Kanban System Design (KMP1)

Duration: 2 Days

 

This highly interactive 2 day course – Kanban Systems Design (KMP1) - has been created by leading Kanban experts including David J. Anderson. The Kanban Method offers evidence based, pragmatic, actionable, guidance that can be taken away and implemented the next working day. We show you how to introduce Kanban practices in an evolutionary manner in order to reduce resistance to change. Design a Kanban system ( or improve an existing system ) for optimal flow and faster delivery whilst improving quality. Learn the fundamentals of the Kanban Method. 

 

Many teams we talk to are overwhelmed with too much work in progress, conflicting priorities, often facing unknown blockers and drag factors that impede the teams productivity. For most teams this leads to missed deadlines and late delivery of projects which impacts negatively on team morale and future productivity.

 

The Kanban System Design Course - is a two day course that will enable you to:

• Coach your team(s) in their adoption of Kanban

• Confidently support your team in operating a Kanban system 

• Identify and remove blockers to flow

• Help your team to mine appropriate metrics to drive real team improvements

• Support teams in the continual pursuit of real improvement

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand core concepts of the Kanban Method.

• Learn the 3 Change Management Principles and the 6 General Practices of The Kanban Method.

• Experience the benefit of WIP limits to improve flow.

• How to run the Kanban meetings to focus on the work and allow the team to organize around it

• How to proceed to the next level with Kanban.

 

COURSE CURRICULUM 

• The Why and What of Kanban

• Kanban core practices

• Evolutionary vs Revolutionary Change

• Principles of the Kanban Method

• Core Practices of the Kanban Method

 

Core Kanban

• Work Visualisation

• Push vs pull based systems

• Queues & Buffers

• Limiting Work In Progress (WIP)

• Little’s Law

• Managing Flow

• Cumulative Flow Diagrams

• Measuring and managing flow using Lead Time

• Understanding flow efficiency

• Planning in Kanban

• Risk management with classes of service 

 

Experience Kanban

• Getting to grips with Kanban systems using getKanban simulation

 

Introducing Kanban to your team or organisation

• Understanding the motivation for change

• STATIK – systems thinking approach to implementing Kanban

• Understanding sources of variability

• Analysing and shaping demand

• Visualising your workflow using a Kanban board

• Visual design of ticket types

• How to set WIP limits

• Identifying and removing impediments to flow

• Kaizen – continuous and collaborative improvement

• Feedback Mechanisms

• Kanban style Daily Standups