Live Webinar August 17th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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The Product Owner is the key stakeholder within an Agile project. Success or failure of Agile projects can hinge on having a good product owner.

For organizations, developing Product Owners can be the most difficult part of the move to a more agile mindset.

A Product Owner can not be a far off Executive Sponsor of days past, they have to be integrated into the team and have the authority to act quickly.

In this presentation Michael Perdunn (LinkedIn profile) will discuss the role and responsibilities of a Product Owner, identity ways a PM/SM can coach a Product Owner, and how to manage conflict when dealing with Product Owners.

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How To Manage Conflict With Product Owners

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Online Webinar – Recorded  May 19, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

A Must see if you are an Agile practitioner, project manager, business or operational manager, software developer, software tester, member of a PMO, member of a governance panel, quality assurance team member, or anyone in the IT department

This webinar supports both the existing and aspiring agile coaches and the recipients of agile coaching.

In this discussion the topics will include the following elements of the agile coach’s continual cycle of learning :

1. Inquire
2. Discover
3. Influence
4. Deliver

The goal of this webinar is to offer a few simple and yet effective ways to coaching agile leaders as an organization associate or to lead a consulting engagement with customers.

The coaching agile leaders’ webinar provides guidance to facilitate individuals to be active participants in the agile transformation journey.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Coaching Agile Leaders

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Live Webinar August 17h, 2017 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour s 1 PDUs free
Provider: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

The Scrum Master (SM) role facilitates the team practice of lean thinking and agile tenets by using the Scrum framework.

Operating in this role without authority is difficult and can lead to questions of worth to the value delivered.

Learn why the Scrum Master role is important for the outcome of team harmony and to enable self-organization.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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“I’m A Scrum Master,
How Do I Facilitate Team Engagement for Success?”

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Live Webinar August 14th 2017 – 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  10.5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

Agile methods have become widespread over the last 20 years, but it’s taken a while for testing to catch up. However, Agile testing best practices have emerged, and the ISTQB AgileWorking Group has taken on the task of capturing those for you.

In this brief webinar, Rex Black, Chair of the ISTQB Agile Working Group, will explain where the program has been, where it is now, and how it is evolving to support Agile testers in their careers.

Learn how the ISTQB Agile syllabi can help you advance your career as an Agile tester.

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: ISTQB Agile Program

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Live Webinar – August 17th, 2016 4:30 am – 5:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – August 17th, 2016 9:30 am – 10:30 am BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: APM a division of  APMG International

Management is the collection of activities and techniques that minimize the risk of failure to realize benefits. Change Management is an essential partner to Agile approaches, enabling the early and frequent realization of benefits and return on investment.

In this webinar Melanie explains how to integrate change management and Agile approaches and the implications this has for the roles of Scrum Masters and Project Managers.

Melanie will also explore which change activities to include in the Product Backlog and how to incorporate this work into each Sprint.

This session is relevant to you if you are working as part of an Agile team or you are managing projects or programmes which use Agile approaches. Change Managers will also find this useful, as the webinar explains how important close working relationships with Agile practitioners are for effective change management.

Join APMG & renowned agile expert Melanie Franklin, co- chair of the Change Management Institute UK and author of Communicating Change: How to control your own change initiative; in this webinar to increase your knowledge and pick up some valuable tips to make your work easier.

Presenter: Melanie Franklin, (LinkedIn profile, @AgileMelanie) has a track record of excellence in project, programme and portfolio planning & delivery. She has set up and run the project management capability for several major corporates and has been responsible for the successful delivery of global transformational change programmes for over twenty years. Co-chair of the Change Management Institute in the UK, Melanie is a ‘Master’ level change practitioner and author of many books on change and project management including Managing Business Transformation: A Practical Guide; Agile Change Management: A Practical Framework for Successful Change Planning and Implementation.  and her newest book Communicating Change: How to control your own change initiative.

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Change Management
For Scrum Masters & Project Managers

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Live Webinar August 15th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

BA skills in Agile Environments can improve the project team’s agility and help deliver project success!

This dynamic session provides participants with knowledge, concepts and techniques on how to perform the business analyst (BA) role effectively in Agile environments and how to benefit from the skills the BA brings to the Agile project.

More and more organizations and Agile practitioners are realizing the value and critical need for business analysis skills – whether through a dedicate BA role, or business analysis skills employed across the team.

In this session Ori Schibi  provides a series of tips that can help maximize the benefits that virtually any Agile environment can reap from having a BA or business analysis skills on the project.

The webinar involves engaging participants with surveys, practical concepts, useful tips and relevant real life examples that will help perform the role of the BA in Agile environments effectively.

Presenter: Ori Schibi (LinkedIn profile) president of PmKonnectors is a visionary leader, communicator, connector and author of  “Managing Stakeholder Expectations for Project Success”.   Ori offers practical new ways of managing and dealing with projects, programs, business analysis and PMOs  including driving process efficiencies, software implementations, Agile Transformations, and project recoveries.

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Make Room For The Agile Business Analyst:
Tips For Adding BA Skills To Your Next Agile Projects

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