Live Webinar April 6th, 2023 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 presentation, the concept of servant leadership is introduced, and then discussed in the context of risk management.

Since servant leaders are those whose primary leadership role is support and coaching, this workshop delves into the notion of how servant leaders can follow through on the basic principles of team-driven solutions, obstacle removal, and cheerleading in a risk management context.

Presenter : Carl Pritchard (LinkedIn profile, @carlpritchard) Project Management Risk Guru & Presenter Extraordinaire Carl has written more that 70 articles on The Fundamentals of Project Management – Applying traditional project management in demanding environment. A bio and a large compilation of article experts by Carl Pritchard on Project Management topics is available on: http://www.projectconnections.com.

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Servant Leadership In The Risk Management Environment

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Live Webinar April 5th, 2023 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)

Buying Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software is a common way to achieve computer processing capabilities quicker, cheaper, and with less risk than building it.

However, acquiring COTS and other software still has a high rate of failure.

In this important interactive presentation Robin reveals the differences and gives guidance on defining requirements that make COTS acquisitions succeed.

Presenter: Robin Goldsmith (LinkedIn profile) author of Discovering Real Business Requirements for Software Project Success,  advises & trains business and systems professional on risk-based Proactive Software Quality Assurance and Testing™, requirements, REAL ROI™, metrics, outsourcing, project and process management.Robin is a subject expert for TechTarget’s SearchSoftwareQuality.com and a subject expert/reviewer for the IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK v2).  Robin  writes the Unconventional Wisdom blog on TestHuddle.com and is publishing his next book shortly – Cut Creep—Put Business Back in Business Analysis to Discover REAL Business Requirements for Agile, ATDD, and Other Project Success. Make sure to check out GoProManagement.com Robin’s site!

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Define Right Requirements For Acquiring COTS

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Live Webinar April 4th, 2023 11:00 am – 11:45 am 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)

A death march is when project staff members believe the project is destined for failure, or that it requires a stretch of unsustainable effort to achieve any success.

In this session Neil will cover the common causes of death marches, how to develop data and options used in negotiation, and a simple negotiation approach to address the concerns of customers and managers

Presenter:  Neil Potter (LinkedIn profile) is co-founder of The Process Group, a company formed in 1990 that consults on leadership challenges, software engineering, process improvement, Agile/Scrum, CMMI, and project management. With 28 + years of experience in software and process engineering, Neil has c0-authoredthe definitive process guides: Making Process Improvement Work for Service Organizations: A Concise Action Guide and Making Process Improvement Work: A Concise Action Guide for Software Managers and Practitioners. Neil is also a is a Certified Scrum Master, CMMI-Institute certified lead appraiser for SCAMPI appraisals, CMMI instructor (development & services) and Six Sigma Greenbelt. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Essex (UK)

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Avoiding A Project Death March

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Live IIL Webinar – April 4th, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Presented by : IIL (Rep 1003) – Course No: PM8296

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The best project practitioners tailor their leadership approach to meet the needs of the deliverables, the environment, and their stakeholders.

Both waterfall and Agile methods rely on process. With waterfall you might have detailed scope definition, robust schedules, and rigorous change control processes.

With Agile you might focus on three stand-up questions, iteration planning, demonstrations, and productive retrospectives.

Process is great, but we have to move beyond following a process without questioning if it is the most effective way to deliver value. That’s the beauty of hybrid project management. Hybrid project management is about delivering value – not simply following a process.

What You Will Learn

• Identify variables to determine the best approach for delivering your project
• Recognize hybrid approaches for organizing and prioritizing scope
• Describe options for blending waterfall and adaptive schedules
• Consider ways to track progress with hybrid projects

Presenter:  Cyndi Snyder-Dionosio (LinkedIn profile) is a professional project management author, consultant, and instructor. She is the Practice Lead for Project, Program and Portfolio Management at International Institute for Learning (IIL). Cyndi provides consulting and training services for LinkedIn Learning, academia, government and private industry. An accomplished author and facilitator, Cyndi has written a dozen books on project management and trained thousands of project managers. Cyndi has been the Chair for three editions of the PMBOK® Guide. In 2009 she was awarded PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award and in 2018 she was presented with the PMI Fellow Award.

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Hybrid: The Future Of Project Management

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Live Webinar – March 21st, 2023 6:00 am – 7:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by :  IIL (Rep 1003) – Course No: PM8261

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All management approaches undergo changes, and this includes project management practices. Some changes occur slowly, whereas others take place quickly because of rapid changes in the environment and within the organization.

The impact of the pandemic, advances in technology, growth in artificial intelligence applications, how teams collaborate and communicate with each other, and the role of critical soft skills—are leading us into the next generation of project management.

Additionally, the environment in which project managers perform has changed significantly and has become more complex.

Project management is now becoming a strategic competency necessary for the survival of the organization rather than just another career path position.

Project managers are now seen as managing part of a business when managing a project and are expected to make both project and business decisions.

As we apply project management practices to new types of projects, internal and external forces now impact how project problems are being solved.

In this webinar, Dr. Kerzner will discuss the factors driving the next generation of project management including:

• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Advances in project problem-solving and decision-making
• The growth in project brainstorming sessions
• The growth in artificial intelligence applications
• Establishing criteria for project success and failure
• Converting project failure into success
• The growth in the use of crisis dashboards

Presenter: Harold Kerzner (Ph.D., MS, Engineering and MBA) (LinkedIn Profile)is Senior Executive Director with International Institute for Learning, Inc. Dr. Kerzner is a globally recognized expert on project, program, and portfolio management, total quality management, and strategic planning and the author of the best-selling books:

• Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling,
• Bringing the PMBOK Guide to Life: A Companion for the Practicing Project Manager,
• Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards: A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance,
• What Functional Managers Need to Know About Project Management (The IIL/Wiley Series in Project Management),
• Value-Driven Project Management (The IIL/Wiley Series in Project Management),
• And our favorite … Kerzner’s Project Management Logic Puzzles

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The Next Generation Of Project Management

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Live Webinar March 16th, 2023 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)

Navigating the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) characterizing the business world in the 21st century requires a new paradigm, the JEDI North Star Vision, focused on an integrated bottom line – planet, people, and profit.

Join Kristina Kohl (LinkedIn profile) and learn about creating a JEDI North Star Vision for your organization to initiate transformative change.

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Navigating The JEDI Journey

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