Course Details
Course Code: LITP; Instructor-led
Audience
Managers and professionals in (IT) organizations
Prerequisites
A LEAN IT Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite for this course
Methodology
This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentations, discussions and practical exercises
Course Objectives
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Understand the concept of Lean Leadership
- Know the application of Lean Leadership in the IT Context
- Use the Lean IT Leadership development model
- Develop yourself towards being a Lean IT leader
- Help others in developing themselves as Lean IT leaders
- Align the Vision and Goals of your organization
- Understand the concept of change in an organization
- Understand how to take the lead in changing your organization
Outlines
Module 1: Lean IT Leadership
- Introduction on leadership
- The key element of Lean Leadership
- Leadership in the IT context
Module 2: Developing Yourself
- How to develop yourself
- The concept of Shu-ha-Ri
- The “kata” of leadership
- Go to the Gemba- to develop yourself
Module 3: Leader standard work
- The concept of standard work for Lean IT Leaders
- The Gemba – as standard work
- Aligning meetings
- The value of creating habits
Module 4: Developing others
- How to develop others
- Go to the Gemba – to develop others
- Performance dialogue
- T-type leaders
- Skills & Knowledge matrix
Module 5: Building Teams
- What is teamwork?
- Effective teams
- The value of trust
- Daily kaizen
Module 6 - Create Vision and align goals
- Hoshin Kanri
- The use of visual management
- Cascading goals – catchball mechanism
Module 7: Practicing Lean IT Leadership
- Mental models
- Leading meetings
- Day on a life of the Lean IT Leader
Module 8: Changing your organization
- Organizational change
- Lean IT transformations
- Change: Top-down or bottom-up?
- Change story
Module 9: Exam Preparation
- Sample exam
- How to prepare the exam check out
