In this workshop the CCSQ LACE will assist business teams through their transition to agile. The Business Agility workshop consists of several separate sessions that will end with a business team's first iteration planning.
Who should attend?
Any Business Team
LACE Workshop: Business Agility
Purpose: To assist business teams through their transition to agile
Notes: can we leverage SIR to create better conceptual understanding and increase efficacy of workshop
Pre-Workshop Engagement
Intake questionnaire
Identify work product(s)
What is the expected outcome?
What is the vision for this product?
How does the product vision relate to the project goals
Identify consumer
Identify external dependencies
Identify internal dependencies/handoffs
Notes:
The questionnaire should introduce concepts, subtly, through guidance on answering the questions
Who should fill out the questionnaire
It could be an online survey or distributed via email
Preparation Session (30 minutes)
Describe the workshop engagement process
Review survey results
Share (& schedule?) preparation curriculum
Notes: prep curriculum should be as short as possible and predefined (lightning talks?)
Preparation Curriculum:
Collective estimation
Rules of Kanban
Work items in a nutshell
Workshop Objectives
Identify Business Process
Set Jira up to support process
Conduct a planning session
Conduct a retro
Workshop Agenda
Introduction to the Workshop Objectives and Participants (10 mins)
Introduction to business process (distinguish between a processes and work) (20 mins)
Facilitated “Make your toast” type exercise with their actual product (90 minutes)
Individual Process Description (20 min)
Break (10 m)
Unify process model (50 min)
Break (10 m)
4. Set up the Kanban (90 minutes)
Model the workflow established with toast (10 min)
Define operational model (Scrum and planning cadence or Kanban) (10 min)
Define and create enough work items (work in progress and/or new work) for 1-2 weeks (stories or tasks only) Session 1 (25 min)
Break (10 m)
Define and create enough work items (work in progress and/or new work) for 1-2 weeks (stories or tasks only) Session 2 (25 min)