Summary

This overview is recommended for C levels, Principals, Sponsors, Business and Technical Senior Managers, and key organizational stakeholders (Finance, HR, Operations) whose organizations are either exploring how to improve the Return on Investment of a company’s technology investment or are already in transition to Agile. Executives and management play a key role in an Agile adoption and it is critical to have a consistent perspective with clear expectations of what is involved for success.

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Course Objectives: 

The objectives for this course include:

• Gaining a high-level overview of Lean-Agile

• Developing a consistent perspective of how to achieve the benefits of Lean-Agile

• Understanding the impact of Lean-Agile to your organization

Learning Objectives: 

The learning objectives for this briefing include:

• Understand the responsibilities of Business, Management, and the Teams and the key roles in Lean-Agile

• Minimize / eliminate the risks associated with technology development

• Realize Business value quicker by doing Business value increments

• Identify key needed changes in drivers and thinking

Outline

1. Lean-Agile overview

   • Challenges

   • Definition of agility

   • The context for Lean-Agile

2. Focusing on Business value

3. Lean thinking and key drivers

4. Responsibility boundaries, levels, and roles

5. Case Study

6. Transition

Full Description

This briefing provides a strategic overview of the Lean-Agile principles, practices, and persons involved to consistently achieve the highest business value (ROI) in a shorter delivery time, with the capacity of the technical teams.

Topics covered include:

• Lean-Agile overview

• Lean thinking and key drivers

• Responsibility boundaries, levels, and roles

• Business value based prioritization and planning

• Portfolio management: Effectively managing demand with capacity based on life-cycle of profit

• Elements of transition

Prerequisites

None

Max class size

No limit

Length

Half-Day

Level

Foundational