Kanban System Design (KMP I) - Agile alternative path

The Kanban Method provides pragmatic, actionable, evidence-based guidance for successful evolutionary change. The application of the Kanban Method is not restricted to software development, but for any kind of knowledge creation work as an alternative path to agility or as the next development step for mature agile teams. It starts with what you do now and pursues evolutionary change while respecting current roles, responsibilities and job titles, and encouraging leadership at all levels. This allows organizations to evolve business processes gradually, define and use relevant metrics to measure progress, and significantly reduce the risks associated with complex change programs.

Kanban Systems Design is a highly interactive two-day course accredited by the Kanban University. It combines teaching, group discussions and a fully immersive simulation to introduce Agile Lean Pull systems, illustrate how the Kanban Method helps individuals, teams, and organizations to manage and improve the delivery of products and services to their customers. Using Lean and Agile techniques, it provides a practical guidance to stabilize and accelerate the flow of work in your projects and operations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the class the participants will:

• Receive in-depth knowledge about the Kanban Method concepts, principles and practices
• Acquire skills to ignite the change with the Kanban Method in their organization the next day
• Learn how to design a Kanban System, including options of board design, visualization, imposing WIP limits, set up and interpretation of indicators like Cumulative Flow Diagram and Control Chart
• Understand basic concepts of work flow creation, pull systems, and collaborative improvement

• Obtain the expertise to establish predictable Service Level Agreements to serve the customers better
• Understand how to improve the morale and productivity of their teams by removing overburdening, unnecessary work and giving the team members the opportunity to show acts of leadership on all levels of organization
• Experience in practice how to use Kanban to improve capabilities of your organization, e.g. shorter and more predictable delivery times, better risk management, increased trust and continuous improvement

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Those who feel overburdened with the work and wish to find the respite to enable them to "get things done" without compromises on quality, but with improved velocity and predictability
• Struggling SCRUM teams members
• Anyone interested in implementing Agile and Lean way of working in their organization
• Project, program, portfolio and delivery managers
• Middle and senior managers
• Development and team managers
• Product managers

• Business analysts
• Scrum product owners
• Scrum masters
• (Senior) delivery team members (developers, testers, QA specialists)
• Agile Coaches and Practitioners (Scrum, XP, DSDM, AgilePM, etc.)
• Change managers and anyone in charge for process improvement and optimization
• Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals

CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Participants will receive:

• KMP I certificate of course completion from the Kanban University
• Kanban University membership and listing in the Kanban UniversityMember Directory
• Printed course materials

• Free electronic version of David J. Anderson’s book “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business”
• Voucher for free Swift Kanban software trial
• 16 PDUs and 16 SEUs