PMP CoP Monthly Webinars




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April 2024 Monthly Webinar

Stay tuned for our April 2024 Monthly Webinar on a different date: 
Wednesday, April 24th, 11:00 AM EST. 

Find the .ics file here to add the event to your Outlook/Google calendar. The Zoom Webinar connection information for the event is in the .ics file.

Please make sure to join our SUNY PM listserv to get updates on the webinar and other topics that are of interest to our SUNY Project Management Community of Practice. 

ITEC PMO 2.0

For our February 2024 Monthly Webinar, Phil Vecchione from ITEC agreed to present their Wizard 2023 presentation again just for us! Phil joined us to present the following:

ITEC PMO 2.0
The ITEC Project Management Office has undergone an overhaul starting in August 2022. In this session, we will talk about the history of our PMO, our overhaul, our recent migration to TeamDynamix, and what lies ahead. We will look at the PMO's role and its philosophy. We will also talk about some of the new features we implemented: Project Intake, Project Slack, and Performance Metrics. If you would like to view the slides that Christa and Kris presented, please click here. If you would like to view the slides that Phil presented, please click here. 

Procurement & Budget Process using Smartsheets

For our January 2024 Monthly Webinar, Zachary Jones (Binghamton University) agreed to present their SUNY Technology Conference (STC) 2023 Presentation again just for us! Zach joined us to present the following:

Procurement & Budget Process using Smartsheets
Previously, we used Excel spreadsheets and emails to submit and track purchases in the Telecom dept. In the past year, we have purchased Smartsheets and created an electronic form and automated processes to alert managers of approval requests and the submitter that their request has been ordered. We also created sheets to summarize project costs/purchases and budget sheets to track our annual spending. Using Smartsheets has increased our departmental purchasing visibility for a very minimal investment. If you would like to view the slides that Christa and Kris presented, please click here. 

Building a Project Management Culture

For our October 2023 Monthly Webinar, we were lucky to have some of our favorite project managers from SUNY Cortland who have agreed to present their SUNY Technology Conference (STC) 2023 Presentation again just for us! Varya McCaslin-Doyle and Joshua Peluso joined us to present the following:
Building a Project Management Culture
This presentation will give an overview of how a culture of project management was formed and maintained in the Information Systems and Security department at SUNY Cortland. We will talk about the various tools and methodologies we have pulled from to not just develop our project management but continuously improve. This presentation will cover how to get started with project management and, more importantly, how to keep going. Other discussion topics will include psychological safety when working on projects, how projects interact with your service catalog and change management procedures, and how to begin building your project program(s) and portfolio(s). We will share what our planned next steps for development are and how we plan to achieve them. If you would like to view the slides that Christa and Kris presented, please click here. 

RACI : Not Just for Project Management

For our September 2023 Monthly Webinar, two of our fellow SUNY professionals presented their SUNY Technology Conference (STC) 2023 Presentation again just for us. Shannon Radford (Corning Community College) and Tom Pearson (ITEC) joined us to present the following:

RACI : Not Just for Project Management
This presentation shows you how to use RACI not just for project management but also duty separation within a small department or for outlining duties with campus wide software. If you would like to view the slides that Christa and Kris presented, please click here. If you would like to view the slides that Shannon and Tom presented, please click here. 

Issue Management Best Practices

For our March 2023 Monthly Webinar, we watched a video together from Bill Dow's - PMO & Project Management Skills (YouTube) on best practices around issue management during a project’s lifecycle. In this video, we'll explored some of Bill’s best practices for managing issues effectively and learn how to avoid common pitfalls and keep your project on track. As a group we discussed the video’s key takeaways and relevance to SUNY campuses.If you would like to view the slides that Christa and Kris presented, please click here. 

PMP CoP February 2023 Monthly Webinar - It’s All About the People: Don’t Be a Soul-Sucking CEO –Be a Grateful/Servant Leader Instead!

For our February 2023 Monthly Webinar, we watched a video together from one of our 3rd Party Vendor, International Institute for Learning (IIL) titled "It’s All About the People: Don’t Be a Soul-Sucking CEO –Be a Grateful/Servant Leader Instead!" presented by Garry Ridge and Judy Umlas and discussing its key takeaways and relevance to SUNY campuses. During our January 2023 webinar, we discussed the concept of Project Managers being a Servant Leader when approaching projects using an agile methodology. If you would like to view the slides that Christa and Kris presented, please click here. 

PMP CoP January 2023 Monthly Webinar - The Agile Project Plan to DO not Control

For our January 2023 Monthly Webinar, we watched a video together from the Educause Project Management Community Group titled "The Agile Project Plan to DO not Control" presented by Jen Burch from the University of Michigan and discussing its key takeaways and relevance to SUNY campuses. Learn about Agile experiences in higher education including what it means to work under an Agile-based methodology vs. Waterfall and what Jen has learned through her years of experience. If you would like to view the slides that Christa and Kris presented, please click here. 

PMP CoP October 2022 Monthly Webinar - Tasks in Microsoft 365 Training

For our September 2022 Monthly Webinar, the Microsoft Store Trainers trained on Microsoft Planner which most campus staff/faculty have access to with their A3 and/or A5 Microsoft 365 license. For our October 2022 Monthly Webinar, we welcome back the Microsoft Store Trainers back to train on Tasks in Microsoft 365 focusing on the To Do and Planner MS 365 apps. If you would like to view the links that were provided in the chat during the discussion, please click here. 

We have more monthly webinars from our community of practice available on our Project Management Professionals Community of Practice Monthly Webinar YouTube Playlist. Please check it out!

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