Visual Management: Visual Tools to Manage Teams and Projects

Business Agility, Digital Innovation, Project Management

Introduction

Project management has undergone a substantial change in recent years with the application of agile techniques. Transparency in the dissemination of information and the use of Kanban boards to show the status and progress of work has transformed offices and collaborative environments, with the appearance of whiteboards full of post-its, notes, and graphics.

The objective of the course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to apply visual management techniques in project management.

Objectives

At the end of this course students will be able to:

Understand the different types of Visual Management
Design and deploy a Kanban board to manage projects and work teams
Identify the different states of project work
Apply WIP limits to increase project execution speed
Actively manage queues to improve the flow of your projects and avoid bottlenecks
Practice different Visual Management-based techniques
Understand the benefits of visual management in a business environment
Apply visual management in your work environment

Student Profile

CIOs, Chief Technology Directors, Heads of Software Development or Technology Projects, Project Managers, Project Analysts, and in general, anyone who is using or planning to use agile project management.

Prerequisites

We recommend attendees have some experience in teamwork and basic knowledge of project management.

Course Materials

Each student will receive a copy of the course documentation prepared by Netmind.

Methodology

Engaging and interactive course. Our instructors teach all course materials using the demonstrative method; the participants learn new concepts through exercises and real application practices.