AGILE FOR EXECUTIVES
Lead Agile with the clarity your teams need.
This focused executive session explains what Agile and Scrum require from leadership, how to monitor progress without undermining team effectiveness, and where management decisions have the greatest impact on business results and ROI.
COURSE AT A GLANCE
Agile leadership for decision-makers
Duration
Half day or full day
Audience
Managers, directors, and executives
Focus
Leadership, governance, risk, and ROI
Faster business feedback
Use iterative delivery to test assumptions and reduce risk.
Clearer project visibility
Understand Scrum’s simple, transparent reporting model.
Stronger team performance
Create the conditions where self-managing teams can succeed.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
For leaders accountable for Agile investment and outcomes.
Managers, directors, and executives
This session is designed for leaders responsible for launching, funding, monitoring, or improving Agile initiatives.
- Executives sponsoring Scrum projects
- Leaders evaluating Agile investments
- Managers responsible for organizational support and controls
- Decision-makers seeking faster ROI and better project outcomes
WHAT EXECUTIVES NEED TO UNDERSTAND
Support the system that produces better business results.
01
Enable self-managing teams
Understand why team autonomy improves creativity and productivity, and where leadership boundaries still matter.
02
Use simple, meaningful reporting
Focus on transparent evidence of progress, value, risk, and impediments instead of administrative activity.
03
Reduce risk through iteration
Use business-driven feedback and incremental delivery to surface uncertainty earlier.
04
Own the leadership role
Recognize the executive decisions, behaviors, and organizational changes that determine whether Scrum succeeds.
COURSE OUTLINE
Enough framework detail to make better leadership decisions.
The session can be delivered as a concise half-day executive briefing or expanded into a full-day workshop with deeper discussion, examples, and application to your organization.
Why Agile
- Why Agile is so popular
- Evidence of project success
- Why projects fail
- Typical project risks
- Waterfall versus Agile requirements
Agile and Scrum foundations
- The Agile Manifesto
- Three pillars of Scrum
- Core Scrum values
- Scrum accountabilities
- Events and artifacts
- Scaling considerations
Leadership in Agile
- Leading Agile projects
- Servant leadership
- Product Owner authority and commitment
- Executive sponsorship and support
Adaptive planning
- Visioning and roadmaps
- Release planning
- Minimum Viable Product
- Agile requirements
Project controls
- Risk management
- Change management
- Quality management
- Transparent progress and decision-making
Implementing Agile
- Organizational change impacts
- Leadership alignment
- Supporting structures and behaviors
- Sustaining adoption
DESIGNED FOR LEADERSHIP APPLICATION
Take the discussion back to the decisions that matter.
BUILT AROUND YOUR ORGANIZATION
Use your initiatives, risks, and leadership questions
The session can be tailored around your organization’s Agile maturity, executive concerns, current project portfolio, governance model, and desired business outcomes.
The goal is not to turn executives into Scrum practitioners. It is to help leaders make better decisions and create the conditions Agile teams need.
EXECUTIVE COURSE WORKBOOK
A concise reference for leadership decisions
Participants receive a workbook covering the session topics, providing a practical reference for sponsoring, monitoring, and supporting Agile initiatives after the course.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Dan Tousignant, PMP, PMI-ACP
Dan is a lifelong project manager and trainer with extensive experience managing software development projects. He helps organizations transition project teams and leadership to Agile ways of working through practical coaching and training grounded in real delivery experience.
Dan has more than 20 years of experience leading strategic projects, managing software development budgets of up to $50 million, overseeing multimillion-dollar outsourced development efforts, and working with leaders across industries.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and credentials including Project Management Professional, Professional Scrum Master, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, Certified Scrum Product Owner, and Professional Scrum Developer.
Ready to align leadership around a successful Agile implementation?
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