Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Project® 2007
By Mandy Dietz

Everyone who has built a project plan understands that it is only a snapshot of what we hope will happen.  Once “real life” intercedes, we see that the project plan is a spider’s web of interrelated activities.  An unexpected delay doesn’t just affect one line in a Gantt chart; it can disrupt several other activities.  Managing the Gantt chart or task list becomes a time-consuming task in itself.

Enter Dynamic Scheduling.  By properly leveraging the capabilities of Microsoft Project®, you to can more effectively manage your project schedule and adjusts your as events unfold.  Learn how to:

• Distinguish between rigid and dynamic scheduling
• Build task relationships using dependency types, lead and lag
• Use a dynamic schedule to proactively manage the project

Format:  On-Demand Course
Cost:  $39.00
PDU:  1  - PMI Approved Provider   

Project Metrics
Delivering Excellence in Execution and Strategic Results
By Elizabeth Copley, PMP

Metrics are the lifeblood of project management and control.  They provide vital information for the project manager to evaluate progress and take corrective action, when necessary.

Too often, however, project metrics are based solely on intended outcomes (e.g. total budget, completion date).  These lag measures do not provide the project manager with sufficient “in process” feedback to make an informed decision.  This interactive webinar will demonstrate how you can identify and define upstream measures that will reveal the true health of a project in progress.  Learn how to:

• Select the best measures to monitor project health
• How to best collect and analyze project metrics
• Concisely and accurately communicate project progress

Format:  On-Demand Course
Cost:  $49.00
PDU:  1  - PMI Approved Provider  

Strategic Requirements Alignment
How to Use Enterprise Analysis to Select Mission-Critical Projects
By Mandy Dietz

How often have you read of a company that touted the successful implementation of new processes or technology one year and then struggled to achieve business results the next?  Unfortunately, technical perfection and strategic impact are not always aligned.

Strategic Requirements Alignment will show you how you can adapt strategic planning tools (Strategy Map, Balanced Scorecard) to enable strategic project selection and scoping.  These tools help you transcend functional silos or individual applications and translate enterprise business needs into effective requirements.  Learn how to:

• Use strategy map to identify and evaluate linkage of the enterprise strategic objectives
• Evaluate Balanced Scorecard metric performance to identify and prioritize enterprise-level opportunities
• Use strategic tools to develop framework and goal-level requirements for prioritized projects

Format:  On-Demand Course
Cost:  $49.00
PDU:  1  - PMI Approved Provider

Strategic Project Traceability      
Driving and Achieving the Desired ROI
By Mandy Dietz

Solid project execution is not enough.  In a world of shrinking budgets and constrained budgets, project and program managers are under more pressure than ever to deliver strategic, bottom-line results from each investment.  Strategic Project Traceability will show you tools and techniques to prioritize project objectives, focus resources on the highest value projects and track the strategic contribution of each project.  Learn how to: 

• Align project objectives, deliverables and metrics with strategic priorities
• Quantify expected and actual outcomes

Process Management for Project Managers
 by Alice Wilken

A must see for project managers leading process improvement projects - which most projects should be!!!  This course will provide you with the fundamental understanding of process analysis, improvement and management tools to arm for success in leading these types of projects.    

• Compare business process management and project management fundamentals
• Identify process imrovement project problems and success factors
• Utilize a System Map to understand the business environment
• Select appropriate improvement methodology and objectives
• Recognize the potential impact of process design principles on a project