Coaching, Training, Lean and agility consulting
Find out what my expertise in agility can do for your teams and your organization.
Agility is a state of mind defined by values, guided by principles and manifested in a variety of practices. You have to "Be" Agile before you can "Do Agility".
" Start where you are ".
Achieve the best possible results for your organization and your teams, so that your products and services delight your customers with a "one size fits all" approach. Customer-centric ".
Every digital or organizational transformation, as well as the adoption of agility, also implies THE change. A change in a system of thinking". Lean-Agile "i.e.: oriented thinking We use the term "outcomes" rather than "project deliverables".. As a professional agility consultant and coach, I promote awareness of the organization's goals and objectives so that your products and services can delight your customers.
I value flexibility in practice and diversity of methodologies or frameworks. I aim for long-term viability, one small gain at a time. I believe that organizations and teams work differently depending on the context of their situation. Strategies and practices are selected according to the situation.
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*** I love taking charge of teams made up of students who are new to the job market and starting out on their agility journey.
Help them get off on the right foot and progress in their career! ***
My expertise
Whether your business unit manages solution development initiatives, your organization operates a Lean portfolioor a PMO managing projects in any industry,
A well-designed Kanban system according to the principles and practices of the art (S-T-A-T-I-K approach), Kanban enables teams to work smarter, empower them, manage workflow with precision and adapt quickly to change.
Undeniable advantages of the Kanban approach:
- Kanban allows you to see the work in the 'system
- Kanban optimizes processes progressively
- Kanban enables scalable change management
- Kanban promotes "Just in Time" (Just in Time)
- Kanban helps you quickly identify bottlenecks in your value chains
- Kanban promotes communication and collaboration
The value chain is the set of actions implemented to bring added value to a customer, from the initial request to the realization of value by the customer. The value chain is the work itself, not the people who do it. A value chain always begins and ends with a customer.
To increase organizational agility, we need to look at all our value chains ("Value Streams"), not just at the team level. This allows us to see how each component of a system is interrelated (systems thinking), and reminds us that we are trying to shorten the time between concept and consumption of the solution ("Concept to cash").
Respond to a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) market with a Growth Mindset rather than a Fixed Mindset: Transition from a traditional to a Lean mindset (" Customer-centric "); Transition smoothly from project to product structure:
- Communicate an adaptive strategy transparently.
- Align on common goals and how they might change.
- Define, prioritize and frequently deliver business value.
- Structuring value chains "Value Streams".
- Assume responsibility for business results ("Outcomes driven") rather than a set of specific outputs (Deliverables - "Outputs").
- Optimize value chains and reduce waste throughout the system.
- Shorten planning and financing cycles.
- Balancing capacity and demand.
Context matters, be pragmatic, "choice is good".
Ensure the adoption and application of the appropriate agile framework (aka " Ways of Working") to the context and ensure that the overall objective of the initiatives is coherent.
Optimize workflow, improve predictability.
View/limit work in progress (WIP).
Organization around products and services, enterprise awareness.
*** I love taking charge of teams made up of students who are new to the job market and starting their journey in agility! ***
Be " Customer-Centric "and delight your customers!
Value delivery " Lean thinking " and agile values - Aligning the product (project) and the team with the organization's objectives.
Creation of a collaborative environment for the project team.
and implementation of Agility. We help them to assimilate, deploy and put into practice the principles of Agility. Agility values and principles progressively "Inspect and adapt, improve, repeat the cycle ".
*** I love taking charge of teams made up of students who are new to the job market and starting their journey in agility! ***
Team development phases.
Environment of trust, psychological safety.
I catalyze theadaptation and transformation of agility vision, objectives and needs in a turbulent, complex world.
Change management support for the transition to Organizational Agility.
Carrying out diagnostics, organizational assessments, co-creation of strategy design and strategy implementation.
Coaching-facilitation and agility training for leaders
Monitoring agility adoption and evolution
Monitor the evolution of teams and the organization and propose solutions adapted to the level of Agile maturity.
Tactical organization of agility at scale.
"Inspect and adapt, improve, repeat the cycle ".
As management professionals Lean-Agile, l'continuous improvement is important to us.
In particular, I am certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Kanban Management ProfessionalSAFe®Agilist, Disciplined Agile® Senior Scrum Master, Certified Lean Project Manager® and ITIL® (v3 and v4).
I encouragecontinuous improvement across your organization, and we keep an overview of the current and future context in order to seize opportunities for improvement and address them in the form of " Kaizen ".
FAQ about my services
In large companies with good governance, digital transformation projects are managed within a program or a portfolio (Lean).
Large-scale digital transformation projects are digital initiatives arising from needs or opportunities that have been identified, categorized, assessed, prioritized and authorized as part of strategic business planning, with the aim of delivering value to the organization (e.g. improving the efficiency, predictability, stability and end-to-end optimization of its supply chain, increasing revenues, building customer loyalty, reducing operating costs, etc.).
These initiatives can be projects (or products) emerging from software development (e.g. SaaS, PaaS, etc.), product modernization or enhancement (e.g. adding Artificial Intelligence and data science to an existing web platform), implementation/integration of business solutions to better support its operations, and others.
I'm passionate about digital transformations, the ways they can be delivered and the benefits they can bring to your organization. These initiatives require value to be delivered frequently and continuously. Your teams will need coaching or leadership to ensure they have everything they need to achieve this.
Are you a leader in your organization? Perhaps you're even the sponsor of an Artificial Intelligence and Data Science project?
Artificial Intelligence and data science projects are complex and cannot be managed in the same way as traditional projects. There are many challenges in finding the right balance of project management (" waterfall " vs " agile "), selecting the right use cases, the data aspect, the different technology layers to be used, the AI project lifecycle, stakeholder and communications management, etc. A professional in hybrid project management (" waterfall " vs " agile "), will work with you to offer the best of both worlds for your AI project.
In addition to your leadership duties, you probably don't have the skills, time or resources to: initiate (explore), plan (mobilize), execute, deliver and maintain the project (product).
The stakes for this project and for your company are too high to play "all-in" with just one point of view. A lack of rigor in project management will probably cause the scope, costs and duration of your initiative to explode. What about the quality of AI deliverables and expected results?
Having a second opinion from an independent hybrid project management professional (PMP®, PMI-ACP, Diciplined Agile®, Axelos PRINCE2 Agile) will mitigate project risks.
Without managing the project itself, I'll be your advisor, looking after your interests as well as those of the project, while maintaining a healthy relationship with your supplier.
I will act as an independent expert advisor, intervening only on an ad hoc basis to ensure that the best practices of the profession are applied to make your project a success.
Before hiring a full-time employee for this purpose, use the services of a consultant to lay the foundations of your project, and I'll help you transfer the expertise to your next full-time project manager.
Project management is both a profession and an art. Are your projects often late? Out of line with anticipated costs? Rather than being in reactive mode and putting out fires, would you prefer to anticipate hits instead of eating them?
Your IT projects may be " on scope ", " on schedule "and " on costs "But have their objectives really been met? Are your projects really delivering the expected business value to your organization?
Do you have a multitude of parallel projects underway and nothing is moving forward? Is this really the right management approach? Have you thought through how to prioritize your Lean portfolio and achieve organizational agility? Is your Lean portfolio well tied up at the "execution" stage? Have you considered the capacity of your internal resources?
A lack of vision and/or rigor in project management will probably cause your initiative to overshoot its scope, cost and duration, demotivate your troops, lose players, and so on. Worse still, a solution inadequate to your organization's needs...
Increase your chances of project success by using the services of a certified project management professional to lay the foundations of your project management practices. A hybrid project management professional (" waterfall " vs " agile "), will support you by offering the best of both worlds in project management.
I'll help you transfer expertise to your next project management employee.
If your organization wants to compete more effectively in the marketplace and achieve organizational agility, i.e.: deliver more value, faster (" faster time-to-marketFrom a strategic point of view, an assessment of the current culture, the active involvement of corporate champions ("sponsors") in the new culture, its alignment with Agility and sound change management are crucial to the success of the desired state, otherwise it will be chaos and failure. We will be your trusted advisor during this transformation.
At the tactical and operational level, understanding agility, its purpose, values, roles, artifacts, ceremonies, the development of people [+ their skills] and teams as well as their internal processes (e.g. agile frameworks/practices aka " Ways Of Working "are important elements to cover and track over time (" inspect and adaptevolution).
You'll also need to consider the tools you'll need to support the above.
Agility is a means, not an end, and no matter where your organization or teams are in their agility journey, you'll need coaching (teaching, mentoring, facilitation and problem-solving) to take your organization and teams to the next level in line with your goals.
If your organization operates a Center of Excellence, needs to add an additional change agent to drive its agility transformation initiatives and leverage its agility expertise, but is constrained by a hiring freeze, the option of opting for an independent change agent (consultant) is probably an attractive one to consider.
If your key accounts need to add an additional professional agility leader to their team for a transformation mission, before hiring a full-time employee, opting for the flexibility offered by an independent change agent (consultant) is probably an interesting option to consider.
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Areas served
Montreal (downtown) and South Shore