At Net Objectives we want to increase exposure to the value of Lean and Lean-Agile. One way we're doing this is the exceptionally low cost of some upcoming courses. I will be teaching Implementing Lean-Agile for your Team  in Columbia, SC June 9th and 10th. This course has an Early Bird rate of $300 ($500 after May 18th).  Al Shalloway will be teaching Lean Software Development in Charlotte, NC  June 23rd and 24th. This course has an Early Bird rate of $600 ($800 after June 2nd).  Al will also be conducting a Lean Software Development course in Bellevue, WA  June 18th and 19th.

If you would like to discuss setting up a public course near your location, please let us know .

For more information, please follow the individual links above, or check out our Public Course listings.

More course information:

Lean Software Development - An application of Lean-Thinking to software development at the team or enterprise level. Lean-Thinking's intent is to increase value delivered in a shorter time period with higher quality and lower cost.

Learn:
•    To develop a value stream map for a software development organization and what to do once you have the map.
•    To reorganize the software development process around workcells and simplify project management.
•    To assess the state of the basic disciplines which determine your software development process capability.
•    To organize a visual workplace so that everyone knows the most important thing to do next without being told.
•    To design a decision-making process that simultaneously delivers high speed, high quality and low cost.
•    To integrate your QA team to improve the development process, not just attempt quality in at the end.
•    To gauge the capacity of your software development organization and limit work to match that capacity.

Implementing Lean-Agile for your Team - Integrating Lean Thinking with Agile methods gives the team the ability to deliver business value quickly and efficiently to the customer.

Learn:
•    To provide the context for developing software faster, with higher quality and lower cost
•    To create a new paradigm of software development that integrates people and process
•    To enable participants to see the cost of poor quality in the software development cycle
•    To improve the awareness of the importance of fast-flexible flow
•    To underscore the importance of using process as a baseline for change
•    To provide an overview of common Agile methods and demonstrate how these are implementations of Lean principles

Come and learn these principles and practices - and how to apply them to your team and organization.  Check out our Public Course listings.

Thank you,
Brenden McGlinchey