Being Agile in Business - 2 to 3 Day

Being Agile in Business – 2 to 3 Day

The Being Agile in Business training course introduces the essential methods, skills and values of agile working in a business and teams context. It provides a clear understanding of agile principles, concepts and tools that can be immediately implemented. Work faster, think clearer and improve your individual, team and business agility with this Being Agile in Business course.

This two or three day course enables your team to experience agile working, its application within your business and implementation for current work.

A mix of theory and practice, this course enables teams to learn, apply and reflect on being agile:

Attendees will gain a clear understanding of the principles and theory behind agile working, as well as practically apply agile principles and practices within their own working environment.

Agile Thinking – understand and develop an agile mind set
Agile Method – adopt agile principles and practices
Agile Approach – implement practical tools and techniques
Agile Culture – create an environment that enables agility

A combination of training and coaching, teams will gain:

A comprehensive introduction to agile principles and practices
Practical application of agile tools to current work
Identify relevant areas where agile can be used
Understand which agile methods and tools to use and when

Agile is a methodology that has grown in popularity in recent years, endorsed by businesses as an approach that enables teams to develop high performing teams and generate sustainable results.

Agile methods can be implemented throughout an organisations in areas such as:

Project Management
Product Development
Team Working
Customer Engagement
Sales & Marketing
Operations & Finance
Leadership & Strategy
New Business Development
Business Improvement

Agile Management methods are proven to help business to identify improvements and overcome barriers. At its core, agile is a methodology that has developed to deliver positive results in times of change and uncertainty.

Understand and apply agile methods in your working world
Discover strategies and tools to make you work faster and better
Find out how to anticipate change and navigate uncertainty
Gain immediate clarity and control in any situation
Streamline and improve your day to day workflow
Uncover new ways to communicate and collaborate

Course Information

Suitable for:
- teams looking to explore and apply agile working
- SMEs, Enterprise Teams and Public Sector Teams
- teams preparing to work with an agile partner or supplier
Customised to fit your team and organisation
2 or 3 day course
Course level : Introduction
Suitable for : all, no prerequisites required
Type : Theory and Practical application
Group size upto 14
Includes course learning materials
Delivery on or off site

Attendees will work on their own projects and at the end of the workshop have tools, materials as well as a sound understanding of the method to take away and implement.
Third day enables additional time for practical application of agile principles and practices to current work that can be implemented and continued immediately by the team.
Includes pre-course virtual meeting to customise the course to target the key areas and tools that will provide the most value within your organisation
Follow up coaching and training available to support adoption and adaption

Course Enquiry

30 Learning Outcomes from Being Agile in Business

1. Agile Background
Learn about the sources of the methods and practices behind agile
2. Agile Benefits
Explore the problems agile can help to solve and the benefits agile working can bring
3. Agile Characteristics
Identify what being agile means to you
4. Agile Logic
Understand the logic behind agile thinking
5. Agile State
Identify the 3 layers of agility needed to create an agile mind set
6. Agile Beliefs
Understand the values and principles behind an agile way of thinking
7. Agile Method
Discover how to adopt a learning driven approach that delivers results early and allows for improvement
8. Agile Goals
Learn how to be solution focused and clarify what you want to achieve
9. Agile Reality
Learn how to take a reality check to help you gain focus and balance
10. Agile Options
Discover simple ways to map out your early choices with the information you have available
11. Agile Way Forward
Explore how to develop a test driven route to success through observation to gain better awareness
12. Continuous Delivery
Learn how to change to a rhythm that works to sustain and manage performance
13. Agile Scope
Adopt an approach that manages variables and works to deliver benefits rather than fix and control requirements and the end result
14. Estimation Games
Learn a series of games that help you to understand jobs and clarify the expectations of others
15. Ranking Priorities
Learn simple ways to order and establish the importance and order of things
16. Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Learn how to explore and develop your ideas and validate their viability rapidly
17. Agile Dashboard
Learn how to easily build a practical way to visualise, track and manage your workload
18. Lean Pipelines
Visualise journeys and progress and create communication channels with colleagues
19. Lean Efficiencies
Remove and reduce waste, discover commonly hidden inefficiencies
20. Run Sprints not Marathons
Discover an approach that allows for regular change and improvement while reducing daily interruptions and distractions
21. Sanity Metrics over Vanity Metrics
Learn how to set measures that inform and identify development and improvement opportunities
22. Agile Reflection
Explore simple ways to build reflection and learning into your everyday working practices
23. Learning from Experience
Recognise agile methods provide a platform for changing direction as we gain more experience and understanding
24. Sharing Agile
Discover ways to introduce others to agile, who will be most likely to join you early and who may take some time to convert
25. Agile Culture
Identify ways agile works to foster a healthy and positive working environment
26. Agile Teams
Learn about how teams can use agile to work collaboratively and in harmony using agile communication practices and visualisation tools
27. Lean Teams
Establish collaborative working and connect teams using visualisation of workflows
28. Agile Leadership
Explore how agile methods support the development of a shared and common purpose within a business, breaking down barriers and improving communication throughout the business
29. Agile Management
Learn how to use agile as a tool to improve team performance and individual job satisfaction
30. Business Agility
Explore how agile can be embedded at all levels of a business to create an organisational state of agility

Being Agile in Business – 2 to 3 Day