An agile team is swift, resourceful and adaptable, able to move with “quick easy grace” and capable of achieving awesome results in record time. Is your team on a mission to become truly agile? If so, this workshop is here to help.

The workshop introduces today’s (i.e. “modern”) agile: a principle-driven, people-centric approach that accelerates learning in order to deliver better outcomes sooner.

You’ll learn the mindset and skillset to both “be” and “do” agile. You’ll learn how to base decisions and actions on guiding principles. And you’ll experience valuable practices like Evolutionary Design, Value Stream Mapping, Optimizing Flow, Limiting Work-In-Process, Psychological Safety, and more.

Who Should Attend?

• Anyone involved in becoming more agile.
• Anyone who must organize people and teams to become more agile.
• Anyone who’s had enough of faux agile.

• The class begins February 27, 2024 and runs for 6 weeks. SESSION ZERO Thursday, February 22, 2024 - Brief session for introductions and tool setup.
• There are two sessions each week, one on Tuesday and the other on Thursday, each delivered over Zoom.
  
  

Agenda:

• Week 1 - An Interactive Introduction to Modern Agile Principles: Part 1
  • Understanding Agile
  • Make People Awesome
  • Make Safety A Prerequisite
• Week 2 - An Interactive Introduction to Modern Agile Principles: Part 2
  • Experiment & Learn Rapidly
  • Deliver Value Continuously
  • Evolutionary Design
• Week 3 - Collaboration and Psychological Safety
  • Introduction to Psychological Safety
  • The Cycle of Mistrust
  • The Dangers of Multitasking
• Week 4 - Essential Lean Principles
  • Iterative Development
  • Essence of Lean Principles and Practices
• Week 5 - Approaching Change, Part 1
  • Change Saboteurs
  • The Journey from Low- to High-Performance Teams - Part 1
• Week 6 - Approaching Change, Part 2
  • The Journey from Low- to High-Performance Teams - Part 2
  • Overcoming Common Challenges of Change
  • Workshop Conclusion