Live Webinar December 7th, 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)

In this industry presentation, Christof shows the benefits of independent verification and validation for cybersecurity.

Based on his experiences at Vector he demonstrates with enhanced Grey-Box Penetration Test (GBPT) how to reduce test effort while being more effective in terms of coverage and indicating less false positives.

Presenter:  Dr. Christof Ebert (LinkedIn profile) Managing Director, Vector Consulting Service; is a renowned IT author and trusted adviser for companies around the world, member of industry boards, and professor at the University of Stuttgart. Dr. Ebert received the IEEE distinguished visitor award and is a member of the Alcatel Technical Academy.

Some of Dr. Ebert’s include:

• Global Software and IT: A Guide to Distributed Development, Projects, and Outsourcing
• Software Measurement: Establish – Extract – Evaluate – Execute
• Best Practices in Software Measurement
• And Several books in German including
  • Outsourcing kompakt: Entscheidungskriterien und Praxistipps für Outsourcing und Offshoring von Software-Entwicklung
  • Systematisches Requirements Engineering und Management

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Independent Verification & Validation For Cybersecurity

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Live Webinar December 6th, 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)

IV&V Independent Verification & Validation

Participants in this session will:

1. Be oriented to the role of IV&V and its potential benefits;
2. Understand the risks of an IV&V vendor “going native” and over-identifying with the system vendor;
3. Become familiar with seven signs that suggest there is a danger that your IV&V Vendor is losing their objectivity; and
4. Learn possible corrective actions to remedy the problem before it gets out of hand.

Presenter: Payson Hall, PMP® (LinkedIn profile) Consulting PM Catalysis Group, Inc. formally trained as a software engineer, and co-author of Improving Executive Sponsorship of Projects: A Holistic Approach Payson’s early career included commercial software development & system integration. His role shifted to include increasing PM responsibilities, and he  has performed and consulted on a variety of projects in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during his 35+ years professional career. Payson  coaches PMs & sponsors, teaches project management skills, consults and performs project reviews.  Payson has published over 100 project management articles, numerous project management and problem-solving classes,, and is sought after as a speaker who specializes in demystifying project management topics and communicating important ideas while entertaining audiences.

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Seven Signs Your IV&V Has Gone Native

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Live Webinar November 30th, 2022 11:00 am – 11:30 am 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)

In this webinar Sam Drauschak (LinkedIn profile)  will look at the benefits and costs of IV&V as well as the various dimensions to consider when calculating ROI for the effort.

Sam will look at the factors to consider when deciding when, how, and why to engage in IV&V activities along with the value the organization expects to get from its efforts.

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Value Analysis

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Live Webinar November 8th, 2022 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

In this session Carol outlines a streamlined and professional approach to software cost estimation together with an estimation maturity model for companies who want to improve their software cost estimating success and ultimately develop better software.

Presenter: Carol Dekkers PMP P.Eng. CMC (LinkedIn profile @caroldekkers) Intl Expert/CEO Quality Plus Tech/Pres.Emeritus, IFPUG Board/Freelance Mgmt Consultant/Agile Certified/Speakerand Author of The IT Measurement Compendium is a Project Manager, Management Consultant  and a Professional Engineer who bridges the gap between technology experts (engineers, scientists, computer specialists, etc) and the non-technical personel. Carol is a highly sought after international expert whose keynote presentations are engaged by international project management and quality conferences throughout the world. Carol effectively demonstrates how to use communication effectively to bring the true value of technology to life through articulate presentations, effective collaboration, and team processes that increase the success of high tech projects.

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IT Cost Estimation Jeopardy:
The Management Game That’s Behind The Times

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Live Webinar October 19th, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The globe is suffering from persistent high inflation, supply chain disruption and political instability.

Central banks are responding to the inflation by raising prime interest rates closer to the long term average.

The effect on consumer’s spending on IT has been immediate. They are no longer spending with growth rates on devices negative across the board.

Conversely, enterprises are not cutting IT spend, they are in fact increasing digital transformation projects in 2022.

In this webinar John-David Lovelock, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst & Chief Forecaster, will review the global IT spending forecast, the reactions Gartner is seeing from CIOs to inflation, the changing quantitative environment, and the expanding role of digital transformation projects.

Discussion Topics:

• Examine Gartner forecasts for IT spending growth in 2022 and beyond
• Understand the industry highs and lows
• Learn the dichotomy of device and on-prem vs cloud spending

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IT Spend Forecast, 3Q22 Update: Is IT Spending Recession Proof?

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Live Webinar October 5th, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The modern technology customer has access to more great options and information than ever before, but many regret their purchases. Navigating toward a decision with a myriad of different decision makers and teams involved is a real challenge that frustrates the majority of tech buyers.

These frustrations extend to the tech and service providers that these customers are considering as deal cycles drag on and on.

But, there are also customers who have mastered buying in this new environment, and make decisions confidently and at a much faster pace than others.

Join this webinar with Hank Barnes (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio)  Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst; which will explore the differences in buying behavior between customers that are likely to regret and those that are not, offer techniques to recognize and predict which type of customer you are dealing with, and offer strategies that reduce regret, shorten deal cycle times, and accelerate growth.

Discussion Topics:

• Learn the impact that high regret customers put on your business growth
• Understand the differences in behavior between customers with high regret and those with no regret
• Develop and action plan to help customers fight against their purchase regret and accelerate your growth

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The High Cost Of Technology Purchase Regret & What To Do About It

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