Micro-workshops
e2e Flow targets focused outcomes with its micro-workshops. They are designed with gamification, right-sized courseware, context-based examples, and an exercise using an accelerator template to put it into action.
Unlock Your Team’s Potential with Micro-Workshops
The micro-workshops are available for purchase (along with training your facilitators) or can be delivered by one of our consulting partners. The workshops range in duration from two to four hours and are designed to accelerate the learning journey with a cost-effective and highly engaging approach. These workshops connect desired improvement outcomes with critical organizational objectives based on end-to-end flow examples and high collaborativeness.
Tailored to Your Organization
Contact us to arrange private delivery within your organization. Select from our range of customizable micro-workshops to meet your specific needs.
Purchase and Deliver Custom Workshops
This content is available for purchase. We will provide you with the resources to deliver these workshops within your organization.
Single and Multi-Day Workshops
We offer a variety of workshops available for open enrollment. For specific workshops and upcoming dates, please refer to the ‘Register’ section.
Choose From Available Micro-Workshops
Two to Four Hour Sessions
Building in Small Sized Increments (4 hrs)
Gamification
- The DOT Game
- Circle Color Change Game
Courseware
- Stop the Big Scope!
e2e Flow Example
- Project scope vs. MVIs
- Example MVI information
Exercise
- Building MVI Templates
Accelerator
- MVI Template Builder
Identifying Minimum Value Increments (4 hrs)
Gamification
- Office 365 Game
Courseware
- How to Identify Minimums
- The Minimum Value Increment
e2e Flow Example
- MVI Identification through Ready to Implement
- The Discovery Workflow Kanban Board
Exercise
- Decomposing Initiatives into MVIs and MVPs
- MVI Definition of Ready
- MVI Definition of Done
Accelerators
- MVI as a Business Canvas & Backlog Work Item
- MVI DoR & DoD
Making the Workflow and Work Visible (4 hrs)
Gamification
- Can you see what is different?
Courseware
- The Power of Visual Information
- Using Kanban Boards and Explicit Agreements
e2e Flow Example
- Team Flow Kanban Board
- Feature Flow Kanban Boards
- MVI Flow Kanban Boards
Exercise
- Setting up a Kanban board and explicit agreements
Accelerators
- Kanban boards for team, feature, and MVI
- Creating working agreements for flow
Identifying Delays in the Workflow (4 hrs)
Gamification
- Let’s Go to Starbucks
Courseware
- Delays are Our Biggest Improvement Area
e2e Flow Example
- Value Stream Mapping
- Kanban Board User & Technical Story Tracing
- Kanban Board Feature Tracing
Exercise
- Creating a Value Stream Map
- Identifying Delays with Kanban Boards
Accelerators
- Value Stream Mapping
- Kanban Board Tracing
Keeping Work in Process Manageable (4 hrs)
Gamification
- The Thinking Game
Courseware
- Context Switching and the Cost of Delay
- Value Flow Planning – MVI Tetris
e2e Flow Example
- The Intake Queue and Value Flow Planning
Exercise
- Quarterly Value Flow Planning with MVI Tetris
Accelerator
- Value Flow Planning – MVI Tetris
Reducing the Risk of Uncompleted Work (4 hrs)
Gamification
- How Would You Order this Backlog?
Courseware
- Accumulated Risk of Uncompleted Work
e2e Flow Example
- Finishing Work – Features and MVIs
- Value Flow Planning – Features of an MVI
Exercise
- MVI Flow Planning – Feature Tetris
Accelerator
- Value Flow Planning – Feature Tetris
Prioritize Customer & Business Value Increments (4 hrs)
Gamification
- Removing the Circles Game
Courseware
- How to Determine Value for Your Organization
- Assigning a Sizing and Value Score
- Business Value vs. Ordering Considerations
e2e Flow Example
- Relative Sizing
- Relative Value
- Ordered Portfolio Backlog of MVIs & MVPs
Exercise
- The Relative Size Game
- The Relative Value Game
Accelerators
- Sizing Portfolio Backlog Items (MVIs & MVPs)
- Assigning a Value Score (MVIs & MVPs)
Drag & Friction in the Workflow (2 hrs)
Gamification
- Walking Through Water, the Feeling of Drag
Courseware
- How to Identify Drag in the System and options for Reducing or Eliminating It
e2e Flow Example
- Drag Factors
Accelerator
- Identifying Drag
Prioritizing the Goals of Organizational Agility (2 hrs)
Gamification
- What is the Most Important Goals to Focus On
Courseware
- How Value Stream Management Enables Achieving Leadership’s Organizational Agility Goals
e2e Flow Example
- How to Improve the Flow from Ideation to Implementation
Accelerator
- Prioritizing Leadership’s Goals to Achieve Organizational Agility
Ordering the Principles of Value Stream Mgmt (2 hrs)
Gamification
- What is the Most Important Principles to Focus On
Courseware
- Principles of Value Stream Management, Benefits and Options for Practices, Techniques, and Strategies
e2e Flow Example
- How to Improve the Flow from Ideation to Implementation
Accelerator
- Prioritizing VSM Principles
The Idealized Value Stream (2 hrs)
Gamification
- Why Don’t They Just Ask Me?
Courseware
- The Idealized (not “ideal”) Value Stream
e2e Flow Example
- Portfolio Management, Product Management, Product Ownership – From Idea to Value
Accelerator
- e2e Flow Structure
Baselining a Value Stream by Assessment (2 hrs)
Gamification
- Collaborative Value Stream Assessment
- Your Greatest Pain Point
Courseware
- Where to Focus the Organizational Changes
e2e Flow Example
- Value Stream Baseline
Accelerator
- Collaborative Value Stream Assessment
- Your Greatest Pain Points
Developing an Improvement Backlog (2 hrs)
Gamification
- Using Google Maps
Courseware
- Improvement Backlog vs. Implementation Roadmap
e2e Flow Example
- DTC Value Stream Improvement Backlog
Accelerator
- VSM Improvement Backlog
- VSM Kanban Board