The Art of Managing in an Agile World March 29, 2011

This course gives you the hands-on experience and builds the skill set you will require to thoroughly understand and utilize the real-world fundamentals of managing in an agile environment. Instructors, Diana Larsen and Sharon Buckmaster, bring their expertise in agile management, planning and development to help managers utilize their knowledge and skills to harness the power of an Agile organization.

Training Objectives: What you Will Learn

* Learn how Agile organizations work from a systemic perspective.
* Create strategic alignment between project teams and the rest of the organization.
* Explore practices for identifying and resolving business issues, setting goals and measuring progress, assessing organization culture, and using organization structure to effectively address the challenges facing you and your team.
* Examine the implications of Agile environments for managing human capabilities and handling human resources functions, such as, hiring, retention, reviews, and compensation.
* Learn how effective leaders manage the boundary between their Agile teams and the rest of the organization.
* Discover the latest brain research showing male/female differences and translate these findings into more effective strategies for coaching and mentoring within and across gender on high performing teams.

Agenda:
We emphasize practical applications in our classes. In this course, we’ll share many of the tools and techniques we use, including:

* “Issue Diagnosis Wheel” to sort and characterize the type of issue and the most appropriate analysis to apply “Chartering Template” to for developing a strategic vision, business case, and business success criteria for Agile projects
* “Checklist for When to Intervene” in team issues
* “Lessons from the Wild” for tracking and fanning what works and
* Collaboration techniques to motivate and vitalize teamwork

Official Website: http://oregontrainingnetwork.com/managing-in-an-agile-world/