Course Session – Certificate Provided
Activity Type: Education – 1 hrs Course or Training 1 PDUs
Provider:  UDEMY  Course Cost: Free

Learn how to build software development process using Kanban Principles & Practices.

4.2 (724 ratings) – 8,253 students enrolled (As Of May 2017)

Requirements:

• Experience of working in Project environment
• Basic understanding of quality management and project management

Course Description:

With growing volatility in business environment, software development process has to be responsive enough to ensure that it enables the business agility rather than becoming a bottle neck.

The fast adaption of agile based processes shows that software development groups are responding to the need of business.

Most of the recent surveys show growing adaption of Kanban processes and in this program you will learn how to apply Kanban for solving your software development problems.

This program first looks at the problem we face in software development and then gets into the details of how Kanban can solve them, in the process, one gets introduced to Kanban principles and understand how they work in real project environment.

What Will I Learn?

• Implement Kanban Practices in software development projects
• Using Information radiators in Projects
• Improving flow of development work

What am I going to get from this course?

• 6 Video lectures (approx 35 min of content, learning time for average learner is approx 1.5 hours)
• One Quiz
• Learning to apply Kanban in software development projects
• List of important Kanban Principles and terms
• 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) for PMI Certified Professionals

Who is the target audience?

To access the additional material on Project Management and agile like chapter study guides, additional chapter test, simulated test, Podcast, PMP exam tips, please visit iZenBridge homepage.

• Professionals who are responsible for managing and mentoring software development project teams
• Professionals who are responsible for doing process analysis of software development projects
• Anyone interested in learning about Software Project Management
• Delegates preparing for PMI’s PMI-ACP Certification

Coursework Offered By: iZenBridge Consultancy (REP 3950) Global Professional Certification Training Provider iZenBridge  is a leading education provider in Agile and Project Management domain. We are an approved global Registered Education Provider of Project Management Institute(PMI)®, specializing in providing quality education to prepare students for Project Management Professional (PMP)®, PMI- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® and PMI- Professional Business Analyst (PMI-PBA)® Certification Exams.

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Getting Started With Kanban For Software Development

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Online Webinar – Recorded July 24th, 2015
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Simplilearn.com (Rep #3147)

Unit 1 is an introduction video to Service management lifecycle

This video takes you through Principles of IT Service Managements which covers the key concepts related to service managements and also focus on stakeholder associated with service management.

This presentation covers:

• Lesson 1: Principles of Of Service Management
  • Best Practices in Service Management
  • Identification pf Stakeholders Associated With Service Management
  •  Roles And Responsibilities And Service Providers
• Lesson 2: The Service Management Lifecycle
  • Service Lifecycle phases explained
  • The relationship between governence and IT Service Management

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ITIL® Training Video:
Introduction To Service Management Lifecycle

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PDU Of The Day has published almost 7000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

pduOTD.com published over 1000 opportunities in 2016 and we’ve made a list of the 20 most popular sessions.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2016, we’re re-publishing the top 20 articles and some of our favorite editor’s choice articles.

Each of these webinars is available online!

Top 20 2016 pduOTD Reader Favorites – #7

Online Webinar  – Recorded October 26th, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 Hour 1 PDU
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
Once viewed your PDU Will automatically Be recorded with PMI®

ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead premium content
Is available to PMI® members.

In today’s PMO environments, a clear understanding of PMO management’s leadership role and responsibility is absolutely essential for a successful evolution, from project management to program management to portfolio management organization.

In this webcast learn: 

1. Are you ready for a position of PMO leadership?
   1. What’s necessary to ensure the success and growth of your PMO organization as well as your own?
2. What is the true role of PMO management?
   1. Hint: It’s not simply to establish and/or maintain a Project Management Office.
3. As a project management professional, what’s your leadership role in PMO development and organizational strategy?
   1. Where is your influence absolutely essential?
      1. Here’s a hint, it’s not at your current level.

This presentation will focus on the expanding role and vision of PMO management while exploring the corresponding project/program/portfolio management essentials and dynamics necessary for collaboration and organizational success.

Presenter: Ruffin Veal III PMP (LinkedIn profile)  Principal Ruffin Veal and Associates, Inc, is an IT & PM professional whose career spans multiple industries including manufacturing, banking, retail and government. An author, speaker and trainer whose industry related articles can be seen in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Virtual Library as well as in national and international publications. Ruffin holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and an M.S. degree in Project Management. Make sure to check out Ruffin’s ProjectTalk blog.

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Leadership Strategies For
Organizational Development & Success

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Online Webinar – Recorded September 28th, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)

BI is clearly a top priority for organizations:

Gartner estimates close to 90% of the world’s organizations have already implemented some form of a BI capability.

They estimate annual worldwide spend on big data hardware, software and professional services tops $30B, with annual spend on advanced and predictive analytics close behind.

• What does this mean to your BA career?
• Have you considered the role of BI BA?
• Does data, information and analytics intrigue you?
• Have you noticed how much of your work already involves this?
• What did inclusion of a BI perspective in BABOK V3 mean to you?
• What would a role in BI as a BA entail? What would you need to fill this role?

Pam Clavier provides context for the BA considering the BI BA role. She  explains the role that the BA needs to fill in a BI team and typical BA deliverables as part of the project delivery lifecycle.

She describes:

• The differences and similarities between the BI BA and a Business Analyst;
• Examines common challenges experienced and …
• Sheds light on how to use your existing BA skillset to your BI team’s advantage.

In terms of typical BA BI deliverables, we reflect on real-life examples to demonstrate “a day in the life” of a BI BA.

The example recounts steps taken on BA BI deliverables, lessons learned on the particular deliverable, challenges overcome and how traditional BA skills were integrated into the BI BA role to add value.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Understand the role, responsibilities and skills required in context of the BI team
• Challenges and opportunities in pursuing a successful career as a BI BA
• Learn about BI BA deliverables as part of the SDLC of a project in the form of a case study

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Pam Clavier (LinkedIn profile) CBAP  PMP is an Information Systems (IS) professional with 15+ years’ experience in Business Analysis, Change Management, Management Consulting, Project Management and Training in the full SDLC from initiation to support. An In demand Keynote Speaker, she led project teams and has managed BA and PM resources as a Senior Manager in a Business Intelligence (BI) department.  Pam has a Doctorate in IS, on a BI topic. Her thesis and published articles are available on her website .

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So, You Want To Be A BI BA?

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Online Webinar  – Recorded September 20th 2015
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1.75 Hours 1.75 PDU
Provider:  3FOLD Education Centre  (Rep# 3073)

This hour and a half Project Risk Management recorded course is based on the 5th Edition PMBOK® Guide: Chapter 11

This course from the 3Fold Education Centre is normally a 3 – 5 hour course for the participants with Q&A and individualized attention for the participants.

Selvan (Tamilselvan Mahalingam) (LinkedIn profile) – the instructor for 3Fold (LinkedIn profile, @3foldedu) has compressed the course to an hour and a half and still covers the entire PMBOK® Risk Management Chapter fairly well albeit reasonably quickly 🙂

In this session Selvan covers:

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Project Risk Management

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Online Webinar  – Recorded October 13th, 2015
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

Many Agile business analysts are hesitant to employ certain requirements elicitation and development techniques such as user stories and use case studies because they are traditionally considered aspects of the Waterfall or traditional method of Project Management.

The overwhelming responsibility of the business analyst, no matter what method is being used, is to help stakeholders identify their needs and translate them into requirements.

Both use cases and user stories should be leveraged to determine the most appropriate business solution to bring value to the customer.

This webinar addresses the questions of how use cases and user stories can work in an Agile environment. The webinar also offers helpful insight into the steps to take when using them

Learn:

• Requirements visioning-the key to using use cases in Agile
• Why and when to utilize use cases in Agile

Webinar attendees will learn about when to use ‘use cases’ and when to use ‘user stories’, within requirements gathering, to gain maximum value from both. This webinar offers tips and techniques that can be used today to gather stronger requirements.

Presenters: Peter Schmidt (LinkedIn profile), PMP, ACP, CPL  spearheads specialized solution development and services delivery for ESI, participates in the development and deployment of ESI’s new Agile curriculum, and works to strategically identify and promote ESI’s client successes in operational performance improvement.

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Use Cases & User Stories For Agile Requirements

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