Lean-Agile Foundations: Delivering Value Through Continuous Improvement

What's covered

10 modules · 46 lessons

1. 1. Introduction

   • Introduction

2. 2. Why Organizations Struggle to Deliver Value

   • The Value Delivery Problem
   • Why Good Teams Produce Poor Results
   • Projects vs Products
   • Predictability vs Certainty
   • Module 1 Knowledge Check

3. 3. Lean Thinking

   • The Purpose and Origins of Lean
   • Defining Customer Value
   • Seeing the Value Stream
   • The Eight Wastes in Business Work
   • Respect for People and Continuous Improvement
   • Module 2 Knowledge Check

4. 4. Agile Thinking

   • Agile Values and Business Adaptability
   • The Twelve Principles as Operating Guidance
   • Iterative Delivery: Learning in Cycles
   • Incremental Delivery: Building Value in Slices
   • Empirical Process Control
   • Module 3 Knowledge Check

5. 5. Lean + Agile Together

   • Lean Removes Delay, Agile Reduces Uncertainty
   • Systems Thinking: Optimizing the Whole
   • Product Thinking for Persistent Capabilities
   • The Lean-Agile Operating Model
   • Module 4 Knowledge Check

6. 6. Delivering Customer Value

   • Outcomes Over Outputs
   • Cost of Delay and Economic Sequencing
   • MVPs and Thin Slices
   • Prioritization Without Politics
   • Feedback Loops and Validation
   • Module 5 Knowledge Check

7. 7. High-Performing Lean-Agile Teams

   • Cross-Functional Teams and Flow
   • Collaboration, Working Agreements, and Decision Rights
   • Psychological Safety and Speaking Up
   • Servant Leadership and Lean-Agile Management
   • Module 6 Knowledge Check

8. 8. Common Lean-Agile Frameworks

   • Scrum: Timeboxed Learning for Complex Work
   • Kanban: Managing Flow in Existing Work
   • Scrumban and Hybrid Ways of Working
   • SAFe and Enterprise Coordination
   • Choosing the Right Approach
   • Module 7 Knowledge Check

9. 9. Continuous Improvement

   • Kaizen and Everyday Improvement
   • Retrospectives That Change the System
   • Metrics for Flow, Quality, and Predictability
   • Building an Improvement Culture
   • Module 8 Knowledge Check

10. 10. Final Assessment and Capstone

    • Final Knowledge Check