Designing agile organziations
Learn how to design agile organizations that actually deliver your strategy.
High-performing organizations go beyond rigid Agile frameworks. While frameworks provide structure, true success comes from designing an operating model that aligns with strategy.
Master the art of organizational design for effective strategy execution—enroll in the DAO course today.
DAO course overview
This 2-day certified course offers design and thinking tools to create Agile organizations aligned with strategy.
Who should attend?
The Designing Agile Organization course is for leaders and tech/business reps driving agile improvements. Teams are encouraged to attend together.
Course learning objectives
Be able to design your organization for adaptability and highest value delivery.
Learn how to evolve a tailored organization design that reflects your organization’s unique dynamics and strategy.
Understand the systemic approach to improving the performance of your organization.
Course agenda
Day 1: Design For Strategic Alignment
What is an agile organization?
Overview of the CAO approach.
Aligning Organization Design with Your Strategic Focus.
Driving Organization Design with Capabilities
Systems Thinking for designing an agile organization.
Designing The Product or Service
Designing The Product Group
Eliminating Team Dependencies by Design
Day 2: Design For Global Improvement
Designing The Larger Organization
Decoupling Departments, Shared Services & Product Groups
Designing Product Management & Line Managment.
The Agile Organization design guides.
Processes & integration: how to coordinate and integrate across units.
People practices.
Working with Large Platform groups
Extensive Q&A
Certified - Designing Agile Organizations
Every participant receives a copy of Creating Agile Organizations, the full CAO Workshop Box with all course workshops and cards, and an official course certificate registration.
Locations
We provide courses all over the world. Find one that fits your agenda, or contact us for an in-house course for your team.
Training and certifications in Russia are not possible. Our hearts go out to all those affected by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. We are deeply troubled by the violence and its impact on innocent people.
Can’t join in person?
We understand that travel or timing doesn’t always work out. If you’re interested in joining this course online, let us know — we’ll setup and schedule a live online session soon.
The CAO Workshop Box
The Real Work Begins After the Course.
Every participant of a Creating Agile Organizations course will now receive a full deck of our CAO Workshop Cards. These cards are designed to help you bring the course ideas into real conversations inside your organization.
They can be used for aligning strategy with structure, exploring adaptability costs, or making sense of design trade-offs. Think of them as tools for reflection, facilitation, and action.
Introduction to CAO
Watch the 3 min introduction by Cesario Ramos, CAO co-creator.
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Looking for an in-company course?
We offer DAO and CAO courses in most parts of the world. Contact us without obligation if you would like to organise a professional workshop in your company, either in-person or online.
Register here for one of our workshops and trainings!