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Events: Project Assistants' 2011 Webinar Series

Following is a list of webinars offered in our 2011 Webinar Series:

Executive Track

Project and Portfolio Management Technology Track

Webinars with Content Summaries:

In today’s ever-changing business climate, organizations are becoming increasingly reliant on temporary project-based help, even for senior strategic roles, rather than hiring permanent full-time employees.  A key challenge with this business practice is the clash between traditional hiring best practices and the typical, and often suboptimal, processes that are often practiced in the world of temporary project staffing.
In this webinar we’ll review the most common obstacles encountered in the temporary staffing environment, specifically as they impact the hiring of the best, most capable, highly experienced, temporary project leadership:  

  • Unrealistic timelines/unrealistic response times
  • Unclear requirements    
  • Unrealistic expectations (client and recruiter)
  • Differences in the best practices between the technical talent and project management talent (strategic positions) hiring success factors

The above obstacles often lead to the acquisition of the wrong talent and, as we all know, poor hiring decisions are costly (time, dollars, morale, efficiency).  In this webinar, Mr. Cicala will demonstrate that by modifying traditional hiring best practices you can avoid the business and opportunity costs associated with poor hiring practices that impact your ability to meet your organizational goals.

Many forward-thinking organizations have recognized the value of the Microsoft SharePoint platform as an effective tool that unites people, processes and knowledge. Yet although this technology is often easily deployable, there are many obstacles to overcome when working to leverage the full potential of this solution.  Two key challenges in this regard include:

  • Difficulty securing the new environment, so that only the right people have access to specific information   
  • Lack of a centralized governance process to prevent unstructured or rampant proliferation of sites, and to ensure the technology is appropriately addressing current business requirements

In this webinar, Mr. Cicala will address the steps necessary to ensure your SharePoint solution provides the improved agility, efficiency and productivity your organization requires:

    • Deployment and Strategy Planning: Building a strategy for portal organization and structure
    • Installation and Configuration: The importance of accurately installing the technology within your infrastructure
    • Solution Customization: Custom application development to meet your unique business requirements  
    • SharePoint Integration: Enhancing the use and availability of data from diverse systems
    • Training
    • Dashboards: Provide compelling, up-to-the-minute project information on status, budget, to-date financial progress, and documentation
 

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