Agile > Strategic Planning and Roadmap Development : A Tailored Workshop for New IT Team Leaders

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Objectives

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

Translate your organization’s strategic goals into actionable team objectives.
Balance resources between ongoing operations and new projects using your real-world scenarios.
Apply prioritization techniques to your team’s actual project portfolio.
Manage workload and incoming demands based on your team’s capacity.
Communicate strategic plans and resource needs effectively to senior management.

Target Audience

New IT Team Leaders (1–2 years of experience)

Methodology

This workshop leverages your organization’s actual case and strategy content through:

Interactive Sessions: The facilitator presents strategic planning and roadmap development concepts, followed by guided discussions that connect these ideas to your company’s specific context, goals, and challenges.
Hands-On Exercises: Participants apply the concepts directly to your organization’s data, projects, and scenarios, such as refining your strategic plans, analyzing past decisions, or building roadmaps for upcoming initiatives.

Pre-Workshop Customization: The facilitator collaborates with your team to review strategic documents, interview stakeholders, and gather relevant data, ensuring a fully tailored experience

Course Modules

The workshop is delivered across two days in six modules, each combining tailored content and practical application:

Day 1: Strategic Planning Foundations

Module 1: Goal Setting and Alignment

Interactive Session: Facilitator introduces goal-setting frameworks and leads a discussion on aligning with your organization’s strategic priorities.
Exercise: Participants define team goals using your company’s current objectives.

Module 2: Balancing Projects and Operations

Interactive Session: Concepts of resource allocation are explored with examples from your operations.
Exercise: Develop a resource plan based on your team’s project and operational data.

Module 3: Prioritization Techniques

Interactive Session: Learn prioritization frameworks (e.g., MoSCoW) tailored to your context.
Exercise: Prioritize your team’s current initiatives using real project data.

Day 2: Execution and Communication

Module 4: Resource Utilization and Demand Management

Interactive Session: Discuss capacity planning with reference to your team’s workload.
Exercise: Create a demand management strategy using your team’s data.

Module 5: Communicating Upwards

Interactive Session: Techniques for engaging senior management, illustrated with your strategic plans.
Exercise: Practice pitching a roadmap based on your team’s actual work.

Module 6: Integration and Action Planning

Interactive Session: Reflect on insights and discuss applications to your organization.
Exercise: Develop a personal action plan using your company’s roadmap needs.

Get To Know The Trainer

Trainer Michiel

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Michiel gained his experience in various local and international companies worldwide. In these organizations he has executed roles as a Manager, Consultant, Project Manager and Instructor as well as having experience in the finance, automation, industry, airline, logistics, medical, telecommunication and government sectors.

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