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You are now able to view archived webinars that you might have missed or that you would like to study more closely. These archived webinars are complete audio-visual recordings and are available to you at a low rate of $29.99 per webinar. With each webinar you purchase, you will have 24 hours from the time of purchase to view the webinar and within that time period may view the webinar as many times as you want. We also offer special bulk discounts on CIO Level packages. For more information about the benefits and pricing of CIO level packages, please email PPV_Registrar@compaid.com.
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Agile Methods |
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| Agile Engineering Patterns - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Paul Duvall covers Agile Engineering Patterns using working explanatory examples which include, "Scorched Earth", "Sandboxing", "Test-First Deployment", "Build Threshold", "Binary Integrity" and "Documentation Automation". Each of the patterns, and their examples, will address the problem and how to solve it and will discuss how the engineering pattern applies to the tenets of Agile. (1hr 24min) |
| Agile Legacy Reengineering - Purchase Now |
| Many organizations depend upon legacy software systems that were designed and implemented in the 1970s or earlier. In this webinar, Dr. Tom Love will describe an innovative process for reengineering these applications using state of the art software technology and agile methods. The approach outlined allows such reengineering to be largely fi nanced with the savings derived from more efficiently managed legacy systems. (1hr 1min) |
Agile Lessons Learned - Purchase Now
| Has your organization been intrigued by the promises of Agile software development but hesitant to make the necessary organizational and cultural changes? Have you tried Agile on a project but been disappointed by the results? In this webinar, Jim Dempsey will present valuable lessons learned on several large and small-scale Agile development projects that may help you avoid common hazards. (1hr 50min) |
| Agile Methods and Lean Six Sigma: Allies or Enemies - Purchase Now |
| Agile is a hot topic these days, and many are wondering how (or if) these methods are compatible with other industry best practices, including Lean Six Sigma and SEI's CMMI. In this webinar, Gary Gack will discuss the connections and synergies among these methods, with particular emphasis on the relationship between Agile and Lean Six Sigma. (1hr 21min) |
| Agile Projects: Beginning with the End in Mind - Purchase Now |
| In this session, Bob Galen explores how to get Agile projects off to a proper start. He examines when architectural definition and requirements need early development, how to create a charter to guide your projects goals, the keys to forming a solid agile team, and how to create a plan that allows your stakeholders to understand where you're going. (1hr 20min) |
| Agile Requirements: Not an Oxymoron - Purchase Now |
| Traditional approaches of requirements seem to contradict how agile teams might approach requirements. Misconceptions abound about how agile projects develop requirements and whether they even do analysis. In practice, agile projects use requirements as the basis for planning, development and delivering business value. In this Webinar, requirements expert and agile coach Ellen Gottesdiener will describe how agile and requirements combine to form a sound and sensible union. (1hr 15min) |
| Agile Software Development on Large Projects - Purchase Now |
| Agile processes have revolutionized the software development industry and are expected to be faster and more efficient than traditional software development processes. Unfortunately, however, most agile processes are designed for small or mid-sized software development projects. In this webinar, Jutta Eckstein shows how to scale agile processes for teams of 10 to more than 300. (1hr 30min) |
| Agile Techniques for the Healthcare Industry - Purchase Now |
| The US Healthcare Industry is probably the least "computerized" of all major industries in this country. Nevertheless, in this webinar, Dr. Tom Love will describe some successes and challenges that were faced helping the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) enhance and reengineer their electronic medical records system using agile methods. (57min) |
| An Agile Developer's Guide to Lean Software Development - Purchase Now |
| As a thought leader in Agile and Lean methods, Alan Shalloway has found it useful to extend Agile practices using Lean Principles. In this webinar, Alan explains what Lean is from the perspective of Agile development, including the seven principles of Lean Software Development: Respect people; Eliminate waste; Defer commitment; Create knowledge; Deliver fast; Build quality in; Optimize the whole. (1hr 44min) |
| Are Agilists the Bonobos of Software Development? - Purchase Now |
| The chimpanzees and the bonobos are the animals whose genetic make-up is closest to that of human beings, but their "cultures" (and, yes, these animals definitely have well-defined cultures) are very different. The chimpanzees are aggressive, and operate in a strict, alpha-male-dominated hierarchy, while the bonobos are gentle and promiscuous! In this webinar with Linda Rising, Linda discusses the tie-in that this may have for those of us who favor agile development over plan-driven development. (1hr 5 min) |
| Attacking Waste In Software: 3 Practices We Must Embrace Now - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Jean Tabaka will discuss 3 pivotal practices needed for aggressively attacking waste in software delivery: 1) providing software features in the form of a service; 2) using Community to pull valuable, prioritized feature requests for these services; and, 3) applying Agile Software Development to the delivery of requested features. (1hr 17min) |
| Case Study: Agile Productivity Levels at 5 Companies - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Michael Mah will track how 5 companies, all ostensibly "agile," produced a range of quantitative results and what were the resultant implications on time to market, staffing and quality. Join us for a thought-provoking, interactive, engaging look at the how's, the whys and the conclusions about Agile development. (1hr 31min) |
| Planning Agile and Iterative Projects - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Ian Spence introduces a proven, scalable approach to planning and managing iterative projects that improves agility and control while satisfying the needs of developers, managers, and the business. The techniques are easy to understand and easy to use with any agile methodology. This webinar will help you better understand how to plan agile and iterative projects. (1hr 50min) |
| Refactoring Your Software Process Toward Agility - Purchase Now |
| Moving an organization from a plan-driven or ad hoc methodology to an agile one can be a very risky endeavor as agile methods require very different skills. This webinar by Carol Wellington will explain why the change is worth the risk and will provide a phased transition plan that reduces that risk. (1hr 23min) |
| Requirements by Collaboration: Defining Product Needs on Large Agile Projects - Purchase Now |
| How do agile teams developing large products decide when and what to build? In this webinar, Ellen Gottesdiener will explain how a series of collaborative requirements workshops - where you develop a product roadmap, release plan, and iteration plan - provide just enough requirements-related information at the right time, and for the right stakeholder community, on large agile projects. (1hr 31min) |
| Staying Agile in a Global World - Distributed Agile Software Development (09-09-2009) - Purchase Now |
| Today, few projects are left that are developed "at home" without outsourcing or off-shoring. Another trend that has currently gained momentum is agile software development. In this webinar, Jutta Eckstein discusses how to bring global and agile development together and will show which practices can help, and which can hinder, the success of such a project. (1hr 17min) |
| The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Michele Sliger is aimed at software project managers who are new to Agile, and who would like to be able to relate the Project Management Institute's best practices to equivalent practices in Agile. In addition to the mapping of the PMBOK Guide® knowledge areas to Agile practices, there is also a focus on how the traditional project manager role is redefined. (2hr 14min) |
| Top 10 Pitfalls in Agile Software Development - Purchase Now |
| Over the last few years, the adoption of agile methods has rapidly spread and agile methods are now state-of-the-art. However, not every organization and project is succeeding in making agile work. What makes an agile project successful? In this webinar, Jutta Eckstein will discuss how we can recognize common pitfalls that prevent or limit success with agile. (1hr 45min) |
| Using Functional Metrics in Agile Estimation - Purchase Now |
| Many agile implementations rely on expert judgment as the primary input in the estimation process. While expert judgment is good, it is not sufficient in itself. This webinar with Tom Cagley focuses on two case studies where functional metrics were used as a disciplined sizing technique in the xP Planning Game and in the SCRUM Sprint Planning Session. (1hr 14min) | |
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Application Development |
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| Analysis of New Development Technologies - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Capers Jones uses a standard analytic approach for evaluating the effectiveness of new and emerging technologies on software development productivity,software maintenance productivity, and software quality. The webinar uses recent data to analyze Agile development, extreme programming, ITIL, SCRUM, the Team Software Process, the Personal Software Process, SOA and Six Sigma for Software. Recent productivity and quality data is included. (1hr 29min) | |
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Application Support |
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| Productivity of Software Maintenance - Purchase Now |
| Software maintenance and support should be reliable, secure, instant, productive, invisible, safe, etc. Productivity may not be the most important characteristic for software maintenance and support, but from the customer perspective, good productivity is well appreciated. This webinar with Pekka Forselius will discuss how to measure the productivity of your software maintenance and support efforts. (1hr 23min) |
| Software Maintenance, Support and Enhancements: How Much? How Many? How Often? - Purchase Now |
| The ISBSG has been building a historical repository of data about Software Maintenance and Support activities since its inception. In this webinar, Peter Hill, Executive Director of the ISBSG, will examine the ISBSG data to discover where maintenance money is spent, what maintenance, support, and enhancement activities consume the most time, and which resources are being consumed. (1hr 12min) |
| What Are You Getting for Your Software Maintenance Dollars? - Purchase Now |
| Do you have difficulty in maintaining your legacy software systems? Have you been discouraged by the difficulty in transitioning to new technologies, languages and platforms? In this presentation, David Garmus will discuss current issues in maintaining legacy systems and identify those systems that have the greatest potential for outsourcing or replacement. (1hr 1min) |
| WEBINAR SERIES: TRANSFORMING IT MANAGEMENT TO ACHIEVE DRAMATIC BUSINESS SUCCESS - 25% MORE WORK OR LESS COST! (Part #1 - Managing Application Support to Yield Your Desired Business Outcomes) - Purchase Now |
| This webinar is the first in a series: Transforming IT Management to Achieve Dramatic Business Success - 25% more work or less cost! During this webinar, we will explore why it makes real business sense to start your improvement process with application support. We will discuss application support strategies that yield tangible business outcomes including hard dollar savings, improved business alignment, reduction in risk and increases in capacity. Specific case studies will demonstrate how other organizations achieved their desired business outcomes using this approach. (54min) |
| WEBINAR SERIES: TRANSFORMING IT MANAGEMENT TO ACHIEVE DRAMATIC BUSINESS SUCCESS - 20% MORE WORK OR LESS COST! (Part #2 - Achieving Visibility with effective Service Level Management) - Purchase Now |
| Establishing meaningful SLAs is one of the key challenges faced by IT Organizations today. Meaningful SLAs are a vital first step toward improving IT Management and aligning the IT Organization with the business. This webinar is the second in a series: Transforming IT Management to Achieve Dramatic Business Success - 25% more work or less cost! During this webinar, we will review how to develop SLAs that are meaningful to Application Support and how they are a necessary first step toward establishing Visibility within the organization. |
| WEBINAR SERIES: TRANSFORMING IT MANAGEMENT TO ACHIEVE DRAMATIC BUSINESS SUCCESS - 20% MORE WORK OR LESS COST! (Part #3 - Achieving Control with Standard Work Processes) - Purchase Now |
| This webinar is the third in a series: Transforming IT Management to Achieve Dramatic Business Success - 25% more work or less cost! During this webinar, we will review how work processes that are standardized can improve your organization. Specifically, we will examine how effective Incident and Problem Management processes can be used to reduce business interruptions and costs associated with Application Incidents. (56min) |
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Architecture |
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| A Practical Program Management Methodology for a Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) Strategy - Purchase Now |
| Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) continues to be adopted aggressively by business firms looking for more competitive processes. Firms tend to be challenged, however, in determining the best approach for deploying services within an SOC strategy. This webinar by James Lawler and H. Howell-Barber will discuss a technology agnostic methodology for implementing an SOC strategy. (1hr 28min) |
| Cost and Business Impacts of Service Oriented Architecture - Purchase Now |
| A Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) takes advantage of networking capabilities to integrate applications in a way that is independent of architecture, programming language, development platform and vendor. Through a set of standard interfaces, services are made available to any consumer willing to follow the rules for interface and consumption. This webinar with Arlene Minkiewicz describes what a SOA is and how it can be used to improve business practices within and beyond organizational boundaries. It presents a discussion of cost issues and business challenges that must be understood and accounted for before a business ventures down the SOA path. (58min) |
| Enterprise Architecture: Who, What, Where, When, Why, How? - Purchase Now |
| Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been in the peripheral vision of IT professionals for many years. The technological and information support capabilities of EA would make available countless potentialities for value creation, competitive advantage, efficiency, and effectiveness, as well as organizational and individual accomplishments. Nevertheless, after more than 30 years of striving to achieve "alignment of IT with the business", with apparently limited success, one is inclined to wonder what changes are first needed in the thinking and capabilities of IT professionals so that they can bring the promises of EA into their enterprises. Moreover, what corresponding changes will be necessary in the capabilities of others in the enterprise so that they can leverage EA knowledge to communicate, decide, and act? In this webinar, Dr. Leon Kappelman will introduce you to the basics of Enterprise Architecture. This webinar is part 1 in a 2 part series. |
| Enterprise Architecture 201: Creating the Information Age Enterprise - Purchase Now |
| Enterprises that are more agile and adaptable are more able to succeed in an Information Age world that demands they do more with less, faster, while traditional boundaries blur, and the rules of engagement change. Succeeding in such a world requires that organizations skillfully manage information about their products, customers, suppliers, markets, assets, and liabilities. Fortunately, most enterprises are skilled in such matters. But succeeding in the world of today, and to a even greater extent in the world of tomorrow, also demands that enterprises master the management all of the knowledge about itself, including details about all of its people and processes, intelligence and knowledge, things and places, timings and motivations, plans and measures, rules and jobs, structures and more. We are in the early stages of developing such skills and capabilities. Enterprise Architecture (EA) is currently the name of this emerging discipline. (1hr 27min) |
| Making the Business Case for SOA - Purchase Now |
| One of the most significant IT initiatives underway is the adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The promise of SOA is that it can transform the IT assets of a business, making it possible to do more with less, and faster. This webinar with Brian Cameron will look at the challenges, approaches, and components of setting up an effective SOA business case. (1hr 31min) |
| SOA-based Enterprise Applications Integration - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Dr. Waseem Roshen reviews the evolution of SOA-based enterprise applications integration with a view towards understanding services-based integration in a step-by-step manner. The integration techniques discussed include data integration using Sockets, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Distributed Objects, Asynchronous Messaging and Web Services. A discussion of integration through Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) will be included. (1hr 12min) |
| The Defense Department's Approach to SOA - Purchase Now |
| Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a design to for disaggregating databases, communications and applications into separate "services". In this webinar, Paul Strassmann, former DoD CIO, will describe the current implementation of SOA in the Department of Defense and will show the economic advantages of distributed computing. Since SOA is more vulnerable than previous solutions, safeguards against security compromises will be also discussed. (1hr 23min) |
| Total Architecture: Coordinating the Design of Business Processes and Information Systems - Purchase Now |
| The concept of total architecture is that business processes and information systems have become so hopelessly intertwined that it is no longer possible to design one without altering the other: they have to be designed together. This webinar with Paul Brown will explore the concept of architecture and its applicability to business processes as well as information systems, highlighting the nature of the interdependencies. It will describe total architecture synthesis, an efficient technique for building total architectures. Finally, it will address the resolution of organizational challenges that will arise. (1hr 26min) |
| Where to Start with Service Oriented Architecture - Purchase Now |
| Understanding where to start with service-oriented architecture (SOA) is crucial. This webinar with Brian Cameron examines why it is important for SOA projects to be selected carefully, discusses a process for evaluating where to start, and outlines how to develop a process for growing the SOA portfolio in an organization. (1hr 18min) |
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Business and IT |
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| Business Process Architecture Management: Methodologies and Best Practices - Purchase Now |
| Business process architecture management involves the development and maintenance of enterprise-wide process models, measures, and supporting resources. There is a lack of awareness regarding the creation, use, and potential benefits of enterprise-wide process architectures. This webinar with Dr. Shawn Clark addresses the fundamental business question "What are the potential benefits of business process architecture and how may they be achieved?" (1hr 9min) |
| Earning IIBA's Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Certification - Purchase Now |
| This webinar will define business analysis and explore the process of becoming a certified Business Analyst. You will be introduced to the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) and their Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK). You will also have the chance to discuss IIBA and their certification program, identify the qualifications for the CBAP certification, and review the CBAP certification process and associated costs. |
| Lessons learned in Motivating Software Engineering Process Groups to Focus on Achieving Business Goals, Not Just Maturity Levels - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Girish Seshagiri will share a real example of how the combined use of Goal/Questions/Metrics (GQM) with Balanced Scorecard (BSC) was able to link Software Process Improvement (SPI) goals with business objectives. He also shows how an organization's Software Engineering Process Group was motivated to focus on achieving business goals - and not just achieving a maturity level. (1hr 13min) |
| The Business Case for Software Process Improvement - Purchase Now |
| The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) maturity models are now twenty years old. There are many examples of the cost benefits of implementing the best practices in the maturity models. This webinar with Allen Bennett will examine the costs and benefits of several specific best practices. The data for this presentation comes from the experiences of ITT Corporation. (40min) |
| The Decision Model: Linking Business Leadership and Technology - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Barbara von Halle and Larry Goldberg will discuss the link between business motivations and related business decisions and how those decisions are represented in a Decision Model. A means for assessing the ROI of a Decision Model will be presented. The webinar concludes with a roadmap for getting an organization to higher levels of maturity in Business Decision Management. (1hr 2min) |
| The Marriage Between IT and the Business: Making it Work - Purchase Now |
| Building a good working relationship between IT and the business is like building a good marriage. Both require attention to issues, a long-term commitment, and two motivated parties. In this webinar, Beth Layman talks about key ingredients for "marital (1 hr 28 min) | |
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IT Governance |
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| Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance (6/18/2009) - Purchase Now |
| According to the Standish Group, more than half of all IT projects come in over budget, over schedule, or fail outright. Why is IT continually plagued by such dismal success rates? In this webinar, Chuck Keeler proposes a solution to this problem. He will discuss an innovative new approach for automating and institutionalizing project governance best practices at both the executive and operational level. (1hr 12min) | |
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IT Management |
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| 10 Must Knows for Writing RFPs - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Keith Custer will address ten key aspects of the RFP (Request for Proposal) process. These problems may make or break your effort to produce and execute an effective technical RFP. Mr. Custer will share with you successful strategies that he has learned and still uses successfully in technical procurement projects. (1hr 20min) |
| A Holistic Approach to Understanding IT Costs - Purchase Now |
| High performing IT organizations take a "holistic approach" to understand and model IT costs. They optimize portfolios based on ROI, where the investment is TCO, including hardware, software implementation, software maintenance and operations costs. This webinar by Arlene Minkiewicz discusses methods to assess as-is and future state IT operations to facilitate business case analyses for technology adoption and new projects. (44 min) |
| 10 Things You Need to Know about Earned Value Management - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar by Keith Custer, you will be introduced to the basic concepts and terms of Earned Value Management (EVM), learn how to make the critical calculations, see how to effectively integrate cost and schedule data, how to generate performance reports, how to calculate variances, and how to predict future project performance. (1hr 15min) |
| CIO Webinar: IT Transformation Case Study - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Paul Strassmann, former CIO for the US Department of Defense, will present a documented case study of a successful business transformation where, in a period of five years, applications were reduced by 70%, servers were reduced by 50% and data centers were cut by 90% while revenue of the firm increased by 60%. (53 min) |
| Designing an IT Excellence Program - Purchase Now |
| IT organizations are constantly trying to improve. They want to become excellent at IT. In this webinar you will learn what IT Excellence is and how to achieve it through best practices in process improvement. In part two of this two-part series, Dr. Larry Dribin describes a modified Six Sigma DMAIC process improvement approach that has been successfully used to design, develop and deploy process improvements. (58 min) |
| Getting The Most Out of Your Consulting Engagement: Understanding The Consulting Engagement Life Cycle - Purchase Now |
| An understanding of the "consulting engagement life cycle" will ensure that the consultants you hire are developing engagement frameworks based on your needs, your objectives and what you want to accomplish. An understanding of the consultant life cycle will prepare you for the engagement, will clarify when appropriate deliverables are to be provided, and will help you identify when the engagement is complete. This webinar with Jim Ryan will outline the elements of the consulting life cycle so that you can master it and get the most value from your consultant investments. (1hr 14min) |
| How to Effectively Lead an Offshore Team - Purchase Now |
| To deliver offshore services successfully, firms need to implement consistent methodologies and processes that have been adapted to handle geographically dispersed teams. In this Webinar, David Broderick will share some facts, experiences, and insights on how to lead IT teams that are dispersed across different geographies. (1hr 39min) |
| Improving performance by effective application of IT Service Management models - Purchase Now |
| IT Service Management is about ensuring the maximum value for money from the overall business spend on IT, yet many quality and improvement initiatives fail to make the key connection between IT Service Management performance and the business. In this webinar, Jill Pritchet will take a practical look at improving IT Service Management performance using some tried and tested approaches. (54min) |
| IT Effectiveness - Purchase Now |
| IT Organizations face a variety of service delivery challenges. They must balance the completion of scheduled requests such as Enhancements and Projects with unscheduled problems or consultation requests. This webinar with Nick Spanos discusses the challenges that impact the effectiveness of IT organizations and presents a variety of solution options to address issues common to most organizations. (1hr 8min) |
| Lessons (Not) Learned - Purchase Now |
| At some point, nearly every organization implements a lessons learned program, but most organizations fail miserably in institutionalizing lessons learned or reaping any lasting benefit from their efforts. In this webinar, Michael West reveals the major reasons that most attempts at lessons learned fail. Michael also provides a practical approach for successfully implementing and institutionalizing lessons learned. |
| Output Based Outsourcing Contracts - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar with Grant Rule, you will learn how Output-Based Contract Management methods can greatly simplify the task of managing, and pricing, the development, enhancement and support of software functionality for both customers and suppliers. (1hr 19min) |
| Organizational Change: 5 Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them - Purchase Now |
| How many dedicated improvement program leaders have pushed the proverbial boulder up the hill only to watch it roll back down? In this webinar, Beth Layman will talk about five roadblocks to successful change: lack of alignment, siloed thinking, decision dysfunction, execution and endurance problems, and missing measurements - and what to do about them. (1hr 18min) |
Product Management for IT and Software (06-01-2010) - Purchase Now
| This webinar with Dr. Christof Ebert introduces product management for IT and software and includes concrete guidelines about key success factors as well as a case study. The webinar highlights the presenters broad experiences introducing and improving product management in different IT and software domains around the world. (1hr 7min) |
| Product Management for IT and Software - Purchase Now |
| The success of any product depends on the skills and competence of the product manager. This webinar with Dr. Christof Ebert will introduce the subject of product management for IT and software organizations. The webinar will provide concrete guidelines about key success factors. An empirical study from implementing product management competence in a Fortune 100 ICT organization will be presented. (1hr 12min) |
| Pros and Cons of Investing in Project, Resource, and Product Decisions - Purchase Now |
| Are we investing in the right projects? Are we allocating available resources properly? Are we offering the right features for our next release? The quality of these decisions determines your ultimate success. In light of this, is it worth it to invest more in decision-making? This webinar with Guenther Ruhe addresses these and other questions and aims to provide some evidence-based answers. (1hr 3min) |
| Seven Essentials of Vendor Management - Purchase Now |
| Historically, many companies have dealt with vendors as suppliers of tactical products and services. Rarely if ever were vendors selected based on strategic considerations such as their long term contributions to shareholder value. This webinar with David Rasmussen describes the importance of a strategic posture towards managing your suppliers as well as the role of the Vendor Manager. |
| Silver bullets - Do They Hit the Mark? - Purchase Now |
| The ISBSG has performed extensive analysis of project development tools and techniques. In this webinar Peter Hill looks at the impact of these tools and techniques on development productivity and reviews the impact of using a methodology, of being CMMI or ISO compliant, as well as the techniques of Modeling, Prototyping, Rapid Application Development and Object Oriented Analysis and Design. (1hr 10min) |
| The Art and Science of Making Product Release Decisions - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Guenther Ruhe explains the impact of several factors on product release decisions: systematic release planning; involvement of stakeholders; proper definition of release planning objectives; allocation of resources to achieve results; process and tool support; impact of a systematic and structured release planning process on schedule, cost and quality; integration of road-mapping into the organizational decision-making process. (1hr 16min) |
| The Economics of Thin Clients in 2009 - Purchase Now |
| The objective of this webinar with Paul Strassmann, former CIO for the US Dept. of Defense, is to describe the current implementation of "thin client" configuration by a number of vendors, to demonstrate the economic advantages of centrally managed computing and to explain how "thin computing" offers safeguards against security compromises. (1hr 4min) |
| The Journey Towards Effective Portfolio Management - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Beth Layman will cover the basics of effective portfolio management for IT - deciding which initiatives to invest in and then managing those initiatives through deployment and benefit realization. Whether you are interested primarily in technology/IT investments, or, more broadly, in business processes, people, and technology improvements, you will benefit from Beth's practical approaches for integrating portfolio management into organizations of varied maturity. (1hr 21min) |
| Why SLAs Fail and How to Make Yours Succeed - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Naomi Karten will present caveats, recommendations and guidelines to help you avoid the pitfalls that cause SLAs to fail or fall short. This webinar will give you the competence and confidence to establish and manage new SLAs, evaluate and strengthen existing SLAs, identify and resolve flaws in current or attempted SLA projects, and lead successful SLA efforts. (1hr 39min) |
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ITIL |
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| ITIL Service Management for Application Support (Part 1 in the Series "ITIL for Application Support") - Purchase Now |
| The ITIL service management framework has been developed and refined by IT service professionals around the world since the 1980s. In this webinar, Nick Spanos discusses the value of ITIL service management for Application Support. Having a well defined and field proven service management framework for your Application Maintenance and Support service is much easier and less risky than trying to make up one on your own. |
| Using ITIL Service Management to Reduce Business Application Software Incidents (Part 3 in the Series "ITIL for Application Support") - Purchase Now |
| ITIL provides an industry recognized set of standards for bringing process consistency and measureable improvements to your IT Maintenance and Support services. This webinar is the third in the ITIL for Application Support series. During this webinar, we will review how ITIL's Incident Management and Problem Management practices can be used to meet these Application Support challenges. (49 min) |
| Improving Application Support Service with ITIL Service Management (Part 4 in the Series "ITIL for Application Support") - Purchase Now |
| ITIL provides an industry recognized set of standards for bringing process consistency and measureable improvements to your IT Maintenance and Support services. This webinar is the fourth in the ITIL for Application Support series. During this webinar, we will review how ITIL's Continual Service Improvement practices can be used to meet these challenges. (53 min) |
| Using ITIL to Improve Application Support by 20-30%: Meaningful Service Level Agreements (Part 2 in a 4 Part Series) - Purchase Now |
| ITIL provides an industry recognized set of standards for bringing process consistency and measureable improvements to your IT Maintenance and Support services. This webinar is the second in the ITIL for Application Support series. During this webinar, we will review how ITIL's Service Level Management practices can be used to develop measureable SLAs that are meaningful to the Application Support function. |
| Using ITIl to Improve Application Support by 20-30%: Reduce Application Incidents with ITIL Service Mgmt (Part 3 in a 4 Part Series) - Purchase Now |
| ITIL provides an industry recognized set of standards for bringing process consistency and measureable improvements to your IT Maintenance and Support services. This webinar is the third in the ITIL for Application Support series. During this webinar, we will review how ITIL's Incident Management and Problem Management practices can be used to meet these Application Support challenges.(57min) |
| Using ITIL to Improve Application Support by 20-30%: Improving Application Support with ITIL Service Management (Part 4 in a 4 Part Series) - Purchase Now |
| ITIL provides an industry recognized set of standards for bringing process consistency and measureable improvements to your IT Maintenance and Support services. This webinar is the fourth in the ITIL for Application Support series. During this webinar, we will review how ITIL's Continual Service Improvement practices can be used to meet these challenges. (1 hr 4 min) | |
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Measurement and Metrics |
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| 5 Core Metrics for Surviving Software Endgames - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar by Bob Galen, you'll learn how Project Managers can focus the entire team on a few key performance metrics to improve the overall endgame experience and increase the probability of delivering on-time. And yes, to also survive yet another Endgame. (1hr 8min) |
| 10 Fallacies About Software Metrics - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Dr. Norman Fenton will highlight a number of common fallacies in using software project metrics. These fallacies arise because traditional metrics approaches have ignored. (1hr 11min) |
| A Primer on Function Points - Free View Until September 12, 2010! |
| This webinar presentation by Sheila Dennis and David Garmus will discuss how the Function Point metric can be used by organizations worldwide to accurately size systems in an effort to meet customer demand on time and within budget. Function Points have proven to be an effective "yardstick" in their ability to normalize software measures and enable organizations to measure across industry. (1hr 40min) |
| A Process Approach to Benchmarking - Purchase Now |
| Organizations that have carried out benchmarking exercises, have found that in many cases the experience is less than satisfactory. In this webinar, Tony Rollo will explain how the use of a process based approach can ensure that the requirements of the organization are clearly expressed and understood by the benchmark provider as well as the staff of the organization being benchmarked. (48 min) |
| Are Your Project Stakeholders Satisfied? - Purchase Now |
| Measuring customer satisfaction is more than just asking if your clients got what they wanted. Customer satisfaction is a messy mix of expectations, experiences, and perceptions - with maybe a hint of functionality. In this webinar, Tom Cagley will outline one method for measuring this mixture and for identifying what really matters in customer satisfaction. (1hr 23min) |
| Capers Jones Presents An Overview of Software Benchmarks - Purchase Now |
| This webinar presentation by Capers Jones discusses the need for new kinds of benchmarks in areas such as data quality, total cost of ownership, and the effectiveness of technologies such as Agile and Extreme Programming (XP), six-sigma programs, ISO standards, and the CMMI. These technical areas are not fully supported by formal benchmark studies in 2007. (1hr 23min) |
| Enabling Trust in Your Measurement Systems - Purchase Now |
| Problems in Systems and Software Measurement Systems contribute to flawed decision making, wasted investments and disappointed customers. In this webinar Michael Evanoo shows how understanding the sources of these problems can enable them to be identified and avoided through the application of an appropriate calibration program that uses the proven principles of Measurement Systems Analyses. (1hr 2min) |
| Enterprise Measurement: What Makes it Useful to All of Us - Purchase Now |
| Organizations need to know the status of work underway, the progress against management goals, and visibility into organizational strategies. In this webinar Joyce Statz discusses practices for enabling enterprise measurement to be efficient and useful, with a minimum amount of data gathering and analysis. She looks at inhibitors of enterprise measurement and how to reduce the impact of those inhibitors. (1hr 14min) |
| IFPUG and COSMIC Function Points - Similarities and Differences - Purchase Now |
| While the IFPUG Function Point Analysis method for sizing software is the most commonly used, many people are asking about a newer ISO Functional Size Method called COSMIC. This webinar with Pam Morris discusses the similarities and differences between the two and provides guidance on the factors to consider when deciding which method would be suitable for your software environment. (1hr 10min) |
| Leveraging Measurement in Your CMMI and Compliance Initiatives - Purchase Now |
| IT executives need quantitative indicators of their organization's performance so they can demonstrate compliance, show improvements,and make decisions about how to invest. In this webinar, Beth Layman explains how measurement can play a role at both the IT project/application and at the organizational level, and outlines a roadmap for establishing a measurement program based on CMMI and ISO standards. (1hr 7min) |
| Lines of Code: Statistically Unreliable for Software Sizing? - Purchase Now |
| Software projects are notorious for costing too much, arriving too late, and not meeting customer needs. However, measures recorded from PSP courses developed by the Software Engineering Institute are now providing an insightful look at the root cause of variation in estimates. In this webinar, Joe Schofield will examine what the data is screaming to tell us. (1hr 25min) |
| Management Awareness of Software Measurement - Purchase Now |
| Today more than ever, it is vital that organizations gain control of software development costs, schedules, quality and customer satisfaction. To do so, an effective software measurement program needs to be implemented and maintained. This webinar with Janet Russac will provide an overview of Function Point Analysis and Software Measurement, with implementation strategies for a successful measurement program. (1hr 39min) |
| Measure Twice Implement Once - Purchase Now |
| Master carpenters have been teaching their apprentices for many years the adage, "measure twice, cut once" as a best practice for ensuring quality workmanship. In this webinar with Tom Cagley of DCG, you will find out how to measure your development efforts twice so that the end deliverables you produce are both on time, on budget and high quality. (53 min) |
| Measuring the Immeasurable: What is Your Real Performance Capability? - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar with Dr. Hans Sassenburg, a powerful set of 16 best practice KPIs is presented, using a multi-dimensional perspective, together with benchmarking data (industry, best-in-class) that will facilitate a quantitative assessment of any software manufacturer's capability while defining a business case for improvements using quantified targets. (1hr 37min) |
| Metrics Based Project Governance - Purchase Now |
| The Standish Group found that only 35% of projects are completed successfully. In response to this, the Australian government adopted a rigorous approach to project control that made use of an independent Scope Manager. This webinar by Pam Morris will describe the role of the Scope Manager and the benefits that solid metrics based project governance can bring. (1hr 25min) |
| Paving the Road to a Software Measurement Program: How to Avoid Pitfalls, Potholes and Speed Bumps - Purchase Now |
| Starting a measurement program can be overwhelming; without a good road map, it can also be ineffective. In this webinar, Janet Russac will identify pitfalls, potholes and speed bumps as well as proactive steps to take for ensuring success. This webinar qualifies for credits for the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) Certified Function Point Specialist (CSMS) designation. (1hr 20min) |
| Quality of Benchmarking Data - Purchase Now |
| Most Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse and Benchmarking projects suffer from bad data quality which leads to extra effort, technical difficulties, and failure to meet customer expectations. This webinar by Pekka Forselius outlines various solutions for mitigating data quality risks within your benchmarking processes. (1hr 18min) |
| Using Function Points for Economic Analysis of Software Methodologies - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Capers Jones shows how standard "test beds" using function points can be used to evaluate software methods. The webinar describes a standard analytic approach for evaluating the effectiveness of emerging technologies on software development and maintenance productivity and on software quality. Capers also discusses uses of function points for portfolio analysis, backlog analysis, mergers, and outsource agreements. (1hr 20min) |
| Using Measurement to Translate Business Vision in to Operational Software Strategies - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Dr. Vic Basili, Executive Director of the Frauenhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering, focuses on an integrated approach for mapping business goals onto software goals and for managing software projects with data. You will be provided a methodology and walked through an example that ties business goals to software goals to measurement to interpretation. (1hr 50min) |
| Using Metrics to Manage Software Risk - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Dr. Norman Fenton proposes that the greatest value of software metrics data is the ability of such data to provide management with quantitative risk assessments. An emphasis will be placed on causal models and explaining the advantages of such an approach over traditional models. (1hr 17min) |
| We're Making Progress: Trust Me! Measuring Performance with Software as a Service (SaaS) - Purchase Now |
| This stimulating and thought provoking session presents the basic elements of an effective process performance measurement technique and demonstrates how the use of a software as a service tool can be used to measure and monitor on-going process improvement. Successful process performance measurement requires both quantitative and qualitative data points in order to effectively analyze the impact of key attributes on productivity and quality. Once analyzed, the data is used to create a performance profile depicting process strengths and weaknesses. This information forms the basis for a series of process improvement recommendations. These same performance measurement techniques can also be incorporated into a SaaS tool for ongoing process and progress monitoring. (1hr 28min) | |
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| Communication in Global and Distributed Teams - Purchase Now |
| The people of virtual teams are dispersed geographically, they meet infrequently or never, and they might even come from different cultures. And these three factors conspire to make what's usually easy, difficult - and what's usually difficult, impossible. In this webinar, Rick Brenner will help people who sponsor, lead or participate in virtual organizations better communicate within global and distributed teams. (1hr 27min) |
| How to Effectively Lead an Offshore Team (09-08-2009) - Purchase Now |
| Over the past several years global delivery of IT application services has become pervasive. To deliver such services successfully, firms need to implement consistent methodologies and processes that have been adapted to handle geographically dispersed teams. In this webinar, David Broderick will share some facts, experiences, and insights on leading IT teams located in different countries. (1hr 42min) |
| Planning for Outsourcing - Getting it Right from the Start - Purchase Now |
| Outsourcing is commonly done to minimize cost. But is that always the right move? Is saving money the only reason? How can an organization decide which sourcing strategy is best for their business situation? In this webinar. Joyce Statz and Debbie Yedlin will discuss the basics of identifying a sourcing strategy and how to construct an argument for that strategy. (1hr 21min) | |
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People Management |
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| Introverts and Extroverts in the Workplace - Purchase Now |
| Differences between introverts and extroverts pose challenges in the software/IT industry because introverts are represented disproportionately to their numbers in the general population, while a large percentage of their customers and managers are extraverts. This webinar with Naomi Karten is for anyone who wants to better understand the introversion/extroversion dynamic and its implications in the workplace. (1hr 13min) |
| Organizational Politics for People Who Hate Politics - Purchase Now |
| Have you ever felt powerless to implement a new idea? Have you ever been "blindsided" at a meeting? Many of us have from time to time become enmeshed in politics.But we've also known some people who are able to engage and prosper. How is that done? In this webinar, Rick Brenner will present some strategies and lessons learned. (1hr 43 min) |
| Taming the Turbulence: Changing How You Communicate During Change - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Naomi Karten offers advice and recommendations for coping with change, introducing change, and managing change efforts. Drawing from models that explain both the cerebral and visceral experience of change, we'll look at communication strategies for minimizing the turbulence of change. (1hr 20min) |
| The Psychology of Customer Satisfaction - Free View until September 12, 2010! |
| In this webinar, Naomi Karten will describe several key principles of customer satisfaction. She will offer insight into the customer perspective and describe policies and practices that contribute to (or, alas, detract from) customer satisfaction. And she'll help you appreciate the low-cost, easy-to-implement measures you can take, starting immediately, to create and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction. (1hr 27min) | |
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| 10 Traps to Avoid in Software Process Improvement - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Dr. Karl Wiegers of Process Impact describes 10 common traps that can undermine a software process improvement program. The symptoms of each trap are described, along with several suggested strategies for preventing and dealing with the trap. (1hr 17min) |
| A Comparative Analysis of Process Maturity Level and Quality - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Louis Poulin addresses anomalies detected in 40 comprehensive appraisals conducted within organizations that were developing information technology products and services. The appraisals spanned companies from Europe, North America and South America over the course of 10 years. (1hr 5min) |
| Appraisals and CMMI Gotchas - Lessons in CMMI Use and Appraisal Preparation - Purchase Now |
| You're thinking about using the CMMI or conducting an appraisal and arriving at Maturity Level X soon? In this webinar, Neil Potter and Mary Sakry share lessons learned that can help you spend your efforts well while avoiding common pitfalls and hazards. This talk is for those using the CMMI, burned out from the CMMI, or facing an appraisal soon. (1hr 16min) |
| Best Practices Integration: Lean Six Sigma and the CMMI (11/24/2009)- Purchase Now |
| Many organizations are challenged with integrating and leveraging various industry standards, including Lean Six Sigma, PMBoK, ITIL, and CMMI. Our presenter, Gary Gack, brings a deep understanding of these best practices and in this webinar clearly explains connections and synergies between Lean Six Sigma and the CMMI. A case study that leveraged both LSS and the CMMI is presented. (1hr 16min) |
| Best Practices Integration: Lean Six Sigma and PMBoK - Purchase Now |
| Many organizations are facing the challenge of integrating and leveraging various industry standards and best practices, including Lean Six Sigma, PMI's PMBoK, ITIL, and SEI's CMMI. In this webinar, Gary Gack clearly explains connections and synergies between Lean Six Sigma and the PMBoK. Each of the PMBoK process groups will be reviewed and connections to Lean Six Sigma will be illustrated. (1hr 19min) |
| Boosting Performance in Small Organizations with the CMMI - Purchase Now |
| If you don't think the CMMI can scale to small organizations, then you must attend this webinar. David Walker will lead you through an analysis of the important environmental parameters, innovative and proven strategies, and lessons learned in applying the CMMI in small software development organizations. (1hr 2min) |
Comparing Scrum and CMMI: How They Can Work Together - Purchase Now
| If you are a software engineer or IT professional, your group has very likely shown a strong interest in reducing costs, improving quality and increasing productivity. Your group might also have looked at various pre-packaged frameworks, such as Agile (e.g., Scrum and Extreme Programming), CMMI and Six Sigma. At first glance, each of these frameworks might look at odds with each other, making it difficult to use two or more. However, each framework can be implemented successfully, depending on how much care is placed on its implementation. In this webinar with Neil Potter, CMMI and Scrum are compared and explored, since they are two commonly used frameworks - frameworks that groups often struggle with when using together. (1hr 34min) |
| Delivering Successful Projects with TSP and Six Sigma: A Practical Approach - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Mukesh Jain talks about his experiences delivering successful projects using TSP and Six Sigma. (1hr 28min) |
| Do's and Don'ts of Process Improvement - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Pat O'Toole provides practical advice that will help attendees invigorate their process improvement programs.Blending real world examples, practical advice, and humorous analogies, participants will learn to think more robustly about their approach to process improvement, and apply proven approaches that they can implement immediately upon their return. (1hr 23min) |
| Dr. Howard Rubin on Technology Economics and the Importance of Software Process - Purchase Now |
| This webinar will focus on the results of more than 10 years of multi-faceted data collection and analysis with regard to the intensity of technology spending worldwide in the public and private sectors and its impact/relationship to business performance. In this context new benchmarking methods focused on business-based sizing of technology assets, P&L linked metrics, and Technology Cost of Goods will be discussed along with new process models for integrating benchmarking as a continuous "market data feed" into management processes. (1hr 15min) |
| Lean Six Sigma, CMMI, and Agile Methods: Can They Co-Exist? - Purchase Now |
| Many organizations are challenged with integrating and leveraging industry standards and best practices, including Lean Six Sigma, Agile, PMBoK, ITIL, and CMMI. In this webinar with Gary Gack, each of these process areas will be reviewed and connections between Lean Six Sigma and CMMI Goals and Practices will be examined. A case study will be presented. (1hr 53min) |
| Maintain Your Success By Using the Best: Using CMMI & ITIL to Become Excellent at Maintenance and Support - Purchase Now |
| CMMI and ITIL can be used together to improve maintenance and support activities. In this webinar with Dr. Larry Dribin, you will learn how the integration of the CMMI and ITIL can provide an excellent process foundation to guide the maintenance and support organizations to improve their performance and achieve IT Excellence. (1hr 16min) |
| Objective Driven Software Process Improvement - Purchase Now |
| In order to get necessary buy-in, management support and budget approval, CMMI-based process improvement must be managed as a project with tangible short-term results. This webinar by Dr. Christof Ebert will demonstrate how to set up and drive a process improvement program with business goals and concrete development challenges while opportunistically using continuous representation to deliver incremental value. (1hr 15min) |
| Process Improvement in a Multi-Model World (09-15-2009) - Purchase Now |
| Model based process improvement typically has centered on a single model or framework to control software process improvement. Process improvement has matured, however, to where the span of control needs to be extended and more than one model used (e.g. CMMI and ISO). This webinar with Tom Cagley will discuss how to manage process improvement in a complex, multi-model environment. (1hr 2min) |
| To Survive, Get to Process Level 5 - Purchase Now |
| How can a business compete globally if its IT organization does not operate at a world class level? This webinar with Larry Dribin explores the need for IT organizations to pick up the pace to reach CMMI Level 5 and become ITIL & ISO9000 compliant. These IT improvements are needed to enable businesses to compete on a global basis. (1hr 17min) |
| Two Heads Are Better Than One: Pair Programming - Purchase Now |
| Teams have succeeded without pairing. They have also succeeded without testing. Both practices just make it a lot easier. In this webinar, Arlo Belshee will help you learn why pairing works, how to tell good pairing from bad, and what you can do to improve your pairing. Most importantly, he will answer common questions and address common misconceptions. (1hr 15min) |
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Project Management |
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| 3 Leadership Competencies Every Project Manager Needs in 2009 - Purchase Now |
| How can you achieve and measure project management excellence? If you can't measure it, are you at risk of becoming irrelevant? This webinar by Jack Ferraro examines these questions as well as current methods for developing competency. He presents bold ideas for what practitioners of project management must focus on to raise the performance bar and avoid becoming extinct! (1hr 25min) |
| 3 Leadership Competencies Every Project Manager Needs - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Jack Ferraro examines current methods for developing the kind of professional project management competency that really matters. Jack presents bold ideas that practitioners of project management must focus on to raise the performance bar and to avoid the risk of becoming extinct. (1hr 27min) |
| 15 Tips for Speeding Up Your Project - Purchase Now |
| Is your project plodding along? In this webinar, Johanna Rothman shares 15 tips on how to start projects faster, how to steer projects faster to the end, and how to avoid the it-never-ends syndrome. These tips will help you change your sweet spot for starting and finishing projects. (1hr 10min) |
| 21 Project Management Success Tips - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Karl Wiegers shares 21 tips for project management success. They include 4 suggestions for laying the foundation for project success, 6 for planning the work, 7 for estimating the project, 3 for tracking your progress, and 1 tip for learning for the future. Keep these tips in mind as guidelines for success on your next project! (1hr 39min) |
| A Practical Guide to Catastrophe Disentanglement: Getting Projects Back on Track (09-10-2009) - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Elli Bennatan presents a ten-step process to disentangle a software project catastrophe and get it back on track. The webinar includes the material from the first Catastrophe Disentanglement webinar on May 5th, without the background and theory, but with additional practical guidelines and tips for implementation. (1hr 25min) |
| Are Your Project Stakeholders Satisfied? - Purchase Now |
| Measuring customer satisfaction is more than just asking if your clients got what they wanted. Customer satisfaction is a messy mix of expectations, experiences, and perceptions - with maybe a hint of functionality. In this webinar, Tom Cagley will outline one method for measuring this mixture and for identifying what really matters in customer satisfaction. (1hr 23min) |
| Becoming a Pragmatic Project Manager: Lessons Learned in Project Management - Purchase Now |
| Pragmatic project managers have a few tricks up their sleeves. In this webinar, Johanna Rothman will discuss several of the less-used tricks that pragmatic project managers can employ to succeed with their projects and steer them to a successful conclusion. (1hr 34min) |
| Capers Jones on Software Project Management in 2007 - Purchase Now |
| This webinar presentation by Capers Jones discusses the essential skills for successful software project management. These skills include sizing, estimating, schedule planning, staffing, budgeting, tracking, measurement, change control, and quality control. (1hr 10min) |
| Catastrophe Disentanglement: Getting Projects Back on Track - Purchase Now |
| If you are responsible for a late and over-budget software project you are by no means alone. But if serious problems have existed for quite a while, you may have a project catastrophe on your hands. In this webinar, Elli Bennatan presents a ten-step process for disentangling a software project catastrophe and getting it back on track. (1hr 8min) |
| Changes to PMI's PMBoK Fourth Edition - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, you will learn about key changes to PMI's new edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). In addition to learning about the changes to the Project Management processes, you will learn how to distinguish between what is in the Project Management Plan and what Project Documents are. You will gain a clearer picture of how the Project Charter differs from the Scope Statement and you will learn a new Earned Value calculation: the To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI). (1hr 48min) |
| Earning PMI's Program Management Professional Certification - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Joseph Phillips will define program management and project management, explore the three themes of program management, introduce PMI's "Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" and PMI's "Standard for Program Management," discuss PMI and their certification program, identify the qualifications for the PMP certification, and review the PMP certification process and associated costs. (49min) |
| Get More Out of Your PMP - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Jack Ferraro will explore three critical leadership competencies that project managers must be keenly aware of to move beyond the PMP to true Project Management Professionalism. With your PMP certification as a solid foundation, you will learn how to overcome predictable project leadership roadblocks through these three leadership competencies: Building Trusted Relationships, Advising on Projects, Developing Courage. (1hr 20min) |
How to Put Your Best Project Manager on Every IT Project - Purchase Now
| Only CAI's Automated Project Office (APO) can help you determine the true status of your IT projects. That's because only APO combines quantitative data from your existing project management tools with qualitative data from the people actually doing the work. APO can enhance the value of your Project Management tools by: strengthening governance, increasing visibility, and providing greater insight and control through "early warnings". APO is a Software as a Service offering that requires little or no programming or infrastructure costs. Webinar attendees will receive a unique offer for APO. (33min) |
| Maximizing Project Success with Concrete Scope Management - Purchase Now |
| Through concrete scope management processes, IT project managers can learn proven approaches that measure the size of software projects, streamline requirements management, and impose solid change management controls to keep projects on time and on budget. In this webinar with Carol Dekkers, you will learn approaches used around the world that have dramatically increased the success on IT projects by trained scope managers. (1hr 7min) |
| Planning and Tracking a Software Project - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Bob Galen speaks to techniques and approaches for planning and tracking software projects successfully. It will examine the patterns of too fine granularity planning, too high level planning, tracking at too fine a level, and missing important details. In the end, Bob will outline a set of planning heuristics for good planning within a software development effort. (1hr 12 min) |
| Practical Project Initiation - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Dr. Karl Wiegers describes 13 actions that lay the foundation for a successful project. Every software project will benefit from thoughtfully applying the project initiation practices described by Dr. Wiegers in this webianr. Attending to these 13 critical activities when launching a project will separate success from failure. (1hr 32min) |
| Project Management Isn't Enough: Essentials of Effective Sponsorship - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Payson Hall explains why there are limits to what project management practices can do for an organization that lacks effective sponsorship. Sponsors establish project goals and organizational priorities, thereby setting a context for project management. Sponsorship is essential for project success - yet poorly understood in some quarters and often difficult to secure. (1hr 34min) |
| Project Management Methodology: 6 Activities for Successful Introduction and Use (05/06/2009) - Purchase Now |
| An effective methodology solution will distinctly increase project management capability and even improve business performance when properly implemented. This webinar with Gerard Hill will provide participants with an examination of 6 prominent activities that will influence the success of methodology introduction as well as its use within your organization. (1hr 14min) |
| Project Patterns: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar with Tim Lister, Tim will present some behavior patterns from his new book with the Atlantic Systems Guild, "Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior." He will supply a starter kit for you and your colleagues to discuss what you do, and don't do, and most important of all - why. (1hr 13min) |
| Root Causes of Project Slippage in 2008 - Purchase Now |
| Schedule slippage is an unfortunate reality during many complex software development projects. And while one instance of slippage may be tolerated, repeated surprises are an entirely different matter. In this webinar, Dr. Brad Clark will discuss an approach to finding the root-causes of schedule slippage. (1hr 29min) |
| Schedule Games - Purchase Now |
| Are your schedules off as soon as you create them? Does your management expect you to meet impossible deadlines? Have you ever been surprised by how long tasks took to complete? If you answer yes to any of these questions, chances are someone in your organization is playing schedule games. There are many different schedule games, but they all have similar results: the project team is behind the eight ball. In this webinar with Johanna Rothman, we will look at how to recognize the signs of schedule games, how to address the underlying problems, and how to change the rules. (1hr 31min) |
| Seven Habits of Highly Successful Software Teams (9-17-2009) - Purchase Now |
| There are attitudes and habits that are common to every successful software team. In this webinar Kurt Bittner examines seven of the most important habits. These habits include delivering the right working solution, mitigating risk, providing measurable results, advancing the solution in deliberate steps, eliminating fear of failure, planning adaptively, and staying honest about status, progress, risks and issues. (1hr) |
| Six Dimensions of Project Team Motivation - Purchase Now |
| Although there are many ways in which to keep a project team motivated, there are six dimensions that always seem to be present in the most highly motivated teams. In this webinar, you will learn what those six dimensions are and how you can ensure that they are present on your project teams. (1hr 13min) |
| Sources of Project Failure: Leaders and Managers - Purchase Now |
| During this webinar, Stephen Cohen will dive into the role that leadership and management play in causing and resolving failing projects. Mr. Cohen will include examples of practices applied during some of the most difficult real world circumstances and will drill into why they were more successful than prior, less Agile, efforts. (1hr 15min) |
| Successful Software Management: 17 Lessons Learned - Purchase Now |
| Many software managers came to management through the technical ranks. Although they may have had plenty of technical training and mentoring, they frequently have to learn management skills the hard way. In this webinar, Johanna Rothman will describe some technical management tips and tricks learned through trial and error, focusing on software managers and their particular issues. (1hr 34min) |
| The Professional Certified Scope Manager (CSM): a New IT Job Role - Purchase Now |
| Scope management creates a level playing field for customers and suppliers and facilitates an equitable contracting and payment arrangement that is flexible enough to allow for customer driven scope changes while providing payment for work completed by the software supplier. In this webinar, Carol Dekkers discusses how software development programs and projects are gaining remarkable benefits based on scope management best practices. (59min) |
| The Professional Certified Scope Manager (CSM): a New IT Job Role in 2008 - Purchase Now |
| Scope management creates a level playing field for customers and suppliers and facilitates an equitable contracting and payment arrangement that is flexible enough to allow for customer driven scope changes while providing payment for work completed by the software supplier. In this webinar, Carol Dekkers discusses how software development programs and projects are gaining remarkable benefits based on scope management best practices. (1hr 17min) |
| The Project Management Office: A Business Solution - Purchase Now |
| This webinar by Gerard Hill will provide participants with an overview for establishing an effective PMO. Gerard will first consider the purpose for a PMO, and align that to a competency continuum that describes five stages of PMO. Gerard will also offer insight into the roles and responsibilities inherent to a PMO and will outline recommended steps for successful PMO implementation. (1hr 23min) | |
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| Application Knowledge Capture - A Method for Capturing Critical IT Knowledge - Purchase Now |
| The baby boomers are retiring and critical IT application knowledge is moving off-shore at an ever increasing rate. The work force is more mobile now than it has ever been. The IT industry is experiencing an unprecedented "Brain Drain" particularly within the application support environment. Who is going to be left behind to mind the store? Where will all the application support knowledge go that has been accumulated over many years? Nick Spanos, Senior Consultant at CAI, will outline a methodology for capturing such knowledge before it is too late. (50min) |
| Application Knowledge Capture: A Method for Preventing the Loss of Critical IT Knowledge - Purchase Now |
| The baby boomers are retiring faster than ever, critical IT application knowledge is moving off-shore at an increasing rate, and the work force is more mobile now than ever before. Who is going to be left behind to mind the store? This webinar by Bob Anderson will outline a methodology for capturing such knowledge before it is too late. (1 hr) |
| Critical First Steps Toward An Effective IT Risk Practice - Purchase Now |
| IT projects are rich with risk, yet we are afraid to talk about it. In this webinar, Carl Pritchard provides practical perspective on how to get your team to openly identify their concerns. He looks at how to bring consistency into the risk conversation by building simple guidelines to clarify the differences between high, low and medium risks. (1 hr) |
| Early Warning Signs of IT Failure: The Four Horsemen of Doom - Purchase Now |
| The mastery of risk distinguishes modern times from the past: By understanding and measuring risks and their consequences, the future was no longer perceived to be a whim of the gods and humans were thereby empowered to transform their world. Despite the fact that IT deals with "modern" technologies, IT project management has a rather poor track record in the mastery of risks. Standish Group reminds us year after year that about 20% of IT projects are cancelled before completion and less than a third are finished on-time and within-budget with expected functionality. If the discussion is limited to larger and therefore riskier projects of 10,000 function points or more, Capers Jones pointes out that the cancellation rate more than doubles. The bankruptcy of $5 billion FoxMeyer Drugs, Hershey's inability to ship candy before Halloween, the Denver Airport, and perennial failures at FAA are only a few of the glaring examples of the significant impact of failed and troubled IT projects. However, the postmortem examination of IT projects reveals that long before the failure there were significant symptoms or "early warning signs" of trouble. An early warning sign (EWS) is defined as an event or indication that predicts, cautions, or alerts one of possible or impending problems. EWSs provide an indication of manifesting risks and therefore likely future difficulties and failure. Enterprise and project managers need to ask themselves as early as possible whether any 'red flags' warrant significant project redirection or termination. This webinar (1) Reports on the results of a study of seasoned IT project managers, academics, and experts that asked them to rank 53 EWS risks identified from IT project management articles in the academic literature, practitioner journals, and by a panel of experienced IT project management experts, in order to identify the most important EWS; (2) Describes four main sources of IT project risk (the Four Horseman of Doom); and (3) Provides practical advice about how to spot EWSs and what to do about them. (1hr 8 min) |
| How to Avoid Loss of Knowledge Precision in Risk Analysis - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Riley Rice discusses the difference between quantitative and qualitative risk management techniques and explains how, contrary to conventional wisdom, quantitative risk management techniques will cost you no more than the mathematically and operationally inferior qualitative counterparts. (48min) |
| Managing the Black Hole: The Executive's Guide to Software Project Risk - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Computer Aid University (CAI-U) hosts a book discussion on "Managing the Black Hole: The Executive's Guide to Software Project Risk" with author Gary Gack. More and more businesses and government agencies are finding software and IT to be crucial to their success and efficiency. This increased reliance is revealing many shortcomings in the way that software projects are managed. This book examines the root causes of project failure - the "Seven Deadly Sins" - and provides a non-technical introduction to a range of proven remedies (the "Five Redeeming Virtues"). The ideas in this book will enable any organization to join the elite few who have taken these lessons to heart. In this webcast, we will briefly discuss the book and how Gary's comprehensive training is uniquely suited to your needs. As a complementary gift, a 1-month access credit to Gary's "Understanding Lean Six Sigma" course will be made available to those attendees that request it. (40min) |
| Minimizing Risk When Investing in Technology-Based Initiatives - Purchase Now |
| This Webinar by Louis Poulin explains how risk inherent to initiatives calling on engineering and technical development is analyzed, and how such analyses can go a long way in helping investors take advantage of promising opportunities, while providing early detection and warning of decreased performance. (1hr 15min) |
| Practical Approaches to Managing Risk in Outsourcing - Purchase Now |
| The reality of outsourcing has not always lived up to the hype. Such partially-fulfilled promises should motivate all outsourcing inclined companies to get back to basics with pragmatic approaches to contracting and relationship management. In this webinar, Wayne Weill will discuss how you can better manage outsourcing relationships while mitigating the risk of the unexpected. (1hr 16min) |
| Straightforward Risk Management for Projects That You Can do Now - Purchase Now |
| Risk management is comparable to preventive health care or insurance for your project. It involves identifying potential problems (risks), analyzing those risks, planning to manage them, and reviewing them. This webinar with Neil Potter and Mary Sakry will step you through a straightforward risk process for assessing and managing risks that you can perform immediately with your team. |
| The Risk Management Plan - REALLY! - Purchase Now |
| Each project should have a risk management plan—a roadmap that outlines how an organization will cope with risk and deal with the vagaries that occur along the way. In this webinar, Carl Pritchard discusses the most vital elements of such a plan: risk statement formats, tolerances and thresholds, escalation processes and procedures, review cycles, and risk ownership policies. (1hr 19min) |
| The Software Baby Boomer Risk - Purchase Now |
| The computer industry expanded just as the "baby boomers" entered the workforce. How many enterprise systems are now critically dependent upon these Boomers to maintain those systems? If your organization is critically dependent, what can you do to ameliorate this risk? In this webinar, Dr. Tom Love will discuss the Boomer risk and explore the questions that need to be answered. (1hr 4min) | |
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Service Oriented Architecture |
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| SOA in Practice - Purchase Now |
| SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) is moving from hype to mainstream. In this webinar, Nicolai Josuttis will present some of the most important steps and traps involved in bringing SOA into production. This webinar, based on Nicolai's broad understanding of large and distributed systems, is interlaced with important insights based on his own professional experience. (1hr 20min) | |
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Software Estimation |
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| A Fool With A Tool: Improving Software Cost and Schedule Estimation - Purchase Now |
| Purchasing an estimation tool will not necessarily improve your results, yet many organizations see this as a "silver bullet." This webinar with Ian Brown will discuss some of the more typical challenges encountered in software estimation, the benefits and pitfalls of tool usage, and finally, strategies for improving software estimation within your own organization. (55min) |
| Adding Realism to Software Project Bidding - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Arlene Minkiewicz reviews the history of failed software development contracts. It provides compelling evidence of the importance of a credible estimation process for both the bidder and the evaluator and suggests strategies for dealing with situations when credible estimating is unrealistic. Finally, it recommends actions that all vendors and clients should employ when contracting development projects. (1hr 5min) |
| Deception and Estimation: How We Fool Ourselves - Purchase Now |
| Our estimates are best guesses, so we continually re-evaluate as we go, which is an agile approach. In many plan-driven development projects, people try to make the best estimates possible and use "scientific" approaches - all for naught. In this webinar, Linda Rising demonstrates how hard it is to see our poor estimating skills and describes how to avoid self-deception. (1hr 28min) |
| General Principles of Cost Estimation - Free View Until September 12, 2010! |
| This webinar with Dr. Brad Clark discusses approaches to estimation, from the simple to the complex, with examples. Brad also delves into the Achilles' heel of any estimation method: sizing the work to be done. By the end of the webinar, you will understand all of the challenges in creating a credible estimate. (1hr 31min) |
| General Principles of Cost Estimation in 2008 - Purchase Now |
| Estimating the number of people and the amount of time it will take to develop software is an integral piece of effective project planning. In this webinar, Dr. Brad Clark will discuss various approaches to estimation, from the simple to the complex. The presentation will cover sizing and the impact that speeding up a project has on staffing requirements. (1hr 17min) |
| We Need it By October: What's Your Estimate? - Purchase Now |
| How do we properly estimate in a world where tradition declares that the deadline is set before requirements are even known? In this webinar, Tim Lister will offer practical advice on dealing with this thorny issue. He will present strategies and tactics for project estimating and will describe his favorite estimating metric, the Estimating Quality Factor (EQF). (1hr 27min) |
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Software Quality |
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| Cost of Quality: What It Is and Why It Matters - Purchase Now |
| The Cost of Quality (CoQ) metric is a very effective way to measure the results realized by applying any or all of the various industry standards and best practices. In this webinar, Gary Gack will define Cost of Quality as it applies to software and IT organizations, provide industry benchmarks for reference, and suggest specific strategies and key tactical considerations for improvement. (1hr 12min) |
| Lean Six Sigma - Challenges and Conquests - Purchase Now |
| The use of Lean Six Sigma is pervasive (or is it?). LSS events bring structure, discipline, and rigor to problem solving (or do they?). The use of LSS has no bounds (or does it?). Are you schizophrenic yet? In this webinar Joe Schofield looks at the successes of LSS, while taking an introspective view at its limitations and deadliest sins. (1hr 27min) |
| Measuring Software Quality and Customer Satisfaction - Purchase Now |
| Software quality measurements and customer satisfaction measurements are found in more companies than any other form of measurement. This webinar by Capers Jones will discuss the kinds of measures and metrics utilized by leading software producers and will outline some of the problems associated with measuring software quality and satisfaction. (1hr 13min) |
| Root Cause Analysis: When and How to Make it Effective - Purchase Now |
| When done correctly, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) focused on defect prevention can significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization. In this webinar with Ed Weller, we will look at RCA as part of defect prevention and address why defects get into our work, how to identify the underlying causes of these defects, and how to create a process for doing cause-effect analysis. (1hr 13min) |
| Software Defect Removal - Purchase Now |
| There are some six kinds of review and inspection approaches in 2009. There are more than 20 kinds of testing methods for software projects. This webinar with Capers Jones presents a detailed technical analysis of the all known forms of software defect removal operation. It provides quantitative information on the effectiveness of each method. (1hr 26min) |
| Software Quality Principles: An Emerging Industry Consensus - Purchase Now |
| An on-going dialog among software industry thought leaders has resulted in a statement of software quality principles that is being widely endorsed. This webinar by Gary Gack will discuss each of the five principles as well as their implications for practitioners. He will provide industry benchmarks for reference, and suggest specific strategies and key tactical considerations for improvement. (55 min) | |
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Software Requirements |
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| Cosmic Truths About Software Requirements - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar by Dr. Karl Wiegers of Process Impact, you will hear several suggestions for practices that can help any team build a more effective customer-developer partnership. These cosmic truths will help your organization produce accurate, consistent, and unambiguous requirements. (1hr 29min) |
| Requirements Engineering is MAD - Purchase Now |
| There are two distinct processes within the discipline of Requirements Engineering: requirements management and requirements development. These two processes generally run in parallel, have quite different objectives and often an unclear interaction. Drawing upon his extensive experience using the CMMI framework, webinar presenter Dr. Simon Wright will describe these two processes, placing particular emphasis on the interrelationship between them. (1hr 24min) |
| Right-Sizing Requirements Elicitation: Balancing Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile - Purchase Now |
| Some advocates of Agile methods believe they have found the holy grail. Advocates of more traditional methods push back. Agile methods derive from Lean, and Lean has been effectively combined with Six Sigma. So how do all of these different ideas fit together? This webinar with Gary Gack examines the intersection of these perspectives as they relate to determining Requirements. (1 hr 37 min) |
| Software Requirements: 10 Traps to Avoid - Purchase Now |
| Successful software projects are built on a foundation of well-understood requirements. However, many development organizations get caught in traps that prevent them from effectively collecting, documenting, or managing their requirements. This webinar with Karl Wiegers describes 10 typical requirements traps that can sabotage your project along with suggestions for avoiding or escaping each trap. (1hr 45min) |
Success with Requirements - the art and science of requirements elicitation - Purchase Now
| Making smart choices about how to elicit requirements can make a big difference in the success of your project. This webinar, presented by requirements elicitation expert Ellen Gottesdiener, describes and evaluates various elicitation techniques to help you master the art and science of effective requirements elicitation. (1hr 31min) |
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| Best Practices Integration: Lean Six Sigma and the CMMI - Purchase Now |
| Many organizations are challenged with integrating and leveraging various industry standards, including Lean Six Sigma, PMBoK, ITIL, and CMMI. Our presenter, Gary Gack, brings a deep understanding of these best practices and in this webinar clearly explains connections and synergies between Lean Six Sigma and the CMMI. A case study that leveraged both LSS and the CMMI is presented. (1hr 29min) |
| Best Practices Integration: Lean Six Sigma and PMBoK - Purchase Now |
| Many organizations are facing the challenge of integrating and leveraging various industry standards and best practices, including Lean Six Sigma, PMI's PMBoK, ITIL, and SEI's CMMI. In this webinar, Gary Gack clearly explains connections and synergies between Lean Six Sigma and the PMBoK. Each of the PMBoK process groups will be reviewed and connections to Lean Six Sigma will be illustrated. (1hr 19min) |
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Testing |
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5 Testing Best Practices - Purchase Now
| In software testing, best practices include analytical risk-based testing strategies, clear test objectives, continuous test process improvement, trained and certified test teams, and intelligently distributed testing work. In this webinar, Rex Black will talk about what has worked for him and his clients over the past 25 years. (1hr 10min) |
| 5 Lessons in Performance Load and Reliability Testing - Purchase Now |
| Performance, load, and reliability testing are big investments, so make that investment count by applying smart, proven techniques. These tests are hard to design, hard to run, and essential in today's complex IT environments. In this webinar by Rex Black you'll learn five key do's and don't of performance, load, and reliability testing, all based on Rex's 20 years of experience. (1hr 31min) |
| Apply QA Testing in an Agile Development Methodology - Purchase Now |
| The growing popularity of utilizing the Agile Development methodology to develop systems has changed the way software is tested. In this webinar, Joe Burns will discuss the appropriate approaches, artifacts, and metrics for successfully delivering high quality products on time in an Agile methodology. Customer experiences and real world examples will be included. (41min) |
| Book Discussion: Foundations of Software Testing: ISTQB Certification - Purchase Now |
| Computer Aid University presents a book discussion on Foundations of Software Testing: ISTQB Certification by Rex Black, et al. This book provides valuable insights on testing, especially for people who want to pass the ISTQB Foundation Level Exam. In six chapters, it discusses basic concepts of software testing, how testing fits into software projects, the use of reviews and other static techniques, powerful black-box and white-box test design concepts, test management, and testing tools. For exam candidates, the book includes study aids, sample exam questions, a full-length practice examination, and tips on test certification. Rex and the other authors are seasoned test professionals and developers of the ISTQB Foundation syllabus itself. You can benefit from their 100+ years of software testing experience by reading this book, and by taking the Foundation training we offer. We will briefly discuss the book and how Rex Black's comprehensive training is uniquely suited to your needs. As a free gift, 1-month access to the first module of the Test Engineering Foundation course will be made available to those attendees that request it. (43min) |
| Exploring Test Driven Design: An Agile Development Methodology - Purchase Now |
| Test-Driven Design (TDD) is an agile development methodology which espouses that tests should be written before application code is actually produced (Test-First Design). In this webinar led by Stan Spotts, Chief Architect for CAI, you'll get to explore the concepts of TDD and see how it is implemented in Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System and built-in unit testing capabilities, while learning how the concepts will be valid in any development environment. (1hr 12min) |
| Making Risk Based Testing a Reality - Purchase Now |
| Risk-based testing focuses test efforts on the system areas where defects could do the most harm. But when risk assessment is done by the wrong people, the strategy fails. This webinar with Fiona Charles describes a process that has worked in many organizations for making risk-based testing a practical reality. (1hr 25min) |
| Practical QA Testing in a Configurable World - Purchase Now |
| In today's world there are many systems that are being configured to adapt to ever changing business conditions. The solutions include the use of SOA architecture and commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) software. In this webinar, Joe Burns will walk you through the appropriate techniques and approaches for testing these types of systems. A customer case study will be included. (55min) |
| Proactive Testing Puts Agile Test-Driven (and Other) Development on Steroids - Purchase Now |
| Agile eXtreme Programming (XP) test-driven development methods can speed delivery, cut costs and improve quality; but they often miss out on the far greater benefits possible through leveraging the Proactive Testing™ methodology. In this eye-opening webinar, Robin Goldsmith shows how practical low-overhead Proactive Testing techniques reveal many important test conditions that developers, users and even professional testers typically overlook. (1hr 27min) |
| Reducing the Costs of System Testing - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Nathan Petschenik surveys techniques for reducing system testing costs including: off-shoring, automation, system testing methodologies, using accountability studies to tune the performance of the system test team, and driving front-loaded quality on a project. In the end, Nathan's focus is on how to drive better, higher quality software into the system test phase. (1 hr 21 min) |
| Risk Driven Testing - Purchase Now |
| Software organizations that want to maximize the yield of software testing find that choosing the right testing strategy is hard, and that most testing managers are ill-prepared for this. This webinar with Jorge Boria is intended for software professionals who are responsible for defining the strategy and planning of the testing effort and for managing it through its life cycle. (1hr 28min) |
| Short-Cycle Development during Test: Case Study for a Legacy Enterprise IT System - Purchase Now |
| This webinar with Bob Stults presents a case study of enhancements to the health records system of the Veterans Administration. The enhancements were prototyped and validated using waterfall, and were improved during testing. By performing design-during-test, the project captured experience with user acceptance of functionality and at the same time captured technical integration of the new architecture with legacy. (1 hr 3min) |
| The International Software Testing Qualification Board Advanced Syllabus - Purchase Now |
| CThe International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) has already effected profound change in the software testing field, with almost 100,000 people having attained certification. In this webinar with Rex Black, President of the ISTQB, you will learn how the ISTQB Advanced syllabus can guide you, your testing colleagues, and your organization toward better testing, reduced risk, and higher quality. (1hr 9min) |
| Testing in the Enterprise Using Scrum - Purchase Now |
| One challenge of Scrum is how to guide testing efforts as project size and complexity increases. In this webinar Bob Galen shows how to face scaled testing challenges including: handling legacy and non-green field projects, managing distributed testing, integration testing of large-scale systems, coordinating with multiple product owners, and marrying traditional testing expectations with those of agile teams. (1hr 15min) |
| Using Measurement for System Testing Success - Purchase Now |
| In this webinar, Nathan Petschenik shares his experience and insights into the technical aspects of collecting and interpreting measurements for system test. In addition, he explains how system test leaders can and must use measurements to drive certain types of Software Process Improvement in order to impact the quality of the software that reaches the system test team. (1hr 6min) | |
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| Book Discussion: Pragmatic Software Testing - Purchase Now |
| With the help of real-world examples integrated throughout the chapters, you'll discover how to:Analyze the risks to system quality, Allocate your testing effort appropriately based on the level of risk,Choose the right testing strategies every time, Design tests based on system's expected behavior (black box) or internal structure (white box),Plan and perform integration testing (31min) |
| Capturing the Discretionary Energy of Today's Business and Systems Professional - Purchase Now |
| Today almost every group or team feels understaffed, or overloaded, or both! Actual or perceived, it is quite real, and a serious challenge for all leaders to face with the confusion/indecision brought by our current economy, global competition, and existing work habits or skill levels. Additional productivity without resource increase can be obtained, & actually is already there to be tapped in most locations. In this webinar, Richard Dooley will provide a framework of ideas, actions,& perspectives, to overcome, quickly, the negative possibilities of near term work outcomes, derived from the context many are in. And to arrange for a solid process to continue this huge step forward in desired results, regardless of industry or level of organization .Practical take-aways. Cultural, attitudinal suggestions for implementation and continued exploration by individuals engaged in this unusual webinar. The oft quoted "the task of Leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already" will set the opening tone. (1hr 1min) |
| Emergent Design: The Professional Nature of Professional Software Development - Purchase Now |
| What is design? When do we do it? Can we test design? How much design is too much? This webinar with Scott Bain addresses these questions by examining the essential nature of software development, and by offering a view of the essential principles, practices, and disciplines a team must know and apply to work efficiently in a changing world. (1hr 41min) |
| Incremental Value-Focused Optimization for Your Configuration Management Database - Purchase Now |
| Optimizing your configuration management database (CMDB) can be an expensive proposition. To maximize return on investment, CMDB optimization needs to planned and executed in an incremental and value-focused manner. This webinar by Ahmad K. Shuja presents the Incremental CMDB Optimization process, which will ensure that CMDB optimizations are carried out in a controlled and targeted manner. (46min) |
| Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals - Purchase Now |
| Delivering a presentation at work or at professional events is an opportunity to share your insights, convey important information, and gain a reputation as an expert in your field. In this webinar, Naomi Karten will examine the elements of polished presentations, with an emphasis on the content, preparation and delivery. (1hr 32min) |
| Software Architecture Visualization and Evaluation - Purchase Now |
| Have you had the need to quickly understand a software system that somebody else developed and changed? This webinar with Mikael Lindvall discusses a tool and process that can be used to address this problem. The Software Architecture Visualization and Evaluation (SAVE) tool automatically analyzes and builds a model of a software system that can be visualized from different perspectives. (1hr 6min) |
| The Decision Model: A Framework for Business Logic and Business-Driven SOA - Purchase Now |
| The relational model changed the way we think. It united the database field with a particular kind of science. The Decision Model, tested in practice, brings similar rigor to business logic, SOA, and BPM. In this webinar, Barbara von Halle and Larry Goldberg introduce its structure, principles, notation, connection to other models, and real-world case studies. (1hr 4min) |
| Using Twitter in the Enterprise - Purchase Now |
| The latest Web 2.0 concept is lightweight, single-purpose "micro-blog" tools, such as Twitter. But the most common reaction from IT organizations is: "What is Twitter? Why would anyone use it? What value could it have for our enterprise?" This webinar, presented by Ed Yourdon, will address questions like these, and illustrates the answers with case studies and real-world examples. (1hr 27min) |
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| Albany ITMPI Conference (05-20-2010) - Purchase Now |
| Enterprise Architecture (EA) represents a new way of thinking about and managing the enterprise, including its information technologies. EA is the key to being agile, adaptable, interoperable, integrated, lean, secure, responsive, efficient, and effective. In this presentation, Dr. Leon Kappelman will discuss what EA is, what the value of EA consists of, and how to build a successful EA practice within your own organization. (3hr 11min) |
| Chicago ITMPI Conference (04-29-2010) - Purchase Now |
| Failing to manage operational risks can lead to unhappy customers, loss of revenue, and possibly business failure. Nevertheless, a major source of operational risk - that stemming from information systems maintenance - is neither routinely assessed nor actively managed. In this presentation, Bob Charette explains why organizations need to make managing maintenance risk a priority. (4hr 9min) |
| Detroit ITMPI Conference (04-20-2010) - Purchase Now |
| In this presentation by Jim Ryan, an automated approach to data collection is outlined that can address classic metrics challenges, at both a technological and a cultural level, while at the same time institutionalizing standard processes throughout an organization so that the data we wind up with can be analyzed in a meaningful and consistent manner. (3hr 51min) |
| Detroit ITMPI Conference (04-30-2009) - Purchase Now |
| IT and the World Wide Manufacturing Revolution/Bob Lawhorn - 1 PDU Credit; Moving Beyond SEI Level 1/Ed Yourdon - 1 PDU Credit; What Gets Measured, Gets Done/Larry Dribin - 1 PDU Credit; Sizing, Cost, Schedule and Risk for Software: A 10 Step Process/Dan Galorath - 1 PDU Credit; Transforming IT Management to Achieve Dramatic Business Success/Bob Lawhorn - 1 PDU Credit (6hr 9min) |
| Ft. Lauderdale ITMPI Conference - Purchase Now |
| Do's and Dont's of Software Process Improvement/Pat O'Toole - 1 PDU Credit; Measurement, Metrics, and Innovation/Capers Jones - 1 PDU Credit; Using Students to Predict Future Trends in Technology/ Dr. M. Lewis Temares - 1 PDU Credit; The Politics of Software Metrics/Ed Yourdon - 1 PDU Credit; Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success/Bob Lawhorn - 1 PDU Credit (3 hr 32min) |
| Houston ITMPI Conference 6-09-2009 - Purchase Now |
In this webinar, John Keith, the former CIO of Unilever North America IT, Bob Lawhorn, CTO of CAI, and Dr. Robert Charette, President of the ITABHI Corporation, will outline a holistic approach to application support that focuses on:
- Visibility into expended effort
- Measurement of structured processes
- Optimization through the delivery of quality services
Attendees will learn how to reduce IT spend by up to 30% without cutting corners on quality, uptime, or business driven enhancements. (2hr 31min) |
| NYC ITMPI Conference 6-11-2009 - Purchase Now |
In this webinar, John Keith, the former CIO of Unilever North America IT, and Tom Salvaggio, General Manager for CAI, will outline a holistic approach to application support that focuses on:
- Visibility into expended effort
- Measurement of structured processes
- Optimization through the delivery of quality services
Attendees will learn how to reduce IT spend by up to 30% without cutting corners on quality, uptime, or business driven enhancements. (2hr 58min) |
| Philadelphia ITMPI Conference 05-19-2009 - Purchase Now |
| Math Free Risk Management/Carl Pritchard - 1 PDU Credit; IT Management Starts with Visibility/Bob Lawhorn - 1 PDU Credit (2hr 59min) |
| Tampa ITMPI Conference 05-14-2009 - Purchase Now |
| Do's and Dont's of Software Process Improvement/Pat O'Toole - 1 PDU Credit; Measurement, Metrics, and Innovation/Capers Jones - 1 PDU Credit; Winning for All the Right Reasons: Leadership Makes the Difference./ Dr. M. Lewis Temares - 1 PDU Credit; 10 Habits of Highly Effective Measurement Programs/Ian Brown - 1 PDU Credit; Transforming IT Management to Achieve Dramatic Business Success/Bob Lawhorn - 1 PDU Credit (6hr 32min) |
| Tampa ITMPI Conference 02-23-2010 - Purchase Now |
| Success in software project development can be achieved by better requirements definition and through the use of an improved estimation model. In this presentation, David Garmus will identify estimation techniques that will enable better expectations on the perceived success of delivering a project on-time and within budget. He will review some proven quality assurance techniques that should be planned by project teams throughout the life cycle, including prototyping, peer reviews and inspections to ensure project development success. (4hr 5min) |
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| El Segundo ITMPI Conference (03-30-2010) - Purchase Now |
| For 30 years, manufacturing companies have gone through a revolutionary journey that has resulted in dramatically higher productivity, lower costs, and improved quality. In this presentation, Jim Ryan will examine this journey and will draws parallels between the manufacturing revolution and current trends in information technology. (2hr 18min) |
| Philadelphia ITMPI Conference (10-20-2009) - Purchase Now |
| Keeping Software Projects From Failing/Bob Charette - 1 PDU Code; Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance/Bob Lawhorn - 1 PDU Code (2hr 59min) |
| Philadelphia ITMPI Conference (03-25-2010) - Purchase Now |
| Many IT professionals and managers believe that testing is a "defensive," unavoidable and unpleasant activity that chews up time and resources at the end of a systems development effort, often pushing a project past its deadline (and over its budget) as bug after bug continues to be found. But as Ed Yourdon explains in this presentation, world-class IT shops recognize that testing can be a proactive strategy for preventing bugs from creeping into the system in the first place, and for improving the development process so that the next project will run even more smoothly. (2hr 49min) |
| Philadelphia ITMPI Conference (04-15-2010) - Purchase Now |
| So you have now vetted out certain promising opportunities in China and have had encouraging meetings with potential Chinese partners. What's next? Super Lawyer© Stephen W. Ching, Jr., Esquire, a partner and head of the China Practice Group at the 100-year old Philadelphia Law Firm of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, helps navigate the daunting legal and non-legal maze in China needed to help realize such opportunities in China, to help best monetize those opportunities, and to help develop a long-term relationship with your Chinese partners. As he has done for bar associations and world trade organizations in the US, Mr. Ching provides a primer on how to select the most suitable entity for doing business in China. Having worked closely, as both counsel and entrepreneur, with leading US multinational corporations doing business in China, including on national Chinese Government contracts, as well as with leading Chinese Government entities and corporations, Mr. Ching shares invaluable experience and perspective on what it takes legally and non-legally to develop a long-term relationship between Chinese and non-Chinese partners. A seasoned international litigator and "Philadelphia Lawyer", who has represented both Chinese and US companies in litigation, and who has been interviewed by the Washington Post and FOX News with regard to defective and counterfeit Chinese goods, Mr. Ching also provides insights on what not to do in China and on avoiding certain pitfalls which commonly plague US companies doing business in China. (2hr 31min) |
| Princeton ITMPI Conference - Purchase Now |
| Keeping Software Projects From Failing/Bob Charette - 1 PDU Code; Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance/Bob Lawhorn - 1 PDU Code; I'm Late, For a Very Important Date/David Herron - 1 PDU Code (2 hr 49min) |
| San Antonio ITMPI Conference (3-18-2010)- Purchase Now |
| Failing to manage operational risks can lead to unhappy customers, loss of revenue, and possibly business failure. Nevertheless, a major source of operational risk - that stemming from information systems maintenance - is neither routinely assessed nor actively managed. In this presentation, Bob Charette explains why organizations need to make managing maintenance risk a priority. (2hr 18min) |
| Trenton ITMPI Conference (05-04-2010) - Purchase Now |
| For decades, we've known that maintenance consumes approximately 70% of the typical enterprise software budget; and we also know that maintenance has a reputation for being the most boring, undesirable assignment that a programmer could ever get. Indeed, it's no surprise that we refer to people in our industry as "software developers," and only rarely as "software maintainers." Does this mean we are doomed to tolerate an industry of miserable professionals, doing as little as possible to fulfill the demands of a job they hate? Based on his 45 years of experience in the field (which included a lot of maintenance work!), Ed Yourdon will help CIO's and senior IT executives (as well as project managers) transform software maintenance into an activity that has the respect, satisfaction, and excitement it deserves. And he'll offer practical advice for staffing an IT organization so that it can most effectively carry out an enterprise mission that is most likely to devote the majority of its resources to software maintenance. (2hr 37min) |
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| Tysons Corner ITMPI Conference (10-27-2009) - Purchase Now |
| IT and the World Wide Manufacturing Revolution/Jim Ryan - 1 PDU Credit; Managing New and Legacy Software/Dan Galorath-1 PDU Credit; Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success/Bob Lawhorn-1 PDU Credit (2hr 33min) |
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