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Agile Leadership for Product Teams
Agile Leadership for Product Teams prepares delegates to apply current best practice in agile with confidence.
Overview
Agile Leadership for Product Teams responds to a clear need across digital transformation & innovation, for professionals who can apply sound agile practice under real world conditions. The programme is structured to build capability step by step, from foundational concepts through to applied practice.
Throughout the course, delegates test ideas against real organisational challenges, leaving with a practical action plan for improving agile in their own workplace.
Course objectives
- Design practical plans that put agile frameworks into action.
- Assess risk and compliance considerations relevant to agile.
- Analyse case studies to draw out lessons relevant to agile.
- Apply core agile principles and best practice to real workplace challenges.
- Develop the tools and templates needed to support agile in practice.
- Build a personal action plan for applying Agile Leadership for Product Teams back at work.
Who should attend
- Professionals transitioning into agile focused roles
- Cross functional team members collaborating on agile projects
- Managers and team leaders responsible for agile
- Department heads overseeing agile functions
- HR and learning and development professionals supporting agile initiatives
- Graduates and early career professionals entering agile
Course outline
Module 1: Foundations of Agile
- Map stakeholder needs and expectations for agile initiatives
- Receive facilitator feedback on individual and group work
- Benchmark current practice against recognised industry standards
Module 2: Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
- Assess the resourcing and budget implications of proposed changes
- Break into syndicate groups to work through a realistic case study
- Review a checklist of quick wins to apply immediately after the course
- Prioritise competing demands using a simple decision framework
- Debate the merits of competing approaches in an open forum
Module 3: Case Studies and Practical Application
- Set measurable goals and success criteria for the weeks ahead
- Discuss how agile varies across different sectors and regions
- Identify early warning signs of common project or process failures
Module 4: Risk, Governance and Compliance
- Interpret data and metrics used to track agile performance
- Map out a communication plan for engaging key stakeholders
- Compare approaches used across different organisations
- Consider the ethical dimensions of decisions made in agile
Module 5: Tools and Techniques for Agile
- Build a personal action plan for immediate use
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of common agile models
- Test assumptions through a structured risk assessment exercise
- Draft key performance indicators to monitor progress
Module 6: Data, Metrics and Performance Measurement
- Review recent research and thought leadership shaping agile
- Consider how technology is reshaping agile in practice
- Practice giving and receiving structured peer feedback
- Practice using relevant tools, templates and checklists
Module 7: Action Planning and Implementation
- Translate strategic goals into a practical implementation timeline
- Analyse a real organisational setback and extract the lessons learned
- Walk through a step by step implementation checklist
- Review sample templates and adapt them for your own organisation
- Discuss current trends and the future direction of agile
Training methodology
- Encourages active participation through scenario based problem solving.
- Uses practical templates, checklists and tools that delegates can apply immediately.
- Reinforced with real world case studies drawn from relevant industries and regions.
- Delivered through a blend of expert facilitation, structured input and interactive discussion.
Accreditation
Delegates who complete Agile Leadership for Product Teams receive a Klarheit Certificate of Completion, recognising the hours of training undertaken and the topics covered. Certificates are issued at the close of the programme and can be used to support continuing professional development records.
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