For whom (target audience)

Everyone responsible for coordinating work across multiple teams in one product/service/flow of work:

  • top executives, C-level
  • everyone involved in organization design
  • managers of different levels, department heads
  • portfolio management
  • Transformation Leaders
  • organizational coaches
  • Agile Enterprises Coaches
  • Service Delivery Managers (SDMs) and Service Request Managers (SRMs)

If you happen to visit some of Kanban University’s courses and now wondering if this class is right for you, I’ve explained that in a separate blog post.

what is it about…

Are you in the middle of an Agile Transformation? Or are you planning one in the future? If you’re looking for an alternative approach on how to bring agility to your environment, you have come to the right place.

Flight Levels System Architecture will enable you to see your organization from a different perspective. It will provide you with a systemic approach to improving your organization in a simple pragmatic and cost-effective way.

The goal of this course is to help you realize how the different Flight Level 1, 2, and 3 Systems are connected to each other and how to improve them. You will also learn how to connect lonely agile islands to improve the value flow in your entire organization.

If you are wondering what the Flight Levels model is about, here is a quick intro post for you.

the format of the course

The training course program is expanded by preliminary self-training and “homework.” This allows the most efficient use of time in the training sessions for discussions, and individual and group exercises.
This training incorporates many concepts of “training from the back of the room”, in which the participants say and do more than the instructor: short blocks of theory alternate with practice and exercises.

This course could be delivered online (4 modules, 4h for each module, and exercises in between modules) or in-person (2 full days)

program

  • deep dive into flight levels system architecture – experience what it means when an entire organization uses Flight Levels
  • define your flight levels – identify already existing Flight Levels in your organization and find a way to connect them to enable Enterprise Flow
  • define value delivery flow across the entire organization – learn how work flows from a strategic idea across all the Flight Level Systems to the customer
  • design effective collaboration models – connect people to talk about the right things at the right time
  • be ready to take off – become the Architect of the Flight Levels Systems at your organization

benefits (what you will get out of the course)

  • all training course materials (workbook, slides, pdf dump of miro board, etc)
  • additional materials and resources that could be helpful on your learning journey
  • free copy of the “Flight Levels” introduction book by Dr. Siegfried Kaltenecker and Dr. Klaus Leopold
  • Invitation to join the online Flight Levels Community of Practice
  • online profile at Flight Levels Academy
  • a Certificate of Completion (that enables you to complete the next courses with Flight Levels Academy)
  • 16 PDUs for PMI members (that could be used for prolongation of PMP and PMI-ACP certifications)
  • 16 SEUs (Scrum education unit) for your CSP/CEC/CTC certification from Scrum Alliance