Fundamentals of DevOps (Course 3641)

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Introduction to Lean-Agile Principles

Recognizing Lean-Agile benefits

• Articulating Lean-Agile objectives
• Defining trends in the Lean-Agile movement
• Choosing the right project management techniques

Key frameworks and toolkits

• Applicability of principles within the organization
• Adapting quickly through Lean-Agile techniques
• Optimizing systematically through a Lean-Agile culture

Running Agile Projects through Iterations

Introducing the Agile project life cycle

• Enabling value-centric scope management
• Defining the project roles and responsibilities
• Powering feedback through small batch iterations

Agile Project Management

• Estimating the project backlog
• Working through paced increments
• Ensuring transparency through visual reporting
• Planning through velocity management

Enforcing a Lean-Agile behavior

• Applying the franchised start-up model
• Proving results with empirical evidence
• Inviting the feedback of real users
• Building knowledge through measures and retrospectives

Implementing Lean-Agile Enterprise Governance

Driving decisions with Agile portfolio management

• Deciding on projects through portfolio planning
• Delivering business cases with an Agile charter
• Managing priorities through a value matrix

Releasing at the program level

• Managing interdependent work items across teams
• Reviewing the outcome of cross-team iterations
• Tracking benefits with burn-up charts

Making value-driven decisions

• Prioritizing decisions through a customer-driven approach
• Driving decisions with real customer data
• Embracing changes in the value stream

Managing Lean Operations

Optimizing operations

• Removing waste through Muda analysis
• Applying the theory of constraints
• Defining standardized work

Focusing on value creation

• Creating order through the 5S methodology
• Measuring and analyzing productivity for better results
• Designing for quality

Empowering Teams

Fine-tuning people management practices

• Exploring the human side of change
• Creating motivated teams through an engagement model
• Building the case for autonomation

Reshaping the organization

• Transitioning to self-managing teams
• Scaling Lean-Agile within the organization

Learning as the basis of knowledge

• Accelerating returns through accumulated know-how
• Building learning in the value chain

Continuous Improvement

Striving for perfection in operations and design

• Making incremental improvements with the 5 Whys technique
• Improving the value-chain with Kaizen

Designing and tuning processes for value

• Innovating through Kaikaku thinking
• Preventing errors through Poka-Yoke principles
• Building-in quality through in-process testing

Developing A New Lean-Agile Culture

Planning a practical and realistic transition

• Pacing changes in a Lean-Agile transformation
• Achieving excellence in product development practices
• Integrating agility across departments

Structuring the management framework

• Staying realistic with on-the-floor management
• Embedding Lean-Agile for the long-term
• Identifying and avoiding the common Lean-Agile pitfalls

Anyone wanting to boost the performance of their projects, products and organization using modern Lean-Agile techniques.