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Changing Times: Growth of Project Management 2.0 In today's business environment, there is a new generation of workers that have grown up in a Web 2.0 world of web-based project management tools - PM 2.0. This video explores how PM 2.0 allows for better governance, improved collaboration with stakeholders, and more meaningful reporting using metrics, KPIs, and dashboards. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Make Better Project Decisions with Project Online Projects drive business success. The more information you have about those projects, the better your business will be able to retain customers, gain market share, and be competitive. Microsoft's Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Solution, often referred to as Project Online, is an ideal way to manage projects. I frequently hear employees say they don't know what projects are active, the status of projects, and they don't know if they are at resource capacity or have idle resources. These questions and more are easily answered with Project Online. Through explanations and demonstrations, you will see how individuals in different roles use Project Online including team members, project managers, resource managers, executives, and PMO staff. You will learn about the capabilities to manage a mix of waterfall and agile projects and how information flows up to dashboard reports. You will learn about the project manager's enhanced capabilities when using Project Professional. The Project Online solution fits businesses of all sizes, from firms with just a handful of employees to multi-national companies.In this presentation we will cover common questions such as 'What software do I need to use Project Online?' and 'Why Should I Choose Microsoft's Enterprise Solution?' References will be provided to help you share answers with others. Attendees will have the option to reach out to the speaker for additional questions.

Nine Guidelines to Successfully Executing Portfolio Management in Your Organization Nine guidelines for successful implementation of portfolio management, or enhancement of your organization´s existing portfolio management process, are presented in this video Implementing portfolio management is a difficult culture change. Everyone enjoys pursuing their own 'pet' projects that they believe will make a difference, but what about other peoples' projects? The importance of portfolio management must be communicated in order for it to be embraced and implemented, and change needs to be managed strategically as we optimize our organization's portfolio: programs, projects, and operational activities. This video presents nine guidelines for the successful implementation of portfolio management or enhancement of your organization's existing portfolio management process. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Design Sinking: How to Fail at Design Thinking - and How to Do It Better Design Thinking is ubiquitous these days. From developing new payment processes for car parks to optimizing the patient experience in public hospitals, from designing blockchain scenarios for savings banks to improving the employee experience at tech start-ups, from building intrapreneurial ventures for mobility providers to designing business models for aircraft parts logistics, from large-scale digital transformation campaigns on enterprise level to designing whole strategies of start-ups, SMEs and major corporations alike... Looking back to the last years as an innovation consultant and facilitator, the list could go on and on. Browsing all those cases one might easily get the impression that Design Thinking is some kind of 'magic wand' to just do it all - better, faster, cheaper and of course instantly ready for implementation, with a 100% guaranteed success rate. Germans would call it a 'Eierlegende Wollmilchsau' (engl. fig. 'egg laying wool-milk-pig'). Of course, it is not. Nevertheless, it has undoubtedly proven to be a highly important tool to master the transformations we're facing on so many levels.

Leadership for Transcultural Innovation Innovation, in response to mankind's 21st century needs, is powered by individuals, teams and organizations dispersed across cultural frontiers. The potential power of harnessing the best skills globally is immense, but this power can only become a reality if cultural differences are perceived as a source of energy and obstacles to cooperation are overcome. So, as leaders on this cross-cultural terrain, how should we adapt to ensure the best leverage of our collective global talents? What pragmatic enablers are within easy reach to assist on the journey to global collective technological intelligence? Identify your personal leadership style Clarify how cultural expectations for leadership styles differ globally and how you fit in Take a step back to understand the megatrend for leaders skilled in fostering collective technological intelligence Come away with three practical enablers for transcultural innovation that you can use today

Leading Complex Healthcare Innovation Projects Technology has transformed the way we live, interact with one another and conduct business. It has impacted every single industry, including healthcare. The challenges of healthcare are well known, and while high costs and access issues persist, really cool innovation and healthcare technologies are improving quality of care. In this session, Wale Elegbede will use examples from healthcare and share how you can thrive and deliver business value in this age of constant change and disruption. Identify some techniques your organization, project management office (PMO) and project teams can leverage as you deliver complex projects. Identify some techniques your organization, PMO and project teams can use to build bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Gain knowledge of Servant Leadership principles, why they are important and how they can be applied to your PMO and project teams.

Want to Drive Innovation? - Take a Coach Approach! Are you struggling to get your team to innovate? Is there a lack of new ideas on your team? Do you want to increase autonomy and empowerment of your team? Taking a coach approach may be exactly what you need. This session will show you how to empower your team to solve problems and innovate, and it will help you ensure diverse perspectives are being surfaced. We will explore specific tactics and questions you can use to unlock others; whether in your own team, or with peers and clients. A simple coaching framework to get started Powerful questions to unlock creativity and empower others Tips for boosting your active listening skills Time back in your day

Beyond One Happy Team: Self-Selection for a Better Culture The talent shortage is real. According to CareerBuilder research, 60% of US organizations today can't fill their open positions in 12 weeks or more. Combined with a high turnover rate, this leads to a massive loss of profit opportunities.How can we create a culture that attracts people and keeps them engaged, motivated, and well-jelled with their teams? And after they join, how do we build resilience into our teams and the organization? Empowering people to choose their own teams - a 'self-selection' - is a great vehicle to build happiness, resilience and a better culture.In this session I will share stories from running successful self-selection events in New York, Dublin and Chicago, and how I prepare technology teams and management for their first self-selection events. Participants will learn about the ingredients of successful self-selection and its positive effects on employee retention and company resiliency. They will leave this session with actionable steps, excited about their first self-selection experiment. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies.

Beyond One Happy Team: Self-Selection for a Better Culture The talent shortage is real. According to CareerBuilder research, 60% of US organizations today can't fill their open positions in 12 weeks or more. Combined with a high turnover rate, this leads to a massive loss of profit opportunities.How can we create a culture that attracts people and keeps them engaged, motivated, and well-jelled with their teams? And after they join, how do we build resilience into our teams and the organization? Empowering people to choose their own teams - a 'self-selection' - is a great vehicle to build happiness, resilience and a better culture.In this session I will share stories from running successful self-selection events in New York, Dublin and Chicago, and how I prepare technology teams and management for their first self-selection events. Participants will learn about the ingredients of successful self-selection and its positive effects on employee retention and company resiliency. They will leave this session with actionable steps, excited about their first self-selection experiment. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies.

Strength in Scenarios - Getting Meaningful User Feedback on Designs 'What do you think?' and 'How does this look?' are easy questions to ask when presenting users with potential design concepts, but they rarely give way to meaningful feedback. Using scenarios (workflow-based stories that provide a framework for getting user feedback) allows the user to give more honest, relevant feedback that's more closely related to the work they do on an everyday basis. It's essential to gather user feedback during all stages of an iterative design process and using scenarios to support design assessments works well within an Agile environment. In this workshop session, geared towards designers and product owners, we will explore what goes into creating meaningful scenarios and how they can be used. We will practice writing scenarios based on provided user workflows and paper prototypes. Scenarios can be a great tool in your toolbox for gathering requirements that your users will appreciate. Learning Outcomes: Write realistic scenarios that help users give meaningful feedback Discover the differences between what you see and what you hear Apply feedback and observations to refine designs