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SUMMARY:Full-day Workshop Improving Organizational Agility @ DevOpsCon Singapore 2023
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving a full-day workshop where people learn to apply agile throughout their organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility. Join my workshop Improving Organizational Agility at DevOpsCon Singapore 2023! \nImproving Organizational Agility\nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customers’ needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility\, you will experience how your organization can become more agile. \n\nPractice creating an environment that enables teams and empowers them to apply agile practices.\nLearn to establish an agile collaborative mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, DevOps) methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nLearn to apply agile throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility! \nDevOpsCon Singapore\nDevOps is fundamentally changing the IT world and sets the path for successful business transformation. Join DevOpsCon to learn about the latest tools. \nHow do cloud platforms\, microservices\, and Kubernetes play together with comprehensive automation and continuous delivery? How can you handle increasing complexity in your organization? \nAt DevOpsCon\, you will meet internationally recognized thought leaders of the DevOps movement and benefit from their expertise.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/full-day-workshop-improving-organizational-agility-devopscon-singapore-2023/
LOCATION:Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Center\, 1 Raffles Blvd\, Singapore\, 039593\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Conference,Improve Organizational Agility,online,Singapore,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Workshop Improving Organizational Agility
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving my popular workshop Improving Organizational Agility as an in-person course on September 20\, in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning. Sign up. \n \nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nImproving Organizational Agility\nThis 8-hour workshop aims in helping organizations: \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust themselves to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and are losing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nWho should attend\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help participants apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility \nWhat will you learn\nParticipants of this 8-hour workshop will learn how to apply agile throughout their organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility\, and more specifically: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nMoreover\, participants of this workshop are expected to: \n\nPractice how to assess their agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well they are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel their agile journey and find out what they need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nAbout the Instructor\nBen Linders runs a one-person business in Agile\, Lean\, Quality\, and Continuous Improvement. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives\, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives\, What Drives Quality\, The Agile Self-assessment Game\, Problem? What Problem?\, and Continuous Improvement. Creator of many Agile Coaching Tools\, for example\, the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nBen is a well-known speaker and author; he’s much respected for sharing his experiences and helping others share theirs. His books and games have been translated into more than 12 languages and are used by professionals in teams and organizations all around the world. \nAs an adviser\, trainer\, and coach\, he helps organizations with effectively deploying software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement\, collaboration and communication\, and professional development\, to deliver business value to customers. \nAgile Actors #learning\nAgile Actors #learning is the Learning Ecosystem for the ambitious and talented tech professional. From setting meaningful personal goals to getting personal coaching\, it helps you find your next career dot and deliver value to the real world. \nWe are helping Tech Professionals to combine theory with best practices as well as real-world experiences in order to grow and excel. \nOur courses\, developed by experienced Software Engineers\, Testers\, Agile Coaches focus on hands-on examples and projects to get you up to speed with any new technology\, tool or methodology. \nSchedule\nNext in-person course has been scheduled for September 20\, 2023 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (EEST). Sign up.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/improving-organizational-agility-september-2023/
LOCATION:Agile Actors #learning\, 62A Ethnikis Antistasis\, Chalandri\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Greece,Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Workshop Fostering an Agile Culture
DESCRIPTION:An interactive online workshop where you can practice culture change\, learn how to increase team autonomy and morale\, and explore using retrospectives to keep your agile journey going smoothly. Join me on September 11\, 2023\, for the live workshop Fostering an Agile Culture. \nA one-day online workshop for €350 + VAT. \nFostering an Agile Culture\nAdopting agile often doesn’t live up to its promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. The missing ingredients that cause failure often have to do with an insufficient agile mindset and difficulties in changing to a culture of agile thinking and acting. An agile culture is a foundation for an agile way of working and a successful agile journey\, it is a key factor that you need to work on. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll explore how organizations can visualize their culture. We learn how organizations can foster a mindset and culture change toward agility and how they can apply agile practices and capabilities to deliver value frequently and fast. \nNext\, we’ll explore how team autonomy and morale can be increased by playing the Agile Impediment Board Game. Finally\, we’ll see how agile retrospectives can be used to establish continuous improvement with effective communication and collaboration\, to keep your agile journey going in the right direction. \nLearning by Doing\nYou will practice: \n\nVisualize your existing agile culture and see the need and possibilities for culture change\nShare agile strengths and challenges to explore what it takes for an agile culture and mindset\nExperience how gamification can be used to improve the team’s autonomy and morale\nPractice retrospective techniques to reflect and find ways to improve your agile journey\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile Teams.\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nIn this workshop\, we will explore how to create conditions for culture change and use this to increase the agility of organizations. \nPractical information\nFour-hour interactive live online workshop. \nYou can book this workshop by buying a ticket below\, or by contacting me by email at benlinders@gmail.com. \nThere’s no minimum number of attendees\, this workshop will be held even if only one person signs up. Tickets are limited to ensure that all attendees can participate in the exercises and play the games to be fully involved and engaged. \nCancellations are allowed until one week before the workshop is held. If you can’t attend then a colleague can use your ticket to join. \nAttendees of this workshop will get free downloadable copies of the Culture Cards and the Impediment Board Game (value €25). \nLearning by practicing and experiencing\nDoing it yourself and reflecting is the way people learn new practices and develop skills in my workshops. They work in teams to try out things and experiment with practices to learn how agile can really look and feel. I coach people\, answer questions\, share my experience\, and provide lots of ideas. They learn from me\, and also from each other. \nI use many exercises\, games\, and real-life cases in my workshops. Examples are the retrospectives toolbox\, the Impediment Game\, and the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nMy approach enables attendees to apply the things they learned in their daily work.\nThe workshops are time well spent; organizations get value for their money!
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-fostering-an-agile-culture-sep-2023/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Continuous Improvement in Remote and Distributed Teams
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving an online workshop to practice continuous improvement in remote and distributed teams on May 31 and June 1 in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning. \nSign up for Continuous Improvement in Remote and Distributed Teams. \nRemote and Distributed Teams\nWorking with remote or distributed teams can be challenging. Distance and time differences make it more difficult to work together and to collaboratively improve the way of working. \nWhile remote or distributed teams can certainly have advantages over co-located teams\, their benefits can only be reached if teams know how to find effective ways to collaborate and communicate and become able to improve continuously. \nWorking with remote or distributed teams can be challenging. Distance and time differences make it more difficult to work together and to collaboratively improve the way of working. \nWhile remote or distributed teams can certainly have advantages over co-located teams\, their benefits can only be reached if teams know how to find effective ways to collaborate and communicate and become able to improve continuously. \nSome of the main challenges that remote or distributed teams have are: \n\nEstablishing ongoing communication between team members\nCoordinating and synchronizing the work that needs to be done\nChanging the way the work is done while keeping alignment between different locations where the work is done\nDealing with cultural differences and establishing trust between team members\n\nThese challenges along with relevant best practices will be discussed during this hands-on workshop. \nWho should attend\nThis 8-hour workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile coaches and change agents\,\nTeam members of remote/distributed teams\,\nTeam\, product or project managers\,\n(Senior) managers\,\nAnybody involved in remote collaboration.\n\nWhat will you learn\nThis 8-hour virtual workshop helps teams explore the way that they are collaborating and communicating and to find ways to improve and become more effective as a remote or distributed team. \nIn the hands-on workshop\, participants will learn to: \n\nDefine shared goals\, values and principles to work together in an effective way\nEstablish a culture where people respect and trust each other and are open and honest\nManage the balance between dependency and autonomy of team members at different locations\nHow to do agile self-assessments and remote retrospectives to reflect on the way of working\nDefine and execute actions to improve collaboration and communication\nImprove using tools for collaboration and communications\n\nAbout the Instructor\nBen Linders runs a one-person business in Agile\, Lean\, Quality\, and Continuous Improvement. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives\, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives\, What Drives Quality\, The Agile Self-assessment Game\, Problem? What Problem?\, and Continuous Improvement. Creator of many Agile Coaching Tools\, for example\, the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nBen is a well-known speaker and author; he’s much respected for sharing his experiences and helping others share theirs. His books and games have been translated into more than 12 languages and are used by professionals in teams and organizations all around the world. \nAs an adviser\, trainer\, and coach\, he helps organizations with effectively deploying software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement\, collaboration and communication\, and professional development\, to deliver business value to customers. \nSchedule\nNext virtual session has been scheduled for 31 May & 1 June 2023\, 10:00 – 14:00 EEST \nAbout Agile Actors #Learning\nAgile Actors #learning is the Learning Ecosystem for the ambitious and talented tech professional. From setting meaningful personal goals to getting personal coaching\, it helps you find your next career dot and deliver value to the real world. \nWe are helping Tech Professionals to combine theory with best practices as well as real-world experiences in order to grow and excel. \nOur courses\, developed by experienced Software Engineers\, Testers\, Agile Coaches focus on hands-on examples and projects to get you up to speed with any new technology\, tool or methodology.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/continuous-improvement-in-remote-and-distributed-teams/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Greece,Improve Organizational Agility,Netherlands,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Workshop Fostering an Agile Culture
DESCRIPTION:An interactive online workshop where you can practice culture change\, learn how to increase team autonomy and morale\, and explore using retrospectives to keep your agile journey going smoothly. Join me on March 8\, 2023\, for the live workshop Fostering an Agile Culture. \nA one-day online workshop for €350 + VAT. \nFostering an Agile Culture\nAdopting agile often doesn’t live up to its promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. The missing ingredients that cause failure often have to do with an insufficient agile mindset and difficulties in changing to a culture of agile thinking and acting. An agile culture is a foundation for an agile way of working and a successful agile journey\, it is a key factor that you need to work on. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll explore how organizations can visualize their culture. We learn how organizations can foster a mindset and culture change toward agility and how they can apply agile practices and capabilities to deliver value frequently and fast. \nNext\, we’ll explore how team autonomy and morale can be increased by playing the Agile Impediment Board Game. Finally\, we’ll see how agile retrospectives can be used to establish continuous improvement with effective communication and collaboration\, to keep your agile journey going in the right direction. \nLearning by Doing\nYou will practice: \n\nVisualize your existing agile culture and see the need and possibilities for culture change\nShare agile strengths and challenges to explore what it takes for an agile culture and mindset\nExperience how gamification can be used to improve the team’s autonomy and morale\nPractice retrospective techniques to reflect and find ways to improve your agile journey\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile Teams.\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nIn this workshop\, we will explore how to create conditions for culture change and use this to increase the agility of organizations. \nPractical information\nFour-hour interactive live online workshop. \nYou can book this workshop by buying a ticket below\, or by contacting me by email at benlinders@gmail.com. \nThere’s no minimum number of attendees\, this workshop will be held even if only one person signs up. Tickets are limited to ensure that all attendees can participate in the exercises and play the games to be fully involved and engaged. \nCancellations are allowed until one week before the workshop is held. If you can’t attend then a colleague can use your ticket to join. \nAttendees of this workshop will get free downloadable copies of the Culture Cards and the Impediment Board Game (value €25). \nLearning by practicing and experiencing\nDoing it yourself and reflecting is the way people learn new practices and develop skills in my workshops. They work in teams to try out things and experiment with practices to learn how agile can really look and feel. I coach people\, answer questions\, share my experience\, and provide lots of ideas. They learn from me\, and also from each other. \nI use many exercises\, games\, and real-life cases in my workshops. Examples are the retrospectives toolbox\, the Impediment Game\, and the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nMy approach enables attendees to apply the things they learned in their daily work.\nThe workshops are time well spent; organizations get value for their money!
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-fostering-an-agile-culture-march-2023/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Workshop Fostering an Agile Culture
DESCRIPTION:An interactive online workshop where you can practice culture change\, learn how to increase team autonomy and morale\, and explore using retrospectives to keep your agile journey going smoothly. Join me on February 8\, 2023\, for the live workshop Fostering an Agile Culture. \nA one-day online workshop for €450. \nFostering an Agile Culture\nAdopting agile often doesn’t live up to its promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. The missing ingredients that cause failure often have to do with an insufficient agile mindset and difficulties in changing to a culture of agile thinking and acting. An agile culture is a foundation for an agile way of working and a successful agile journey\, it is a key factor that you need to work on. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll explore how organizations can visualize their culture. We learn how organizations can foster a mindset and culture change toward agility and how they can apply agile practices and capabilities to deliver value frequently and fast. \nNext\, we’ll explore how team autonomy and morale can be increased by playing the Agile Impediment Board Game. Finally\, we’ll see how agile retrospectives can be used to establish continuous improvement with effective communication and collaboration\, to keep your agile journey going in the right direction. \nLearning by Doing\nYou will practice: \n\nVisualize your existing agile culture and see the need and possibilities for culture change\nShare agile strengths and challenges to explore what it takes for an agile culture and mindset\nExperience how gamification can be used to improve the team’s autonomy and morale\nPractice retrospective techniques to reflect and find ways to improve your agile journey\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile Teams.\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nIn this workshop\, we will explore how to create conditions for culture change and use this to increase the agility of organizations. \nPractical information\nFour-hour interactive live workshop of 4 hours. \nYou can book this workshop by buying a ticket below\, or by contacting me by email at benlinders@gmail.com. \nThere’s no minimum number of attendees\, this workshop will be held even if only one person signs up. Tickets are limited to ensure that all attendees can participate in the exercises and play the games to be fully involved and engaged. \nCancellations are allowed until one week before the workshop is held. If you can’t attend then a colleague can use your ticket to join. \nAttendees of this workshop will get free downloadable copies of the Culture Cards and the Impediment Board Game (value €25). \nLearning by practicing and experiencing\nDoing it yourself and reflecting is the way people learn new practices and develop skills in my workshops. They work in teams to try out things and experiment with practices to learn how agile can really look and feel. I coach people\, answer questions\, share my experience\, and provide lots of ideas. They learn from me\, and also from each other. \nI use many exercises\, games\, and real-life cases in my workshops. Examples are the retrospectives toolbox\, the Impediment Game\, and the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nMy approach enables attendees to apply the things they learned in their daily work.\nThe workshops are time well spent; organizations get value for their money!
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-fostering-an-agile-culture-february-2023/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Workshop Fostering an Agile Culture
DESCRIPTION:An interactive online workshop where you can practice culture change\, learn how to increase team autonomy and morale\, and explore using retrospectives to keep your agile journey going smoothly. Join me on November 29\, 2022\, for the live workshop Fostering an Agile Culture. \nA one-day online workshop for €450. \nFostering an Agile Culture\nAdopting agile often doesn’t live up to its promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. The missing ingredients that cause failure often have to do with an insufficient agile mindset and difficulties in changing to a culture of agile thinking and acting. An agile culture is a foundation for an agile way of working and a successful agile journey\, it is a key factor that you need to work on. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll explore how organizations can visualize their culture. We learn how organizations can foster a mindset and culture change toward agility and how they can apply agile practices and capabilities to deliver value frequently and fast. \nNext\, we’ll explore how team autonomy and morale can be increased by playing the Agile Impediment Board Game. Finally\, we’ll see how agile retrospectives can be used to establish continuous improvement with effective communication and collaboration\, to keep your agile journey going in the right direction. \nLearning by Doing\nYou will practice: \n\nVisualize your existing agile culture and see the need and possibilities for culture change\nShare agile strengths and challenges to explore what it takes for an agile culture and mindset\nExperience how gamification can be used to improve the team’s autonomy and morale\nPractice retrospective techniques to reflect and find ways to improve your agile journey\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile Teams.\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nIn this workshop\, we will explore how to create conditions for culture change and use this to increase the agility of organizations. \nPractical information\nFour-hour interactive live workshop of 4 hours. \nYou can book this workshop by buying a ticket below\, or by contacting me by email at benlinders@gmail.com. \nThere’s no minimum number of attendees\, this workshop will be held even if only one person signs up. Tickets are limited to ensure that all attendees can participate in the exercises and play the games to be fully involved and engaged. \nCancellations are allowed until one week before the workshop is held. If you can’t attend then a colleague can use your ticket to join. \nAttendees of this workshop will get free downloadable copies of the Culture Cards and the Impediment Board Game (value €25). \nLearning by practicing and experiencing\nDoing it yourself and reflecting is the way people learn new practices and develop skills in my workshops. They work in teams to try out things and experiment with practices to learn how agile can really look and feel. I coach people\, answer questions\, share my experience\, and provide lots of ideas. They learn from me\, and also from each other. \nI use many exercises\, games\, and real-life cases in my workshops. Examples are the retrospectives toolbox\, the Impediment Game\, and the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nMy approach enables attendees to apply the things they learned in their daily work.\nThe workshops are time well spent; organizations get value for their money!
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-fostering-an-agile-culture-nov-2022/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Linders":MAILTO:benlinders@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220928
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T143241Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Fostering an Agile Culture
DESCRIPTION:An interactive online workshop where you can practice culture change\, learn how to increase team autonomy and morale\, and explore using retrospectives to keep your agile journey going smoothly. Join me on September 27\, 2022\, for the live workshop Fostering an Agile Culture. \nA one-day workshop for €450. \nFostering an Agile Culture\nAdopting agile often doesn’t live up to its promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. The missing ingredients that cause failure often have to do with an insufficient agile mindset and difficulties in changing to a culture of agile thinking and acting. An agile culture is a foundation for an agile way of working and a successful agile journey\, it is a key factor that you need to work on. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll explore how organizations can visualize their culture. We learn how organizations can foster a mindset and culture change toward agility and how they can apply agile practices and capabilities to deliver value frequently and fast. \nNext\, we’ll explore how team autonomy and morale can be increased by playing the Agile Impediment Board Game. Finally\, we’ll see how agile retrospectives can be used to establish continuous improvement with effective communication and collaboration\, to keep your agile journey going in the right direction. \nLearning by Doing\nYou will practice: \n\nVisualize your existing agile culture and see the need and possibilities for culture change\nShare agile strengths and challenges to explore what it takes for an agile culture and mindset\nExperience how gamification can be used to improve the team’s autonomy and morale\nPractice retrospective techniques to reflect and find ways to improve your agile journey\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile Teams.\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nIn this workshop\, we will explore how to create conditions for culture change and use this to increase the agility of organizations. \nPractical information\nFour-hour interactive live workshop of 4 hours. \nYou can book this workshop by buying a ticket below\, or by contacting me by email at benlinders@gmail.com. \nThere’s no minimum number of attendees\, this workshop will be held even if only one person signs up. Tickets are limited to ensure that all attendees can participate in the exercises and play the games to be fully involved and engaged. \nCancellations are allowed until one week before the workshop is held. If you can’t attend then a colleague can use your ticket to join. \nAttendees of this workshop will get free downloadable copies of the Culture Cards and the Impediment Board Game (value €25). \nLearning by practicing and experiencing\nDoing it yourself and reflecting is the way people learn new practices and develop skills in my workshops. They work in teams to try out things and experiment with practices to learn how agile can really look and feel. I coach people\, answer questions\, share my experience\, and provide lots of ideas. They learn from me\, and also from each other. \nI use many exercises\, games\, and real-life cases in my workshops. Examples are the retrospectives toolbox\, the Impediment Game\, and the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nMy approach enables attendees to apply the things they learned in their daily work.\nThe workshops are time well spent; organizations get value for their money!
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-fostering-agile-culture-sep-2022/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211203
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
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SUMMARY:Workshop Improving Organizational Agility at DevOpsCon Munich 2021 [Sold out]
DESCRIPTION:At DevOpsCon Munich I will give a full-day workshop on Improving Organizational Agility on December 2\, 2021. Book your ticket for DevOpsCon Munich. \nNote: This workshop is sold-out! \nAlternative offering: Improving Organizational Agility – Virtual course on November 18-19 \nAgile Workshop: Improving Organization Agility\nLearn to apply agile throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility! \nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility\, you will experience how your organization can become more agile. Practice creating an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices. Learn to establish an agile collaborative mindset throughout the organization. Create a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services. The workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, DevOps) methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nThis workshop is intended for:\n•    Agile and DevOps Coaches\n•    Agile Consultants and Change Managers\n•    Anybody who is supporting teams in DevOps implementations or agile transformations\n•    Technical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\n•    Product Owners and Project/Line Managers \nDevOpsCon Munich\nThe Conference for Continuous Delivery\, Microservices\, Containers\, Cloud & Lean Business. \nDevOps is fundamentally changing the IT world and leads the way to a successful business transformation. Attend DevOpsCon to learn about the latest tools\, technologies\, and methodologies you need to build and maintain secure\, scalable\, and resilient software systems. \nHow do cloud platforms\, microservices\, and Kubernetes work with extensive automation and continuous delivery? How can you handle increasing complexity in your organization and empower high-performance teams with the right tools and agile methodologies? DevOpsCon has the answers. \nAt DevOpsCon\, DevOps experts and thought leaders from around the world come together to share their insights. Join them in inspiring sessions and in-depth workshops to learn how you can push your DevOps skills to the next level.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-improving-organizational-agility-at-devopscon-munich-2021/
LOCATION:Hilton Hotel Munich Park\, Am Tucherpark 7\, Munich\, 80538\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Germany,Improve Organizational Agility,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="S&S Media":MAILTO:info@sandsmedia.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211120
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20201125T072324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T082654Z
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SUMMARY:Improving Organizational Agility – Virtual course
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving my popular workshop Improving Organizational Agility as an online virtual course on November 18 and 19\, 2021\, in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning. Sign up. \n \nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nImproving Organizational Agility\nThis 8-hour workshop aims in helping organizations: \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust themselves to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and are losing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nWho should attend\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help participants apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility \nWhat will you learn\nParticipants of this 8-hour workshop will learn how to apply agile throughout their organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility\, and more specifically: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nMoreover\, participants of this workshop are expected to: \n\nPractice how to assess their agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well they are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel their agile journey and find out what they need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nAbout the Instructor\nBen Linders is an Independent Consultant in Agile\, Lean\, Quality\, and Continuous Improvement. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives\, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives\, What Drives Quality\, The Agile Self-assessment Game\, Problem? What Problem?\, and Continuous Improvement. Creator of many Agile Coaching Tools\, for example\, the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nBen is a well-known speaker and author; he’s much respected for sharing his experiences and helping others share theirs. His books and games have been translated into more than 12 languages and are used by professionals in teams and organizations all around the world. \nAs an adviser\, trainer\, and coach\, he helps organizations with effectively deploying software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement\, collaboration and communication\, and professional development\, to deliver business value to customers. \nAgile Actors #learning\nAgile Actors #learning is the Learning Ecosystem for the ambitious and talented tech professional. From setting meaningful personal goals to getting personal coaching\, it helps you find your next career dot and deliver value to the real world. \nWe are helping Tech Professionals to combine theory with best practices as well as real-world experiences in order to grow and excel. \nOur courses\, developed by experienced Software Engineers\, Testers\, Agile Coaches focus on hands-on examples and projects to get you up to speed with any new technology\, tool or methodology. \nSchedule\nNext virtual session has been scheduled for 18 & 19 November 2021 10:00am – 2:00pm (EEST). Sign up.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/improving-organizational-agility-virtual-course-nov-2021/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Greece,Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211008
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20210406T160352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T182209Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Improving Organizational Agility at XA2021
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving my workshop Improving Organizational Agility at the Experience Agile week (XA2021) as a three-day online workshop. Book your seat at eXperience Agile. \nImproving Organizational Agility\nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility\, you will learn how to apply agile practices throughout your organization to develop the right products and deliver faster with better quality to serve your customers! \nThis is an online interactive workshop where you will practice and experiment in small groups to learn techniques and gain insights on how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice how to create a psychologically safe environment that enables teams and empowers people to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset and adopt flexible and effective ways of working throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration\, and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with games\, exercises\, examples\, and suggestions to help you increase your agility. \nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, many of those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nImproving organizational agility isn’t easy. But it can be done! \nIf your organization is: \n\nhaving difficulties adjusting itself to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and is losing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nthen this is the workshop for you! \nLearning Objectives\nWhat will you get out of this workshop? \n\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\nExplore how to establish an agile culture using Culture Cards and Psychological Safety Coaching Cards\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nYou also receive \n\nOnline Course materials\nThe Agile Thinkers Academy attendance certificate\nThe Agile Thinkers Academy Community channel\nThe eXperience Agile Community channels\n\nTarget\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nProduct Owners\, Project Managers and other Managers/Leaders\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nTestimonials\n“The workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean was really interesting. I specially liked the product owner and team exercise\, the impediment game and the 1-word retrospective that we did. I learned when and how I can use them in my daily work.” \nBill Souliotis – Manager Software Research & Development Graphics User Interface at BETA CAE Systems \n“I’d like to thank you again for your excellent workshop. It was fun and I already started using some of the ideas with my team. The change is definitely notable.” \nLiran Ben-Porat\, qSpark LTD \n“Nice to join a workshop in which the attendees and teacher actually have profound hands-on experience with agile.” \n“Immersive\, good choice of subjects\, well led.” \n“A lot of examples.” \n“Good useful interactions and learning from other participants.” \nAttendees from the GOTO Amsterdam workshop \n“I attended Ben’s workshop in Athens (Getting More out of Agile and Lean) and I can highly recommend it to all professionals that are serious about Scrum and about applying agile processes in real-world problems of software development. Especially for Product Owners and for Scrum Masters\, this training will help you and your organisation evolve to the next level. Thank you\, Ben!” \nKonstantinos Vasileiou – Certified Product Owner | Senior Business Analyst \n 
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-improving-organizational-agility-xa2021/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,online,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210930
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20210809T072046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T073240Z
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SUMMARY:Transformation Day workshop „Improving Organizational Agility”
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving a workshop on Improving Organizational Agility at the DevOpsCon New York Transformation Day on September 29. Get your ticket for DevOpsCon New York. \nTransformation Day workshop\nIn the Transformation Day workshop „Improving Organizational Agility”\, you will experience how your organization can become more agile and thus better prepared for a Devops Culture. Practice creating an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices. Learn to establish an agile collaborative mindset throughout the organization. Create a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services. The workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, DevOps) methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nThe Transformation Day is intended for:\n•    Agile and DevOps Coaches\n•    Agile Consultants and Change Managers\n•    Anybody who is supporting teams in DevOps implementations or agile transformations\n•    Technical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\n•    Product Owners and Project/Line Managers \nDevOpsCon New York\nAt DevOpsCon\, DevOps experts and thought leaders from around the world come together to share their insights. Join them in inspiring sessions and in-depth workshops to learn how you can push your DevOps skills to the next level. \nSoftware & Support Media is an international publishing house with a focus on the IT sector. The company’s information and service offer is tailored to IT professionals of all important technology markets. \nOur portfolio covers conferences\, trainings\, specialised magazines\, online services and books. In Europe\, our media group ranks among the most comprehensive cross-media platforms of its kind. Over 100\,000 IT professionals of all branches and levels use our media to further their knowledge for making the best technological decisions and investments for their projects.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/transformation-day-workshop-improving-organizational-agility/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,online,US,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="S&S Media":MAILTO:info@sandsmedia.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210304
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20201125T072324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T072324Z
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SUMMARY:Improving Organizational Agility – Virtual course
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving my popular workshop Improving Organizational Agility as an online virtual course on March 2 and 3\, 2021\, in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning. Sign up. \n \nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nImproving Organizational Agility\nThis 8-hour workshop aims in helping organizations: \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust themselves to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and are losing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nWho should attend\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help participants apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility \nWhat will you learn\nParticipants of this 8-hour workshop will learn how to apply agile throughout their organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility\, and more specifically: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nMoreover\, participants of this workshop are expected to: \n\nPractice how to assess their agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well they are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel their agile journey and find out what they need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nAbout the Instructor\nBen Linders is an Independent Consultant in Agile\, Lean\, Quality\, and Continuous Improvement. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives\, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives\, What Drives Quality\, The Agile Self-assessment Game\, Problem? What Problem?\, and Continuous Improvement. Creator of many Agile Coaching Tools\, for example\, the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nBen is a well-known speaker and author; he’s much respected for sharing his experiences and helping others share theirs. His books and games have been translated into more than 12 languages and are used by professionals in teams and organizations all around the world. \nAs an adviser\, trainer\, and coach\, he helps organizations with effectively deploying software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement\, collaboration and communication\, and professional development\, to deliver business value to customers. \nAgile Actors #learning\nAgile Actors #learning is the Learning Ecosystem for the ambitious and talented tech professional. From setting meaningful personal goals to getting personal coaching\, it helps you find your next career dot and deliver value to the real world. \nWe are helping Tech Professionals to combine theory with best practices as well as real-world experiences in order to grow and excel. \nOur courses\, developed by experienced Software Engineers\, Testers\, Agile Coaches focus on hands-on examples and projects to get you up to speed with any new technology\, tool or methodology. \nSchedule\nNext virtual session has been scheduled for 2 & 3 March 2021 10:00am – 2:00pm (EEST). Sign up.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/improving-organizational-agility-virtual-course-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Australia,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia,China,Croatia,Czech Republic,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Improve Organizational Agility,Ireland,Israel,Lebanon,Lithuania,Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Russian federation,Serbia,Singapore,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UK,Ukraine,United Aram Emirates,US,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201204
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
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LAST-MODIFIED:20201114T085440Z
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SUMMARY:Agile Workshop: Improving Organizational Agility at DevOpsCon Munich 2020
DESCRIPTION:Learn to apply agile throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility at DevOpsCon Munich. \nUpdate: this is a full-day workshop\, given twice on November 30 and December 3!\n \nImproving Organizational Agility\nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility\, you experience how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice creating an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn to establish an agile collaborative mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, DevOps) methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nWho should attend this workshop\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and DevOps Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in DevOps implementations or agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nDevOpsCon Munich\nDevOps is fundamentally changing the IT world and sets the path for successful business transformation. Join DevOpsCon to learn about the latest tools\, technologies\, and methodologies for building and maintaining secure\, scalable\, and resilient software systems. \nS&S Media Group\nSoftware & Support Media is an international publishing house with a focus on the IT sector. The company’s information and service offer is tailored to IT professionals of all important technology markets. \nFor many years Software & Support Media has been sharing its knowledge as a reliable partner for businesses of all sectors. Our media offering has brought leading companies to important impulses to help further their innovation and development\, while guaranteeing them a competitive advantage. \nOur portfolio covers conferences\, trainings\, specialised magazines\, online services and books. In Europe\, our media group ranks among the most comprehensive cross-media platforms of its kind. Over 100\,000 IT professionals of all branches and levels use our media to further their knowledge for making the best technological decisions and investments for their projects.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/agile-workshop-improving-organizational-agility-at-devopscon-munich-2020/
LOCATION:Hilton Hotel Munich Park\, Am Tucherpark 7\, Munich\, 80538\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Germany,Improve Organizational Agility,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200901
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
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SUMMARY:Agile Workshop Improving Organizational Agility at DevOpsCon London - New date
DESCRIPTION:Learn to apply agile throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility at DevOpsCon London\, April 21\, 2020. \nImproving Organizational Agility\nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility\, you experience how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice creating an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn to establish an agile collaborative mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, DevOps) methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nWho should attend this workshop\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and DevOps Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in DevOps implementations or agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nDevOpsCon London\nDevOps is fundamentally changing the IT world and sets the path for successful business transformation. Join DevOpsCon to learn about the latest tools\, technologies\, and methodologies for building and maintaining secure\, scalable\, and resilient software systems.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/agile-workshop-improving-organizational-agility-at-devopscon-london/
LOCATION:Park Plaza Victoria\, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road\, London\, SW1V 1EQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,UK,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20200708T090000
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SUMMARY:Improving Organizational Agility - Virtual course
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving my popular workshop Improving Organizational Agility as an online virtual course on July 8 and 9\, in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning. \n \nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nImproving Organizational Agility\nThis 8-hour workshop aims in helping organizations: \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust themselves to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and are losing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nWho should attend\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help participants apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility \nWhat will you learn\nParticipants of this 8-hour workshop will learn how to apply agile throughout their organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility\, and more specifically: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nMoreover\, participants of this workshop are expected to: \n\nPractice how to assess their agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well they are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel their agile journey and find out what they need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nAbout the Instructor\nBen Linders is an Independent Consultant in Agile\, Lean\, Quality\, and Continuous Improvement. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives\, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives\, What Drives Quality\, The Agile Self-assessment Game\, Problem? What Problem?\, and Continuous Improvement. Creator of many Agile Coaching Tools\, for example\, the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nBen is a well-known speaker and author; he’s much respected for sharing his experiences and helping others share theirs. His books and games have been translated into more than 12 languages and are used by professionals in teams and organizations all around the world. \nAs an adviser\, trainer\, and coach\, he helps organizations with effectively deploying software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement\, collaboration and communication\, and professional development\, to deliver business value to customers. \nAgile Actors #learning\nAgile Actors #learning is the Learning Ecosystem for the ambitious and talented tech professional. From setting meaningful personal goals to getting personal coaching\, it helps you find your next career dot and deliver value to the real world. \nWe are helping Tech Professionals to combine theory with best practices as well as real-world experiences in order to grow and excel. \nOur courses\, developed by experienced Software Engineers\, Testers\, Agile Coaches focus on hands-on examples and projects to get you up to speed with any new technology\, tool or methodology. \nSchedule\nNext virtual session has been scheduled for 8 & 9 July 2020 10:00am – 2:00pm (EEST)
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/improving-organizational-agility-virtual-course/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Australia,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia,China,Croatia,Czech Republic,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Improve Organizational Agility,Ireland,Israel,Lebanon,Lithuania,Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Russian federation,Serbia,Singapore,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UK,Ukraine,United Aram Emirates,US,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200102
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191117T193747Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Delivering Value with Agile in Serbia (on request)
DESCRIPTION:Delivering Value with Agile Training is a two-day training where you will learn how to apply agile throughout the organization to improve organizational agility. Also\, you will learn how to apply agile practices to develop the right product\, deliver faster with better quality\, as well as how to become a happy high-performing team. On this training you will experience Agile practices that you can apply in your teams\, as well as methods on how your organization can become more Agile. \nThe training can be organized on-site (in your company)\, tailored to companies needs. Choose the date and send your request to scrum@puzzlesoftware.rs or benlinders@gmail.com! \nThis workshop is done in collaboration with Puzzle Software/Agile Serbia.\n \n\n\nDetailed Information\nDelivering Value with Agile Training is a two-day training where you will learn how to apply agile throughout the organization to improve organizational agility. Also\, you will learn how to apply agile practices to develop the right product\, deliver faster with better quality\, as well as how to become a happy high-performing team! On this training you will experience Agile practices that you can apply in your teams\, as well as methods on how your organization can become more Agile!If your organization and team are doing an Agile transformation but not seeing the expected benefits; having difficulties communicating and working together as a self-organized team and having difficulties to adjust themselves to short delivery times\, then this training is for you! \nTarget Audience:\nDelivering value with Agile training is for Agile and Lean Coaches\, Technical Leads\, furthermore Scrum Masters\, Product Owners\, Project Managers. Likewise for everyone else who is supporting teams in agile transformations. \nContent:\nThe agenda is preliminary and therefore will be adjusted based on the interest of the participants. \nDay 1 – Making Agile Work for You \n\nIntroduction\, discussion on what you consider a value\,\nCommunicating with customers and defining user stories/backlog – set up a task board\,\nEffective collaboration/teamwork – attendees will divide in teams to create a product\,\nGetting customer feedback – teams will demonstrate their product\,\nInspect and adapt – teams will do a retrospective\,\nDealing with impediments – play the impediment game.\n\nDay 2 – Improving Organizational Agility \n\nAgile mindset: values and principles\, exercise to find out which ones are most important\,\nSafety and trust – retrospective exercise to explore and improve this area\,\nHow agile are you – play the agile self-assessment game\,\nDriving change in organizations: discussion of good practices\,\nAgile journey: attendees define their takeaways and make a short plan for their agile journey.\n\nTakeaways:\nBy the end of this Training you will… \n\nPractice working with Agile: due to planning\, daily stand-ups\, product reviews and retrospectives\,\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication with stakeholders to deliver more value\,\nFind out how to deal effectively with impediments to take control\, therefore truly become self-organized\,\nLearn tips and tricks to improve your agile way of working\,\nGet advice on selecting and applying Agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, XP\, Lean) practices effectively for you\,\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\,\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and even more find out what you need to do this\,\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and certainly break down barriers\,\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization.\n\nDetails about Delivering value with Agile training:\nJust like all other trainings that are organized by Agile Serbia & Puzzle Software\, Delivering Value with Agile Training is organized on scheduled date or can be organized on request where the Company is a host. \n\nDuration: 2 working days\nCertification: No\nSEU points: Earn up to 8 SEUs\, Category C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen Linders\nBen has more than 15 years’ experience as an adviser\, coach and trainer. He is an author of three books: Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives\, What Drives Quality and Continuous Improvement. Also\, he is a creator of the Agile Self-assessment Game.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-delivering-value-with-agile-serbia/
LOCATION:Puzzle Software\, Crnotravska 27\, Belgrade\, 11000\, Serbia
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,Making Agile Work,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191127
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20190908T184828Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Improving Organizational Agility at Agile Management Congress 2019
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving my Workshop Improving Organizational Agility at the Agile Management Congress on November 26 in Prague\, Czech Republic. Tickets are on sale: Workshop only ticket tickets and also Workshop + Congress tickets. \n \nLearn how to apply agile throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility! \nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIf your organization is \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust itself to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and is loosing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nthen this is the workshop for you! \nImproving organizational agility isn’t easy. But it can be done! \nImproving Organizational Agility\nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility you will experience how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nResult\nWhat will you get out of this workshop: \n\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nWe have available Workshop only tickets and also Workshop + Congress tickets.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-improving-organizational-agility-at-agile-management-congress-2019/
LOCATION:Aguarra Training Center Kladno\, Ulice Váňova 3180\, Kladno\, CZ-27201\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Czech Republic,Improve Organizational Agility,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190919
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20190509T075718Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Improving Organizational Agility at Agile Greece Summit 2019
DESCRIPTION:For the fifth time in a row\, I’m returning to the Agile Greece Summit to give workshops. Join me for the Workshop Improving Organizational Agility on Wednesday\, September 18. \nLearn how to apply agile throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility! \nWorkshop Improving Organizational Agility\nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIf your organization is \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust itself to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and is loosing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nthen this is the workshop for you! \nImproving organizational agility isn’t easy. But it can be done! \nImproving Organizational Agility\nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility you will experience how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nResult\nWhat will you get out of this workshop: \n\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nPractical information\nDuration 1 day\, Wednesday 18th of Sept\nVenue: TBD \nTestimonials\n“The workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean was really interesting. I specially liked the product owner and team exercise\, the impediment game and the 1-word retrospective that we did. I learned when and how I can use them in my daily work.” \nBill Souliotis – Manager Software Research & Development Graphics User Interface at BETA CAE Systems \n“I’d like to thank you again for your excellent workshop. It was fun and I already started using some of the ideas with my team. The change is definitely notable.” \nLiran Ben-Porat\, qSpark LTD \n“Nice to join a workshop in which the attendees and teacher actually have profound hands-on experience with agile.”\n“Immersive\, good choice of subjects\, well led.”\n“A lot of examples.”\n“Good useful interactions and learning from other participants.” \nAttendees from the GOTO Amsterdam workshop \n“I attended Ben’s workshop in Athens (Getting More out of Agile and Lean) and I can highly recommend it to all professionals that are serious about Scrum and about applying agile processes in real-world problems of software development. Especially for Product Owners and for Scrum Masters\, this training will help you and your organisation evolve to the next level. Thank you\, Ben!” \nKonstantinos Vasileiou – Certified Product Owner | Senior Business Analyst
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-improving-organizational-agility-at-agile-greece-summit-2019/
LOCATION:Events Center of University of West Attica\, Thivon 250\, Athens\, 122 44
CATEGORIES:Greece,Improve Organizational Agility,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190510
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
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SUMMARY:Workshop Improving Organizational Agility in London
DESCRIPTION:I’m giving the workshop Improving Organizational Agility in London on May 9\, 2019\, in collaboration with Agile Games Workshop. \nIn the workshop Ben will take you through a number of exercises to help you learn how to apply agile throughout your organization in order to develop the right products\, deliver them faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility! \nWorkshop Improving Organizational Agility\nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIn this workshop\, you will be able to: \n– Practice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\n– Learn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\n– Create a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nAbout Ben Linders\nBen Linders is an Independent Consultant in Agile\, Lean\, Quality\, and Continuous Improvement\, based in The Netherlands. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives\, What Drives Quality and Continuous Improvement and the creator of the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nAs an adviser\, coach and trainer he helps organizations with deploying effective software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement\, collaboration and communication\, and professional development\, to deliver business value to customers. \nVenue\nThis one day workshop will be held at the De Morgan House in Russell Square. Home to the London Mathematical Society\, the building serves as a prestigious hub for UK mathematics. \nLunch will be provided and teas/coffees served throughout the day. \nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n– Agile and Lean Coaches\n– Agile Consultants and Change Managers\n– Anybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n– Technical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\n– Product Owners and Project/Line Managers \nResult\nWhat will you get out of this workshop: \n– Practice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\n– Learn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\n– Get ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\n– Learn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\n– Get advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively \nPricing\nEarly Birds : £300 plus VAT\nStandard Price : £350 plus VAT
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-improving-organizational-agility-london-may-2019/
LOCATION:De Morgan House\, 57-58 Russell Square\, London\, WC1B 4HS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,UK,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181031
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20180426T090452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180614T125924Z
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SUMMARY:Improving Organizational Agility at GOTO Berlin 2018
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to apply agile throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster with better quality\, and improve organizational agility at GOTO Berlin 2018! \nMany organizations are going through agile transformations. They are implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD\, hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIf your organization is \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust itself to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and is loosing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nthen this is the workshop for you! \nImproving organizational agility isn’t easy. But it can be done! \nImproving Organizational Agility\nIn the workshop Improving Organizational Agility you will experience how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. \nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to apply agile methods and frameworks effectively to increase organizational agility. \nResult\nWhat will you get out of this workshop: \n\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\n\nGOTO Conference is a software development conference designed for developers\, team leads\, architects\, and project managers and is organized “for developers by developers”. As software developers and architects ourselves\, we wanted to create a great social and learning experience. \nWe have workshops where you get to a full day’s training\, each one lead by one of our world renowned speakers. A higher quality training session is hard to find! You take part in a hands-on learning session lead by true experts.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/improving-organizational-agility-at-goto-berlin-2018/
LOCATION:bcc\, Alexanderstraße 11\, Berlin\, D-10178\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Germany,Improve Organizational Agility,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180425
DTSTAMP:20260416T095656
CREATED:20180119T170836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180927T193808Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Delivering Value with Agile in Madrid
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to apply agile practices throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster\, increase quality\, and improve organizational agility with happy high-performing teams in Madrid on April 23-24\, 2018! \nMany teams are adopting an agile way of working hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. The organizations are going through agile transformations\, implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIf your teams are \n\nfinding it difficult to agree and decide with stakeholders on what to deliver when\nnot delivering working software every sprint or not able to finish user stories within reasonable time\nfinding it hard to understand what your customers actually need and unsure if you are delivering value to them\nhaving difficulties communicating and working together as a self-organized team\nfeeling micromanaged and not empowered to decide and take control of their own journey\ndoing agile/Scrum/Kanban rituals but feeling that they are not always helpful\nnot getting good actions out of your retrospective or actions not being done\n\nor if your organization is \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust itself to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and is loosing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nthen this is the workshop for you! \nApplying agile to make it work for your teams and improving organizational agility isn’t easy. But it can be done! \nThis workshop consists of two days of intensive training and exercises\, loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The first day focuses on applying agile practices in teams where the second day dives into organizational-wide agility. Both days can also be attended individually. \nMaking Agile Work for You (Day 1)\nOn day one you will experience agile practices that you can apply in your teams: \n\nPractice how you can effectively tailor agile for planning your work\, doing daily stand-ups with Scrum/Kanban boards\, gathering feedback with product reviews/demos\, and improving your way of working with agile retrospectives.\nLearn how to apply agile practices with an agile mindset.\nIncrease your ability to pick those practices that help you to do a better job and collaborate better with your stakeholders.\n\nWhat will you get out of the first day: \n\nPractice working with Agile and Scrum/Kanban: planning\, daily stand-ups\, product reviews and retrospectives\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication with stakeholders to deliver more value\nFind out how to deal effectively with impediments to take control and truly become self-organized\nLearn tips and tricks to improve your agile way of working\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, XP\, Lean) practices effectively for you\n\nImproving Organizational Agility (Day 2)\nOn day two you will learn how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nWhat will you get out of the second day: \n\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively throughout the organization\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\n(Senior) Developers and Tester\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to develop the right products for your business and customers\, reduce your delivery time\, increase the quality of your software products\, and become a happy high performing team. \nTestimonials\n“The workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean was really interesting. I specially liked the product owner and team exercise\, the impediment game and the 1-word retrospective that we did. I learned when and how I can use them in my daily work.” \nBill Souliotis – Manager Software Research & Development Graphics User Interface at BETA CAE Systems \n“I’d like to thank you again for your excellent workshop. It was fun and I already started using some of the ideas with my team. The change is definitely notable.” \nLiran Ben-Porat\, qSpark LTD \n“Nice to join a workshop in which the attendees and teacher actually have profound hands-on experience with agile.”\n“Immersive\, good choice of subjects\, well led.”\n“A lot of examples.”\n“Good useful interactions and learning from other participants.” \nAttendees from the GOTO Amsterdam workshop \n“I attended Ben’s workshop in Athens (Getting More out of Agile and Lean) and I can highly recommend it to all professionals that are serious about Scrum and about applying agile processes in real-world problems of software development. Especially for Product Owners and for Scrum Masters\, this training will help you and your organisation evolve to the next level. Thank you\, Ben!” \nKonstantinos Vasileiou – Certified Product Owner | Senior Business Analyst \nMore information\nThe price for this two-day workshop is €735 excl. VAT. \nIncluded: \n\nFull day workshops\nLunch\nMaterials\nFree Lifetime Support\n\nThis workshop is done in collaboration with SQS Spain in Madrid: \nSQS S.A. is the leading company in software quality consultancy services. All our services and our products are focused on the quality assurance of our customers’ software products and developments. We have managed to achieve this objective through our consultancy services\, our training programmes and by developing new tools. \nDownload the workshop brochure. \nRegistration\nRegistration is done by SQS in Madrid: \n\nDelivering Value with Agile. Taller de dos días en Madrid impartido por Ben Linders 23-24 Abril \nSQS organiza junto con Ben Linders un taller de dos días de duración (impartido en inglés) en el que se darán las claves  para implementar de manera correcta las metodologías ágiles en  equipos  y organizaciones\, obteniendo los mejores resultados. El taller consta de dos días de formación intensiva y ejercicios\, cargados de ejemplos y sugerencias. \nEl curso tiene un coste de 735 Euros + IVA (Comida incluida) y los registros y más información se harán a través del e-mail silvia@sqs.es o el teléfono 94 480 46 17. \nUnable to come to Madrid? This workshop is also provided in other cities: \n\nDelivering Value with Agile in London on March 20-21\nDelivering Value with Agile in Amsterdam on March 20-21\n\nIf you want to know more about this workshop or any other workshops or training sessions\, feel free to contact me. \n +31 6 2901 3863\n info@benlinders.com\n Ben Linders
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-delivering-value-agile-madrid/
LOCATION:SQS Madrid\, Alcalá\, 35\, Madrid\, 28010\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,Making Agile Work,Spain,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Workshop Delivering Value with Agile in Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to apply agile practices throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster\, increase quality\, and improve organizational agility with happy high-performing teams in Amsterdam on March 20-21\, 2018! \nMany teams are adopting an agile way of working hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. The organizations are going through agile transformations\, implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIf your teams are \n\nfinding it difficult to agree and decide with stakeholders on what to deliver when\nnot delivering working software every sprint or not able to finish user stories within reasonable time\nfinding it hard to understand what your customers actually need and unsure if you are delivering value to them\nhaving difficulties communicating and working together as a self-organized team\nfeeling micromanaged and not empowered to decide and take control of their own journey\ndoing agile/Scrum/Kanban rituals but feeling that they are not always helpful\nnot getting good actions out of your retrospective or actions not being done\n\nor if your organization is \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust itself to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and is loosing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nthen this is the workshop for you! \nApplying agile to make it work for your teams and improving organizational agility isn’t easy. But it can be done! \nThis workshop consists of two days of intensive training and exercises\, loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The first day focuses on applying agile practices in teams where the second day dives into organizational-wide agility. Both days can also be attended individually. \nMaking Agile Work for You (Day 1)\nOn day one you will experience agile practices that you can apply in your teams: \n\nPractice how you can effectively tailor agile for planning your work\, doing daily stand-ups with Scrum/Kanban boards\, gathering feedback with product reviews/demos\, and improving your way of working with agile retrospectives.\nLearn how to apply agile practices with an agile mindset.\nIncrease your ability to pick those practices that help you to do a better job and collaborate better with your stakeholders.\n\nWhat will you get out of the first day: \n\nPractice working with Agile and Scrum/Kanban: planning\, daily stand-ups\, product reviews and retrospectives\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication with stakeholders to deliver more value\nFind out how to deal effectively with impediments to take control and truly become self-organized\nLearn tips and tricks to improve your agile way of working\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, XP\, Lean) practices effectively for you\n\nImproving Organizational Agility (Day 2)\nOn day two you will learn how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nWhat will you get out of the second day: \n\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively throughout the organization\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\n(Senior) Developers and Tester\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to develop the right products for your business and customers\, reduce your delivery time\, increase the quality of your software products\, and become a happy high performing team. \nTestimonials\n“The workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean was really interesting. I specially liked the product owner and team exercise\, the impediment game and the 1-word retrospective that we did. I learned when and how I can use them in my daily work.” \nBill Souliotis – Manager Software Research & Development Graphics User Interface at BETA CAE Systems \n“I’d like to thank you again for your excellent workshop. It was fun and I already started using some of the ideas with my team. The change is definitely notable.” \nLiran Ben-Porat\, qSpark LTD \n“Nice to join a workshop in which the attendees and teacher actually have profound hands-on experience with agile.”\n“Immersive\, good choice of subjects\, well led.”\n“A lot of examples.”\n“Good useful interactions and learning from other participants.” \nAttendees from the GOTO Amsterdam workshop \n“I attended Ben’s workshop in Athens (Getting More out of Agile and Lean) and I can highly recommend it to all professionals that are serious about Scrum and about applying agile processes in real-world problems of software development. Especially for Product Owners and for Scrum Masters\, this training will help you and your organisation evolve to the next level. Thank you\, Ben!” \nKonstantinos Vasileiou – Certified Product Owner | Senior Business Analyst \nMore information\nThe price for this two-day workshop is €1000\,- excl. VAT. It is also possible to attend only the first or second day\, the price for one day is €550\,- excl. VAT \nIncluded: \n\nFull day workshops\nLunch\nMaterials\nFree Lifetime Support\n\nThis workshop is done in collaboration with Trifork Amsterdam. Trifork is a leading full service supplier of high-quality custom-built applications and end-to-end solutions\, and organizer of the GOTO conferences: the enterprise software development conference designed for team leads\, architects\, and project management organized by developers\, for developers. \nNote: This workshop will be given in English\, except when all attendees have a profound understanding of Dutch and agree that the workshop will be given in Dutch. All workshop materials are in English. \nUnable to come to Amsterdam? This workshop is also provided in other cities: \n\nDelivering Value with Agile in London on March 8-9\nDelivering Value with Agile in Madrid on April 23-24\n\nRegistration\nCurrently you can only buy the two-day workshop in my webshop. Contact me if you want to attend only on the first or second day. \n\n\n \n\n\n\nName* \nAddress* \nPostal Code* \nCity* \nCountry* \nEmail* \nTelephone* \nPayment info (e.g. company name\, PO number) – added to invoice \nWhat do you expect to learn \nI have read and agree to conditions & cancellation policy (see below)*YesNo \n \n\n\n\n\n\n€1\,000.00 \nQuantity\n\n\nAdd to cart \n\nConditions and cancellation policy\n– The workshop has to be paid in full before the workshop date.\n– Cancellation by the attendee is only allowed until one month before the workshop date.\n– If you cannot attend then a colleague can come instead (please inform me).\n– The workshop can be canceled by the organizer\, will be fully refunded. \nWhen you sign up and buy the workshop in this webshop you agree with these conditions \nIf you want to know more about this workshop or any other workshops or training sessions\, feel free to contact me. \n +31 6 2901 3863\n info@benlinders.com\n Ben Linders
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-delivering-value-with-agile-in-amsterdam/
LOCATION:Trifork Amsterdam\, Rijnsburgstraat 9-11\, Amsterdam\, 1059 AT\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,Making Agile Work,Netherlands,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Workshop Delivering Value with Agile in London
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to apply agile practices throughout your organization to develop the right products\, deliver faster\, increase quality\, and improve organizational agility with happy high-performing teams in London on March 8-9\, 2018! \nMany teams are adopting an agile way of working hoping to better serve the IT needs of the business and to develop products that satisfy their customer’s needs. The organizations are going through agile transformations\, implementing Scrum or Kanban and using large-scale agile frameworks like Lean\, SAFe\, LeSS or DAD. Unfortunately\, those transformations do not always live up to the agile promise of delivering better products\, faster\, at lower costs. \nIf your teams are \n\nfinding it difficult to agree and decide with stakeholders on what to deliver when\nnot delivering working software every sprint or not able to finish user stories within reasonable time\nfinding it hard to understand what your customers actually need and unsure if you are delivering value to them\nhaving difficulties communicating and working together as a self-organized team\nfeeling micromanaged and not empowered to decide and take control of their own journey\ndoing agile/Scrum/Kanban rituals but feeling that they are not always helpful\nnot getting good actions out of your retrospective or actions not being done\n\nor if your organization is \n\nhaving difficulties to adjust itself to shorten delivery times\nhaving products with quality issues and is loosing customers\ndoing an agile/Scrum/Kanban transformation but not seeing the expected benefits\nunable to remove barriers that are blocking cross-organizational collaboration\ntrying to adopt agile but finding it hard to change the culture and mindset\nlooking for ways to apply agile practices more effectively and needs help with that\nnot able to improve in small but meaningful steps\non an agile journey but unsure where to go next or what would be the best thing to do\n\nthen this is the workshop for you! \nApplying agile to make it work for your teams and improving organizational agility isn’t easy. But it can be done! \nThis workshop consists of two days of intensive training and exercises\, loaded with examples and suggestions to help you become more agile and lean. The first day focuses on applying agile practices in teams where the second day dives into organizational-wide agility. Both days can also be attended individually. \nMaking Agile Work for You (Day 1)\nOn day one you will experience agile practices that you can apply in your teams: \n\nPractice how you can effectively tailor agile for planning your work\, doing daily stand-ups with Scrum/Kanban boards\, gathering feedback with product reviews/demos\, and improving your way of working with agile retrospectives.\nLearn how to apply agile practices with an agile mindset.\nIncrease your ability to pick those practices that help you to do a better job and collaborate better with your stakeholders.\n\nWhat will you get out of the first day: \n\nPractice working with Agile and Scrum/Kanban: planning\, daily stand-ups\, product reviews and retrospectives\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication with stakeholders to deliver more value\nFind out how to deal effectively with impediments to take control and truly become self-organized\nLearn tips and tricks to improve your agile way of working\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile (Scrum\, Kanban\, XP\, Lean) practices effectively for you\n\nImproving Organizational Agility (Day 2)\nOn day two you will learn how your organization can become more agile: \n\nPractice how to create an environment that enables teams and empower them to apply agile practices.\nLearn ways to establish an agile mindset throughout the organization.\nCreate a culture that supports collaboration and which motivates people to work together to create high-quality products and services.\n\nWhat will you get out of the second day: \n\nPractice how to assess your agility with Agile Self-assessments to find out how well you are doing\nLearn effective ways to travel your agile journey and find out what you need to do this\nGet ideas for improving collaboration and communication between teams and stakeholders and break down barriers\nLearn tips and tricks to expand and scale an agile way of working throughout the organization\nGet advice on selecting and applying agile and lean practices effectively throughout the organization\n\nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAgile Consultants and Change Managers\n(Senior) Developers and Tester\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to develop the right products for your business and customers\, reduce your delivery time\, increase the quality of your software products\, and become a happy high performing team. \nTestimonials\n“The workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean was really interesting. I specially liked the product owner and team exercise\, the impediment game and the 1-word retrospective that we did. I learned when and how I can use them in my daily work.” \nBill Souliotis – Manager Software Research & Development Graphics User Interface at BETA CAE Systems \n“I’d like to thank you again for your excellent workshop. It was fun and I already started using some of the ideas with my team. The change is definitely notable.” \nLiran Ben-Porat\, qSpark LTD \n“Nice to join a workshop in which the attendees and teacher actually have profound hands-on experience with agile.”\n“Immersive\, good choice of subjects\, well led.”\n“A lot of examples.”\n“Good useful interactions and learning from other participants.” \nAttendees from the GOTO Amsterdam workshop \n“I attended Ben’s workshop in Athens (Getting More out of Agile and Lean) and I can highly recommend it to all professionals that are serious about Scrum and about applying agile processes in real-world problems of software development. Especially for Product Owners and for Scrum Masters\, this training will help you and your organisation evolve to the next level. Thank you\, Ben!” \nKonstantinos Vasileiou – Certified Product Owner | Senior Business Analyst \nMore information\nThe price for this two-day workshop is GBP 1150 excl. VAT. It is also possible to attend only the first or second day\, the price for one day is GBP 600 excl. VAT \nIncluded: \n\nFull day workshops\nLunch\nMaterials\nFree Lifetime Support\n\nThis workshop is done in collaboration with Trifork London / GOTO Academy. Trifork is a leading full service supplier of high-quality custom-built applications and end-to-end solutions\, and organizer of the GOTO conferences: the enterprise software development conference designed for team leads\, architects\, and project management organized by developers\, for developers. \nRegistration\nUse these links to register for this workshop: \n\nFull two-day workshop Delivering Value with Agile on March 8-9 (GBP 1150)\nFirst day only workshop Making Agile Work for You on March 8 (GBP 600)\nSecond day only workshop Improving Organizational Agility on March 9 (GBP 600)\n\nUnable to come to London? This workshop is also provided in other cities: \n\nDelivering Value with Agile in Amsterdam on March 20-21\nDelivering Value with Agile in Madrid on April 23-24\n\nIf you want to know more about this workshop or any other workshops or training sessions\, feel free to contact me. \n +31 6 2901 3863\n info@benlinders.com\n Ben Linders
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-delivering-value-agile-london/
LOCATION:London (TBA)\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Improve Organizational Agility,Making Agile Work,UK,Workshop
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