Mastering Work Intake Book Club
8 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to solve IT’s dirtiest secret — work intake. Stop ignoring it. Start fixing it.
Mastering Work Intake Book Club
8 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to solve IT’s dirtiest secret — work intake. Stop ignoring it. Start fixing it.
Course overview
Work intake is the biggest challenge facing organizations today.
Join Tom and Jeremy and a group of like-minded readers as we conduct a book club on Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery.
Each live session is a summary of the previous week’s reading, mixed with interactive activities and conversation.
Note: The minimum price to list a group on the Maven platform is $1. You will also need to purchase your own copy of the book. Paperback and e-book is available from Amazon.com or JRoss Publishing.
Who is this course for
01
Scrum Master / Agile Coach who aspires to help teams and organizations predictably deliver.
02
Project Manager / Program Manager / Portfolio Manager who craves better ways to facilitate conversations around scope, schedule, & priority.
03
Product Owner / Product Manager / Release Manager / Delivery Manager / Delivery Lead who truly wants to maximize value delivery.
What you’ll get out of this course
Master work intake. Predictably deliver.
You’ll leave with a thorough understanding of the topic, as well as things you can act on immediately to start solving work intake challenges.
Facilitate effective prioritization and sequencing. Get the right things done in the right order.
You’ll leave with step-by-step facilitation approaches to collaborate with colleagues on prioritization and sequencing.
Navigate all levels of the organizational structure. Ensure the organization is effective.
You’ll leave with an awareness of the impact of organizational structure on work intake.
Measure work intake and flow. Get the right things done at the right time.
You’ll leave with a tangible list of ways to immediately measure flow and work intake in your context, so that you understand what’s working… and what isn’t.
Diagnose a variety of work intake problems. Get to work solving them.
You’ll leave with techniques that you can use to diagnose and solve work intake anti-patterns.
This course includes
4 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
2 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
Projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Mastering Work Intake Book Club
Course syllabus
Week 1
Oct
18
Part 1 Live Session
Part 1 Live Session
Week 2
Read Part 2
Week 3
Read Part 2
Week 4
Nov
6
Part 2 Live Session
Part 2 Live Session
Week 5
Read Part 3
Week 6
Nov
22
Part 3 Live Session
Part 3 Live Session
Week 7
Read Part 4
Week 8
Read Part 4
Week 9
Dec
11
Part 4 Live Session
Part 4 Live Session
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Meet your instructor
Jeremy Willets
Jeremy Willets is a coach, speaker, and author who has spent the last decade working with people and teams to achieve greatness in the workplace. He started out as a technical writer on a Scrum team and quickly fell in love with Scrum and the Agile Manifesto values and principles. Since then, he’s served thriving organizations as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Senior Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer, people manager, and mentor.
Jeremy has spoken at conferences throughout the midwestern United States. He’s an avid Substack blogger and music maker. He holds a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) certification.
Jeremy can be found at jeremywillets.com
Thomas Cagley
Tom Cagley is a consultant, speaker, author, and coach who leads organizations and teams to unlock their inherent greatness. He helps teams and organizations adopt and adapt agile and lean concepts so they can thrive. His coaching is focused on implementing changes that impact cycle time, productivity, quality, morale, and customer satisfaction; and then proves it. He has been an internationally respected blogger and podcaster for over 18 years, focusing on software process and measurement. His blog entries and podcasts have been listened to or read well over a million times. He is a two-time Past President of IFPUG.
Tom can be found at tomcagley.com.
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Mastering Work Intake Book Club
Course schedule
~50 pages every ~18 days
Wednesday & Fridays
12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
4 live sessions — we’ll discuss 1 part in each session:
- Friday, October 18th (Part 1)
- Wednesday, November 6th (Part 2)
- Friday, November 22nd (Part 3)
- Wednesday, December 11th (Part 4)
“Mastering Work Intake” Preview
Check out the front matter and first two chapters of “Mastering Work Intake” for free!
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Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
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