Agree the first three actions on value stream mapping in delivery that will be taken on returning to work.
Value Stream Mapping to Improve Project Delivery Lines
Learn to design, measure and defend your organisation's approach to value stream mapping in delivery.
Course Overview
Stakeholders withdraw support for value stream mapping in delivery quietly before they withdraw it formally. Projects involving mapping in delivery are rarely late all at once; they are late a day at a time. Practitioner evidence points the same way: the project and portfolio delivery capability improves fastest where responsibility for it is named and owned. Improvement in value stream mapping in delivery stalls when it depends on one capable individual rather than a defined method. The content is relevant to those who own this area of project and portfolio delivery and to those who are held accountable for its results. The course covers mapping in delivery at the level of detail needed to act, and stops there. They acquire practical criteria for judging when value stream mapping in delivery is working and when it is only appearing to. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of mapping in delivery and supervised application. It ends with a prioritised list of changes to this aspect of project and portfolio delivery that the participant is prepared to defend internally.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Track progress on mapping in delivery by earned value rather than by activity completed.
Build a schedule for value stream mapping in delivery with a genuine critical path and realistic durations.
Present the case for investment in mapping in delivery in terms that a finance function will accept.
Plan handover and benefit realisation for value stream mapping in delivery.
Establish quality acceptance criteria for the deliverables of mapping in delivery.
Structure records of value stream mapping in delivery so that they answer the questions an auditor will actually ask.
Who Should Attend
Consultants and advisers supporting clients on value stream mapping in delivery.
Planners and schedulers building the timeline for mapping in delivery.
Training and development staff building internal capability in value stream mapping in delivery.
Client and stakeholder representatives monitoring mapping in delivery.
Technical leads delivering work packages within value stream mapping in delivery.
Contract and procurement staff supporting mapping in delivery.
Course Modules
Value stream mapping in delivery: progress measurement and early warning
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Closing value stream mapping in delivery and capturing what was learned
- Agree the escalation threshold for value stream mapping in delivery in advance.
- Estimate mapping in delivery using two independent methods and reconcile the difference.
- Define acceptance criteria for each deliverable of value stream mapping in delivery.
- Confirm that those complying with mapping in delivery understand why it exists.
Session 2The decisions in mapping in delivery that cannot be delegated
- Manage supplier performance on value stream mapping in delivery against contract, not goodwill.
- Identify the critical path through mapping in delivery and the float elsewhere.
- Record the rationale for each significant choice made about value stream mapping in delivery.
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in mapping in delivery.
Mapping in delivery: change control and variation
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What to measure in mapping in delivery and what to ignore
- Hold a lessons session on value stream mapping in delivery while memory is accurate.
- Record what was learned when mapping in delivery did not go as planned.
- Measure progress on value stream mapping in delivery by value earned, not tasks ticked.
- Name a single owner for each element of mapping in delivery.
Session 2Managing suppliers delivering part of mapping in delivery
- Prepare the recovery plan for value stream mapping in delivery before it is needed.
- Archive the decision record for mapping in delivery so successors understand it.
- Compare resource demand from value stream mapping in delivery against other commitments.
- Build reporting on mapping in delivery that surfaces problems while they are small.
Mapping in delivery: governance, gates and decision rights
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The paperwork for mapping in delivery that is actually needed
- Distinguish symptoms from causes when value stream mapping in delivery underperforms.
- Agree the smallest change to mapping in delivery that would be visibly useful.
- Plan handover of value stream mapping in delivery to the team that will operate it.
- Verify six months later that changes to mapping in delivery have held.
Session 2Decision gates on value stream mapping in delivery that can actually stop it
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to value stream mapping in delivery.
- Write the scope statement for mapping in delivery including explicit exclusions.
- Agree the indicators that will show whether value stream mapping in delivery is improving.
- Build the competence framework that supports mapping in delivery.
Mapping in delivery: scope definition and exclusions
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The risks to mapping in delivery nobody wants to raise
- Identify the data already collected that bears on value stream mapping in delivery.
- Close out actions on mapping in delivery rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
- Prepare the summary of value stream mapping in delivery that senior management will read.
- Test the procedure for mapping in delivery against a realistic scenario.
Session 2Recovering mapping in delivery when it is behind
- Set the change control process for value stream mapping in delivery and require cost and time impact.
- Set out how exceptions to mapping in delivery are requested and approved.
- Register the risks to value stream mapping in delivery with owner, probability and impact.
- Define how the benefit from mapping in delivery will be measured after closure.
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Silver Package
At least 3 people
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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