Course overview

It is difficult to make powerful decisions that lead to results. A structured way of working and a process for strategy and decision-making increases your chances of success. To then translate the decisions and the portfolio into effective action and product development requires a coherent process and organization. The Agile Portfolio Management course gives you a solid theoretical foundation to stand on and inspiration and development opportunities to take your portfolio management to the next level.

Course Objective

Agile Portfolio Management is the course that gives you the tools to lead and make decisions in strategy, business model and product portfolio, and then translate this into effective execution through agile development at scale.

Target Group

This training is aimed at managers, leaders, project managers, product owners and others who participate or lead strategy work, product management and execution of agile development at scale.

Prerequisites

We recommend basic knowledge of agile methods, for example the course Introduction to agile methods or equivalent.

Certification

This course does not have any associated certification. Each participant who completes the course receives a course certificate.

Trainer

This course is delivered in collaboration with one of Informator’s partners.

More about the course

Strategy

Introduction – what is strategy?
Strategy models and concepts – Crossing The Chasm, Blue Sea, Red Sea, etc.

Iterative experiments – scientific methods and Lean Startup

How Lean Startup works
Iterative experiments in practice

Innovation

How does innovation fit into the organization and process?
What is disruptive innovation?
Sustaining innovation

Portfolio management

Balancing the portfolio – strategies and methods
Roadmapping
Prioritization, business agility and business ownership, optimization, WSJF etc.
Requirements Management – Backlogs, Epics, Themes, Features

Lean, Kanban and queue management

Introduction, theory
Implications and uses of portfolio management

Decision making

Introduction
Theoretical models and processes

Portfolio life cycle

Agile Product Management
Planning pace and visualization
Architecture and platform in the portfolio
Business Model Canvas and Product Definition

Scaled Agile

Introduction to scaled development concepts and example frameworks

Organization

Executive Management Team
Business teams
Product Management
Scrum teams

Financial management

Introduction
Cost of Delay

Putting it all together

How does this work together?
Global optimization

Executive summary

Overview of course components
Feedback and suggestions for additional training activities

Course overview

2 days

Basic

Can’t find a (suitable) date, but are interested in the course? Send in an expression of interest and we will do what we can to get an opportunity that suits.

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Allmänna Villkor.

Company-adapted course

The course can be adapted from several perspectives:

Content and focus area
Scope of application
Structure

In collaboration with the course leader, we make sure that the course meets your wishes