Certified Become a Kanban Management Professional - KMP 1 +2

This 4-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.

In the course, you will be involved in regular hands-on exercises and discussions that will focus on the daily operation of a Kanban system and how to extend the kanban system boundary and include multiple value streams.

You will consider what type of Kanban initiative is most appropriate for your organisation and how to manage and evolve it over time.

You will learn how to improve agility with asymmetrical commitment and cadences.

Overview

The course follows the official LKU Certified Kanban Management Professional syllabus. During the course, you will have ample opportunities to discuss and experience the following topics

Contents

Day 1 & 2
Experience the key concepts listed below through using the getKanban simulation

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

Day 3 & 4

• Building an Information Flow: the 7 Cadences
• Dealing with resistance to WIP limits
• Understand asymmetrical commitment
• Rollout phases for a Kanban initiative
• Developing a service orientation
• Kanban Values: a different approach to introducing Kanban
• Scrumban case study Managing evolutionary change

On successful completion, you will

• Understand your demand sources and types
• Measure your system's capability in meeting your purpose
• Measure the impact of failure demand
• Visualise your current system
• Define explicit policies
• Identify areas for improvement
• Describe Lean-Kanban approach to change
• List Lean Kanban cadences
• Describe STATIK
• Define explicit policies
• Receive the Kanban Management Professional KMP designate from the Lean Kanban University
• Optionally, be listed on LKU as a member