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Workshops for
Teams and Leaders

Our workshops go beyond theoretical concepts, providing hands-on, practical exercises that empower leaders and teams to apply Agile practices in real-world scenarios. Designed to tackle actual challenges, these interactive sessions enable participants to make informed decisions and take actionable insights directly back to their work environments. The goal is not just to learn but to create immediate value and drive meaningful change.

  1. Leadership Alignment for Systemic Improvements

  2. Team Vision and Alignment

  3. Story Writing workshop

  4. Getting started with Story Point Estimation

Explore our other Trainings:

  1. Agile Fundamentals

    • Introduction to Agile and Scrum​

    • Introduction to Kanban Method

    • Requirements Management

    • Sprint and Release Planning

  2. Performance and Predictability

    • Systems Thinking for Product Development​

    • Visualization and Metrics​

    • Improving Team Performance

    • Improving Flow Predictability

  3. Enabling Leaders

    • Effective Agile Leader

    • Effective Scrum Facilitation​

    • Lean Concepts for Leaders

    • Coaching Skills for Leaders

Leadership Alignment on Systemic Improvements

Target Audience:

Senior Leaders, Senior Managers

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Workshop Duration:

First session - 2 to 4 hours

Follow up sessions (if needed) -  2 hours​

Creating alignment among the leadership team is essential for the success of organization-level change initiatives. Leaders shape the vision, set priorities, and establish the tone for the entire organization. This workshop helps senior leaders align on key aspects of the change, ensuring coordinated efforts across departments and teams to maximize the chances of success.

Targeted Outcomes:

  1. A unified vision among leaders on the need for change and its urgency.

  2. Clear alignment on the change objectives (What are we aiming to achieve?).

  3. Consensus on key results and success criteria (How will we measure success?).

  4. Enhanced motivation and commitment among leaders to work collaboratively toward the initiative’s success.

Workshop Agenda:​

  1. Systems Thinking and Flow

  2. Overview of Value metrics and Flow metrics

  3. Current state assessment (based on leaders' confidence)

  4. Defining Change OKR's

  5. Challenges, solution ideas, action items

Team Vision
and Alignment

Target Audience:

Whole Agile team, including leads 

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Workshop Duration:

2 to 4 hours, depending on team size

A shared vision and strong alignment within a team are the cornerstones of collaboration, trust, and sustained success. This workshop provides a structured space for teams to reflect on their purpose, align on their goals, and strengthen their collective understanding of each other’s roles. By fostering mutual respect and clarity, teams leave motivated to work toward their vision and equipped to tackle challenges together.​

Targeted Outcomes:

1. Team members gain a deeper understanding of their team’s purpose, their own role, and the contributions of others.

2. Team members develop a positive outlook on their team and strengthen their commitment to its goals.​​​​

Tentative Agenda:

1. Introductions – Getting to know each other.

2. Purpose – Exploring what it means to be a team and what unites us.

3. Roles – Understanding individual value and contributions to the team.

4. Team Vision for Excellence – Crafting a shared vision that inspires and guides.

5. Team as a Complex Adaptive System – Reflecting on the dynamic nature of teamwork.

6. Challenges, Ideas, and Action Items – Identifying opportunities for growth and actionable steps.

Story Writing Workshop

Target Audience:

Product Owners, Business Analysts

Optional: Scrum Masters, Developers

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Workshop Duration:

2 to 4 hours, depending on group size

The User Story format provides a structured way to define requirements that minimizes ambiguity and rework. In this hands-on workshop, participants will refine pre-written requirements or create new user stories while learning practical techniques to improve their quality and usability.

Targeted Outcomes:

1. Learn how to write clear, concise, and actionable user stories.

2. Gain practical, hands-on experience in writing and refining user stories.

3. Gain high motivation and confidence in adopting User Story format right away.

Content Outline:

1. Quick review of User Story format, followed by Q&A

2. User Story writing, followed by self review and refinement of User Stories

3. Group review and feedback

4. Techniques for Splitting user stories.

5. Second round: User Story writing/splitting, followed by group review.

6. Final Q&A

Starting with Story Point Estimation

Target Audience:

Whole Agile Team, including Leads

 

Workshop Duration:

2 to 4 hours

Story Point estimation is often one of the most misunderstood Agile practices, with many teams defaulting to a "1 SP = X days" approach, which contradicts its core purpose. Despite the misconceptions, it is a powerful concept that, when correctly adopted, can significantly streamline estimation and planning efforts.

With our proven approach, which has successfully guided over 200 teams, this workshop ensures participants not only see the value of Story Point estimation but also feel confident in adopting it for their work.

Targeted Outcomes:

1. Develop a clear understanding of story point estimation and how it differs from time-based estimation.

2. Recognize the benefits of relative sizing for planning and forecasting.

3. Gain practical experience in estimating user stories using story points.

4. Build confidence as a team to adopt relative estimation immediately.

Content Outline:

1. Introduction to Story Point Estimation - Why, What and How?
2. Planning Poker: Overview and Hands-On Practice

3. Getting started - Selecting a Reference Story
4. Getting started - Estimating User Stories as a team
5. Q&A and Wrap-Up

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