As Agile moves further into the mainstream we are encountering more and more risk averse companies. These companies require a path and will be highly resistant until you can show how Agile can work in their world. A key component of showing the path is showing them how to organize their people into teams and chains of teams that can deliver on business objectives. For this purpose, we created the Team Canvas.
The Team Canvas is a design and modeling tool that allows you to integrate various aspects of team formation with value-stream optimization. As a design tool you can use it to do initial analysis, to iterate the design and test various scenarios and combinations, and then to improve over time as you learn about the dynamics of your Agile organization.
To help us address these challenges in Agile adoption, the Team Canvas is a simple, 1-page tool that will help you:
- Visualize how team assignments impact other teams and the organization as a whole
- Understand how teams can chain together to create a value stream
- Represent the team as the atomic unit of delivery
- Enable continuous improvement at the organizational level with the Team design being at the core
Come learn how to leverage the Team Canvas!
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Jack Wooten, is the Agile Practice Lead at Vantiv, where he is transforming the organization into agile programs (each program is ~50-125 people; 5-12 agile teams) utilizing Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
When:July 10, 2014 (Second Thursday)
Networking: 5:30 - 6pm
Program: 6 - 7:30pm.
Where: Max Train, 4900 Parkway Drive, Suite 160, Mason, 45040
PMP's: This event counts for 1 (one) PDU