Kanban Systems Design (Kanban Foundation I)
Why attend a Kanban course?
These are examples of what previous attendees of the course said:
"Fantastic course for anyone looking to understand how Kanban works in practice. There is ample time provided for discussion and clarification of understanding. I found both trainers to be engaging and very well informed."
Head of Project Management
"Excellent course delivered by very experienced trainers. The course had a significant practical content and plenty of discussion time - this really helped me to understand the finer points of Kanban."
Agile Coach
"An excellent course, which gave a practical insight into applying Kanban to our Scrum development process. The trainers were excellent throughout and were extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Recommended."
Team Lead & Scrum Master
"A great hands-on course that gives you the tools you need to introduce Kanban. The emphasis is on practical examples with collaborative and fun sessions."
Principal Software Craftsman
Overview
This 2-day hands-on course follows the official Lean Kanban University (LKU) training materials produced by David J Anderson, Mike Burrows and other leading Lean Kanban experts.
During the two days, you will be involved in regular hands-on exercises and discussions that will provide both a robust understanding of the Lean Kanban principles and practices, but also a practical experience of how Lean Kanban helps individuals, teams and organisations to balance the workload, visualize work and improve the delivery of high-quality products.
Course Contents
The course follows the official LKU Certified Kanban Foundation syllabus. During the two days you will have ample opportunities to discuss and experience the following topics:
- Experience Kanban: Full simulation using the getKanban game
- Definition of Kanban
- Foundational Principles
- Core Practices
- The Kanban Lens
- The Kanban Values
- Understanding Kanban
- Visualisation
- Pull-Based Systems
- Commitment in Kanban
- Replenishment and Planning
- Delivery of Products
- Lead and End-to-End Cycle Times
- Little’s Law
- Cumulative Flow Diagrams
- Flow Efficiency
- Metrics in Kanban Systems
- Implementing Kanban
- STATIK - Systems Thinking Approach to Implementing Kanban
- Understanding Sources of Variability
- Identifying Opportunities to Improve
- Analysing Demand and Capability
- Modelling Workflow
- Designing a Kanban System
- Work Item Types
- Classes of Service
- Ticket Designing Tickets
- Visual Boards Design
Participants
This course is designed for any professional who is part of a product development or knowledge work environment. Kanban works across multiple functions of an organisation, from senior members of staff looking to adopt Lean Management to members of delivery teams willing to improve their working practices.
Previous attendees to our classes have been in roles such as:
- Senior Management Positions (CxO)
- Programme and Project Managers
- Product Managers, Product Owners and Business Analysts
- Scrum Masters, Team Leads and Change Agents
- Product & Software Developers & Testers
- Agile Coaches & Practitioners (Scrum, XP, DSDM, AgilePM, etc.)
- Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals
Experienced Trainer: Jose Casal
Jose Casal is a business improvement professional and coach. Starting out as a software developer, Jose quickly realised that he loved helping others succeed using agile.
He is intensely passionate about modern management methodologies focusing primarily on Lean Kanban, agile and strengths-based leadership. Jose is both a trainer and a student, striving to learn continuously and to help introduce or support the use of agile principles in companies. He has worked with large private and public sector organisations such as The Scottish Government, Credit Suisse, Capita, Student Loans Company, NHS Choices, University of Kent and P&O Ferries.
Jose is the Founder and Chair of the BCS Agile Methods Specialist Group and the lead creator of the BCS Agile Foundation Certificate (contributing the official syllabus, exam questions and training materials). He is also the chair of the London Lean Kanban Day (LLKD) and Playcamp UK conferences.
As an experienced Agile Coach and Trainer, Jose has a few certifications under his belt. Here are just a few of them: Accredited">http://www.leankanbanuniversity.com/users/jose-casal">Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT), certified APMG AgilePM Trainer, Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), DSDM Advanced Practitioner, BCS Agile Trainer and Innovation Games Collaboration Architect.
LKU Certification & Professional Development
Participants will receive a certificate of course completion from Lean Kanban University (LKU) as well as membership of LKU.
This course is the first part towards achieving the LKU Kanban Management Professional (KMP) certification. KMP is awarded to people that complete this course and a 2-day course on "Kanban Cadence". For more information, please contact education@actinium.io
This training provides 16 Professional Development Units (PDU). If you are interested in becoming a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) by the Scrum Alliance, this course can be used to claim 16 Scrum Education Units (SEU).
Can't afford the course? Tell us how we can help!
At Actinium, we believe in helping others improve their careers. So, if you find yourself in a position where you would like to complete our course, but can't pay the fees, please contact us!
- Select the RSPV ticket options
- Tell us about your situation
- We will try to help in any way we can.
Alternative Payment Methods
On certain circumstance we can offer alternative payment options, such as payment in 3-6 instalments. Contact us if you wish to discuss your options. Some examples:
- 3 instalments. Pay 50% of the agreed fee before the course and then 25% in February and the final 25% instalment in March.
- 6 instalments. Pay 40% of the agreed fee before the course. Then 5 monthly instalments of 12% of the fees.
Cancellations & Refunds
Actinum reserves the right to postpone or cancel this course if there are insufficient registrations. If this was that case, you will be notified 7 days before the course and offered a full refund. Actinium will not be responsible for any other costs incurred.
You can have a full refund if you cancel your registration more than 10 working days before the event. If you can't attend this specific course and notify Actinium more than 10 working days before the event, you may transfer your registration to someone else or attend an alternative course on a different date and location.
One free name change or postponement is allowed.
