"Everyone is already doing their best; the problems are with the system … only management can change the system." —W. Edwards Deming

Everybody is talking about Systems thinking these days. But what is "systems thinking" really? And how can we practically use it to get tangible benefits in solving complex organisational problems? Value stream mapping is a very powerful systems thinking tool used to give us a bird's eye view and help us identify key components of the system/organisation that need to be changed in order to optimise the whole.

In this session, we will run a simulation of an actual value stream mapping workshop to solving complex organisational problems such as DevOps transformation. After a short presentation, the facilitator will help each table to identify a value stream, then the teams will work together and map their value streams on wall pads.

You will take away practical tools that you can use the next day in your organisation that will impress everyone and provide tangible benefits for your team/company.

In this session we will explore the following concepts:

- Lead time

- Process time

- Percent complete and accurate

- Activity ratio

- DevOps

- Systems Thinking

"Everyone is already doing their best; the problems are with the system … only management can change the system." —W. Edwards Deming

Everybody is talking about Systems thinking these days. But what is "systems thinking" really? And how can we practically use it to get tangible benefits in solving complex organisational problems? Value stream mapping is a very powerful systems thinking tool used to give us a bird's eye view and help us identify key components of the system/organisation that need to be changed in order to optimise the whole.

In this session, we will run a simulation of an actual value stream mapping workshop to solving complex organisational problems such as DevOps transformation. After a short presentation, the facilitator will help each table to identify a value stream, then the teams will work together and map their value streams on wall pads.

You will take away practical tools that you can use the next day in your organisation that will impress everyone and provide tangible benefits for your team/company.

We will explore concepts like:

- Lead time

- Process time

- Percent complete and accurate

- Activity ratio

- DevOps

"Everyone is already doing their best; the problems are with the system … only management can change the system." —W. Edwards Deming

Systems thinking is a very powerful approach to have a holistic view of the system/organisation and optimise the whole. Value stream mapping is a very powerful systems thinking tool used to identify the most important parts of the system/organisation that need to be optimised. In this session we will use collaborative learning technique to learn value stream mapping and systems thinking in action.

We will explore concepts like:

- Lead time

- Process time

- Percent complete and accurate

- Activity ratio

- DevOps

“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” ~ Albert Einstein

In most organisations adopting Agile practices is a very difficult task and is impeded by numerus systemic barriers. Many organisations are only getting marginal benefits from their Agile practices compared to orders of magnitude improvements promised by Agile case studies. This is because usually Agile practices are applied superficially rather than fundamentally changing the system to support Agility.

In this session we are going to use collaborative learning techniques to learn how to use systems thinking in identifying systemic barriers to Agile adoption and removing them. We will experiment with techniques to fundamentally change the organisational context and shape the environment to increase agility. We are going to explore concepts including:

- How to deal with budget limitations
- How to change toxic leadership
- How to deal with technology and architectural limitations
- Is the position of Scrum Master actually an impediment in Agile adoption

"Getting the job done" is a super fun agile game designed to simulate applying Scrum in an environment with various impediments (Just like the real world). There are various levels of impediments baked into this simulation, some are trivial and some are systemic impediments.

The goal is for the attendees to learn in an agile environment it is not enough just to focus on doing their job and they need to actively identify and remove impediments.

Ultimate Giveaway:

• One person will get FREE course valued at $1400 (your choice of SAFe Certified Scrum Master or SAFe Certified DevOps Practitioner)
• Everyone gets 50% off all Sprint Agile courses.