Curriculum

When Desperation Rules: Tips & Tricks for Experienced Project Managers

Date:

Friday, June 20, 2008 | 11:00 am ET (1 hour)

Presenter:

Ruth Elswick, PMP, Senior Instructor, PM College

Summary:

All too often it seems that as soon as we get our project plan together and the project begins, problems begin to arise. Have you ever made the comment—“Critical Path? What a joke! I’m behind from Day 1!” How about resources? Do your project resources look like “Gumby” since they are assigned to so many projects? Not only that, but maybe you feel you have zero control over those resources you do have. In this webcast you’ll learn some practical tips and tricks that you will help you to better schedule the critical path items as well as resources that are working on several projects at once and over whom you have no control.

Upon completion of this webcast, you will be have some ideas as to:

• Managing the critical path with float other than zero
• Scheduling with buffers
• Negotiating for milestone dates when the customer is firm
• Estimating with resources across several projects
• Estimating transition time
• Negotiating with stakeholders for resource usage

Cost:

US $49.95

Earn 1 PDU for attending the live session. For guidance on how to properly record your PDU click here.

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Introducing Agility into your Mature Project Management Practices

Date:

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | 1:00 pm ET (1 hour)

Presenter:

Karen White, PMP, Senior Director, PM Solutions

Summary:

You finally have your project teams applying the practices in your project management methodology. Now your organization wants to be “agile.” Does this sound familiar? If so join this webcast to learn how to integrate agile project management into your existing methodology and into practice without discarding what you have already invested in. Discover how to determine which projects are candidates for agility and understand the challenges you might face as you embrace the new techniques. By identifying these challenges in advance, you will also be able to load your toolbox with methods to effectively overcome those challenges.

Upon completion of this webcast, you will be able to:

• Articulate the basic principles and terminology of agile project management
• Identify and describe how agile project management supplements traditional project management
• Recognize common challenges in introducing agile project management into an organization and develop tools to overcome them
• Develop a plan to effectively add agile project management techniques to your management toolbox

Cost:

US $49.95

Earn 1 PDU for attending the live session. For guidance on how to properly record your PDU click here.

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