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Growing the Self-Organising Team  -  a self-paced online learning course


Description

This adaptive learning online course looks at the foundational Agile concept of the self-organising team.

 

Self-organisation is a term that comes from complexity thinking. It is defined as order that arises purely through frequent, local interactions rather than being directed from the outside. The complexity of 21st product development requires that decision-making in an organization be driven down to the levels where the relevant information is to hand. Scrum Teams have the autonomy to solve problems, decide what work to do and how to do it.

 

Autonomy is enabled by business-alignment. The Product Owner is responsible for keeping a Scrum Team in alignment with the wider organisation – it is a responsibility which derives from her accountability for “maximising the value resulting from the work of the Scrum Team”.

 

Self-organising teams are the engine-room of creativity and innovation that allow organisations to achieve outcomes that meet customer needs while navigating complexity, and dealing with relentless and, sometimes, unanticipated rates of change.

 

Why This Course?

·        Upgrade your Product Owners’ skills  – understand the key responsibility of the Product Owner to bring business and domain information to the Scrum Team so that they can take ownership of business aims and objectives.

·        Learn How to Keep Scrum Teams Aligned with the Business  – and how such alignment is essential for team autonomy

·        Recognise the Importance of Moving from Project Teams to Product Teams.  Project teams are transient. While they may have delivered business value before they are broken up, learning value is typically lost

·        Recognize How a ‘Product Organisation’ is the Ideal Environment for Self-Organising Teams

 

Who is This Course Suitable For?

Whether a Product Owner, Product Manager, Portfolio Manager, Program Manager or a Business Analyst, or someone who needs to understand Agile product development then this course is for them.

 

What They’ll Come Away With

After completing this adaptive learning course, attendees will have learned that Business Agility is facilitated first and foremost by giving self-organising, cross-functional teams problems to solve.

 

They’ll be able to:

·        Explain the key skillsets required for a self-organising Scrum Team that delivers business value.

·        Understand how the key skillsets map onto the three ‘accountabilities’ in a Scrum Team: Product Owner, Scrum Master and Developers

·        Recognise that business alignment is an absolute necessity for enabling teams’ autonomy

·        Understand the key role of Product Owners in maintaining business alignment

·        Focus the team on outcomes that address customers’ needs first and foremost, in order to deliver business objectives

·        Help the team manage the key risks of product development (Value, Usability, Feasibility and Viability)

·        Recognise the challenges involved in moving to self-organising teams

·        Advocate the case for cross-functional product teams rather than project teams

·        Lead your team in continuous product discovery

 

What Topics are Covered?

The Self-Organising Team course has two modules, with a total of 13 learning objectives and 42 probes.

 

Autonomy and Alignment

·        The concept of self-organisation

·        Business alignment as the guard rail for autonomous teams

·        The customer-centricity of self-organising Agile teams

·        Handling the key risks (value, usability, feasibility and viability) in product development

 

Moving Toward Self-organising Teams

·        Self-organising Teams are given problems to solve

·        Product teams versus project teams

·        How self-organising teams practice continuous product discovery

·        The ideal environment for self-organising teams

 

What the Course Includes:

·        High-quality instruction with slideshows supported by an audible coach’s text, created by Agile expert and Certified Scrum Trainer, Alan O’Callaghan

·        Multiple probes for each Learning Objective

·        Immediate feedback to answers, including remediation where appropriate

 

Different pricing models apply depending on the size of your organisation. Please contact  maria@emerald-hill.co.uk to book a conversation.