Kanban Systems Improvement (KMP part 2) Online

This highly interactive 2 day course – Certified Kanban Management Professional (KMP2) - has been created by leading Kanban experts including David J. Anderson. 

 

In this advanced Kanban course, we cover managing with Kanban day to day; Feedback loops; Operating at scale; Effective metrics. Gain the knowledge necessary for rollout and daily operation of a Kanban system. Learn how to manage, optimize, scale and evolve it over time.

 

This course continues the Kanban University syllabus and upon completion you will receive the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) certification from Kanban University (KU).

 

This course is for people who currently use or have prior experience with a Kanban system, or who are in the KMP training series currently, and/or who have consulting clients who use Kanban.

 

PREREQUISITES

 

Attendees are expected to have read the Kanban book by David J Anderson or Kanban from the Inside by Mike Burrows.

 

A prerequisite is to complete the 2-day Kanban Systems Design (KMP1) course. This is also known as Lean Kanban Foundation.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Managing Evolutionary Change

• Dealing with Resistance to Change

• Feedback Loops and Continuous Learning

• Implementing and Scaling out Kanban

• Balancing Demand and Capability

• Optimizing Flow and Predictability

 

COURSE CURRICULUM

• Motivation for the Kanban method and the Kanban approach to change management

• Understanding Kanban systems, Proto Kanban, Scrumban

• Dealing with emotional resistance to introducing WIP limits

• Asymmetrical commitment

• Systems Thinking Approach to Implementing Kanban

• Seeing services

• Kanban values

• Kanban cadences 

• Kanban at scale – seeing the enterprise as a network of services

• Understanding lead time and managing variability

• Managing evolutionary change

• Fitness for purpose