Note: Psychological Safety is a prerequisite for participation in other UA Agility Series courses.

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.

Every process has the potential to do a little better. Or, in some cases, a lot better. This course presents a methodology and the benefits of process improvement, to guide your improvement initiatives to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance of your processes.

The process improvement methodology presented is composed of five phases, and the course focuses on the first two:

Assemble the right people Define the current state Collect current state data and analyze root causes Design the future state Develop an implementation plan

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

Presence – Bringing your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges

Data Governance – A Winning Strategy for Better Data