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September, 2012 | ||||
| 3rd Sep | Securing Educational Facilit...y on Campus A Balanced Approach | Cambridge, MA | [Register] | |
| 17th Sep | Homeland Security - Protecti...Nations Critical Infrastructure | Cambridge, MA | [Register] | |
| 24th Sep | Technical Surveillance CounterMeasures | Cambridge, MA | [Register] | |
| 24th Sep | Case Management Report Writing | Cambridge, MA | [Register] | |
November, 2012 | ||||
| 27th Nov | Organizational Analysis and Design | Boston, MA | [Register] | |
From Calyptus Consulting Group
Supplier Evaluation and Selection

This workshop, which spans two consecutive days, addresses the process of setting effective evaluation criteria to select the best suppliers and the methods of selecting suppliers using a cross-functional approach
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Supplier Evaluation and Selection
E-Com Sourcing

In this 1-day program, participants will learn the basic concepts of e-business; how to assess different e-business offerings; apply e-business initiatives to improve supply chain management; and learn to develop an e-business strategy. We will discuss how e-business initiatives can achieve both the buyer s and seller s objectives. The benefits in terms of hard and soft cost savings will be
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Vendor Selection

How do you know which vendor is really the right one for the job? This 1-day course reviews savvy sourcing principles that will help you make sure the vendor you select has the capabilities and desire to perform. Learn how to use industry data to prepare questions for potential vendors and to identify strengths and weaknesses of specific vendors. This course examines the correlation between your
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From Bold New Directions
Resilience At Work




Resilience At Work is an experiential training program that enables participants to master the competencies of professional resilience, even during times of tremendous external change.
Participants learn to assess their own individual resilience by looking at the components that support or detract from resilience using the SUPPORT model.
Working from a platform of resilience,
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Resilience At Work
Negotiating Success




...nge & Alternatives to best results
- Provides a 5 phase approach for extra-ordinary outcomes
- Reworks ability to deal with and diffuse conflict
- Ignites passion for inspiring others to work toward win-win
Who Should Attend?
- Leaders
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Negotiators at all levels
- Service Providers
Workshop Materials:
Every participant receives a
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Management Essentials
Management Essentials is a practical management training seminar that teaches new and developing managers essential skills required by their role. The focus is on day to day skills that managers need to motivate staff, delegate tasks, supervise teams. Participants in this workshop will appreciate a blended approach to learning that includes instruction, examples, group discussion and more.
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From Management Training Institute
Coaching Skills For Managers




...ow of communication
a Models a collaborative leadership approach
a Creates methods for visioning the future
a Opens pathways for greater effectiveness
a Inspires others to contribute more fully
a Develops a more positive team culture
a Deepens satisfaction through living values
Who Should Attend
a Senior Executives & Managers
a Middle Managers & Supervisors
a Everyone
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Negotiating Success For Managers




... the positive relationships they create with this win-win approach to negotiating are just one of the great outcomes.
Negotiating Success For Managers is based on the three pillars of Mutuality, Proactivity and R. E. S. P. E. C. T. Mutuality encourages negotiators on both sides to look for common ground and a relationship based win-win attitude. Proactivity ensures that negotiators lead the
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From Hands On Technology Transfer, Inc.
XML Programming


...Markup Language (XML) provides a standard, document-based approach to handling, transforming, storing and querying structured data. XML is widely accepted as a file and message format because it preserves the structure of application data in a language-independent way. Standard tools make it possible to merge content from distributed systems with relative ease. XML is a fundamental building
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From Linkage, Inc.
Linkages Change Master Certification Program

This Certification program teaches you to implement Linkagea s Agenda for Change, a toolsbased approach that unifies groups, creates excitement, and is aimed at flawless implementation.
This approach will successfully integrate with current change initiatives that your organization may be undertaking including Lean and Six Sigma. After completion of this program, you
will be certified to
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Organizational Analysis and Design


The design of an organization can impact everything, from proper work flow to ultimate success at the bottom line. Participants in this program will learn the dynamics, processes, and challenges inherent in analyzing and designing an organization to achieve business results. Explore a systematic approach for guiding an organizational design effort from problem identification, to design
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High Impact Relationships Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence


The ability to build trusting relationships distinguishes those who flourish from those who falter. This program enables leaders to build the emotional intelligence skills they need to create trusting and productive relationships for greater results. Using an experiential learning approach, adopted from Dr. Scott's work at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, you practice leading-edge
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Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Systems


When it comes to developing the leaders within your organization, the stakes are high and the potential payoff is enormous. Through our hands-on approach, learn how to design and implement the critical elements of a leadership development system that integrates career planning, fast track development programs for high potentials and succession management.
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Maximizing Your Influence Designed for Women Leaders
Although leadership doesna t come in a male/ female version, women bring specific strengths and face a unique set of challenges in leadership positions. After determining your influence styles, strengths, and developmental opportunities, this program will explore differences in gender communication, ways to make your voice heard, and how to adapt your approach without surrendering your
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The Od Lab for Experienced Practitioners
Offered in exclusive partnership with Geoff Bellman
Influence and credibility are essential for the experienced consultant striving to make a strategic organizational impact. In this collaborative learning environment, you will share best practices and discuss real business cases to analyze the effectiveness of your own approach. You will also gain practical insights, based on the work of Geoff
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Succession-Are you Ready
...ge CEO, Phil Harkins, to learn a metrics-driven system to approach performance and talent management. Set up a natural succession-progression-development system for your organization and return prepared for immediate implementation.
The second half of the program will be led by Marshall Goldsmith, one of a select few executive advisors who has worked with over 100 CEOs and their management
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Designing and Implementing Succession Management Systems
Do you have a handle on the depth of your organizationa s current talent pool? In todaya s business environment, companies must examine future leadership requirements, assess current capabilities, and determine the steps necessary to close identified gaps. Through this hands-on program, learn about critical decision points and a step-by-step approach to designing and implementing an effective
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From Bpminstitute.org
Business Rules Driven Requirements




This tutorial provides a powerful way to enhance existing models-based Business Requirements methods a adding a new model called the Decision Model to the catalog of business requirements. This significantly improves requirements in classic waterfall, unified method projects, and Agile Methods. The course is deliberately integrated with and references the BPMInstitute. org course that focuses on
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Modernizing Requirements Gathering Reshaping the Approach to Business Analysis




...approach to requirements analysis and engineering is limited in its value as organizations attempt to address demands for increased innovation, rapid product and service rollout, outsourcing and new technology enablers such as BPMS, business rules engines and SOA.
Additionally, the agile development movement and IT-centric methods for analyzing and designing software solutions don't
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Business Architecture IT Architecture Alignment Cross-Disciplinary Alignment Strategies for Business IT




...hitecture. Business and IT can then craft a collaborative approach for keeping business and IT synchronized through various business / IT transformations.
This training course provides attendees with the ability to map out formal blueprints of their business and IT architectures and use these blueprints to drive strategy, solution oriented roadmaps, funding and project deployments.
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Building a Business Architecture using Value Chains Value Streams




...e Using Value Chains and Value Streams class describes an approach and method for building an architecture of the business. It explains how to build and integrate your customer centric cross-functional processes, sometimes called value streams or capabilities, with the IT architectures and the value chains found in the corporate strategy. It formally captures your intellectual capital in an a
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Understanding Cloud Computing and Its Value Proposition in BPM




Enterprises large and small are drawn by the advantages of Cloud Computing a e. g. pay-for-use, self-service, elastic scalability and the elimination of hardware management a resulting in very low barriers to technology bentry and exit and high agility. Significant innovations in virtualization, and distributed computing, as well as improved access to high-speed Internet and a weak economy,
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SOA for Architects




...s muddied the waters, as many have adopted an incremental approach to SOA via Web services, without first thinking through the larger architectural issues. This course sets the context for describing an SOA from an architectural perspective, coming to grips with the reality of this emerging technology, and providing a detailed understanding of the elements that comprise SOA, as well as
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Service Oriented Integration SOI Standards Technologies and Best Practices




...iciently build and integrate applications using a unified approach, unified architecture and - where feasible a a single platform for application development and integration.
Service Oriented Architectures promise to improve every aspect of integration. Seamless B2B interactions, allowing companies to establish new business relationships and processes without the tedious grunt work that is
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SOA 101 The Foundation for Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a hosted service over the Internet i. e. the cloud. To take advantage of these services, organizations need to understand Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Recent tactical success in the utilization of Web services and the value proposition of Cloud Computing has brought
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Using BPM Discipline with Six Sigma Lean Methodologies




...nesses need to evolve from a bottoms-up Six Sigma (DMAIC) approach, to a strategic framework that will set the foundation for growth, accountability, and performance management.
We teach you apply Business Process Management to build the framework that creates strategic alignment. We help you to identify metrics for the business processes that are aligned with business goals. Then your
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Map Analyze Improve Your Process A Learning Lab




...the business requirements.
A Structured Collaborative Approach Produces Focus and Results
If you are wondering how to focus your BPM efforts this course is for you. Process modeling can take 6 months and the analysis another 6 months after that. But it doesna t have to. This course demonstrates a structured approach that gets results faster and more effectively. You will learn
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BPM 101 Introduction to Business Process Management




BPMInstitute. org defines Business Process Management (BPM) as the deliberative, collaborative, and increasingly technology-aided definition, improvement and management of a firma s end-to-end enterprise business processes in order to achieve three outcomes crucial to a performance-based, customer-driven firm: 1) clarity on strategic direction, 2) alignment of the firma s resources,
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Managing Process Change Improvement through Transformation




...ge business process change? Is there a one-size fits all approach or do you need a set of tools? What is a best-practice approach to managing process change today? From Improvement to Reengineering, this course will cover the major methodologies used to implement process transformation and examine the challenges, benefits and risks of each approach. A strategic framework for planning process
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From MIS Training Institute
Preparing for the CISA Examination

In this seminar you will focus exclusively on the essential areas covered in the CISA ® exam. You will cover the CISA content areas you need to know for the exam, including IS audit process, IT governance, systems and infrastructure life-cycle management, IT service delivery and support, information asset protection, and business continuity and disaster recovery. Following each section, you
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Planning Scoping and Executing Integrated Audits

...our integrated audits. Focusing on a top-down, risk-based approach to auditing application system transactions, you will master application systems audit and testing techniques that can be applied to integrated audits. You will cover the key risks addressed during an integrated audit, including application controls, user access, separation of duties, change management, and business continuity
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Using Risk Assessment to Build Individual Audit Programs

...trol-based risk assessment and a new, business risk-based approach that addresses management's concerns at the individual audit level. This progressive risk-based approach will demonstrate how assurance and consultative auditing can be performed simultaneously to maximize your audit resources and generate high-impact outcomes.
You will learn how to recognize primary risks critical to any
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IT Audit School

This four-day course is designed for financial, operational, business, and IT auditors who need to update their technical and operational knowledge to audit information technologies and business application systems. You will cover the concepts of information technology as they relate to key risks in the IT environment, and explore such IT areas as operating systems, database management systems,
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Internal Audit University

...nal auditing techniques and learn how to use a risk-based approach to enhance your audits of the Purchasing, Marketing, Human Resources, Information Technology (IT), Management, Finance/ Treasury, and Accounting functions.
You will explore the objectives of major business operation areas and learn how to identify the key risks threatening them. You will find out how to make your audits more
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Auditing Business Application Systems

...business applications. Focusing on a top-down, risk-based approach to auditing application system transactions, you will master techniques that can be applied to all types of applications from batch to on-line to real-time systems. You will learn how to assess key risks and controls in each stage of the application processing cycle and how to prioritize your audit approach to achieve optimal
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From Springfield Technical Community College
Essentials for Cisco CCENTCCNA Certification




...xam. Student's have the option of taking Cisco's two-exam approach (640-822 & 640-816) , earning Cisco's CCENT certification when they pass the 640-822 exam. This course is combination of instructor-led lectures and hands-on labs completed at home or work. The topics covered include: Switching, VLANs, Routing, WAN fundamentals, IPv4, IPv6, NAT technology, Wireless fundamentals and VPNs.
This
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From Innovara, Inc
Marketing Plan In Action Open Seminar (Thailand)
...Approach to Pharmaceutical Marketing Planning
Innovara Thailand will hold an open seminar on Marketing Plan In Action (MPIA) in Bangkok on Nov 22-24, 2011.
The aim of this 3-day MPIA program is to enable your marketing staff to develop a highly effective marketing plan for their healthcare/ pharmaceutical brand.
MPIA takes the participants through critical elements of marketing
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From Research Rockstar
Igniting Employee Passion Through Deep Customer Insights

In this presentation, three cool research project designs are presented. All of which yield deep customer insights. Perfect for groups seeking a fresh approach to employee motivation.
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From Corporate Education Group
How to Purchase Services
...yed by service industries selling to you, the traditional approaches to purchasing tangible items just don't work. The purchasing of services approach is uniquely different, at least if you expect to negotiate the best contract, reduce and control costs, maximize and insure the quality of purchased services, and scrutinize supplier performance.
This workshop is a breakthrough in the
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PRINCE2 Overview
...ccess.
PRINCE2 offers a common sense, realistic approach to the managing of projects of all sizes. It is a process-based methodology that highlights how eight particular Components, when understood and effectively addressed, can additionally reduce risks in all types of projects. While PRINCE2 is based in the same ground as the PMBOK®, it spotlights a number of areas to
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Introduction to Business Process Management for Business Analysts
This one day seminar is designed to introduce BPM fundamentals to Business Analysts. It will also qualify towards the BUCEC BPM certification. It provides an overview and discussion of the principles, concepts, trends and techniques required to transform your business and analysis activities from a traditional, functional approach to a process-centric one. The class provides a survey of the
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From Vantage Corporate Education
Difficult Conversations - Communicating for Results
...either take no action and avoid the conversation, or they approach the conversation ineffectively. Both options lead to negative results:
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Weakened relationships
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Damaged team morale
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Damaged credibility
Given the bottom-line impacts, addressing this challenge is crucial to the health of a business. Communicating for Results gives participants a
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Influencing for Results
... dismissive of the other partya s concerns, with an approach that focuses on joint problem-solving, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and creates a meaningful and attractive role for all involved. This approach increases the chances that goals are achieved and projects completed while enabling strong working partnerships and collaboration.
Results
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Greater ability
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Negotiating for Results
...es and expand the amount of value available overall. This approach empowers participants and enables the kind of cooperation that produces measurable business results.
Results
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Increased margins
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Improved closing rates
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Larger deals
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Implementation-focused agreements that are designed for success
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Improved relationships with
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From Corporate Education Group
Project Management for Everyone A non-technical approach
Increased productivity, reduced stress, greater confidence; these are some of the benefits of gaining control of your projects and your project team. This two day course provides practical skills which enable you to better manage all aspects of your projects and increase your team s performance by utilizing effective communication skills.
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Architecting a Process-Centric Organization
...evelop your processes. The course describes a systematic approach for identifying and managing stakeholder interests and performance gaps, and for prioritizing projects and resource allocation. It also covers the building of human and technology enabling plans to assure optimal alignment and maximum ROI from your business process change initiatives. This course is built on lessons learned
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Introduction to Business Process Management for Project Managers
This one day seminar is designed to introduce BPM fundamentals to Project Managers. It will also qualify towards the BUCEC BPM certification. It provides an overview and discussion of the principles, concepts, trends and techniques required to transform your business and analysis activities from a traditional, functional approach to a process-centric one. The class provides a survey of the various
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Introduction to Business Process Modeling Analysis and Design
This course provides an introduction to the skills and techniques required to design new processes or to redesign and improve existing processes. This course focuses on identifying opportunities for process improvement and presents the process analysis, modeling and design techniques and tools required to improve performance. Participants will learn to scope processes and to model organizations,
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Project Procurement Management
This course provides students a detailed view of the processes used to acquire resources, to complete projects, and to ensure fulfillment of requirements. Students are introduced to the procurement acquisition and contract processes of project management, and to the details on contract administration. A systematic approach will aid students in developing an in-depth understanding of procurement
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Securing Networks with PIX and ASA (SNPA) v4.0
...d, lab-intensive course. The course takes a task-oriented approach to teaching the skills to configure, operate, and manage Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliances and Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances.
Prerequisites:
Students who attend this advanced course must have experience in configuring Cisco IOS software and have met the following prerequisites: - Certification as
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Project Risk Management
...approach to managing risk. To remain competitive, project managers cannot afford to set up contingencies or control measures for every conceivable risk. Rather, they must determine proportionate expenditure to managing risk. This course introduces learners to widely accepted risk assessment, management, and control practices using tools and techniques. This course is 100% compliant with the
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Strategic Decision-Making and Problem-Solving for Leaders
...ions. Should we introduce a new product? What development approach should we take? I have three projects and one budget. How can I determine which project to fund that will have the highest value? These are strategic decisions that potentially affect the future of an entire company. This course will show you how to improve your decision making capabilities through innovative processes and
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Bridging the Gap between the PMBOK 2nd edition (2000) and the 3rd edition (2004)
A one day ?BRIDGE? course is intended to allow students who have been preparing for the PMP exam based on the 2000 edition of the PMBOK (this is currently called the 2004 exam ? the new exam is referred to as the 2005 exam) to realign their preparation to the 2005 exam. Strategically, the course bridges the PMBOK version gap. Tactically, the course is designed to utilize a positive transfer of
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Cisco Voice Over IP (CVOICE)
...eir everyday tasks. Since no two networks are alike, this approach enables a student to apply the knowledge gained in this course to their specific needs.
Course Objectives:
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
Identify the components, processes, and features of traditional telephony networks that provide end-to-end call functionality
Describe two methods
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GIS Project Development and Process
...ic steps. This course introduces students to a structured approach to GIS project development from conceptualization to final results. Special attention is paid to the planning and organization process and the course highlights specific issues that may be faced at each stage. During the final day of the course students utilize what they have learned to complete an individual GIS analysis
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Principles of Business Process Management
This course is the foundation for all courses in the Business Process Management curriculum and is required for BUCEC BPM certification. It provides an overview and discussion of the principles, concepts and techniques required to transform your business from a traditional, functional organization to a process-centric organization. The course introduces a systematic approach for the day-to day
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Analysis and Design of Business Processes
This course provides practitioners and business analysts with an introduction to the skills and techniques required to design new processes or to redesign and improve existing processes. It is a required course for certification as a BUCEC BPM Professional. This course focuses on identifying opportunities for process improvement and presents the process analysis, modeling and design techniques
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Architecting, Designing and Managing a Process-Centric Organization
...evelop your processes. The course describes a systematic approach for identifying and managing stakeholder interests and performance gaps, and for prioritizing projects and resource allocation. It also covers the building of human and technology enabling plans to assure optimal alignment and maximum ROI from your business process change initiatives. This course is built on lessons learned
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Object and Data Modeling Workshop
...h technique during the course of a project. We find this approach greatly enhances your ability to apply what they ve learned in the workplace.
Integration with use cases: We teach you exactly how to integrate these modeling techniques with use case analysis. Learn at what steps during use case analysis to create models and how the models fit into use case documentation.
Mapping to the
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PRINCE2 Foundation
...ut with a common thread -- the projects lack a structured approach to project management.
PRINCE2 offers a structured approach for effective project management and successful project outcomes. It offers regular reviews of progress against the plan and business case, flexible decision points, automatic control of deviations from the plan, and management stages for more accurate planning.
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Introduction to Programming
...sorting data. ? Describe XML.
Module 8: Programming Approaches
This module introduces common programming methodologies and compares procedural programming to object-oriented programming. Students will learn the advantages afforded by object-oriented programming techniques. They will also learn how classes of objects can be defined.
Lessons
? Using the Procedural Programming Approach
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Iterative Development and the Business Analyst
...anagers need to be familiar with the fundamentals of this approach and their roles in producing key deliverables, managing risk and estimating resources for an iterative project.
This course covers everything the Business Analyst needs to know to work effectively within a team employing iterative development as a project management methodology. Working in small groups, you will step through
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Gateway Leadership Certificate Program
...e successful depends on its ability to analyze, design an approach and manage the change in the best interest of the enterprise?s business model and strategy. Leaders have responsibility to attend to the organizational, team and personal requirements and challenges related to the evolving environment.
This module provides a model for the change process, tools for assessing individual and
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Peer Mentoring A practical approach to knowledge transfer
Peer Mentoring teaches people how to transfer knowledge and deliver on-the-job training. Originally developed for engineers at Microsoft, Peer Mentoring has evolved over the last ten years to help thousands of individuals and teams cross-train, navigate transitions, and get new staff up to speed quickly and efficiently. The course is a fast paced, one-day program that uses plain language and
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Preparing for the PMP Exam
...e or self-study program; and wants a compressed, targeted approach toward preparing for the PMP Certification Exam.
What you will achieve
A clear understanding of the PMP Certification Exam registration requirements, and the process for registration
An orientation to the concepts and format of the PMP Certification Exam, including a review of question breakdown by process group
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Project Management Fast Track
...rse instructors project management experiences. The dual approach provides the student learner with real examples of the theory of PMI. There are numerous discussion topics throughout, along with exercises to reinforce what participants have learned in the classroom, which translates into opportunities for incorporation of improved practices into your current projects. Quizzes, also called
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Project Procurement & Contract Management
This course provides students a detailed view of the project procurement and contract management processes. Students are introduced to the procurement solicitation, and contract processes of project management. A systematic approach will aid students in developing an in-depth understanding of procurement and contracting issues from the standpoints of both the buyer and seller of products and
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Gathering and Documenting User Requirements with Use Cases
...hering and documenting requirements based on the Use Case approach. You will facilitate requirements-gathering sessions and document the results over the course of a case-study project with an emphasis on the textual aspects of the documentation. This course covers what the facilitator needs to accomplish in each requirements-gathering session (goals, agenda, who to invite, artifacts, etc.) as
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Cisco? Certified Network Professional (CCNP?) Boot Camp
...cess
Gathering Symptoms
Selecting a Troubleshooting Approach
Resolving Problems at the Physical and Data Link Layers
Identifying Physical Layer and Data Link Layer Symptoms
Isolating Problems
Resolving Problems at the Network Layer
Common Symptoms of Network Layer Problems
IOS Commands for Network Layer Troubleshooting
Windows and Unix Commands for Network Layer
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How to Assess & Manage Project Risk
Project managers are critically examining their approach to managing risk. To remain competitive, projects cannot afford to set up contingencies or control measures for every conceivable risk. Rather, project managers must adopt a "graded approach" to managing risk. This course introduces learners to widely accepted risk assessment, management and control practices using tools and techniques.
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Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
...ntenance tasks accordingly, a messaging administrator can approach their administrative tasks in an organized, systematic manner.
Lessons
Performing Daily Exchange Maintenance Performing Scheduled Exchange Maintenance Performing On-Demand Exchange Maintenance Discussion: Performing Preventive Maintenance
Practices
Checking Event Viewer for potential issues Checking
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From Simply Effective --> Results!
20/20 Focus on Sales

Clients are the lifeblood of every business. Every business needs new clients to grow. If you need to increase sales, take this 20/20 Challenge to build your business now. As a result, you will have a great quarter and a great year. Ten different challenges will be presented for discussion so you see how to apply each one for results in your unique situation.
Every business must prospect to
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Your Perfect Business a Matchless Unique Strategy to customize the elements of your business


What would you have in your perfect business? Who would work with you? What would you be focused on work-wise? How would you spend your time? Where would you work? How would you work? Who would you be? Who could you become?
Going for and having A Perfect Business is a valid, exciting and do-able target for each of us.
This hands-on six-week class is designed to help you craft and implement
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