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SUMMARY:Workshop Self-assessing your Agility
DESCRIPTION:An interactive online workshop where you learn how to assess your agility using gamification and take the next steps on your agile journey: Join me on September 7\, 2023\, for this live online workshop. \nA one-day workshop for €350. \n \n \nSelf-assessing your Agility\nIn the workshop Self-assessing your Agility\, you will practice games and exercises to explore how agile your teams are. \nWe’ll be playing The Agile Self-Assessment Game\, a serious game used by teams and organizations to self-assess their agility. Playing this game enables professionals to reflect on collaboration and team interworking and agree upon the next steps for their agile journey. With this game\, they can discover how agile they are and what they can do to increase their agility to deliver more value to their customers and stakeholders. \nThis cooperative card game uses an engagement model to involve people in the assessment. Instead of imposing change\, the game enables people to pull in ideas for change and apply those in a way that best suits their collective needs. \nNext\, you’ll learn how to create an “agile map” that inspires you with ideas for increasing your agility and provides suggestions on where to go next on your agile journey. \nIn this workshop\, you will experience different playing formats of The Agile Self-assessment Game. You’ll hear about the importance of pre-selecting cards to create focused card decks and find out about different exercises that can be used to self-assess and play your agile journey. \nThe Agile Self-assessment Game supports all agile teams\, whether using Scrum\, Kanban\, XP\, Lean\, DevOps\, DaD\, SAFe\, LeSS\, Nexus\, Scrum@Scale\, or any other agile framework. Specific agile frameworks are supported by expansion packs for Scrum\, DevOps\, Business Agility\, and Kanban. Many exercises can also be played with card decks on Agile Testings\, Agile Quality\, and Psychological Safety. \nThe workshop is loaded with examples and suggestions to help you increase your agility. \nAudience\nThis workshop is intended for: \n\nAgile Teams.\nTechnical (team) leaders and Scrum masters\nProduct Owners and Project/Line Managers\nStakeholders working with agile teams\nAgile and Lean Coaches\nAnybody who is supporting teams in agile transformations\n\nThe practices in this workshop will help you to explore your way of working and take the next steps on your agile journey. \nResults\nWhat will you get out of this workshop: \n\nExplore what agile and agility means and the benefits that they can bring\nUnderstand the power of engagement and invitation-based agile adoption approaches\nExperience how you can self-assess the agility of teams and organizations\nPlay the Agile Self-assessment Game using different playing formats and card decks\nLearn ways to plan and traveling your own agile journey\n\nPractical information\nFour-hour interactive live 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 play the games and get 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. \nThe workshop Assessing your Agility is based on the Agile Self-assessment Game. All attendees will get a free downloadable copy of the Agile Self-Assessment Game and the ebook ‘The Agile Self-assessment Game’ (value €30). \n \nTestimonials\nThis is what people say who played the Agile Self-assessment Game: \nThe cards help to get the team out of the daily work and daily mindset. \nThis is a wonderful way to get your team talking about how they are “being” agile! \nThe game really did add value and I got some real insight into the thoughts of people. \nBen’s Agile Assessment game is easy to adopt and easy for teams to pick up. \nWe realized our agile maturity level\, recognized actionable improvements and had great fun and insights! \nPlaying the game builds clarity and alignment on what Agile means to everyone on the team and helps team members meaningfully evaluate their agility. \nIt’s a great tool to use for a retrospective. \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-self-assessing-your-agility-sep-2023/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Assess 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: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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