Beyond Agile: Product and Delivery Leadership

Product and Delivery Leadership is a two-day (and one evening) training course for managers, product owners, delivery leads and others responsible for teams that deliver products or services. Many teams are busy dealing with maintenance, incidents, projects and change, but struggle to continuously improve what they deliver. Agile and Scrum help organize the work, but do not answer every question. This course builds on principles covered in courses such as Werken met Scrum, and takes them further: how do you create a clear product vision, continuously develop the product, and make sure the team is actually able to deliver?

We approach this from two complementary perspectives: product leadership and delivery leadership. Topics include product ownership, product vision, use cases and data models, team and delivery management, quality, testing, and improving both efficiency and proficiency. We use the term product in its broadest sense: from software and IT services to healthcare, manufacturing, publishing and public services. The course combines theory, practical experience, workshops and exercises, including an extensive team simulation on the first evening. The course has been developed in collaboration with the US-based The Shakti Company and is delivered in English.