GIS-Pro 2024

A Knowledge Workers Guide to Visual Management - Full-Day Workshop 
Monday, October 7, 2024 - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Instructors: Tim Nolan, GISP, CGCIO, LAVM, Senior Applications Manager, Collin County, Mc Kinney, TX
Wendy Peloquin, GISP, Business Development Manager, Avineon, Jacksonville, FL
Brett Horr, GISP, LAVM, Corporate GIS Manager, Terracon Data Solutions, Portsmouth, NH 

“Visual Management is the application of Lean and Agile practices to build new ways of working for individuals and teams on-the-fly” (Modus Institute).

In our highly interactive workshop, we will concentrate on…

• How we as professionals are doing the right work?
• How do we come to alignment?
• How do we make decisions?
• Do we understand the work to be done?
• When is it to be delivered?
• How complex is the work?
• Where might the work stumble?
• Can we see what is important?

We take a system thinking approach to the complexities of new/unexplored work, (mis)understanding, decision-less meetings, interruptions, prioritization, communicating decisions and difficulty of collaboration. We will introduce the system of communications, system of meetings and the system of doing the right work at the right time.
We will conduct practical exercises that focus on visualizing our and limiting our work in progress. We will look at value stream mapping as an effective visualization and put those visualizations into action. There will be exercises to harvest ideas and tackle sticky problems. Ultimately, we will turn learning into action items.

Learning Outcomes:

• Visualize your work
• Limit your work in progress
• Understand your work
• Filter complexity
• Turn your visualization into action

Upon completion, the student should know how to visualize their work, limit their work in progress, understand their work, filter complexity and demonstrate how to turn their visualizations into action. The student will have the framework to facilitate these exercises with others.

Cost: One full-day or one half-day workshop is included with full conference registration. The cost to add a second half-day workshop is $100 member/$125 nonmember.