Learn to:

  • Identify Obstacles to Business Agility and Flow

  • Set up Value Stream Teams to begin transition from Project to Product

  • Set up a Portfolio Kanban for full End-to-End Transparency

  • Reprioritize the Portfolio to promote Economic Winners

  • Evolve a Flexible Funding Model for true Business Agility

  • Set up the Agile VMO to establish Cross-Hierarchy Leadership

Instructor(s)

Instructor Bio:

Sanjiv Augustine is the Founder and CEO of LitheSpeed, LLC and the Agile Leadership Academy. Sanjiv is an entrepreneur, industry-leading Agile and Lean expert, author, speaker, management consultant, and trainer. With nearly 30 years in the industry, Sanjiv has served as a trusted advisor to executives and management at leading firms, including Capital One, The Capital Group, CNBC, Comcast, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, General Dynamics, HCA Healthcare, The Motley Fool, National Geographic, Nationwide Insurance, Royal Bank of Canada, Samsung, and Walmart. Sanjiv is the author of the books, Managing Agile Projects (Prentice Hall 2005), and Scaling Agile: A Lean JumpStart, as well as several publications including, Transitioning to Agile Project Management, The Lean-Agile PMO: Using Lean Thinking to Accelerate Agile Project Delivery and Transformational Leadership for Business Agility.

Sanjiv Augustine

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Introductions

    • Welcome

    • Meet your instructor

    • How to use this platform

    • Before you begin...
  • 02

    Identify Obstacles to Business Agility and Flow

    • What to expect from this module

    • What is Business Agility?

    • Obstacle: Organizational Silos

    • Obstacle: Project Think

    • Module Checkpoint

    • Try this: Measure Lead Time
  • 03

    Set up Value Stream Teams to begin transition from Project to Product

    • What to expect from this module

    • What is a Value Stream?

    • Precursors to Value Streams

    • Build on your Existing Structure

    • Module Checkpoint

    • Try this: Business and IT Team Members Work Together
  • 04

    Set up a Portfolio Kanban for full End-to-End Transparency

    • What to expect from this module

    • Portfolio Kanban Essential Elements

    • Portfolio Kanban - Clear Gating Criteria

    • Portfolio Kanban - Example

    • Module Checkpoint

    • Try this: Limit Product WIP
  • 05

    Reprioritize the Portfolio to Promote Economic Winners

    • What to expect from this module

    • Typical Project Portfolio

    • Aggressively Reprioritize the Portfolio

    • Example Portfolio Prioritization

    • Module Checkpoint

    • Try this: Experiment with WSJF Prioritization
  • 06

    Evolve a Flexible Funding Model

    • What to expect from this module

    • Flexible Funding Model - Annual Budgeting is Broken

    • Flexible Funding Model - Steps to Evolve

    • Module Checkpoint

    • Try this: Learn about and pilot Fixed Funding
  • 07

    Set up the Agile VMO to establish Cross-Hierarchy Leadership

    • What to expect from this module

    • Agile VMO - Team of Teams

    • Agile VMO - End to End Responsibilities

    • Agile VMO - Structure

    • Module Checkpoint

    • Try this: Establish a Weekly Team-of-Teams Meeting
  • 08

    Closing

    • Thank you!

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