Continuous Value Delivery Training: Creating Added Value with Agile Principles

Training Content - Continuous value delivery

We dive deep into the practices and tools to continuously deliver value to your users and customers while adapting to changes in markets, customer needs, and more.

1. Continuous and incremental delivery -Value for users and customers

In this training, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of continuous value delivery. You will learn how these approaches increase the value delivered to users and customers by quickly integrating feedback into the development process. This knowledge will enable you to appreciate the benefits of small, frequent updates over large, infrequent releases and how this leads to higher user satisfaction and better alignment with customer needs.

2. Agile Forecasting and Continuous Value Delivery

You will develop the ability to effectively use forecasting techniques within an agile framework to predict and plan future work while maintaining flexibility. This includes understanding how to use data and metrics to make informed decisions about project schedules and deliveries. By mastering these forecasting methods, you will be able to ensure your team is responsive to change and continuously delivering value.

3. Skills and tools for continuous value creation

This training equips you with the skills and tools necessary to prepare and execute deliveries that adhere to the principles of continuous value creation. You will learn how to organize and manage your work to ensure a steady flow of valuable deliveries. This includes mastery of tools and practices that support continuous integration and delivery, as well as techniques for maintaining high quality and reliability in your deliveries.

4. Supporting continuous value delivery

You'll explore the most popular methods and tools that support continuous value delivery, such as Kanban, Lean, and DevOps. Understanding when and how to use these approaches will enable you to choose the right strategies for your specific context. You'll learn to identify the strengths and limitations of each method so you can adapt your approach to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.

5. Detect and resolve delivery delays

In this section, you'll learn to identify common factors that slow down delivery processes and develop strategies to resolve these issues. This includes understanding bottlenecks, resource constraints, and process efficiencies. You'll gain insight into techniques to streamline workflows, improve team collaboration, and remove obstacles to ensure your deliveries are on time and efficient.

6. Delivery types and their applications

You will gain a deep understanding of different delivery types, including continuous delivery, continuous deployment, and on-demand release. This knowledge will enable you to select the most appropriate delivery approach for your projects and ensure you effectively meet your organization's goals and your users' expectations.

7. Effective backlog management

You'll learn best practices for managing backlogs in an agile environment. This includes techniques for creating, prioritizing, and refining backlog items to ensure the most valuable work gets done first. You'll understand how to balance short-term needs with long-term goals to maintain a healthy and actionable backlog that drives continuous improvement.

8. Prioritization mechanisms in different project phases

This training will teach you various prioritization mechanisms that you can use at different stages of the project lifecycle. You will learn how to prioritize work based on factors such as business value, risk, dependencies, and team capacity. By mastering these techniques, you will ensure that your team focuses on the most important tasks and maximizes the impact of your work.

9. Capacity and availability management

You will develop strategies for effectively managing team capacity and availability. This includes techniques for estimating work, balancing workloads and ensuring your team can maintain a consistent pace of work. You will learn how to manage fluctuations in team availability and capacity to ensure your delivery schedules remain realistic and achievable.

10. Dealing with emerging dependencies

In this section, you'll learn how to deal with emerging dependencies that arise during the course of a project. You'll understand the importance of identifying and addressing dependencies early and develop techniques to manage them to avoid delays. This includes strategies for coordinating work between teams and smoothly integrating external dependencies into your delivery process.

11. Use of impediment boards

You'll explore using impediment boards as a tool to track and resolve issues that are hindering your team's progress. You'll learn how to use these boards effectively to identify, prioritize, and resolve impediments so your team can maintain a steady flow of work. This allows you to resolve issues quickly and keep your deliveries on track.

12. Introduction to Scrum and XP

Finally, you will be introduced to Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP), two of the most widely used agile methodologies. You will learn the core principles and practices of each methodology and understand how they support continuous value delivery. This knowledge will give you a solid foundation in agile practices so you can effectively apply these methods to your own projects.

13. Certification

TheRevolutionaryMind Certification: All participants receive a certificate recognizing their knowledge and skills in applying the fundamentals of continuous value delivery in an agile setup.

Included in the training

• Certificate: TheRevolutionaryMind certification validates your knowledge and skills in applying the fundamentals of continuous value delivery.

• Training Manuals/Slides: We provide comprehensive training materials and presentation slides that summarize the key concepts, frameworks and practical insights from each session. These materials serve as reference guides.

• Access to Templates and Tools: Get access to downloadable templates and tools to help you implement continuous value delivery.

• Training sessions: Of course, the 12 hours of training are included.

• In addition, an optional one-hour introductory session (getting to know each other) and a final session (Q&A) are included for all interested parties.

Prerequisites

• Experience/previous knowledge: None.

• PC/notebook (with working webcam and microphone) – only for live online training.

• Zoom: Get familiar with Zoom and check if it works with your setup – for live online training only.

• Mural: We will be using Mural for our trainings, so make sure you have access to Mural – for live online trainings only.

Who is this training for?

• Product Managers and Product Owners: Understand the principles and benefits of continuous value delivery and how it aligns with product development goals.

• Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters: Expand your knowledge with practical tools and best practices to better help your teams deliver continuous value.

• Team Leaders and Executives: Explore techniques to make informed decisions, foster innovation and lead your organization into a more efficient and competitive future.

• Team members: Learn why continuous delivery is important and how you can ensure continuous value creation.