Kanban System Design

The Kanban Method is a management method to improve service delivery, catalyze improvements and evolve a business to be “fit for purpose”. In this class, we will cover simple concepts that are powerful in helping you organize, understand and manage your work.

You will learn how to design a Kanban system and initiate evolutionary change with Kanban. You will learn the basic concepts of flow, pull, and collaborative improvement. You will also learn how to become faster and more responsive through better risk management and governance. You will gain practical insights on how to understand your systems of work so that you can implement or improve Kanban within your organization.

Learning Objectives: 

• Learn the Principles and Practices of the Kanban Method
• Experience the flow of a Kanban system
• Learn how to identify work item types and classes of service
• Utilize the Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban (STATIK) to understand your systems of work and how to design your initial Kanban system
• Learn the fundamentals of visual board design and card design

Who can teach: Approved AKTs ONLY.

Who should attend?

This particularly includes but is not limited to:

• Team Members
• Project and Program Manager
• Team leads, Managers
• Development leads
• Business Analysts, Scrum Product Owners, ScrumMasters

Prerequisites: Attendees are expected to have read “Kanban” by David J Anderson or “Kanban from the Inside” by Mike Burrows.

Format: The course is a mix of presentation, simulation, and exercises.