Live Webinar – April 30th, 2020 7:00 am – 8:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – April 30th, 2020 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: APM a division of  APMG International

“Just as one cannot understand how scissors cut by looking at only one blade, one will not understand human behaviour by studying either cognition or the person’s environment alone.”

The above quote is an analogy for how to make project management work in your organization.

In this webinar, hosted by Dr Ian Clarkson, Head of Organisational Consultancy at QA, will explain that you need to understand how project management knowledge interacts with your organizational environment in order for it to work effectively.

Presenter Dr. Ian Clarkson (LinkedIn profile) Head of Organisational Consultancy; is an experienced consultant, columnist, trainer and speaker, making him highly respected in his field. Previously head of QA’s project management practice, Ian’s new team helps build sustainable individual and organisation-wide capability and capacity to meet current and future business needs.

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Can You Cut It In Project Management?

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Live Webinar March 25th 2020 – 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  0 .5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

If you’ve been testing for any length of time, you know that the number of possible test cases is enormous if you try to test all possible combinations of inputs, configuration values, types of data, and so forth.

It’s like the mythical monster, the many-headed Hydra, which would sprout two or more new heads for each head that was cut off. Two simple approaches to dealing with combinatorial explosions such as this are equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis, but those techniques don’t check for interactions between factors.

A reasonable, manageable way to test combinations is called pairwise testing, but to do it you’ll need a tool. In this inaugural

In this “One Key Idea” session, Rex will demonstrate the use of a free tool, ACTS, built by the US NIST and available for download worldwide.

Rex can’t promise to turn you into Hercules, but you will definitely walk away able to slay the combinatorial Hydra.

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

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One Key Idea: Pairwise Testing Using ACTS

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Live Webinar – March 11th, 2020 7:00 am – 8:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – March 11th, 2020 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: APM a division of  APMG International

Scrum is a framework within which teams can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.

Scrum is often referred to as an Agile project management framework, but that’s somewhat a misrepresentation, as Scrum does not address a project’s full lifecycle; just the development of products/solutions.

During this webinar, Rajiv will:

• Provide a quick overview of Scrum for the benefit of those unfamiliar with it
• Explore how Project Managers can employ Scrum to effectively develop project deliverables
• Identify the types of projects and scenarios where Scrum will be more/most effective
• Consider if the Project Manager and Scrum Master roles can (or indeed should) be combined

If you are unable to join for the live delivery, please continue to register and they will ensure you get a link to the recording and slides.

Presenter:  Rajiv Khanna (LinkedIn profile) Director & Lead Trainer, Raj Khanna Associates; has 25+ years experience managing a diverse range of programmes and projects, both in private & public sectors in UK and abroad. Rajiv is currently provides project, programme & change management training and consultancy services to organizations in a range of industries. He is a Registered Practitioner, Consultant & Approved Trainer for AgilePM, Scrum Master, Change Management, Praxis, MSP® & PRINCE2®.

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How Project Managers Can Benefit From Scrum

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Live Webinar March 10th 2020 – 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  0 .5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

If you’ve been testing for any length of time, you know that the number of possible test cases is enormous if you try to test all possible combinations of inputs, configuration values, types of data, and so forth.

It’s like the mythical monster, the many-headed Hydra, which would sprout two or more new heads for each head that was cut off. Two simple approaches to dealing with combinatorial explosions such as this are equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis, but those techniques don’t check for interactions between factors.

A reasonable, manageable way to test combinations is called pairwise testing, but to do it you’ll need a tool. In this inaugural

In this “One Key Idea” session, Rex will demonstrate the use of a free tool, ACTS, built by the US NIST and available for download worldwide.

Rex can’t promise to turn you into Hercules, but you will definitely walk away able to slay the combinatorial Hydra.

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

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One Key Idea: Pairwise Testing Using ACTS

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Live Webinar – March 3rd, 2020 8:30 am – 9:30 am EST
Live Webinar – March 3rd, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: APM a division of  APMG International

This webinar discusses using the Praxis Framework.

This framework helps individuals and organisations realise the intended benefits of projects and programmes and encompasses a body of knowledge, methodology, competency framework and capability maturity model.

Despite running over 100 projects a year, the operations team at American Express Global Business Travel did not have a standardised Project and Programme framework prior to Praxis, which contributed to some challenges they wanted to address.

This webinar will openly and honestly explore how they adopted, with Training Bytesize’s assistance, the Praxis Framework and what they have learned from this experience.

During this session Brijender S Rathore from American Express GBT and Emma Jones (LinkedIn profile) on behalf of APMG and Training Bytesize will provide an overview of how the Praxis Framework was implemented and discuss:

• The problems and challenges American Express Global Business Travel were facing
• Why they chose the Praxis Framework?
• The process they used to implement and embed the framework
• What lessons were learned.

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Praxis In Practice:
An American Express Global Business Travel Case Study

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Live Webinar February 26th, 2020 11:00 am – 11:15 pm EST
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 Dan Galorath (LinkedIn profile)will help you understand the cost, schedule, and completion dynamics of agile software.

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When Will My Agile Project Be Complete?

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