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There are 6 modules in this course
Learn how to empower teams and transform collaboration into success. This course focuses on optimizing team structures for maximum empowerment and creating a culture of collaboration across different business units. Through this course, you’ll explore effective strategies for managing cross-functional teams and building a collaborative culture that drives business success. Real-world case studies and examples will provide insights into how top companies achieve scalable success through team empowerment and collaboration. Perfect for leaders, managers, and anyone looking to foster a more collaborative and high-performing work environment.
In this section, we explore how team topology shapes empowered product teams, supports alignment, and helps organizations adapt to changing priorities and dependencies.
What's included
1 video5 readings1 assignment
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1 video•Total 1 minute
Team Topology - Overview Video•1 minute
5 readings•Total 60 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
Team Types•10 minutes
Empowering Platform Teams•10 minutes
Empowering Experience Teams•20 minutes
Leader Profile: Debby Meredith•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Principles of Team Structure and Empowerment•10 minutes
Product Strategy
Module 2•1 hour to complete
Module details
In this section, we examine the essentials of product strategy, including how to prioritize high-impact product challenges, make focused decisions, and align teams to achieve meaningful outcomes in product organizations.
What's included
1 video4 readings1 assignment
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1 video•Total 1 minute
Product Strategy - Overview Video•1 minute
4 readings•Total 50 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
Focus•10 minutes
Insights•20 minutes
Management•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Fundamentals of Product Strategy for Empowered Teams•10 minutes
Team Objectives
Module 3•2 hours to complete
Module details
In this section, we examine the distinctions between feature teams and product teams, develop effective Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and explore strategies for creating accountability, alignment, and collaborative commitments in product organizations.
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1 video10 readings1 assignment
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1 video•Total 1 minute
Team Objectives - Overview Video•1 minute
10 readings•Total 100 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
Empowerment•10 minutes
Key Results•10 minutes
Assignment•10 minutes
Longer-Term Objectives•10 minutes
Commitments•10 minutes
Collaboration•10 minutes
Management•10 minutes
Objectives in Perspective•10 minutes
Leader Profile: Christina Wodtke•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Principles of Team Objectives and Success Measures•10 minutes
Case Study
Module 4•1 hour to complete
Module details
In this section, we examine a detailed case study to understand how team topology, product strategy, and organizational objectives address scaling and tech debt challenges, offering practical frameworks for similar business situations.
What's included
1 video5 readings1 assignment
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1 video•Total 1 minute
Case Study - Overview Video•1 minute
5 readings•Total 60 minutes
Introduction•20 minutes
Enterprise Employer Objective•10 minutes
Product Team Objectives•10 minutes
Objective: Demonstrate product/market fit for enterprise.•10 minutes
Leader Profile: Judy Gibbons•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Case Study: Building Effective Product Teams and Culture•10 minutes
Business Collaboration
Module 5•1 hour to complete
Module details
In this section, we examine the transition from subservient feature teams to empowered product teams, emphasizing collaboration with stakeholders and providing strategies for product leaders to drive organizational mindset and responsibility shifts.
What's included
1 video4 readings1 assignment
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1 video•Total 1 minute
Business Collaboration - Overview Video•1 minute
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
Stakeholder Management vs. Collaboration•10 minutes
Shared Insights and Learning•10 minutes
Leader Profile: Avid Larizadeh Duggan•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Effective Collaboration and Innovation in Modern Product Organizations•10 minutes
Inspired, Empowered and Transformed
Module 6•1 hour to complete
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In this section, we examine how empowered teams leverage strategic vision, trust, and evaluation of value, usability, and feasibility to solve complex problems and deliver customer-centric, business-aligned innovations.
What's included
1 video5 readings1 assignment
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1 video•Total 1 minute
Inspired, Empowered and Transformed - Overview Video•1 minute
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
Transformation in Action•10 minutes
TRANSFORMED•10 minutes
The Most Important Thing•10 minutes
The Destination•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Empowered Product Teams and Cultural Change•10 minutes
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