Public Workshop Schedule

These workshops build agile knowledge and skills with hands-on learning via method practice exercises, discussion topics, and each session concludes with an implementation action plan.

Series Learning Objectives:

• Understanding of agile project planning elements needed for product development
• Consistent, adequate cross-functional agile project planning and alignment
• Team commitment to consistently achieving iteration goals
• Visibility of progress toward project completion
• Effective use of agile management tools
• Thorough identification and reduction of project risks
• Improve communication to serve stakeholder interests
• Complete projects faster and more efficiently
• Team member ownership of ongoing improvements

Agile Product Development Overview

Workshop Topics:

• Agile principles and frameworks
• Agile goals and challenges
• Differences between software and physical product agile development
• Key elements needed for complex cross-disciplined projects
• Overview of key roles and tools

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 16, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

May 30, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Agile Roles and Responsibilities

Workshop Topics:

• Agile key roles & core teams
• Software roles vs. physical product development roles
• Misconceptions about roles and agile activities
• Autonomous teams & what that means for team members
• Mapping traditional roles & responsibilities to agile teams

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 23, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 6, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Agile Product Owner Fundamentals

Workshop Topics:

• Product Owner responsibilities
• Levels of product ownership
• Typical challenges to overcome
• Agile mindset and product vs. project mindset
• Cone of Uncertainty concept
• User story prioritization
• Agile requirements management

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 30, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 13, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Agile Project Leadership Fundamentals

Workshop Topics:

• Project Leader, Product Owner & Functional Leader agile roles
• Agile Project Leader key responsibilities & challenges
• Cross-functional agile planning & execution
• Up-front agile planning elements
• Iteration planning approaches
• Agile leadership of sub-team details

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 30, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 18, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Building a Culture for Agile Success

Workshop Topics:

• What is agile success?
• Typical challenges to overcome
• Identifying issues & prioritizing effort
• Leadership roles & responsibilities for supporting success
• Agile management of an agile culture
• Tracking continuous improvement

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

June 13, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 19, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Participating in this entire 4-workshop series builds core knowledge with hands-on learning via case study exercises, discussion topics, self-assessments and concludes with a leadership development action plan. Note that the three other workshops in the series are prerequisite for the Leadership Assessment and Development Plan workshop. There is a 4-for-3 discount for registration in all four sessions at the same time (see instructions in the Registration sections below).

Series Learning Objectives:

• Become more influential
• Improve ability to lead projects and teams
• Identify leadership development goals specific to your needs
• Gain support for ideas that will benefit your company
• Build rapport with managers and peers
• Improve team and stakeholder communication

Engineering Leadership Fundamentals

Workshop Topics:

• What is Agile Engineering Leadership?
• Key leadership characteristics
• Influence without authority
• Overcoming engineering leadership challenges
• Getting support for new ideas
• Differences between leadership & management

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 14, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

May 28, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Leadership Assessment and Development Plan workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Leadership Communication

Workshop Topics:

• Forms of communication
• Becoming a better listener
• Engaging your audience
• Inspiring action
• Fulfilling diverse stakeholder needs
• Communication strategies

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 21, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 4, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Leadership Assessment and Development Plan workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Building Rapport, Trust & Respect

Workshop Topics:

• Opportunities for building rapport
• The art of influence
• Building rapport with senior leaders
• Helping others to see your view
• Dealing with conflict
• 20 elements of trust & respect
• Maxwell’s 5 Levels of Leadership

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 28, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 11, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Leadership Assessment and Development Plan workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Leadership Assessment and Development Plan

Workshop Topics:

• Balancing leadership and management development
• Core leadership assessment
• Dedication to leadership development
• Leadership competency goals
• Prioritized leadership objectives

Prerequisite: Completion of the other three workshops in this series.

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

June 4, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 25, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Leadership Assessment and Development Plan workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Participating in this entire 4-workshop series builds core knowledge with hands-on learning via case study exercises, discussion topics, method practice exercises and concludes with an implementation action plan. There is a 3-for-4 discount for registration in all four sessions at the same time (see instructions in the Registration sections below).

Series Learning Objectives:

• Understanding of practical project management approaches based on situation
• Consistent, adequately comprehensive project planning
• Increase the accuracy of project estimates
• Consistently keep projects on track
• Effective use of management tools
• Thorough identification and reduction of project risks
• Improve communication to serve stakeholder interests
• Complete projects faster and more efficiently
• Team member ownership of ongoing improvements

Project Management Fundamentals

Workshop Topics:

• Key project management concepts
• Best practices and why they matter
• Project lifecycle models
• Building your project management toolbox
• Adapting methods for different project situations

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 15, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

May 29, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Schedule and Risk Management workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Engineering Project Planning

Workshop Topics:

• Project planning elements
• Planning methods & tools
• Risk identification & mitigation
• Project communication planning
• Facilitating team & stakeholder alignment
• Work and requirements breakdown
• Project plan sizing
• Quick-start Project Planning Guide

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 22, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 5, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Schedule and Risk Management workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Project Estimation Methods

Workshop Topics:

• Overview of traditional and agile methods
• Top-down and bottom-up estimation
• Data-driven methods
• Opinion-based methods
• Collaborative estimation
• Best and worst case analysis

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

May 29, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 12, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Schedule and Risk Management workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs

Schedule and Risk Management

Workshop Topics:

• Scheduling methods & tools
• Critical path and slack time
• Managing major and minor dependencies
• Risk management methods & tools
• Proactive risk mitigation
• Master risk register

Registration: Click desired session date to register.

June 5, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

June 26, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time – Workshop Leader: Gary Hinkle (bio)

Workshop Fee: $195 (10% discount for groups of 3 or more)

4-for-3 Discount: Register for just the first 3 workshops. Enter “full series” in the Comments field on the checkout form and you will also be registered in the Schedule and Risk Management workshop.

Online sessions are limited to 10 participants. Contact us to discuss private online or onsite workshops for your team.

Professional Development Units: 2.0 PDUs