Workshops & Simulations
AdOPT offers private, onsite courses as exclusive events for your company.
Change Adoption - Building a Plan for Organizational Acceptance© - Our most popular course!
Whether attempting to adopt ITIL©, DevOps methods, Agile practices, or some other change, every CIO and IT manager understands the frustration of being unable to bring about significant improvements to their processes and their operations. Companies often invest in technology rather than in the people who work with these technologies. At the same time, IT teams and customers are challenged by making changes to how they complete their work. The longer these patterns of activity continue, the more money and time is wasted on initiatives that won’t work.
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Apollo 13 - An IT Service Management (ITSM) Case Experience™ - An Interactive Simulation
If you need to garner management or staff support for your ITSM initiative, the Apollo 13 Simulation is a great tool. This simulation helps to create a conversation about how ITSM can solve problems that exist in your company, fosters buy in and support for the initiative, and provides you with a list of improvement opportunities that exist today. In this interactive workshop, ‘real life’ situations taken from the Apollo 13 mission are simulated. The Mission Control Center uses ITSM processes and principles to build and launch the Apollo rocket, deal with incidents that affect the safety of the Apollo 13 crew, and continuously improve processes and communication. Students work in teams, playing the roles of Mission Operations ground crew charged with bringing the crippled craft and it’s crew safely home.
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Building Your Business Relationship Management (BRM) Capabilities©
Building trust, communicating needs and negotiating may not sound like the most important skills for an IT professional but there is a growing need for them in the industry, specifically for Business Relationship Managers. IT leaders are identifying the business relationship management role as pivotal to an organization’s success. Business Relationship Managers act as negotiators and connectors between IT and business customers.
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COBIT 5 Foundation Certification
This COBIT 5 framework provides structure for an organization to achieve their goals for the governance and management of enterprise IT. COBIT focuses on generating value for the enterprise by addressing stakeholder needs through benefits realization, optimizing resources, and optimizing risk. This framework has evolved beyond merely being a tool for audit. It provides valuable guidance on aligning IT with the enterprise to ensure that IT is focused on business objectives.
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COBIT 5 Assessor Certification
The COBIT 5 Process Assessment Model or PAM provides an enterprise with a basis for assessing process capabilities. It is an evidence based assessment model that is based on ISO15504. In this three day Process Assessor course, students work through exercises to understand how the Process Assessment and Process Reference Model (PRM) are used to understand process performance and capability. The COBIT Process Assessment certification exam is completed on the final day of this session. Note that COBIT 5 Foundation certification is a prerequisite for this course.
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Organizational Change for Project Management
All projects create change in an organization. To implement changes and recognize the project's intended return, project and program managers need to plan for the behavior changes required for success. They need to influence their stakeholders to take meaningful action so the organization can achieve the benefits. In this highly interactive workshop, participants will use case studies to assess stakeholder motivation and influence, develop strategies for change adoption, identify activities to encourage behavior change, and develop and organizational change plan to maximize the opportunity for success. Participants complete a stakeholder analysis, project cultural assessment, and organizational change plan during the course and they are encouraged to bring examples of project related challenges for discussion.
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The Phoenix Project - A DevOps Interactive Learning Experience™ - An Interactive Simulation
IT workflow is problematic. Projects are falling behind. Executives are frustrated and customers are disappointed. Breakdowns in communication and process between IT Development teams and IT Operations teams are resulting in lost opportunities. This is becoming a common problem among organizations as the need for technology in business increases. The Phoenix Project DevOps Simulation, a unique IT simulation inspired by the groundbreaking book, The Phoenix Project, provides your organization with a realistic environment to experience DevOps principles and practices and to start a discussion on how implement these practices in your organization.
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Whether attempting to adopt ITIL©, DevOps methods, Agile practices, or some other change, every CIO and IT manager understands the frustration of being unable to bring about significant improvements to their processes and their operations. Companies often invest in technology rather than in the people who work with these technologies. At the same time, IT teams and customers are challenged by making changes to how they complete their work. The longer these patterns of activity continue, the more money and time is wasted on initiatives that won’t work.
Click here for more information
Apollo 13 - An IT Service Management (ITSM) Case Experience™ - An Interactive Simulation
If you need to garner management or staff support for your ITSM initiative, the Apollo 13 Simulation is a great tool. This simulation helps to create a conversation about how ITSM can solve problems that exist in your company, fosters buy in and support for the initiative, and provides you with a list of improvement opportunities that exist today. In this interactive workshop, ‘real life’ situations taken from the Apollo 13 mission are simulated. The Mission Control Center uses ITSM processes and principles to build and launch the Apollo rocket, deal with incidents that affect the safety of the Apollo 13 crew, and continuously improve processes and communication. Students work in teams, playing the roles of Mission Operations ground crew charged with bringing the crippled craft and it’s crew safely home.
Click here for more information
Building Your Business Relationship Management (BRM) Capabilities©
Building trust, communicating needs and negotiating may not sound like the most important skills for an IT professional but there is a growing need for them in the industry, specifically for Business Relationship Managers. IT leaders are identifying the business relationship management role as pivotal to an organization’s success. Business Relationship Managers act as negotiators and connectors between IT and business customers.
Click here for more information
COBIT 5 Foundation Certification
This COBIT 5 framework provides structure for an organization to achieve their goals for the governance and management of enterprise IT. COBIT focuses on generating value for the enterprise by addressing stakeholder needs through benefits realization, optimizing resources, and optimizing risk. This framework has evolved beyond merely being a tool for audit. It provides valuable guidance on aligning IT with the enterprise to ensure that IT is focused on business objectives.
Click here for more information
COBIT 5 Assessor Certification
The COBIT 5 Process Assessment Model or PAM provides an enterprise with a basis for assessing process capabilities. It is an evidence based assessment model that is based on ISO15504. In this three day Process Assessor course, students work through exercises to understand how the Process Assessment and Process Reference Model (PRM) are used to understand process performance and capability. The COBIT Process Assessment certification exam is completed on the final day of this session. Note that COBIT 5 Foundation certification is a prerequisite for this course.
Click here for more information
Organizational Change for Project Management
All projects create change in an organization. To implement changes and recognize the project's intended return, project and program managers need to plan for the behavior changes required for success. They need to influence their stakeholders to take meaningful action so the organization can achieve the benefits. In this highly interactive workshop, participants will use case studies to assess stakeholder motivation and influence, develop strategies for change adoption, identify activities to encourage behavior change, and develop and organizational change plan to maximize the opportunity for success. Participants complete a stakeholder analysis, project cultural assessment, and organizational change plan during the course and they are encouraged to bring examples of project related challenges for discussion.
Click here for more information
The Phoenix Project - A DevOps Interactive Learning Experience™ - An Interactive Simulation
IT workflow is problematic. Projects are falling behind. Executives are frustrated and customers are disappointed. Breakdowns in communication and process between IT Development teams and IT Operations teams are resulting in lost opportunities. This is becoming a common problem among organizations as the need for technology in business increases. The Phoenix Project DevOps Simulation, a unique IT simulation inspired by the groundbreaking book, The Phoenix Project, provides your organization with a realistic environment to experience DevOps principles and practices and to start a discussion on how implement these practices in your organization.
Click here for more information
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Apollo 13 and The Phoenix Project simulations are Registered Trade Marks of GamingWorks
Advanced Organizational Performance Techniques® and AdOPT® are Registered Trade Marks of Pamela Erskine