Pod 1A-US · Wave 1-A · NRG DLP Program

Workshop Sessions

Six workshops, twelve weeks, four teams — the complete schedule.

Coach
Umais Siddiqui
Improving · Houston, TX
Workshop Facilitator
Eric Sowell
Improving · Lead Trainer
Cohort
Wave 1-A
Pod 1A-US · 4 Teams
Teams in Pod
Billing Indy NIS (Vision) Partners (Amigo)
6
Workshops
24
Contact Hours
4
Teams
10
Weeks

The Schedule

All Times Central (CT)
Workshop
1
of 6
Friday · May 22, 2026 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Acceptance Criteria Generation

RTCC prompt structure and EDD discipline to generate AI-driven acceptance criteria from stories.

PM Session Facilitator: Eric Sowell Loop 1 · Foundation
Workshop
2
of 6
Thursday · June 4, 2026 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Unit Test Generation

Test generation commands from stories and acceptance criteria. AC as test specification.

PM Session Facilitator: Eric Sowell Loop 1 · Build
Workshop
3
of 6
Thursday · June 18, 2026 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Test Planning

Assemble the complete Loop 1 chain end-to-end — story to acceptance criteria to unit tests to test plans.

AM Session Facilitator: Eric Sowell Loop 1 · Integration
Workshop
4
of 6
Wednesday · July 1, 2026 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Evaluation-Driven Development

Red/Green/Refactor discipline for prompts using Promptfoo, with documented improvement cycles.

AM Session Facilitator: Eric Sowell Loop 2 · Quality
Workshop
5
of 6
Thursday · July 16, 2026 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Commands to Skills

Distinguish commands from skills, apply Team Consensus Criteria, graduate commands to reusable skills.

AM Session Facilitator: Eric Sowell Loop 2 · Reuse
Workshop
6
of 6
Thursday · July 30, 2026 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Agents & Workflows

Bounded agents that orchestrate commands and skills, AI Adoption Maturity Assessment, and peer artifact showcase.

AM Session Facilitator: Eric Sowell Loop 3 · Capstone