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This full-day workshop introduces the Xform collaboration model, a simple, systematic
approach to collaboration that any team can succeed with. The instructor leads students
on an interactive exploration of the four Xform disciplines (best practices, process
management, infrastructure, and organizational development) and how to apply them
to ensure high powered collaborations.
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Beginning with the attributes that distinguish collaborations from other group activities,
the workshop introduces key enabling concepts that are the foundation of all successful
collaborations. The workshop then explores key collaboration best practices including
processes for ensuring effective meetings. The workshop proceeds next to examine
the role of a collaboration life cycle and the collateral necessary to make it effective,
including a lessons-learned-based process improvement approach.
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Moving on from there, the workshop introduces key infrastructure elements such as
document management, decision analysis, and measuring the effectiveness of the collaboration.
It concludes with a discussion of organization dynamics issues such as establishing
a shared vision, recognition and reward, empowerment, and accountability.
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Description
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Duration
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7 hours
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Auditorium Size
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20
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Primary Format
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Workshop
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Alternative Format
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Keynote
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Targeted at process owners and process support personnel, this full-day workshop
provides all of the knowledge and tools necessary to establish operational processes
within your organization. More than just a process mapping course, the workshop
focuses on a life-cycle approach to process development and management. Invoking
the Xform model, the workshop presents a simple, robust, low-overhead, project approach
to understanding your process needs and implementing focused, effective processes.
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Using a case study approach with lots of hands-on exercises, the workshop provides
students with checklists and templates that they can put to use immediately in their
home organizations. The workshop closes with specific approaches for measuring the
effectiveness of the process development and for tackling key change management
problems (like process adoption) during deployment.
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Description
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Duration
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7 Hours
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Auditorium Size
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20
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Primary Format
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Workshop
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Alternative Format
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Keynote
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Take-Away
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Process Development Templates
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Document Inspections comprise a formal technical review methodology that has been
repeatedly proven to be one of the biggest influencers of delivered-system quality,
often posting sustained ROIs as high as 20. Based on the techniques published by
Gilb and Graham, this full-day workshop surveys existing technical review approaches
and then focuses in on the Document Inspection technique.
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The workshop explores each of the key phases of a document inspection and familiarizes
students with the various procedures, roles, and responsibilities at each stage.
I demonstrates how to use objective measures to assess the effectiveness of the
process and compute cost savings. Culminating in performing an actual document inspection,
the workshop helps students learn by doing and provides each with a toolkit of collateral
(including a document inspection metrics calculator) that can be put to use immediately
on the job.
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Description
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Duration
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7 Hours
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Auditorium Size
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20
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Primary Format
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Workshop
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Alternative Format
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Keynote
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Take-Away
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Testbook
Document Inspection Metrics Computer
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Targeted at document inspection leaders, this three-day workshop covers all of the
information in Practical Document Inspections before focusing on the special role
and responsibilities of the document inspection leader. The workshop explores the
special duties of the document inspection leader in planning the inspection, communicating
inspection information, mentoring document inspectors, and monitoring the quality
attributes associated with each inspection.
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The workshop places special emphasis on the document inspection leadres' responsibility
for facilitating the various inspection meetings and for ensuring that coimmitments
and expectations are met at each stage of the process. During the course of the
workshop, candidate document inspection leaders participate in multiple document
inspections, honing the skills that will establish them as the pre-eminent authorities
on this important process in their home organizations.
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Description
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Duration
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21 Hours
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Auditorium Size
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20
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Primary Format
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Workshop
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Take-Away
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Inspection Leaders Handbook & Checklist
Document Inspection Metrics Computer
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