3.3 Agile Approaches for Sustainable ProcurementLearning plan

What does agile mean anyway? When do I use which agile method? How can these approaches help me to implement sustainable procurement? You will get to know this in this module.

The module covers the following content:

Current challenges for sustainable procurement

Current challenges for sustainable procurement: VUCA World
Defining „Agile“: Values, Principles, Practices and Continous Improvement

Navigating the procurement landscape using the Stacey Matrix

Navigating the procurement landscape using the Stacey Matrix: Simple, Complicated, Complex and Chaotic Environments
Approach for secure & familiar environments: Approach to apply, Method, Example
Approach for complicated environments: Approach to apply, Method, Example
Approach for complex environments: Approach to apply, Method, Example
Approach for chaotic environments: Approach to apply, Method, Example

Agile approaches – first steps to apply them for sustainable procurement

Advantages of agile approaches
Agile approaches for dealing with complexity
First steps to apply them for sustainable procurement

Course languages: German, English with optional Mandarin subtitles
课程语言：德语、 英语、 英语发音中文字幕

General

Course type	Seminar
Learning Duration	23 Minutes
Price	160.50 EUR (incl. 7% VAT rate)

Target Group

This module is aimed at:

CPOs and Purchasing Managers
CSR Professionals
Suppliers of Goods and Services
Strategic Buyers and Category Managers
Tactical Purchasers and Supplier Managers

Learning Objectives

After having accomplished this training, the participant will:

Understand the complex environment that they are operating in and are able to explain the basics of agile approaches
Get an overview of when to apply which approach
Know about the advantages of agile approaches and get to know first steps on how to apply them for sustainable procurement