Integrating Agile and Change Management

OVERVIEW

Agile and change management have emerged as important strategies for improving change outcomes. Integrating change management and Agile can improve the adoption and usage of iteratively designed solutions.

In this innovative workshop, you'll explore the latest research and learn about tactics and plans for adapting change management to your Agile iterative development. IPDC provides the best practices and frameworks for applying change management in an Agile environment.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the foundation and parallels of change management and Agile

• Explore industry-leading research on how to manage change adoption in an Agile initiative

• Identify specific adaptations for your change management approach

• Align the four organizational change management plans to Agile and identify specific adjustments for each 

• Define change management roles in an Agile environment

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

•  Change management practitioners supporting Agile efforts

• Agile practitioners integrate the people side into their work

• Project leaders incorporating Agile principles

• Any change agent who wants to stay at the forefront of this growing discipline

COURSE CONTENTS

Foundations of Agile and change management

• Origins of Agile

• Agile and change management principles

Research on Agile and change management

Applying change management when moving from waterfall to Agile

• Contributors to successful Agile transformations

• Obstacles to successful Agile transformations

• Managing the people side of the move from waterfall to Agile

How to adapt your change management approach in Agile

Adapting the ADKAR Model in Agile

Adapting four organizational change plans in Agile

Roles for change management in Agile

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