Duration
3 days
Overview
As many organizations look to become more Agile HR and customer-centric, HR risks being seen as an internal hurdle to high performance. HR leaders have been searching for a way to meet this challenge. The answer is a more Agile HR. Agile HR is an iterative approach to developing initiatives that are structured around experimentation, integration, and review, and supported by a trusting and collaborative culture. Agile HR has its roots in the software development world, but the mindset and principles of Agile HR are increasingly being tested out in the world of human resources.
In our Agile HR training, we uncover how organizations can apply Agile HR principles to the HR function, especially when it comes to employee feedback. Our programs are lovingly crafted by HR professionals for HR professionals, not tech-Agile HR. They’re intensive, practical and interactive with immediate, hands-on experience in applying Agile HR mindset and tools to real HR topics. Applicable to all organizational contexts – from full Agile HR to hybrid to companies only just beginning their Agile HR evolution.
Benefits
- Understand why organisations are ‘going Agile HR’ and the implications for HR and the future of work
- Gain practical tools and evidence-based methods to start applying Agile HR HR to your own work
- Co-create a great employee experience using Agile HR HR techniques and design thinking
- Learn to manage risk and prioritize your HR portfolio of work with stakeholders and customers
- Boost your own productivity and effectiveness with Agile HR HR
- Lead successful projects and design HR services that your people and leaders actually want and need
- Be a trusted business partner able to consult on Agile HR and digital organizational transformation
- Coach leaders and teams to build Agile HR networks of collaboration
- Begin to evolve your own HR operating model for Agile HR working and collaboration
- All learning underpinned by our Agile HR People Ops Capability Model
DAY 1 All About Agile HRIn this section we will explore the motivating factors for teams adopting Agile HR practices. Further we will examine the various Agile HR methods and the principles and practices they embrace. Agile HR success with real-world examples across many industries will be shared to highlight the benefits that Agile HR can bring to teams. Finally, we will explore the power behind Agile HR teams and how they differ from traditional project teams.
- History of Agile HR
- About Agile HR
- Agile HR Project Management
- Difference between Agile HR and Waterfall HR Methods
- Developing a Agile HR delivery culture
- Agile HR and Lean Values and Principles
- Agile HR Methodologies
- Agile HR Concepts
- What Agile HR is Not or Hasn't
- When to Use Agile HR and When Not
- Agile HR Life Cycle
Introduces the mindset of Agile, as a response to an increasingly VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world, exploring the implications for HR and the future of work. Agile frameworks, discover how Agile teams and organisations work, and get comfortable with words like Scrum, Kanban and incremental development. Be able to translate Agile into HR and people practices, gaining practical tools to apply Agile HR back in your organisations.
DAY 2
Agile HR Methodology & Practices
In this section we will establish a foundation of the basic roles, artifacts and forums utilized by Agile HR teams. Agile HR terminology will be reviewed and we will review the complete “process” or framework which Agile HR teams utilize to achieve success. For many teams, Agile HR merely means having Daily Stand-up Meetings and conducting a Retrospective every two week but this is far from truly being Agile HR.
- Agile HR Manifesto
- Agile HR Practices
- Agile HR Principles
- Understanding Agile HR Roles and Responsibilities
- Agile HR Planning
- Daily Stand Up Meeting
- Creating User Stories
- Story Gathering Workshop
- Estimating Work for Agile HR Project
- Structuring Agile HR Plan
- Developing Agile HR Plan
- Burn-Down & Burn-Up Charts
Exploring HR’s role in Agile organizational transformation, the importance of Agile leadership and different approaches to scaling Agile. Application of Agile HR techniques to HR project or complex problem and learn how to validate decisions using data, metrics and employee experience. Strength HR human-centric approach, you test out design thinking and use personas, experience mapping and user stories.
DAY 3
Becoming Agile HRIn this section, we will review the information you need to know to begin your journey to “Becoming Agile HR.” Many organizations/teams try to implement Agile HR without knowing the roadblocks they will face and what it takes to become an Agile HR team.
- About Agile HR Velocity
- Calculating Agile HR Velocity
- Agile HR Wall Charts
- About Product Backlogs
- Prioritizing Product Backlogs
- Product Iteration
- Product Release
- About Sprint
- Sprint Backlogs
- Sprint Requirement
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Review Meeting
- Agile HR Collaborative Workspace
- About Agile HR Retrospective
- Inspect & Adapt Retrospective
- Leading Agile HR Retrospective
- Releases & Project Retrospective
NoteAll sessions contain group activities and case studies to strengthen the understanding of Agile HR Methodology and readiness to be applied at respective individual’s organization.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.