Course Duration - 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Course Format - In-Person

Agility is the University of Alabama's Continuous Improvement Program using Lean Higher Education as a guide. It's a way to make our day-to-day work better. the program provides a Way of Thinking, a Way of Behaving, and a Set of Tools to help us continuously improve by working together. Learn more -  Agility Continuous Improvement.

Behavioral Expectations Supported: Continuous Improvement, Effective Communication

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Lean in Higher Education – Part I:

This course presents an introduction to Lean concepts applied to higher education. Lean is defined as a set of practices and tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness, eliminate non-value-added activities, and create needed value.

The first part of the course includes these topics:

• Lean in Higher Education definition, overview, and benefits.
• Lean tools and practices summary and examples of tools per purpose, including Gemba Walk, Flowchart and process mapping, 5S, and FMEA.

UA Agility Series Course Topics:

Psychological Safety - This course is a prerequisite for all other courses in the Agility Series.

Change Management

Lean in Higher Education - Part I

Lean in Higher Education - Part II

Problem Solving - This course is a prerequisite for the Root Cause Analysis session.

Root Cause Analysis

Process Improvement Overview

Collaboration Tool - Miro

PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act)

Data Analysis and Metrics

Liberating Structures

Process Automation

Brainstorming