Flow Metrics Ultimate Training Programme (AMP and AFMS)- GUARANTEED TO RUN

Join our Flow Metrics Ultimate training programme. Over the week, we'll cover Applying Metrics for Predictability (AMP) and Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum (AFMS).

You can join just AMP or, for a special price, join the AFMS add-on, gaining a 2nd certification.

• AMP: Monday 8 September - Wednesday 10 September, 1.00 pm-5.30 pm (UK time)/ Live Virtual                                                                                                                         Monday 3 November- Wednesday 5 November, 1.00 pm- 5.30 pm (UK time)/ Live Virtual
• AFMS add-on: Thursday 11 September - Friday 12 September, 1.00 pm-5.30 pm (UK time)/ Live Virtual                                                                                                                                  Thursday 6 November- Friday 7 November, 1.00 pm- 5.30 pm (UK time)/ Live Virtual

Note: attending the AMP class is a prerequisite for joining the AFMS class. If you've taken AMP with Alex Priestley before and would like to join AFMS, please get in touch.

Applying Metrics for Predictability

“When will it be done?” “How many items will I get in the next release?” “When will all of the items in the backlog be completed?” Those are the first questions your customers will ask you once you start working for them.

This hands-on workshop will give you the tools to answer those questions predictably. In this tutorial, attendees will learn what metrics are necessary for accurate forecasting, how to visualise those metrics in appropriate analytics, how to use those analytics to make reliable forecasts and understand risk, and, finally, how to make meaningful interventions for overall process improvement.

COURSE DETAILS

Make meaningful data-driven decisions, improve your ability to deliver value, and be more effective. After taking the course, you will have an opportunity to validate your understanding of Metrics for Predictability with our online assessment that evaluates your knowledge and provides guidance on areas to improve. Upon passing, you will receive the “Professional Applied Metrics” (PAM) certification and badge through Credly.

TOPICS

• Flow Metrics: a deep dive into WIP, Cycle Time, and Throughput
• Flow Analytics: Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs), Scatterplots, and Monte Carlo
• Quantifying risk and risk management: How to quantify risk and develop an overall risk profile
• How to get started: what data to collect, how to mine your data, and how much data you need to begin

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After attending the course, learners will be able to:

• Understanding of what metrics are required for predictability
  
• Ability to make accurate forecasting for single items
• Ability to make accurate forecasts for multiple items
• Ability to communicate probability and delivery risk
• Understanding how to achieve a stable process and why it matters

Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum

Is your team answering the same three questions at the Daily Scrum but not seeing any work move? Are you overcommitting to every sprint and stuck with endless carry-over? Do your retrospectives feel like the same conversations with little impact?

Then your Scrum Team needs Flow Metrics! In this course, you will learn how to leverage four simple data points to help your Scrum Team break the cycle of endless status and move towards informed decisions, accurate planning, and actionable improvements.

Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum will teach you not only how to identify how much work to plan but also how to accurately forecast when individual work will be done in a Scrum Team’s context. Predict delivery, deliver on time.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course, learners will be able to:

• Leverage metrics for accurate Sprint Planning
• Use forecasts in Daily Scrum to organize around work in progress
• Track progress toward critical dates and deliverables
• Identify opportunities for measurable team improvements
• Tools for Product Backlog Item refinement to increase flow
  

VALIDATED LEARNING

After taking the course, you will have an opportunity to validate that you understand core flow topics. We invite you to take an online assessment to evaluate your understanding and identify key improvement areas.

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE

• Interactive, fun, and engaging training with Alex
• One hour of free additional coaching/assessment readiness 
• Exam token to take the Professional Applied Metrics (PAM) (+ add-on AFMS if relevant) certification by ProKanban.org. This includes a free retake if you're unsuccessful on the first attempt when the token is used within 14 days after the class
• Digital copy of course materials and copies of relevant books.

About the trainer:

  ALEX PRIESTLEY

Alex is a dedicated product manager, leader, coach, and organisational agility adviser, specialised in digital product management, digital transformation, agile, scrum, kanban, change, and stakeholder management.  The best teams he has worked with are those who want to learn and improve. As a Professional Kanban Trainer, Alex teaches private and public classes to help individuals, teams, and organisations achieve better outcomes. 

Favourite Quote: To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

In his free time, Alex enjoys exploring good food, cooking, and travelling – even better when those are combined! He likes to read fiction, biographies, history, and political books.

More information about Alex's experience and skills can be found here:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-priestley-30340a1a/ .

Alex is joining us in delivering this class during business days. Come to meet Alex and learn great things!