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Value Stream Management
Offered by PMI
Learn new, more effective ways of focusing on the work of the organization and the value it brings to the customer.
PDUs7
Course Duration7 hours
Overview
The Value Stream Management Course provides an introduction to value stream management. You will learn new, more effective ways of focusing on the work of the organization and the value it brings to the customer!
How It Works:
Once you purchase the course, you can complete the 7-hour online course at your own pace. Upon completion, you will earn 7 PDUs and a certificate of completion.
What you'll learn
Discover new, effective ways to focus on organizational work Understand how to enhance the value delivered to customers.
Module 1
The Business Case for Agility
Explore why traditional approaches can create inflexibility, requirement bloat and delayed value. Learn how agile approaches use smaller deliveries and faster feedback to reduce risk and deliver value sooner.
Module 2
We Can Do Better
Examine how work moves through a value stream and how delays can affect efficiency and throughput. Apply systems thinking to look beyond individual activities and understand how the broader system influences results.
Module 3
Value Stream Mapping
Learn how to map value streams, distinguish valuable work from induced work and uncover delays and inefficiencies. Use process cycle efficiency to better understand how effectively value moves through the system.
Module 4-5
Value Stream Mapping
Explore how minimum viable products and minimum business increments can help teams deliver value faster. Then examine how agile budgeting and lean funding approaches can support more flexible investment decisions as priorities evolve.
Module 6
Portfolio and Product Management
Explore how portfolio and product management can connect business priorities with development work. Learn approaches for aligning around initiatives, reducing handoffs and sequencing work based on value and the cost of delay.
Module 7
Building Effective Value Streams
Apply systems thinking to understand how different parts of a value stream work together. Identify impediments, root causes and opportunities for improvement that can help work and value flow more effectively.
Module 9
Value Creation Structures and Agile Teams
Examine how organizational silos, work in process and delays can affect value delivery. Explore ways to structure and coordinate teams around value while improving collaboration from discovery through implementation.
Module 10-11
Analyzing and Improving Value Streams
Put value stream concepts into practice by analyzing how work flows, identifying constraints and finding root causes of problems. Build and prioritize an improvement backlog to turn findings into actions and support continuous improvement.
Module 12
Leadership During Transition
Explore the role leaders and managers play in enabling change. Learn how to focus on the system, work collaboratively through transitions, raise awareness and create conditions that support lasting change.
PDU Breakdown
This online course provides an opportunity to earn professional development units (PDUs) while building valuable skills.
Total PDUs
7
Business acumen
4
Ways of working
2
Power skills
1
