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Lean IT Foundation 

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Lean IT Foundation 

Course code: LITF

Duration: 2 Days


Prerequisite:

•    There are no pre-requisites for this course, although a basic knowledge of IT concepts will be helpful.
 

Course Description:

IT organizations are constantly seeking new ways to improve customer satisfaction, service quality and value for the business. Lean IT is applied to transform your IT organization to a customer-focused, efficient and transparent IT organization that can deliver sustainable results to the business. 

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

•    Understand the concepts behind Lean and how Lean can be applied in IT
•    Analyze customer value and translate the voice of the customer to processes
•    Understand Lean concepts as customer value, value streams, flow, pull, perfection
•    Diagnose and improve processes with value stream mapping
•    Problem solving with the Kaizen approach
•    Work with the DMAIC improvement cycle
•    Designate improvement activities that improve process results
•    Understand what behavior & attitudes are essential within Lean organizations
•    Prepare the student to take the Lean IT Foundation Certification exam


Intended Audience:

•    Any member of an IT organization.

Course Outlines:

•    Introduction of LEAN
o    Introduction
o    The history of Lean
o    The key elements of Lean
o    The concept of Waste, Variability and Inflexibility
o    The five dimensions of Lean IT

•    THE CUSTOMER
o    Customer Value
o    Voice of the Customer
o    Value-add and non-value-add work
o    Critical-to-quality tree
o    Value streams in IT
o    Cost of Poor Quality

•    THE PROCESS
o    The concept of a process
o    SIPOC diagramming
o    Creating a Value Stream Map
o    Analyzing a Value Stream Map

•    PERFORMANCE
o    What is performance?
o    Key Performance Indicators
o    Operational Process Efficiency
o    Skills and Knowledge matrix

•    ORGANIZATION
o    Organizational structure and customer focus
o    Performance Dialogue
o    Visible Management
o    Day Start and Week board

•    PROBLEM SOLVING
o    Structured Problem Solving
o    KAIZEN approach

•    BEHAVIOR & ATTITUDE
o    Lean Leadership & Behavior
o    Organizational Change
o    Change Story

•    EXAM PREPARATION
o    Sample Exam
o    How to prepare for the exam Check Out