Gear-up Day

The workshop focuses on the identification and understanding of key business processes to maximize value for the customer. Workshop participants collaboratively analyze and map individual stages of production or service delivery, aiming to identify any inefficiencies and points where improvements can be introduced. The workshop also covers tools and techniques such as Value Stream Mapping, which help visualize and understand the entire process. The goal is not only to improve operational efficiency but also to focus on delivering products or services that truly meet customer needs.

The workshop is aimed at individuals who are curious about interpreting metrics from Agile teams. We won't be discussing what velocity or burn-down charts are, but rather what information and events they may conceal. Is your team struggling with burnout, sacrificing quality for speed of delivery, or feeling too much pressure from the business? Join the workshop where we will collectively approach the problem and discuss how to notice, analyze, search for deeper causes, and respond based on data and metrics provided by your Agile team.

During the workshop, we will address the following questions:
- Why are we afraid of change?
- How do our bodies and minds behave during the process of change?
- Why and how is it valuable to communicate with employees during the change process?
- How to support an employee in change?

Takeaways:
- Experience the change process through small simulated scenarios.
- Based on our own reactions, understand how change affects our psychophysiology.
- Create a map of challenges faced by leaders in the change process based on experience.
- Acquire knowledge of simple communication tools aimed at supporting employees.
- Gain insight into how and why to discuss difficulties and when and how to support employees.

1. What is this workshop about?
- Learn how to build a cohesive team that works harmoniously and achieves set goals.
- Explore the concept of effectiveness and how it translates into the financial results of an organization.
- Understand why interpersonal skills are crucial for team success and how basic knowledge of the human brain facilitates communication with others.
- Identify the most common barriers to teamwork and learn how to overcome them, thus increasing the team's effectiveness.
- Discover how to support your team as a leader on the path to effectiveness.

2. Who is this workshop for?
- Frontline team managers.
- Middle management.
- Directors.

3. What will participants gain?
- Inspiration: They will examine their teams from a new perspective.
- Reflection: They will consider their role as managers.
- Tools: They will receive specific tools for immediate use in their work.

Key takeaways:
1. User-Centered Design Principles: Through discussions and practice tasks on user empathy, participants will grasp the significance of placing the user at the center of the design process. They'll understand how to identify user needs, pain points, and preferences, which will inform their prototyping and experimentation efforts, whether aiming to improve products or processes.
2. Effective Prototyping Techniques: Participants will learn how to rapidly prototype digital products using a variety of tools and techniques, from low-fidelity sketches to high-fidelity interactive prototypes. They'll understand the importance of prototyping as a means to quickly iterate on ideas and gather feedback from users.
3. Strategies for Conducting Product Experiments: Participants will gain insights into designing and conducting effective product experiments, including A/B testing and other methodologies, to cut development costs and improve speed.
4. Learn from industry giants: Learn how these practices were used at Vinted, Reddit, and other major tech companies.
5. Apply the learned skills in practice: During the workshop, the participants will go through the whole design thinking process while working on a single product to not only learn but also practice aforementioned skills.

From Zero to Internal Developer Platform. This workshop aims to guide participants through the journey of establishing an internal developer platform, starting from scratch. It will cover the following key aspects:
- Alignment in the Organization: Strategies to achieve alignment across different teams and departments within the organization regarding the need for and goals of the developer platform.
- Defining Standards and Implementation: Identifying and defining the necessary standards for the developer platform, such as coding practices, deployment processes, and infrastructure requirements. Strategies for effectively implementing these standards across the organization will be discussed.
- Deployment, Monitoring, and Testing: Exploring best practices for deploying, monitoring, and testing the internal developer platform. Considerations for using Kubernetes, managed Kubernetes, or alternative solutions will be discussed, along with strategies for ensuring security.
- Security: Addressing security concerns and implementing measures to secure the developer platform, including access controls, encryption, and compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
- Utilization and Further Development: Exploring potential use cases and opportunities for leveraging the developer platform beyond its initial implementation. Strategies for continuous improvement and further development of the platform will be discussed.

The workshops aim to:
- Demonstrate the value proposition of establishing an internal developer platform.
- Raise awareness of the components and elements that comprise a developer platform.
- Present key providers and solutions in various areas related to the developer platform, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.
- Assist participants in designing potential processes around the developer platform.
- Showcase potential paths for future development and expansion of the platform.

Contract management – tips and tricks or what you need to pay attention to when signing a contract with supplier.
Sourcing and talent management - how to build a team profile which will feet your budget and project needs.
Delivery management – how to ensure you have a proper delivery plan and roadmap in place (what do you need to prepare it and make it achievable).
RAID – make sure you have a mitigation plan.