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	Project Management		Contracting and Procurement
	Professional Development		Technology
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Track: Project Management

C1 - Introduction to Project Management     Monday Sep 21 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 1

This course will provide a solid understanding of project management methods and tools. Gain practical experience in project management techniques and discover valuable tools that you can use immediately. You will learn to manage each stage of the project life cycle, work within organizational and cost constraints, manage your project budget, and get the most from your project management team.

The class provides 6 PDUs

Donna Koehnen, Vice President, Center for Project Management

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C3 - Advanced Project Management - Portfolio Management     Monday Sep 21 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 2

This practical seminar focuses on the key functions of project portfolio management, and offers a broad range of best practices, including evaluation and prioritization of projects, resource allocation, project portfolio balancing and ongoing management.

This class provides 6 PDU's

Darrell Stiffler, PMP, Forward Momentum, LLC

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C2 - Project Management - Planning and Estimating     Tuesday Sep 22 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 1

This course reviews effective techniques for developing the project work breakdown structure (WBS), project schedule and project estimating. The course is targeted at new and experienced project managers who want to improve their project scheduling and budgeting skills.

This class provides 6 PDU's

Donna Koehnen, Vice President, Center for Project Management

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C4 - Leading Projects - Win-Win Negotiation for Project Managers     Wednesday Sep 23 10:15 AM - 4:45 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 1

This workshop provides a foundation in the process, skills and tools of successful negotiation in a project context. The win-win negotiation approach is especially important and applicable in a project environment where ongoing relationships must remain strong to keep the project deliverables and timelines on track.

The workshop is extremely hands-on, with many project-related practice opportunities, as well as practical take-aways such as tools, job aids and specific project negotiation tactics. Participants receive real-time feedback about their skill level in simulated project negotiation scenarios. In addition, participants self-assess on a specific inventory of key behaviors/practices to identify personal improvement actions.

This class provides 6 PDU's

Donna Koehnen, Vice President, Center for Project Management

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C5 - Leading Projects - Life by Meetings - Managing Effective Project Meetings     Thursday Sep 24 10:15 AM - 4:45 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 1

This workshop equips Project Managers and Team Members with the fundamental skills and tools required for efficient, effective meeting management. Research shows that up to 30% of all project meetings are inefficient, ineffective or both. The impact of this in project-driven environments is immense, and the benefits of building capability in meeting management are significant.

The workshop is extremely hands-on, with many practice opportunities, as well as practical take-aways such as tools, job aids and meeting tactics. In addition, participants self-assess on a specific inventory of behaviors/practices to identify personal improvement actions.

This class provides 6 PDU's

Donna Koehnen, Vice President, Center for Project Management

 

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Track: Contracting and Procurement

C6 - The RFP Process     Monday Sep 21 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $345

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 3

This session is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of the public buyer in New York State, especially those who may be involved in developing and utilizing Requests for Proposals for large procurements, especially information technology procurements.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
• Understand the statutory basis and guidelines for RFP's;
• Discuss methods of getting early input from users and vendors in order to develop the best possible RFP;
• Learn about the concept of "best value" and gain and understanding of the timeframe involved in the RFP process;
• Develop RFP's that will insure greater competition and attraction to possible vendors;
• Be exposed to the RFP evaluation and selection process; and
• Begin to scope a contract that will be the start to a successful IT project

Arthur Brown, Sr. Vice President, The Walters Group

John Moriarty, Assistant Comptroller for Contracts and State Expenditures, Office of the New York State Comptroller

Ruth Walters, President, The Walters Group

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C7 - Creating an Effective SOW     Tuesday Sep 22 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $345

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 3

Whether part of an RFP or written against a master contract, the SOW is the most important document of the procurement process. If the requirements aren't accurate, the vendor will have delivered exactly what you asked for, but not everything you really needed, leaving the organization with solutions that don't fit, services that aren't what you needed or systems that don't work properly. This often results in change orders, additional costs, delays, or sometimes, abandoned projects.

Translating the business requirements from disparate user groups into an SOW that meets policy, budget and legal constraints is extremely challenging. In this class, you will learn how to create an effective SOW and avoid common pitfalls. The class will cover:
• The components of an SOW;
• How to state requirements in plain English;
• The role of performance-based SOW; and
• How to measure success

Liza Lowery-Massey, CEO, The CIO Collaborative

 

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Track: Professional Development

C8 - Competing for Bucks - Writing a Winning Grant     Monday Sep 21 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $345

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 4

This course will provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of grant writing. As you compete for ARRA funding, this class will teach you step-by-step how to develop competitive grant proposals. The class includes: how to develop a good problem statement, setting measurable goals and objectives, important components of a program plan, grant research methods and tools, and letters of support or collaboration.

Liza Lowery-Massey, CEO, The CIO Collaborative

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C9 - Principles of Effective Communication     Tuesday Sep 22 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $345

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 4

Communication skills can be some of the most challenging for a manager at any level to master. This two-part course will cover some of the most important aspects of effective verbal and written communication.

Verbal Communication:
In this course, you will learn one of the most important skills of communicating - active listening. You will also learn how nonverbal behaviors affect how your message is received and how to develop clear, concise messages. In addition you will learn:
• How to stop people from pushing your buttons;
• How to uncover hidden meanings in conversation;
• How to deal with the real issues; and
• Precise communication

Written Communication:
Many government agencies and departments require a business case document or presentation for a project. This document can be extremely important in determining whether your project is funded and the visibility and priority given to it. This course explores what it takes to write an effective and targeted business case. Learn the common mistakes in written communication and how to avoid them. Learn how to clearly get your ideas across in plain language.

This class provides 6 PDU's

Darrell Stiffler, PMP, Forward Momentum, LLC

 

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Track: Technology

PC1 - Rapid Application Development     Monday Sep 14 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $495

A Two-Day class (Monday 9/14 - Tuesday 9/15, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm)

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 7

This course focuses on the methods of rapid software development that can be used to empower developers in the fast-paced environment of change that is characterized by many organizations today. Rapid Application Development (RAD) techniques can be used to facilitate the generation and analysis of requirements, validation of solutions, and creation of new systems. Best practices for effective and accurate RAD are emphasized, which lead to high quality deliverables.

Learners will discover the underlying concepts of real-world rapid development; discover various methods of prototyping requirements and software solutions; understand processes for effectively using prototypes; and compare the various methods for delivering software at high speed. RAD will also be discussed in the context of risk management and mitigation; change control; and development lifecycle options, all of which compliment a culture of rapid development.

Devan Shepherd, CEO & Chief Technology Officer, XMaLpha Technologies, LLC

 

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PC2 - Business Analysis     Wednesday Sep 16 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $395

held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 7

This course offers an overview of the Business Analysis domain, with an emphasis on the role that well-defined requirements play in successful projects. The focus of this course is on the techniques used by business analysts to establish a shared understanding of "the product" and its stakeholders. The course will explain the importance of a vision, glossary, and risk mitigation plan to streamline requirement elicitation will be explored, along with a variety of effective techniques for eliciting software requirements. Learners will
• Analyze requirements;
• Set priorities;
• Establish representative models for key system components; and
• Discuss ways to create representative use cases and map requirements back to known Enterprise Policies, objectives, and business rules

Devan Shepherd, CEO & Chief Technology Officer, XMaLpha Technologies, LLC

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PC3 - Managing Business Requirements     Thursday Sep 17 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $495

A Two-Day class (Thursday 9/17 - Friday 9/18, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm)

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 7

This course builds on the concepts explored in Business Analysis. A basic understanding of business analysis is required for this course.

Learners discover how to document business requirements clearly and accurately and develop use cases and test scripts based on requirements. This course provides an engineering approach to requirements development and management which encompasses all of the activities and deliverables associated with defining comprehensive, solution-based, requirements. Topics include the requirements process; problem analysis; problem description; documentation and validation; the language used to express requirements; types of requirements; process maps; use cases; workflow; and design criteria.

Learners evaluate the value of establishing a shared understanding of "the product" and its stakeholders, and gain experience building a vision, glossary, and risk mitigation plan to streamline requirement elicitation. Exercises include the use of effective techniques for eliciting software requirements, analyzing requirements, setting priorities, and establishing representative models for key system components. Practice with the authoring of representative use cases will also be provided.

During this course, workshops will include a representative project that will be developed from inception, through requirements gathering, and subsequent analysis in order to integrate individual concepts. A mock JAD (Joint Application Design/Development) session will be conducted as part of this course.

Devan Shepherd, CEO & Chief Technology Officer, XMaLpha Technologies, LLC

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C10 - Data and Process Modeling     Monday Sep 21 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $495

A Two-Day class (Monday 9/21 - Tuesday 9/22, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm)

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 7

The process of elaborating, refining, and organizing all components of the requirements into meaningful documentation is the last major linear task undertaken by a Business Analyst on a large-scale project. Learners will make use of the discovery, analysis, modeling, and presentation undertaken to characterize a large-scale IT project. Topics include data modeling; entities, relationships, and attributes; cardinality and optionality relationships; class / object models; and the text or graphical representation of data models. A simplified, but very effective modeling methodology, known as the Logical Data Structures (LDS) approach will be explored in detail.

Learners will identify, summarize, and formalize the data attributes and structures needed to satisfy functional requirements; establish a model that translates well into a maintainable database; provide requirements-based points of integration for external data entities; read and create partial data models using LDS symbols; and create comprehensive and complete requirements specifications.

Devan Shepherd, CEO & Chief Technology Officer, XMaLpha Technologies, LLC

 

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C11 - Web Content Design     Tuesday Sep 22 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $345

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 5

The web has become one of the most important communications tools for government. But how do you know if your message is getting to your audience in a way that is clear and understandable? How do you organize information so users can find it? In this class, you will learn some of the key considerations for web writing; best practices for structuring and presenting your information; and presentation considerations for ADA and language translation.

Kath Straub, Principal, Usability.org

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C12 - Building Secure Applications     Wednesday Sep 23 10:15 AM - 4:45 PM     price: $495

A Two-Day class (Wednesday 9/23 - Thursday 9/24 10:15 am to 4:45 pm)

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 7

According to Acunetix (a vendor of web application scanning tools), 70% of applications they reviewed contained high or medium security vulnerabilities. Learn how to develop more secure applications using simple, repeatable steps. This introductory workshop will include demonstrations of key attacks, analyze those attacks step by step, and show solid countermeasures that any development team can use in its web environment. This course is appropriate for application developers, business analysts and application development project managers with some technical background.

Devan Shepherd, CEO & Chief Technology Officer, XMaLpha Technologies, LLC

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Track: Security

C14 - Wireless Security     Monday Sep 21 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 5

Government organizations are increasingly integrating wireless into their operations and networks. WiFi, Bluetooth and other wireless technologies can expose networks to unknown threats, allowing hackers to bypass intrusion detection. In this class you will learn the common threats against wireless systems and how to counter them.

Scott Greene, CEO, Evidence Solutions

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C13 - eDiscovery and Open Records     Monday Sep 21 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 6

Electronic discovery is a federal mandate that is a huge challenge for all jurisdictions. The requirements can be mind-boggling. Add to this the shear amount planning needed to properly save, search and produce information in response to a discovery agreement or order, and the job becomes even more daunting. The time and cost of identifying, sorting, retrieving and delivering the required data can be staggering. The right tools and the right policies can help you deal with the ediscovery requirements in ways that are manageable and cost effective.

This class will provide an overview of the regulatory landscape and decode some of the requirements, plus give you a "view from the trenches." It will also cover the policies and technologies that will help you comply with ediscovery orders.

Ted O'Neil, Jr., Esq., Principal Solutions Consultant, EMC Corporation

James D. Shook, Esq., Senior Consultant, EDiscovery and Compliance, EMC Corporation

 

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C15 - Data Loss Prevention - Essential Steps to Protecting Data     Tuesday Sep 22 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM     price: $395

Held at the Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 2

Whether it's through e-health records or online applications for services, governments are collecting and storing ever-increasing amounts of data. What are the critical steps to protecting that data? This class will provide a complete review of the important data protection steps - from the laws and regulations that impact data protection and privacy, to data identification and classification, to the important methods and technologies that governments should be paying attention to.

Scott Greene, CEO, Evidence Solutions

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