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NET Solution Vision and Requirements To establish the steps and techniques needed to define a solution vision and gather and analyze requirements A wide range of IT professionals, including system architects, systems analysts, developers, consultants, and those wishing to learn more about designing solutions  more...

Effective Presentations 1: Creating Your Presentation XEBEC: Presentations are opportunities - to communicate, to persuade, to sell, to gain commitment. But nerves and anxiety can make it hard to take real advantage of the occasion. The Effective Presentations Series takes a structured and down to earth approach to presentation skills that helps students build confidence and overcome their natural fear of public performance. The CD-ROM self study  more...

Effective Presentations 2: Delivering Your Presentation XEBEC: Presentations are opportunities - to communicate, to persuade, to sell, to gain commitment. But nerves and anxiety can make it hard to take real advantage of the occasion. The Effective Presentations Series takes a structured and down to earth approach to presentation skills that helps students build confidence and overcome their natural fear of public performance. The CD-ROM self study  more...

Safety Sense Series: Safety Standards and Systems XEBEC: Health and Safety issues are becoming more and more crucial in today's workplace. Each year, on average, 500 people die at work and over 400,000 injuries or accidents are reported. The vast majority of these accidents are in some way attributable to 'human factors' - in other words, they could and should have been prevented. Under current legislation, the responsibility for providing a safe  more...

Keeping Safe at Work Working safely has to be everyone's priority, but safe working isn't always a case of common sense. To be really sure you need to develop safety sense. Whatever your job you'll have some responsibility for health and safety. Whether it's simply to report potential hazards or to decide how to avoid a dangerous situation in the first place, the law defines your responsibility. This course will equip  more...

The Eurocamp Case Study 1: Overview ...anage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores some of the key concepts of financial strategy and applies them to Eurocamp, a UK-based travel company. It will: Provide you with an overview of some of the key concepts required to develop an understanding  more...

Recruitment & Selection Series: Dealing with Applications If you are judged on the success of your team, it's in your interest to hire the best people for the job. But when you're sifting through those promising job applications, how do you know if the person who seems so ideal will actually deliver? Sifting through applications can be a daunting task. However many you have, deciding which candidates to accept and which to reject is often a problem. But  more...

Project Management: Risk Management Participants become familiar with the four phases involved with project risk management. They develop the skills they need to identify and analyze common sources of risk. They become familiar with the basic types of risk response and learn how to develop a risk management plan.  more...

Project Management: The Process In this program, project managers learn about the five steps in the project management process. They learn how to integrate considerations of project scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, and risk to complete a project successfully.  more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 1 This course is the first part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution.  more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 3 This course is the final part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution.  more...

The Banking Industry Overview Version 2 ...liance, global competition, and financial and operational risk.This course provides an overview of the banking industry. First, this course provides an introduction to the banking industry's value chain, business model, and trends. Second, this course examines the business and regulatory issues and challenges facing the banking industry. Finally, this course looks at some of the successful  more...

The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 ...risks and opportunities. While providing risk coverage to individuals and businesses, insurers are striving hard to manage their own risks in the wake of natural and human-made disasters, financial setbacks, and governance scandals. As margins are squeezed in the face of low underwriting profitability and the cushion of investment returns begins to shrink, insurance companies are looking to  more...

ITIL Continuity and Availability Management American businesses have had to face many disasters since the onset of the new millennium. There have been fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, large-scale power outages, terrorist attacks, and damaging computer viruses, just to name a few. As businesses become more dependent on IT services, disasters such as these can disable or even ruin companies in the blink of an eye. The delivery and  more...

Discovering What Your Customers Want ... is frequently customer dissatisfaction. To overcome this risk, you must begin by developing a customer satisfaction system before you develop the survey. In this course, you'll explore the bottom-line payoffs for building customer satisfaction. You'll discover the elements of an effective customer satisfaction system. Most important, you'll learn how to discover what your customers want before  more...

Information Technology IT Industry Overview Version 1 Though estimates on global spending for information and communications technologies run in the trillions of dollars, this giant industry continues to struggle through fluctuating markets and must concentrate on continuous improvement to survive. Most agree that the demand for IT products and services will continue to increase, but at the same time, the customer is demanding more value per dollar  more...

Project Leadership Leading the Project Team Project Leadership: Leading the Project Team covers how to lead a project team in a way that ensures project success. The program details desirable project manager characteristics, skills, and styles, as well as how project managers can motivate project teams. In addition, the program covers how to manage project risk, guarantee on-time project completion, and prioritize projects. The target  more...

Project Management Government This course focuses on project management for Federal Government agencies. Specifically, the course focuses on the differences between project management in a private organization and in the federal government This course series is designed for project managers who have a fundamental understanding of project management concepts, but are looking to apply these concepts within their government  more...

The Life Cycle of an IT Project ...ines, methodologies, and processes that will decrease the risk of something going wrong and increase your chances of a successful project. "The Life Cycle of an IT Project" will give you the knowledge and skills you need to define the activities involved in your project's development process. You'll learn how to determine whether each phase of development meets the requirements of the life  more...

Managing Efficiencies of IT Projects Are you delivering quality application systems? Do you know how you can ensure that your projects deliver value to your organization? The key to delivering value is "process." Organizations are becoming more aware of the importance of following the same process for each project. In this course, you will learn how to converge methodologies with other project management techniques and process  more...

Monitoring Controlling and Closing Programs Monitoring and controlling is an essential feature of program management, which allows you to ascertain the current benefit delivery status, ensure adequate resources are in place, and that changes are properly managed. Closing a program is a time for celebration. However, to be successful and ensure program benefits are achieved, monitoring, controlling, and closing processes must be followed.  more...

Program Planning The planning phase in PMI's PMBOK is considered one of the most important phases; without a properly defined plan your projects have a much greater chance of not succeeding. This assumption can also be made for program management; however, with program management, an entire program can fail, which could include several projects. The cost and loss of benefits that are associated with a failed  more...

Advanced Project Management Building Productive Stakeholder Relationships Advanced Project Management: Building Productive Stakeholder Relationships teaches learners how to classify stakeholders as primary, strategic, and operational sponsors and how to determine stakeholders needs and expectations. It covers how to create a formal communication plan, how to resolve conflict with stakeholders, and what steps are commonly used to control change. Finally, it teaches  more...

Project Management Professional Risk Management ...Risk Management, is the ninth of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the four responses to risk, identify methods of prioritizing risks and calculate the expected monetary value for different decisions. The Prime-Project Management Professional curriculum introduces advanced level project coordination techniques within the areas of  more...

Business Travel Safety Safety Measures for Travelers ...u will learn why business travelers are often at a higher risk for being involved in a crime than local citizens. Additionally, you will understand what precautions a woman traveler should take and what safety guidelines should be followed. You will also learn why it is important for disabled persons to consider their safety when traveling and some specific air safety and travel guidelines for  more...

Organizational Scope of Critical Thinking In any complex environment systems are necessary, but they must serve an organization rather than become its masters. This is how Ralph S. Larsen, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson, describes both the need for systems and their inherent risk. Organizational systems, with complex and intricately interrelated components, demand the application of critical thinking to avoid  more...

Goals and Goal Setting Most achievements, great or small, begin with an important first step: setting a goal. A clearly defined, attainable goal embodies a vision of what is possible. It's a guide star for those who navigate a course through obstacles to a desired accomplishment. However, the process of setting appropriate goals is often oversimplified or overlooked entirely. A well-constructed goal is challenging, yet  more...

Getting Results without Authority Simulation You have been hired within the last year as a design engineer at Autorad, a company that manufactures automotive components. Historically, the company specialized in custom-designed components for limited production runs. In recent years, the company has moved into more mainstream applications and must adapt to a mass-production mind-set. Your team has been working on a new steering wheel design  more...

Strategic Approaches to Risk Management HRCI SPHR ...Risk management, the safeguarding of the health, safety, and security of employees, is essential for business success and of particular concern to HR professionals. This course explains how to apply common occupational health, safety, and security guidelines and programs. It also outlines how security risk analysis can be used to avoid future emergencies. This course prepares HR professionals  more...

Managing Working Capital ...risks and its expected returns. As such, it is an important determinant of firm value. Investment and financing decisions are interconnected, thus they cannot be made independently. Financial planning will make you think systematically about the relationships among your goals for growth, investment, and financing. After completing this course, you will be aware of the risk-return tradeoffs that  more...

Financial Risk Management ...risks or do you prefer to avoid them? Do you only take a risk if you know you will be compensated for it in the end? Everyone is exposed to risk at some time--it is unavoidable. Having the proper tools to deal with risk can save you money and help you avoid financial hardship. This course familiarizes you with the strategies and products used to manage corporate risk. You will gain useful  more...

International Finance ...ere ways to maximize profits while effectively minimizing risk when it comes to dealing on the global level? This course will demonstrate why you would want to transform your purely domestic firm into a multinational corporation; how you decide which financial products and instruments will allow you to manage your cash flows from international business operations; and, finally, the important  more...

Final Exam Advanced Business Finance Generally taken near the end of a program, Final Exam: Advanced Business Finance enables the learner to test their knowledge in a testing environment. Individuals seeking practice in a testing environment, covering the skills and competencies being measured by the courseware.  more...

Managing Business Risk Developing a Risk Management Plan Managing Business Risk: Developing a Risk Management Plan teaches learners about the various risk management models as well as factors that influence the risk management function in organizations. Students will also learn about the risk management environment that organizations face and the methods used to assess those risks. The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, and  more...

Managing Business Risk Risk Assessment and Control Managing Business Risk: Risk Assessment and Control teaches learners about risk identification and environmental scanning. Students will also learn about evaluation and control of risk within organizations and the methods for classifying various organizational risks. The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, Managers, Department Heads.  more...

Managing Business Risk Part 3 ...Risk: Financing and Contingency Planning teaches learners how to identify the dimensions of risk financing and to identify the various categories of risk financing tools. Students will also learn about the major responsibilities of contract management and the importance of developing a business contingency plan. The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, Managers,  more...

IT Challenges Present and Future With every improvement in information technology comes new challenge. Whether trying to upgrade systems, enhance e-commerce opportunities, or simply make projects more successful, your job as IT manager is to avoid the pitfalls inherent in each task. Meanwhile, new and demanding responsibilities are on the horizon for governance, cybersecurity, and incident response, fields that are still under  more...

Six Sigma and the Voice of the Customer ...e stating that consumers must purchase goods at their own risk, because unless specifically asked, the seller is generally under no obligation to disclose defects. Caveat emptor once struck fear in the hearts of many wary consumers. Fortunately, the tide has turned. Increased market competition, modern consumer protection laws, and expanded customer awareness have helped negate the influence of  more...

Organizational Goals and Objectives ...our company is pointed in the right direction. Performing risk analysis while avoiding pitfalls common to Six Sigma projects is also important to prevent project failure. Finally, performing a tollgate assessment emphasizes process management to ensure your ultimate goal of customer satisfaction. This course provides an overview of each of the processes necessary to base your Six Sigma effort  more...

Managerial Skills and Abilities ... identifies tools and techniques used by the HR, Finance, Risk, and Knowledge management functions in an organization. It is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook and is designed to assist learners as part of their preparation for the ASQ Certified Manager of Quality / Organ Corporate directors of quality, quality managers and  more...

Communication Skills and Project Management ...s project management tools can be used to analyze project risk, feasibility, and priority. The course is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook, and is designed to assist learners as part of their preparation for the ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence certification exam. Corporate directors of quality,  more...

Attorney-Client Privilege ...r rights under the attorney-client privilege, and as such risk destroying the privilege and losing their rights. This course defines attorney-client responsibilities and examines how the privilege encourages open and honest communication between attorneys and their clients. This course offers recommendations for using high-tech solutions to protect privileged information, ensuring  more...

Supervisor and Manager Sexual Harassment Awareness Sexual harassment can have a very negative impact on victims, offenders, and the company in which the offense occurs. There are many forms of prohibited conduct that can create a hostile working environment. Training managers and supervisors about the areas of prohibited conduct is an important part of reducing liability. Company managers have an additional responsibility to both their employees  more...

Supervisor and Manager Sexual Harassment Awareness Multi-State Edition Sexual harassment can have a very negative impact on an organization's work environment. Managers and supervisors have a responsibility to both their employees and their company to know their role in preventing and responding to sexual harassment. This role includes knowing the laws, guidelines, policies, and resources for correcting, preventing, and investigating sexual harassment complaints.  more...

HIPAA Implementing Privacy Rules ...ange internal procedures to comply with HIPAA regulations risk significant fines. This course offers a practical guide to implementing and complying with the HIPAA privacy rules. The course helps healthcare professionals, managers, and staff personnel understand HIPAA regulations and how to implement the changes required for compliance. Professionals, managers, and personnel who need to  more...

Testing and Instrumenting C Applications To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe the use of the Debug and Trace programmatic classes in the .NET Framework class library and the Visual Studio .NET and SDK interactive debuggers Windows developers seeking to update their knowledge of and skills in developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET  more...

Testing and Instrumenting Web Applications in C To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe how to instrument an application for tracing and debugging in .NET Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification  more...

Testing and Instrumenting Web Applications in VB NET To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe how to instrument an application for tracing and debugging in .NET Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification  more...

Testing and Instrumenting VB NET Applications To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe the use of the Debug and Trace programmatic classes in the .NET Framework class library and the Visual Studio .NET and SDK interactive debuggers Windows developers seeking to update their knowledge of and skills in developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET  more...

Project Management Techniques The fast pace of technological changes in today's world is resulting in increasingly new demands in business. Therefore, it is important that the projects undertaken to cater to these business needs have small life cycles so that they can be delivered to prospective clients before a possibility of a technological change arises. Projects have a small life cycle if they are completed in a  more...

Software Project Management The Software Project Management WBT is the final course in the Software Engineering curriculum. This course is meant for professionals whose responsibilities include design, development, or management of software systems and who want to understand the basics of software project management. The course provides an introduction to the basic concepts of software project management. It examines the  more...

Implementing IT Security and Workplace Safety Measures To protect data and hardware using access control and hardware security and to learn about potential workplace hazards and how to avoid them The for this path includes computer technicians who have accumulated 500 hours hand-on experience in a lab or in the field and, ideally, have completed the A Essentials exam (220-601)  more...

Information Security and Risk Management To identify the security requirements associated with identifying and protecting organizational information assets, perform the analysis techniques used in risk management, and recognize the responsibilities associated with different roles in an organization Mid-level and senior-level managers who are working toward or have already attained positions as CISOs, CSOs or Senior Security Engineers  more...

Security Analysis and Auditing in Networked Environments To discuss how to collect and utilize information on network intrusion attempts Network administrators, firewall administrators, system administrators, application developers, and IT security officers  more...

Overview of the Implementation Process This WestNet e-Learning module will outline a formal four-phase approach to network design, which covers the majority of areas that must be considered in most networking implementation projects.  more...

NFPA 1600 Business Continuity Programs Whether it is a natural disaster that sweeps through your city or a computer virus that destroys vital electronic information, businesses need to be able to recover their services and operations as soon as possible if such a disaster does occur. A Business Continuity Program involves planning the recovery of operations when confronted with adverse events such as natural disasters, technological  more...

Ergonomics Awareness ...port musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) signs, symptoms, and risk factors. It addresses the key components of an Ergonomics Program and provides information to assist both employees and employers in minimizing the risk of developing work-related MSDs. This course applies to both office and industrial settings. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable  more...

Fire and Explosion Hazards H ...risk of fire and explosion due to chemical reactions, ignition of explosive or flammable chemicals, ignition of materials due to oxygen enrichment, and sudden releases of materials under pressure. Learning how to prevent and protect yourself and others from fire and explosion hazards can help save resources, time, and possibly, lives. The content in this course is designed to comply with the  more...

Food Safety and Handling ...tive arthritis and serious infections. In addition to the risks from badly prepared or handled food, there is the potential risk of malicious contamination. Those involved in food preparation must follow safe procedures to ensure that food contamination and its associated illnesses are prevented. This course focuses on the health risks associated with improperly handled food. It highlights the  more...

Heat Stress ...ill discuss the effects of heat on your body, outline the risk factors for heat-related illnesses, and describe the associated treatments for each. This training will also explain several control measure techniques and safe work practices that you can use to prevent heat-related stresses. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.  more...

Hot Work Permits ...s and responsibilities, and controls used to minimize the risk of fire. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. identify key elements of a hot work permit program describe the primary roles and responsibilities of key personnel involved in a compliant hot work permit program recall controls used to minimize the risk of fire  more...

Industrial Ergonomics ...port musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) signs, symptoms, and risk factors. It addresses the key components of an Ergonomics Program and also provides information to assist both employees and employers in minimizing the risk of developing work-related MSDs. This course applies to employees and employers in industrial work settings. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of  more...

Mold Awareness ...here on the surface of food or fabric. Not everyone is at risk from exposure to molds but certain groups of individuals, including infants and the elderly, are particularly susceptible to mold-induced allergies or infections. Providing information on the hazards associated with mold is an important aspect of the health and safety requirements for businesses and organizations. This course is  more...

Office Ergonomics ...eport musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) signs, symptoms, and risk factors. It addresses the key components of an ergonomics program and also provides information to assist both employees and employers in minimizing the risk of developing work-related MSDs. This course applies to employees and employers in office/administrative type settings. The content in this course is designed to comply with  more...

Office Safety This course is designed to cover hazards that may be encountered when working in administrative areas. These areas of concern are ergonomic stress, hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, and electrical safety. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. identify office noise abatement and air quality/ventilation strategies  more...

Universal Waste Rule Training ...xible approach for managing certain widely-generated, low-risk hazardous waste streams. The flexibility is intended to encourage resource conservation, as well as the diversion of universal wastes from landfills. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. describe the types of hazardous wastes that are designated as universal  more...

Project Management - Project Risk Management In Project Management - Project Risk Management you will learn how to define identify and plan for risks that inevitably occur in projects. You will also learn two methods for analyzing project risk qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis. Finally you will learn constructive ways to respond to monitor and control risks to effectively manage the threats and opportunities that affect  more...

Industrial Safety - Fall Protection This course focuses on falls from elevated surfaces in the workplace. It covers various protection measures that can be implemented to minimize the risk of falls including fall protection systems and good housekeeping practices.  more...

Defining MS .NET Solution Architectures Part 1 This is the first of a four-part curriculum that prepares the learner for Exam 70-300. The course opens with an introduction to the MSF framework - its structure and modelling notations. It then covers the Envisioning phases with particular coverage of its deliverables - the Vision/Scope Document and the Project Structure and Risk Assessment documents. The course then covers in detail the  more...

Managing IT Projects: Project Planning and Execution In a Project Planning and Execution '' you will learn about project activity definition time management project critical path and cost management. Planning is critical to the success of a project. Project managers must develop and maintain plans for both human and resource management as well as for communication risk and procurement. With proper planning in place the project can be executed.  more...

Managing IT Projects: Project Control and Closure In a Project Control and Closure '' you will learn about project scope performance and completion. Performance reporting archiving a project managing quality and risk and risk analysis are all covered in this course.  more...

Project Management: Risk Management ...risks, how to distinguish business risk from insurable risks, how to know when to take risks and when to avoid them, and the actions included in project risk management. In addition, this program provides instruction on how to identify and classify risks according to their level of impact, and how to use specific tools in risk identification. This program also covers risk assessment methods,  more...

Defining MS .NET Solution Architectures Part 1 This is the first of a four-part curriculum that prepares the learner for Exam 70-300. The course opens with an introduction to the MSF framework - its structure and modelling notations. It then covers the Envisioning phases, with particular coverage of its deliverables - the Vision/Scope Document and the Project Structure and Risk Assessment documents. The course then covers in detail the  more...

MCSD Solutions Architecture III The third course in series of four courses that is designed to provide all of the information a student needs to complete Microsoft's Solutions Architecture exam 70-100. This course explains how to design applications and data models for designing new software. It describes the logical design phase and shows how to create class diagrams logical data models and user interface prototypes. This  more...

Business Finance: Risk Analysis Business Finance: Risk Analysis offers the student an overview of the information required to identify calculate and assess both individual investments and investment portfolios. The program details types of risks associated with investments gives equations used to calculate risk and provides information about how to assess the results of the equations.  more...

Managing Performance: Overcoming Performance Appraisal Challenges In Managing Performance: Overcoming Performance Appraisal Challenges you will learn how to encourage regular communication how to conduct a status meeting and how to document ongoing communication. You will also learn how to respond to a defensive employee and how to resolve conflict in an appraisal discussion. In addition you will learn about the laws governing the appraisal process so you can  more...

IBM Wireless LAN Security Part 2 Deployment and Auditing This course begins by covering security and network design in particular vulnerabilities and threats. It also covers risk assessment and mitigation. Finally it covers auditing and testing network security.  more...