Agile in Academia presents: 

Finding your flow: What’s the locus of your focus?

Often, we encounter periods of time where work seems stagnant. Things aren’t getting done, but deadlines are looming. How do we get ourselves out of the rut? How do you encourage your team, when things are piling up, but production is slowing?

After the first Agile in Academia workshop in June, and follow up one-on-one consults, Doug and I saw a need for a flow workshop. We created a shorter “down to brass tacks” workshop to dive into skills and strategies. In this two hour workshop we’ll go over four topics: Defining Your Value Stream, What’s Your Backlog?, Kanban and Managing Tasks, and Standup Meetings and Review Cycles. You will come away with how to establish your own personal work flow, but also how to strategize if you are working or managing groups. Overall attendees will have a better understanding of their value stream what they themselves produce and its value, a working Kanban which will be workshopped in small breakout rooms, and management ideas on how to improve their personal or lab work flow.

Agile Coach: Doug Salcedo, Senior Agile & DevOps Transformation Lead, 40+ years experience
Facilitator: Dr. Mary Salcedo, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell, 10+ years in academia