Prepare yourself to be…prepared! This course provides an in-depth look at Lean IT and how to best utilize it in business practices. Students will grasp the fundamentals of Lean IT and have some practical skills to implement into your organizations programs.
IT organizations are constantly seeking new ways to improve customer satisfaction, service quality and value for the business. Lean IT is applied to transform your IT organization to a customer-focused, efficient and transparent IT organization that can deliver sustainable results to the business.

The Lean IT Foundation training covers all elements to introduce you to Lean IT. After completion of the training, you will be able to participate effectively in a Lean IT transformation program. The Lean IT Foundation Training is two days. During the training, you will learn the fundamentals of Lean and how to apply Lean in an IT domain. In the training you will practice with exercises to build hands-on skills. The training will introduce you to the softer aspects of Lean IT like change approaches and how to change people’s behavior and attitude. All the exercises are related to ICT, but no technical IT knowledge is required.

This course is delivered using an exciting case study designed to further enhance the candidates understanding of Lean IT. Students who have attended this course are prepared to successfully take the associated Lean IT Foundation certification exam which is a requirement for attending any of the further Lean courses available in this track.

AUDIENCE
Any member of an IT organization.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Understand the concepts behind Lean and how Lean can be applied in IT
• Analyze customer value and translate the voice of the customer to processes
• Understand Lean concepts as customer value, value streams, flow, pull, perfection
• Diagnose and improve processes with value stream mapping
• Problem solving with the Kaizen approach
• Work with the DMAIC improvement cycle
• Designate improvement activities that improve process results
• Understand what behaviors & attitudes are essential within Lean organizations
• Prepare the student to take the Lean IT Foundation Certification exam