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Lean

  • Principles of Lean Thinking
  • The Five Core Principles of LEAN
  • Applying Lean in Research & Development
  • Systems Thinking (inspired by Deming)
  • Plan-driven versus Value-driven approaches
  • Empowering the Team
  • Understanding the Innovation Curve

Agile

Why Agile?

  • Comparing iterative methodologies
  • Common reasons for project failures
  • The Agile mindset and approach
  • Understanding Scrum
  • Roles: Pigs and Chickens

Product Owner

  • Acting as the customer's representative
  • Prioritizing product requirements
  • Writing effective user stories
  • Defining acceptance criteria
  • Negotiating sprint content
  • Group exercise: Deriving customer requirements and crafting corresponding stories

The Sprint

  • Understanding the Sprint Backlog
  • Sprint Planning: Determining what to accomplish
  • Sprint Planning: Deciding how to accomplish it
  • Activities during a sprint
  • Utilizing Burn-down Charts
  • Group exercise: Planning a sprint

Scrum Master

  • Facilitating Grooming Meetings
  • Implementing Scrum
  • Ensuring adherence to best practices
  • Maintaining documentation
  • Conducting Standup Meetings
  • Determining when to use Pair Programming
  • Group exercise: Implementing Scrum practices

Concluding a Sprint

  • Holding the Scrum Review Meeting
  • Conducting the Scrum Retrospective
  • Releasing the iteration
  • Group exercise: Reviewing a completed sprint

Kanban

Command & Control vs. Agile

  • The Factory Model
  • Analogy: How Canon functions
  • Analogy: How Missile functions
  • Core Pillars of Kanban
  • Viewing the Big Picture

Process

  • Foundational concepts of Kanban
  • Establishing Kanban Rules
  • Key Metrics
  • Creating Flow Diagrams
  • + Technical practices

Teamwork

  • Shared responsibility
  • Self-organization
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Benefits of "right" teamwork

Kanban Board

  • Visualizing the process
  • Creating a Kanban Board
  • Understanding and introducing WIP (Work in Progress) limits
  • Understanding and introducing Classes of Service

Customer Engagement

  • Identifying the most common forms of waste
  • Mapping the Value Stream

Waste

  • Value Stream Mapping techniques
  • Analyzing waste
  • Core concepts of Kaizen (MUDA, MURI, MURA)
  • Analyzing bottlenecks
  • The Five Focusing Steps

Product Discovery Methods and Tools

  • The Golden Circle
  • Impact Mapping
  • Design Thinking
  • User Story Mapping
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