1 Free PDU : Free Webinar - Best Practices of Change Management

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Free ENCORE Webinar (1 PDU):
Best Practices of Change Management: Understanding the Human Dynamics of Change
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT


Webinar Description
To achieve results when organizations implement change, project managers ultimately need people who are committed to success, motivated to get results, and have the knowledge and tools to get the job done. Effective change management can help project managers anticipate and manage resistance, which will ultimately accelerate the pace of change and achieve timely business outcomes and financial returns.

Using concepts from The Eight Constants of Change and The Change Management Pocket Guide, participants in this Webinar will learn how to:

Drive organizational change
Create a process for managing the human elements of change
Create a Commitment Assessment
Successfully analyze stakeholders
Create an Effective Key Message Worksheet
And more!
This is an excellent webinar for project manager who need to make REAL change happen!

1 Free PDU : Webinar - Become a Project Management Minimalist

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In this webinar, attendees will learn how to use the PM Minimalist Quick Start Guide (including a lean, one-page checklist) to plan and manage any project. Michael (author Michael Greer, who wrote The Project Management Minimalist: Just Enough PM to Rock Your Projects!.) will examine 10 PM Minimalist Values you can use as a framework to tighten up your project management practices. Mr. Greer will also provide an overview of 10 Steps to Project Management Success, as described in his book, The Project Management Minimalist.

Attendees of this Webinar will be eligible for one (1) Professional Development Unit (PDU) toward PMP® requirements.

Become a Project Management Minimalist
Presented by Michael Greer
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
http://www.projectmanagementbookstore.com/webinars/the-project-manager-minimalist.html

Earn 5 PDUs for free

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Free 5 PDUs course summary from Prodevia -

This free course will apply the wilderness search and rescue body of knowledge that is used to help rescue people lost in the woods to the troubled project environment. Based on various wilderness survival resources as well as a detailed analysis into lost person behavioral characteristics this course helps you to identify lost projects before they get too far off the path. This course provides a robust process for interviewing project team-members and assessing the probability that the project effort is lost and requires intervention.

To earn these 5 Free PDUs, you would need to regiter at their website. After registering with them, You will receive an email with a link to download your free course material. Through this trial course offer you will receive all course material in electronic format and an email certificate of completion when you've worked through the material.

These downloadable files will include everything you need to complete the course and earn 5 free PDUs . This course is registered with the PMI R.E.P. Program and awards 5 Category A PDUs upon course completion.

Webinar - Scrappy Project Management - 1 Free PDU

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Free Webinar (1 PDU): Scrappy Project Management
Tuesday, May 24th, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST

Webinar desciption -
Scrappy Project Managers don't settle for hysterics and management by crisis, and they certainly don't let anything limit them. They find a way to seize success no matter the obstacles. The concepts presented in this webinar will help you get results when the odds are against you, when precedence says it can't be done, and when everyone believes your project is impossible.

Kimberly Wiefling will touch on a few of the 12 common project pitfalls, or dirty dozen, as addressed in her book, Scrappy Project Management. Conversely, she will shed light on proven practices to overcome these pitfalls, including a Scrappy Project Management checklist. This common sense approach has been proven to enable leaders the ability to steer their teams clear of avoidable disaster and as much as double their chances of project success. Attend this webinar and learn to create your own scrappy project management checklist for success.

30 PDUs for Free

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According to new structure, it is easiest to earn Free PDUs under Category 'C' (Self directed learning). You can claim 30 PDUs per cycle for reading PM articles, books, magazines, discussion etc.
Again, sure to save and store possible proofs for which you are going to claim PDUs.
Here is what the guideline from PMI says for Category 'C' -

CATEGORY C: Self-Directed Learning

Earn PDUs for self-directed learning activities which are individualized learning events involving personally conducted research or study.
Learning may include informal activities such as:
• reading articles, books, or instructional manuals;
• watching videos, using interactive CD-ROMs,Podcasts or other source material;
• having formal discussions with colleagues, coworkers, clients or consultants;
• being coached or mentored by a colleague, coworker or consultant (If you
served as a coach or mentor to someone else, report that activity under the
Volunteer Category)
Qualifying activities must be relevant to project management, project risk,
project scheduling, or program management, meet a specified purpose, and use
knowledgeable resources.

PDU Rule:

1 PDU is awarded for every 1 hour spent in a self-directed learning activity
listed in this category.
PDU restrictions for the Self-Directed Learning category are as follows:
• PMP and PgMP credential holders can earn no more than 30 PDUs in the Self-Directed Learning category per cycle
• PMI-SP and PMI-RMP credential holders can earn no more than 15 PDUs in the Self-Directed Learning category per cycle.

Documentation required upon PMI audit/request:

Evidence supporting your reported learning project, including notes from
and dates of discussion or reading.

15 Free PDU's for Self Study

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Any self study of books, magazines (like PM Network) , journals, blogs, newsletters, articles, videos or discussions that relates to or talk about any area of project management helps you get 15 PDUs per cycle (of three years).
This is assumed to be the most easy and convenient way of earning free 15 PDUs where you are really not putting any special efforts.
Just be sure to record somewhere whatever you have studied, for which you are claiming the 15 PDUs, for the purpose of audit.

Webinar : Seven Sins of Project Management - 1 PDU

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When: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 10:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Organized By: Agile CoP

Agile approaches to software development promise many advantages: shorter schedules, more productive teams, products that better meet customer expectations, higher quality, and more. In this talk, Mike will explain how agile teams achieve these goals by avoiding the seven deadly sins of project management. Covered will be sins such as gluttony, sloth, lust, opaqueness, and more. Giving in to one of these temptations can result in a failed or canceled project. Along the way you’ll be introduced to key aspects of agile development and hear stories of agile success and failure.

Click here to Register

PMI North India Chapter Event - 4 PDUs

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Project Management Best Practices & The Paradox of Risk Management

Where: NTPC - Power Management Institute Plot No 5-14,Sector-16A, Noida. Distt.: Gautam Budh Nagar (UP), India
When: Saturday, February 05, 2011 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Organized By: PMI North India Chapter

PMI North India chapter in collaboration with NTPC Power Management Institute Presents an Evening with Project management veterans in Noida.

Click Here to Register

Session Details

1430 - 1445 Hrs : Registration

1445 - 1500 Hrs : Welcome Speech - Manoj Gupta, President & CEO, PMI North India Chapter

1500 - 1615 Hrs : Keynote Presentation
- Dr. Claude Besner, PMP

1615 - 1700 Hrs : Presentation
- Mr. Ajay Shukla, PMP Dy. General Manager (HR) - NTPC Power Management Institute

1700 - 1730 Hrs : Q&A With Speakers, Chapter Board, High Tea & Networking

1730 - 1745 Hrs : Quiz Competetion / Presentation - Mr. Dhiraj Gyani,
Head Government Relations, PMI India

1745 - 1830 Hrs : Presentation - Dr. Ravi K. Gupta