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Foundations of LLAMA
Agile Project Management for Instructional Design Teams
On time.
In budget.
What they need.
(Even if that changes!)
How do you keep your project from falling short in delivering client (internal or external) needs on time, and within budget? How do you adjust when client needs are often changing?
Agile is a project management approach that provides a framework for adapting to change as it happens. It’s commonly used in the software development space, and gaining traction with the learning and development industry. TorranceLearning has adapted Agile methods for instructional design and development projects – we call it the LLAMA® (the Lot Like Agile Management Approach) — and we’ve been teaching and writing about it since 2012.
In this workshop, you will learn about the Agile project management methods we’ve adapted and how our project teams actually use them on the job. Discover more about how Agile techniques improve centralizing information, keeping a project on track, tracking hours and resources more easily, and defining clear and measurable job tasks. We like to do this with hands-on, minds-on activities that you can apply at work. This lets you grapple with the questions Agile raises in a real-work situation and aids in the transfer to the job afterward because the hard work of getting started has already happened in the classroom.
Objectives
At the end of this workshop you will be able to:
Build a business case for using Agile
Describe Agile and LLAMA® to others
Kick off a project for success
Align instructional design projects with measurable organizational goals
Define learner personas
Define project scope in clear, granular ways
Define & estimate work tasks
Develop & release in iterations to get needed feedback before program release
Plan the project
Plan multiple projects across multiple resources
Select the right project to get started with
Make a plan for implementation
Class Time & Activities
This classroom experience takes place over 12 hours (with meal breaks and 10-minute breaks in between topics).
We’ll use the following exercises to help connect the learning to your own work:
Class discussion (voice and chat)
Guided practice on your own work projects
Quick polls for understanding
Examples provided by class members to illustrate an approach
Evidence-informed strategies and examples from actual projects
Additionally, Megan can support a structured “Day of Action” in which teams identify opportunities for implementing LLAMA practices in their work, prioritize those opportunities and then work on them. At the end of the Day of Action, the team can expect to have traction on 4-8 initiatives that will help implement LLAMA in your team.
What happens after LLAMA?
Leaders of LLAMA
Agile Leaders of L&D Teams
Designed for leaders who have completed the LLAMA Foundations course, this is a unique opportunity to continue your learning in a cohort and collaborative fashion. Topics are all addressed within the context of an Agile L&D team, providing additional applicability.
Synchronous Virtual Sessions
Live, virtual sessions with guest speakers on strategic topics facing leaders of learning teams using Agile.
Asynchronous Content
Access to on-demand videos and articles from guest speakers, discussion boards, video interviews with Megan, and other exclusive media.
Networking & Community
Collaboration with other leaders implementing LLAMA and access to additional tools and support.