Max 14 participants
Duration two days
English or Finnish.
Please request.
A3 and retrospectives
Wisdom helps to decide. Retrospectives refine the experiences of the organization into knowledge and wisdom. Even, when a team is good in reflecting during everyday work, a dedicated retrospective is giving more.
But how to make the improvements realize? A3 culture at Toyota is a proven example of a thorough way to study and implement changes. Retrospectives and A3 amplify each other on the path towards the learning and coaching organization.
Who?
All work supervisors and coaches, for example Project Managers, Team Leaders, Scrum Masters and other facilitators.
Managers creating the learning and coaching culture. Hopefully also in their own leadership team.
How?
The course is based on experiential training. We demonstrate A3 by working with a question throughout the training, supported by peer coaching.
The course follows the established structure of an agile retrospective emphasizing the spirit and practicing. The workshop setting simulates a retrospective, giving the opportunity to reflect the actions of the trainer and the training group.
Themes
- Retrospectives
- The roles - the sponsor, the facilitator and the team
- Preparing and checking the preconditions of success
- Voluntariness, openness and safety. Norm Kerth's Prime Directive.
- The phases and their purpose.
- Practicing activities.
- Group decision making.
- Iteration retrospectives.
- A3 process and A3 culture
- History, stories and background.
- Roles and ownership.
- A3 form. Background, Current Condition, Goal, Root Cause Analysis, Countermeasures, Confirmation, Followup
- How to for different phases. Related activities.
- Promoting and establishing A3 in my organization.
- There is room for questions and cases from the participants, for example:
- Motivation.
- Scaling retrospectives.
- Group dynamics and facilitation
- Difficult retrospectives, anticipated and surprising conflicts
The trainer
Ari Tikka is an experienced retrospective facilitator and trainer. The background traditions include Retrospectives, Lean, Agile, psychodynamic organizational consultation (Tavistock), complexity theory, Nonviolent Communication and experiences in leading large organizations.
