Kanban System Improvement

Manage and Scale Kanban Systems

You learned the basics of Kanban and how to design a single system in the Kanban System Design course. The next step on your journey is to learn how to scale out to multiple connected systems. In Kanban Systems Improvement, you will learn how to manage and optimize those systems using metrics and evolutionary change.

In any workflow system there will be sources of delay, variability, and bottlenecks. Learn to proactively discover these challenges and then apply techniques to improve or smooth the flow of work.

What You Will Leave With

•  Understand the basics, motivation, and benefits of evolutionary change.
• Scale out your system in multiple directions – upstream, downstream, connected to other systems.
• Learn how to run the Kanban cadences to manage and scale your system across your organization.
• Understand the sources of delays, variability, and what you can do to effectively manage them.
• Identify bottlenecks in a workflow and take actions to improve flow and reduce time to deliver or time to discover.
• Learn how to utilize key metrics such as Lead Time, Run Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams to guide your continuous improvement using evolutionary change.