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You can read about aerodynamics, but you won’t learn to fly. However, you can learn to fly a flight simulator in a risk-free environment where pilots can safely make the wrong decisions without damaging expensive equipment or causing loss of life.

Playing Lean Simulation is a “flight simulator” for innovation and Lean Startups. This is a nice board game in which players are forced to make difficult choices, not once risking their life savings or their work. The worst case scenario is a humiliating defeat in the hands of his colleagues, where the beginning seemed very promising.

In Playing Lean, teams compete with each other and try to follow the path from the idea for a business model (product) to winning against the competition. The choices you make during the game are difficult: do you risk and build what seems to be desirable by the market, or maybe it is worth spending funds on market research and analysis to understand the needs of the future consumer? Risk or conduct an examination?

Playing Lean simulation allows you to experience the process of introducing a new product. Along the way, players will learn the basic concepts and vocabulary related to Lean Startup. We learn better through fun. Knowledge associated with practical experience and the thrill of competing allows for more effective consolidation of acquired knowledge.

  • Length: 2 day
  • Level: Foundation
  • Form: 25% lectures / 75% workshops
  • Enrolment: Training on demand for groups
  • Logistics: At the customer’s premises (on-site) or anywhere else

Program

  • Introduction to Lean Startup
    • Understanding the basic assumptions of Lean and Lean Startup
    • Introduction to Lean Canvas
    • Discussion of individual areas of Lean Canvas and Business Model Canvas
  • Playing Lean simulation game
    • The game is divided into 4 competing teams (the game is also possible in smaller groups)
  • Retrospective and analysis of cases that occurred during the game
  • Discussion of famous examples related to Lean Startup
  • Recommendations and continuing learning Lean principles

Participants

  • Future and current founders of startups
  • Business Development Managers
  • Entrepreneurs interested in optimizing the process of creating and selling products
  • People working in the area of innovation
  • Product / project sponsors
  • Future and current Project Managers seeking improvements
  • Middle level staff
  • Everyone interested in using Lean Startup in practice

Price

The training price is 2000 PLN net and includes:

  • 1 intensive workshop and lecture day,
  • 15 years of trainer’s experience in the IT industry,
  • 10 years of trainer’s experience in Agile, Scrum, Kanban and Lean IT,
  • additional materials helpful in further learning (for those interested),
  • exam recommendations and tips,
  • certificate confirming participation in the training,
  • post-training support of the trainer.

The price is the net price for companies and the gross price for individuals.

Certification

After completing the training, participants receive the Playing Lean certificate.

Pictures from Playing Lean workshops

Another session of Playing Lean workshops in the company of project managers, business analysts and team leaders
(October 2016)

Playing Lean in an agile version. Workshop session with the participation of agile project managers and scrum masters.
(October 2016)

Agile by Example conference and Playing Lean workshop session
(October 2016)

Strategic decisions during the Lean Startup workshop at ABE 2016
(October 2016)

Google Campus Warsaw filled with the energy of Playing Lean
(October 2016)

Playing Lean workshops for TechHub Warsaw and Google Campus Warsaw
(October 2016)

Testimonials

It’s the first time I met so enthusiastic and engaged trainer. Mirek has really good contact with students. Connecting it with his deep - practical (...)

Maciej Rodak
Maciej Rodak ★ PRINCE2 Practitioner

Mirek is a concrete, dedicated and detail-oriented trainer who knows how to share and provide practical knowledge to his students. Which is unusual, (...)

Bartlomiej Olejnik
Bartlomiej Olejnik ★ CISSP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, ITIL, CCNP, CCDP

Great instructor with deep knowledge about Java and UML. As far as I remember all questions were answered, even those which were not fully in scope of (...)

Grzegorz Szczepanski
Grzegorz Szczepanski ★ PMP, PRINCE2, SCJP, ITIL Intermediate

Wiedza i doświadczenie Mirka są imponujące. Forma szkolenia, liczne przykłady i humor pomogły jeszcze lepiej zrozumieć metodykę PRINCE2. Fantastyczny człowiek i szkolenie, gorąco polecam!

Agata Sołoduch
Agata Sołoduch ★ PRINCE2

I would like to thank Miroslaw for inspiring experience of being His student. Mirek is broad-skilled and reality-oriented person. Joining ITIL (...)

Marcin Szatkowski
Marcin Szatkowski ★ ITIL

Mirek “Agile” Dabrowski, I think this nickname the best describes how Mirek thinks and lives. Miroslaw is one of the most helpful professionals I have (...)

Miroslaw is a very open minded person. He is dedicated to projects he is working on and what is also important - always full of positive vibrations and enthusiasm.

Michał Marchewicz
Michał Marchewicz ★ PRINCE2, ITIL, PSM-I

I attended PRINCE2 training conducted by Mirek. It was extremly helpful to understand how P2 works in public sector (I'm more business focused) and (...)

Mirek has great knowledge on topics that he is teaching. Trainings are well prepared both in materials and real life examples. If you have possibility (...)

Maciej Mordaka
Maciej Mordaka ★ PMP, PRINCE2, P3O, ITIL, PSM-I
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