Certified Agile VMO Practitioner

Course description

This training course introduces participants to Agile portfolio management and the role of the Value Management Office (VMO) in driving end-to-end agility and organizational change.

The path to enterprise agility requires an organization and its people to complete three traverses. On the traverse to team agility, the focus is on helping teams build flexible, adaptive, fit-for-purpose agile practices. On the traverse to portfolio agility, ****the focus is on organizing agile teams into value streams and optimizing the delivery of value across the organization using a fast and resilient portfolio operating model, supported by adaptive governance. Portfolio agility sets the stage for organizations to make the final traverse to strategic agility.

This course is certified by the Agile Leadership Academy which is operated by LitheSpeed. LitheSpeed wrote the book on this topic ‘From PMO to VMO: Managing for Value Delivery’.

Who’s it for?

This course is designed for experienced Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Directors, Portfolio Managers and Executive Directors who want to level up their agile knowledge and practices and set the stage for their organization’s journey to enterprise agility.knowledge and practices and set the stage for their organization’s journey to enterprise agility.

Benefits

Each participant receives:

• Course materials including class slides, class working board and references
• The Certified Agile VMO Practitioner®(ALA-CVP) certification from the Agile Leadership Academy

Agenda

In this course, we consider the three traverses to enterprise agility, with a specific focus on portfolio agility. We build in time for reflection to get you started on your journey.

Portfolio agility

• Set up an Agile VMO
• Define flexible agile process
• Organize around value streams
• Apply lean portfolio management
• Measure outcomes
• Govern adaptively

Team agility

• Build an adaptive agile process
• Instill excellence in execution
• Empower value focus

Strategic agility

• Lead with an adaptive strategy
• Establish flexible funding process
• Decentralize and empower innovation

From ideas to action

• Getting started on the journey

About the Trainers

Sarah Adams

Sarah has deep experience as practitioner and consultant in the public, private and non-profit sectors, helping teams and organizations transform from the inside out. She deploys a wealth of skills in visual facilitation, team building, stakeholder engagement, workflow management, analysis and outcome measurement.

When coaching individuals, product delivery teams, and portfolio leaders, her passion is helping people clearly see their current reality and design their future. Sarah's values are clarity, flexibility, and trust.