Course: Increase Return On Investment
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Module 1: How to measure Return On Investment and Cost Of Delay
Understanding Return On Investment in software projects
Learning outcomes:
- How to measure the Return On Investment of a software project
- How to define and measure the value of a software project
Understanding Cost of Delay due to sequenced projects
Learning outcomes:
- How Cost of Delay can be determined for a portfolio of projects
- How to restructure and schedule the portfolio of projects for a higher return on investment
Diminishing returns on deliverables and when to pivot
Learning outcomes:
- Understand how diminishing returns affects your portfolio of work
- Explain the importance of rejecting low-value work to increase returns
- Set the expectation that projects will be cut-off once they deliver sub-par value
Module 2: How to break down work in a portfolio of projects
Pareto's principle applied to a portfolio of projects
Learning outcomes:
- Understand how the scope of a project is separate from the outcomes it brings, and reducing the scope doesn't have to reduce the outcomes
- Show how by splitting projects by value, more value can be delivered in an equivalent timeframe
Splitting projects to optimise for value delivery
Learning outcomes:
- Understand how to reduce scope through continuous breaking down and refinement of deliverables
- Help stakeholders to appreciate that priority of value can be determined through supporting data
- How to change priorities when there is a diminishing return on effort
Make the work same-sized at the team level
Learning outcomes:
- Understand how to break down work into consistent sizing at the Epic and User Story level as a way to simplify delivery
- Explain to stakeholders how by same-sizing work, you can focus the discussion on value without the distraction of estimation and effort
Module 3: How to run a Big Room Planning session to achieve better results
Preparation needed before the planning day
Learning outcomes:
- How to do sufficient discovery and breakdown of work to be ready to plan on the day
- How to get all stakeholders ready for the day
- How to setup and manage a run sheet to be adequately prepared
Step by step guide to running Big Room Planning
Learning outcomes:
- How to set vision and objectives for the planned period
- How to manage demand and priority across multiple stakeholders and teams
- How to run activities to build an achievable plan that everyone can believe in
Stress-testing the plan for possible problems
Learning outcomes:
- How to stress test the plan by identifying potential problems and putting in place preventative measures
- How to measure confidence levels, and improve the team consensus
- How to incorporate this feedback into further iterations of the plan
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Our courses teach you how to solve real problems, and provides tools and methods you can begin using immediately. While most courses teach theory, we teach how you can apply this yourself.
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This course has been built by an industry expert with decades of experience working in software teams and team optimisation.
Practical Approach
Our hands-on approach gives you the driving seat to learn how the activities work so that you can apply them immediately.
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This course gives you a way of thinking about the problem and situation that fundamentally changes how you will solve problems.
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