Equation: A Practitioner’s Guide to Creating and Sustaining High Performance will describe the 7 step process that has proven effective in getting you better training results every time.

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When Training Is Not The Answer:
Knowing It Doesn’t Mean They’re Doing It

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR – Recommended!
Live Webinar January 7th, 2022, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Outside of formal IT departments, there is an increase in I&T talent and technical capabilities. Untamed and untapped, this can lead to a surge in an uncontrolled technical sprawl.

But, the CIOs who are able to provide leadership, direction, and structure for this growing talent pool can utilize it to enhance organizational engagement, reduce risk, and increase enterprise value.

In this session Darren Topham, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner profile) Gartner Sr Director Analyst offers insights and recommended actions for CIOs to tap into the underutilized technical resource of business-led IT, and learn to manage the risks and opportunities of a democratized technology landscape.

Discussion Topics:

• Understand how to manage the increase of technical talent outside of IT
• Learn how to better control shadow IT in a democratized technological landscape
• Find ways to support and share accountability of your peers for business-led IT

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

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CIO Strategy: Manage The Opportunities & Risks Of
Democratized Business-Led IT

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