I recently had the pleasure of doing a webinar with Rune Christensen from Scaled Agile, on the topic of Lean Portfolio Management and Metrics. Lean Portfolio Management is rapidly becoming one of those terms people want to talk about, up there with Value Stream Management. In my world, everyone seems to want to talk about metrics.
Getting PMI Agile PDUs Early
Let's say you're interested in the upcoming Agile Project Professional (APP) certification from PMI. You look to see the eligibility requirements and notice you'll need 21 hours of Agile Project Management Training. If you're determined to get the PMI APP and looking to do this on the cheap, start watching webinars now. I can guarantee there will be a lot of training opportunities in the near future. Check out a future location to find upcoming Agile PDUs. Once it is fully rolled out, it should be an excellent resource to find PDUs to meet your PMI needs.
So back to the intent of getting the training. After I read (and recently reread) Dan Pink’s book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Regardless, information is information and I want to do what I can to help people discover it.
One of the approaches I really enjoy using is Kanban. Today I stumbled upon a free Kanban webinar. Though you do have to enter some contact information, it's free. You have the option of downloading it or viewing a playback. So, regardless if you're looking to bank those PMI Agile PDUs or not, enjoy 1 free hour of training. By the way, I am in no way affiliated with the provider. I just like free webinars.
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AgileLIVE Webinar Series
Not seeing the productivity gains you expected? Are you and your stakeholders losing confidence in your team's ability to deliver? Are you sure you are measuring the right things? VersionOne and their Moving Agile into the Mainstream webinar series provides proven techniques to help you and your team with the tough issues facing agile managers, scrum masters and product owners. Fifty-minute sessions feature case studies from teams that have succeeded in using agile methods to efficiently create better software.
Today, I saw "The Hybid PMO" by Sanjiv Augustine and Roland Cuellar of LitheSpeed
Even when agile methods succeed unequivocally at the team level, middle-management still faces two major, continuing challenges: managing a hybrid portfolio of agile and non-agile teams, and reporting progress upwards to the executive boardroom. How can PMOs bridge the gap between executive management weaned on plan-driven methods and predictability, and teams operating with agility in the face of uncertainty? How can they create a consistent reporting framework applicable to both agile and non-agile teams and communicate all-around progress effectively?
Sanjiv and Roland shared principles and techniques for the Hybrid PMO, and discussed some of the crucial management steps in establishing such a group, based upon their decade of experience in helping firms adopt agile at enterprise scale.
It doesn't matter if you want to learn from leading Agile pundits or just looking to get a few PMI PDUs. This webinar was very enjoyable. VersionOne will be uploading the webinar in a day or tow for those who were unable to join the live presentation. All of this was FREE!
So, head on over to VersionOne and check out the other webinars from the series, from the likes of Dr. Alistair Cockburn, Bryan Stallings and Valerie Morris - SolutionsIQ, and Michael Spayd - Collective Edge Consulting
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