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Consultancy Partnership Revolutionizes Agile Project Management

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ORLANDO, FL, USA, 2019-Mar-21 — /REAL TIME PRESS RELEASE/ — Project management magic is certain to take place when two industry leading agile coaching and consulting companies join forces to bring world-class services to organizations of all sizes and types. AgileDad founder and president, V. Lee Henson explains, “Our partnership with ClarityMinded Consulting is nothing less than a perfect match. This agreement allows us to work even more closely with existing and new clients to provide both technical and non-technical agile project management solutions.” As agile project management continues to prove itself to be the premier solution for all types of products and projects, organizations are saving money by building the right high quality products and services to meet the ever-changing needs of their end consumers. Chuck Ludwigsen, founder of ClarityMinded Consulting adds, “Lee Henson and his team at AgileDad set a new bar in equipping individuals and teams to succeed in the agile landscape. We are honored to partner with him as together we empower business professionals to grow and learn.”

Agile project management allows companies to gain better focus on what not to build, thereby affording the chance to have the most qualified teams swarm to limited work in progress and create an expedited feedback loop with the consumer. Business and technology concepts merge using short iterations to accelerate work from ideation, to discovery, delivery, and ultimately release. Alignment of business strategy, customer needs, and relative complexity work item estimates creates an environment helping organizations reduce time to market and focus on building the best product or service solution. Furthermore, agile project management solutions have proven to be an effective way for companies to see substantial cost savings by creating an organizational culture and mindset where innovation is encouraged and the fear of failure is diminished. This leads to innovative solutions at a much lower cost. While Agile is not the silver bullet, one size fits all solution, organizations that embrace the framework can incrementally improve business processes over time and wind up with their own internal agile center of excellence.

AgileDad is proud to provide coaching and training solutions for forty-four of the Fortune 100 companies in industries including: marketing, public relations, entertainment, medical, insurance, banking, finance, investment, retail, government, and technology. Our humanized approach to work and pragmatic approach to process has proven to be a model for long term product and project management success. For more information regarding training and coaching solutions for your organization, feel free to email LearnMore@AgileDad.com.

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Education

PMI Global Accreditation Center Accredits Kaplan University Project Management Programs

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Kaplan University today announced that School of Business project management degrees have been accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC).

DAVENPORT, Iowa (October 9, 2014) — Kaplan University, a leader in higher education innovation, today announced that School of Business project management degrees have been accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC).

GAC accreditation status has been conferred upon the following degree programs through August 2017:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Project Management Specialization
• Master of Science in Management (MSM), Project Management Specialization

“Project management has transitioned from a responsibility to a career as more organizations use teams and project-based methods to accomplish business goals,” said Dr. Thomas Boyd, dean and vice president of the School of Business and Information Technology. “We are proud to earn this recognition from the GAC Board, which further validates our commitment to project management educational excellence that will continue to prepare graduates to meet employer demands.”

Established by PMI in 2001, GAC is a specialized body that accredits bachelor’s, postgraduate and doctorate programs in project management. Degree programs that achieve GAC accreditation must demonstrate and meet the GAC’s rigorous standards of accreditation, which include an assessment of each program’s objectives and outcomes, faculty and student evaluations, onsite and online resources, annual self-evaluation, and proof of continuous improvements in the area of project management education. GAC accreditation ensures the quality of academic degree programs and their graduates in order to meet the standards of the rapidly growing field of project management.

Kaplan University’s project management specialization programs cover the life cycle of project phases and processes as advocated by GAC core learning outcomes and PMI as defined in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge®. The MBA Project Management specialization examines how to analyze and streamline complex, large-scale endeavors to develop efficient project plans. The MSM Project Management specialization focuses on planning, executing and controlling phases of a project life cycle to increase the bottom line for organizations.

About Kaplan University
Kaplan University offers a different school of thought for higher education. It strives to help adult students unlock their talent by providing a practical, student-centered education that prepares them for careers in some of the fastest-growing industries. The University, which has its main campus in Davenport, Iowa, and its headquarters in Chicago, is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (http://www.hlcommission.org). Kaplan University serves approximately 44,500 online and campus-based students. The University has 13 campuses in Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Maryland, Maine, and Wisconsin, and Kaplan University Learning Centers in Maryland and Missouri.

Kaplan University is part of Kaplan Higher Education LLC and Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses. Kaplan’s higher education institutions serves approximately 61,000 students online and through 56 campus-based schools across the United States and offer a spectrum of academic opportunities, from certificates and diplomas to graduate and professional degrees, including a juris doctor degree. Kaplan serves students of all ages through a wide array of offerings including higher education, test preparation, professional training and programs for kids in grades K-12. Kaplan, Inc. is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company and its largest division. For more information, visit http://www.kaplanuniversity.edu.

About Project Management Institute (PMI)
PMI is the world’s largest project management member association, representing more than half a million practitioners in over 185 countries. As a global thought leader and knowledge resource, PMI advances the profession through its global standards and credentials, collaborative chapters and virtual communities and academic research. When organizations invest in project management, supported by PMI, executives have confidence their important initiatives deliver expected results, greater business value and competitive advantage. Learn more at http://www.pmi.org.

About the PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management
Education Programs (GAC)
Established by the PMI Board of Directors in 2001, the Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GAC) is a specialized accrediting body that assures the quality of project management degree programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

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Technology

Virtosoftware Released Virto Tab Navigation – a New JQuery-Based Web Part for Easy Navigation over SharePoint Web Parts

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Virtosoftware announced the release of a new Microsoft SharePoint component that provides features for organizing web parts on a SharePoint site page into tabs— Virto Tab Navigation.

San Francisco, CA (USA), Tuesday – January 17, 2012 — Virtosoftware announced the release of a new Microsoft SharePoint component that provides features for organizing web parts on a SharePoint site page into tabs— Virto Tab Navigation.

Virtosoftware is glad to announce its first new product in the year of 2012 – Virto Tab Navigation compatible with both SharePoint 2007 and 2010 for convenient organizing web parts on a SharePoint site page. Virto Tab Navigationis a lightweight JQuery based control for grouping web parts from a site page and displaying them in several tabs rather than on a single page with scrolling.

Once Virto Tab Navigation ( http://www.virtosoftware.com/News/detail/Virto-Tab-Navigation-a-New-JQuery-Based-Web-Part-for-Easy-Navigation-over-SharePoint-Web-Part ) is installed, SharePoint user can easily reorganize a site page with a number of web parts by combining controls into several groups and displaying each group as a separate tab with its own title and color theme. The component options allow for editing tab titles, changing the order of the tabs, using predefined color themes as well as creating custom ones. With Virto Tab Navigation can you can quickly organize your SharePoint pages in the most convenient way.

The release of Virto Tab Navigation expands a line of Virtosoftware’s products for organizing SharePoint content. Together with Virto Data Gridfor convenient displaying SharePoint lists and SQL items, Virto Cross Site& Cascaded Lookup for joint displaying associated data from several distinct sources, Virto Pivot View for visualization and convenient management of large amount of data, and Virto Tag Cloud for effective data structuring, Virto Tab Navigation form a complex solution for organizing, structuring and managing SharePoint content.

Virto Tab Navigation web part is already available for purchasing. Visit www.virtosoftware.com for further information about Tab Navigation as well as more than 30 other web parts for Microsoft SharePoint by Virtosoftware. There you will also findtrials, documentation, blogs, discussions, and many more. Do not for get to follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/virtosoftware.

About Virto Software:
VirtoSoftware, a Microsoft Gold-Certified partner, designs and builds innovative web parts for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2007 and 2010. Our comprehensive lineup includes calendar, alerts, collaboration, workflow and administration capabilities for SharePoint users.

More than 1500 users around the world have chosen our products to enhance their SharePoint activities. Virto Software is headquartered in 4 with offices worldwide. For more information or to browse Virto Software’s products, please visit http://www.virtosoftware.com or contact us: sales@virtosoftware.com

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Education

Bryant & Stratton College Online Adds Specializations to Bachelor of Business Administration Program

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Students can now specialize in eCommerce, Human Resources, Marketing or Project Management

Buffalo, NY, December 19, 2011 – Bryant & Stratton College Online today announced the addition of four new specializations to its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in General Management degree program. The specializations include eCommerce, Human Resources, Marketing and Project Management. Each BBA specialization will provide students the opportunity to not only benefit from a solid business foundation with related courses in management, finance, technology, marketing and business law and gain critical business thinking skills through operations management and strategic planning courses, but also learn skills and concepts related to specific career paths in business. Bryant & Stratton College Online offers five online bachelor’s degree programs, including the BBA in General Management and a BBA in Accounting.

“In response to employer and student demand for more business specializations, we are excited to make these new options in eCommerce, Human Resources, Marketing and Project Management available to online students. The new specializations give students a more robust set of choices for finding the right career,” said Scott Traylor, Associate Campus Director of Online Education at Bryant & Stratton College. “The online business programs at Bryant & Stratton College introduce students to active learning techniques, practical application of research methods, team projects, presentations and internships. As a result, students are better prepared upon graduation for the challenges of management positions.”

Each specialization is designed to train students to become contributors in the workplace. Below are brief descriptions of each specialization:

eCommerce Specialization – eCommerce courses focus on strategy and management, business models, social impact of the media, web design tools, design principles, social networking, web 2.0 tools, technology infrastructure and more. Students who choose the ecommerce specialization prepare for entry-level positions in the rapidly growing eCommerce and Internet Marketing industries.

Human Resources Specialization – Courses for this specialization include Human Resource Management, Training and Development, Compensation and Benefits, Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining, and Employment Law. Through the courses, the students will examine and discuss human resources management, recruitment and training, employee rights, career management and development, compensation structure and design, benefits programs, unions and collective bargaining, contract administration, labor relations and hiring and termination.

Marketing Specialization – Through the Marketing specialization students prepare for entry-level marketing positions. Courses will focus on buying and selecting media, advertising agencies, sales, product and promotion strategy, negotiating, developing marketing and sales plans, managing marketing and sales teams, proposal writing, direct marketing, distribution channels, international marketing and the value of customer relationships.

Project Management Specialization – Project Management courses include Introduction to Project Management, Project Procurement Management, Project Risk Management, Project Scheduling & Cost Management and Project Management. These courses focus on project planning, contract administration, risk management, project estimating and cost control and project management software.

Earlier this year, Bryant & Stratton College Online launched a BBA in Accounting degree program. This online degree program prepares students for positions such as staff, tax or management accountant; financial, revenue or budget analyst; financial manager, internal auditor or business manager. Prospective students should note that the program is not intended to provide preparation for the Certified Public Accountant exam.

Currently none of the BBA specializations are available to students in Arkansas.

Bryant & Stratton College was founded in 1854 and is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. For more information about Bryant & Stratton College and its online degree programs, visit http://online.bryantstratton.edu.

About Bryant & Stratton College Online
Bryant & Stratton College is a private career college delivering outcomes based education and training through a flexible, contemporary curriculum in a personalized environment.  The College is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and has locations in New York, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as an Online Education division, and a Professional Skill Center. For over 155 years, Bryant & Stratton College has been providing real world education leading to bachelor’s and associate’s degrees and professional certificates. Bryant & Stratton College Online offers 5 online bachelor’s degree programs, eleven online associate’s degree programs and eleven online certificate programs in a variety of fields including business, criminal justice, financial services, healthcare, human resources and information technology. Some online programs are not yet available in all states. For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of graduates and other important information, please visit www.bryantstratton.edu/disclosures.  General information about Bryant & Stratton College and its online degrees can also be found at http://online.bryantstratton.edu.

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Construction, Energy, Industrial

Carl Soderman Was Appointed President Of ZAP Engineering And Construction Services

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Lakewood, CO (November 30, 2010) — ZAP Engineering and Construction Services, Inc.(ZAP ECS), a leading full service engineering and construction management company serving the gas processing, pipeline, field services, petroleum, refinery, chemical and alternative energy industries, names Carl Soderman as President to manage the firms substantial team growth experienced over the past year and lead the firm into the future.

“Carl comes to our business with the experience needed to navigate ZAP’s evolving business expansion in a full range of professional services.,” said Steve Tzap, CEO of ZAP ECS. “His strong track record in operational efficiency and growth, combined with an emphasis on quality and customer focus will be the key assets to driving the continued success of our business.”

Soderman joins ZAP Engineering and Construction Services, Inc. as a recognized leader in engineering and operations with over 30 years of experience in the natural gas industry. His responsibilities have included engineering management, operations management, project development, project management and operations engineering. In directing groups in a leadership role, responsibilities have included asset planning and development, asset optimization, acquisition and merger due diligence and integration, and project delivery.

“ZAP’s business model is built upon client representation and personal attention as the foundation to the company’s philosophy. Monitoring the investments our clients allocate to each specific project is a key element to the “partners in business” commitment at ZAP,” commented Steve. “Soderman has broad management experience in executive and leadership positions across a wide range of commercial, operational, and quality functions, as well as familiarity with the ZAP organization.”

Prior to joining ZAP ECS, Soderman was Northern US Process Manager with Enerflex Energy Systems, Ltd., a division of Toromont Industries, Inc.(TSX: TIH), an international company delivering products, services and integrated solutions to all corners of the world, focusing on the natural gas industry. After graduating from University of Texas of Austin in 1979 his exceptional career background progressed from Project Engineer with Brown and Root to Manager of Operations, Process Engineering Manager to Vice President of Engineering with DCP Midstream.

“I am excited at the opportunity to lead the ZAP ECS organization,” said Carl Soderman. “The firm’s portfolio of services has tremendous recognition in the market. The challenge ahead is to leverage that awareness and continue to develop innovative products and services that the market demands and our customers expect.”

About ZAP Engineers and Construction Services, Inc.
Founded in 2001, ZAP Engineering and Construction Services, Inc. (ZAP ECS), located in Lakewood, Colorado is a full service engineering and construction management company serving the gas processing, pipeline, field services, petroleum, refinery, chemical and alternative energy industries. From engineering and design to project controls and construction management, ZAP ECS brings decades of expertise to the gas processing industry and related-energy companies. The diverse backgrounds of our project team allow ZAP ECS to bring focused knowledge to unique processes including gasification technologies, power generation and methanol/ethanol production. ZAP has been recognized in the HOT 500 in 2006 and listed three consecutive years in the top 5000 awards 2007-2009.

If you would like information about this topic or to schedule an interview, please contact David Sauve at sauved@zapecs.com or call 303-565-5551. www.zapecs.com

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