Description
Once you’ve designed your Kanban System, you’ll sense the need to focus on the complex demands of a multi-stakeholder organizations, and to explore how to keep momentum beyond initial improvements realized from a successful Kanban implementation. You can address the need for better products and services leading to higher customer satisfaction and business performance through the sound management and understanding of the upstream practices offered by Kanban.
Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI) teaches the tools and techniques to successfully build and maintain end-to-end Kanban systems with special focus on creating and improving the upstream design and innovation function.
Attendees will build on their knowledge form the Kanban System Design class and get hands-on practice developing an upstream Kanban board, gain experience running a STATIK workshop for upstream development, be introduced to the Kanban Maturity Model, take part in exercises in turbulent flow and failure demand, and apply learning through real-world case studies.
Kanban Management Professional classes are highly interactive courses that lay the foundation of the principles and practices of The Kanban Method, an evolutionary approach to change. These courses have been created by leading Kanban experts including David J Anderson.
The Kanban Method offers pragmatic, actionable, evidence-based guidance that can be taken away and implemented immediately.
Who Will Benefit?
The ideal participants of this class are those seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the benefits of applying Kanban to their existing workflows.
This course serves those who take responsibility for establishing, managing and/or improving the delivery of products and services to customers of professional service businesses. Previous KMP II attendees have been in roles such as:
- Senior Managers
- Program 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.)
- Process Improvement Coaches, Stakeholders, and Sponsors
- Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals
Topics Covered
The course follows the official KU Certified Kanban syllabus. During the two days, you will have ample opportunities to discuss and experience the following topics:
- Gain insights into scaling Kanban methodology across the enterprise to maximize value.
- Understand various options and strategies for managing incoming work effectively.
- Learn techniques for actively managing upstream processes and reducing uncertainty.
- Apply evolutionary change thinking to lead organizational improvement initiatives.
- Engage stakeholders in idea generation and decision-making through pragmatic approaches.
- Establish and implement Upstream Kanban systems to balance preparation and execution of options.
Course Agenda
Day 1:
- Upstream system design
- Measuring upstream
Day 2:
- Upstream cadences
- Improving upstream
Prerequisites
- To attend this KMP II class, you will first need to complete the 2-day, Kanban System Design (KSD) course.
- All participants are provided trial access to the Better With Kanban+ (BWK+) platform. BWK+ provides you access to David J Anderson’s Discovering Kanban, The Evolutionary Path to Enterprise Agility book (the updated “Blue Book”), as well as exclusive Kanban Method content, including case studies, articles, posters, and videos.
- Prior to the training, it is recommended to read David J Anderson’s Discovering Kanban, The Evolutionary Path to Enterprise Agility book (the updated “Blue Book”) in BWK+
What you’ll learn
- Kanban University’s certified training curriculum and teaching methods were created through the collaboration of leading experts and validated in hundreds of training classes around the world.
- You get pragmatic, actionable guidance you can implement in your organization next week – because it doesn’t require permission, a large budget or getting others to change.
- You will receive training from an Accredited Kanban Trainer, who has experience teaching and coaching Kanban within several organizations.
- Profile listing on the Kanban University (KU) alumni page.
What You Get
- You will receive training from an Accredited Kanban Trainer, who has experience teaching and coaching Kanban within several organizations.
- You will receive a KDI certificate of course completion from Kanban University (KU) as well as membership of KU. The Certificate is for lifetime and doesn’t need to be renewed.
- You will receive a KMP Credential from Kanban University (KU) as well as membership of KU. The Credential is for lifetime and doesn’t need to be renewed.
- Profile listing on the Kanban University (KU) alumni page.
- 1 month subscription to Better With Kanban+ platform, giving access to David J Anderson’s Discovering Kanban, The Evolutionary Path to Enterprise Agility book (the updated “Blue Book”), as well as exclusive Kanban Method content, including case studies, articles, posters, and videos.
- Membership to the Agilityzer Slack channel giving access to our alumni community.
- Further support with your real-world experiences, with an optional, complimentary follow up session.
Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)
- Attendees may be eligible to apply for 16 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications.
- Scrum Alliance SEUs: 16 SEUs for 2-day Kanban for Design and Innovation Course.
