Kanban System Design (KSD) - Live Online

Kanban System Design Workshop - Live Online
Learn Kanban fundamentals, experience flow in a powerful simulation, and design your Kanban system for optimal flow and faster delivery

The Kanban Method as developed and promoted by the Kanban University has become a powerful method for teams, departments and organizations to:

• Deliver faster and more responsively
• Increase shared ownership of deliverables
• Connect daily work to customer value
• Improve predictability with flow metrics

Kanban System Design (KSD) is a foundational Kanban workshop that provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to implement Kanban in your work and business context.

Previously referred to as the Kanban Management Professional I (KMP I), this 4-session workshop (16 hours total live instructor-led time + self-paced learning) serves as the first step in achieving full certification as a Kanban Management Professional (KMP) with Kanban University.

Workshop Summary
Through hands-on activities, structured small-group dialogue, and real-world examples, you will develop an understanding of Kanban principles and practices and gain insights on how to apply Kanban to increase quality, speed workflow, and optimize the delivery of market-relevant, high-quality services and products to your customers.

Central to this KSD workshop is Okaloa’s Flowlab simulation, which delivers an experiential understanding of Kanban to learners of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Suitable for any professional who is responsible for product/project delivery or is part of a delivery or service team, the KSD workshop prepares you to design and adopt a full customer-focused service delivery Kanban system.

Learning Objectives
Topics covered in this high-energy, live online instructor-led course include:

• Kanban Method principles and practices
• Elements of a Kanban system
• Experience flow in a Kanban simulation
• Visual board design and ticket design
• Analyzing demand and capability
• Modelling workflow in your environment
• Discovering and leveraging motivations for change
• Kanban system mechanics, such as commitment, pull, and replenishment
• Kanban system indicators and performance metrics

Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:

• Guide a team in creating a Kanban board and system
• Understand and apply key metrics to evolve your team’s performance
• Leverage the Kanban cadences to guide and manage workflow
• Confidently apply board design elements to make ongoing improvements to your system

Who Should Attend?
This workshop is suitable for anyone in professional services organizations involved in leading or managing the delivery of products or services to their customers. This includes, but is not limited to software applications development and support.

Non-IT disciplines that would benefit by managing work with the Kanban Method include: Operations, Marketing, Procurement, Human Resources, and any other knowledge work domains seeking to optimize delivery of customer value.

What’s Included?

• Four 4-hour sessions of live online training by a Kanban University-accredited trainer
• Printed, spiral-bound, full-color workbook delivered to your doorstep before class begins
• KMP I Credential and a Certificate of Completion issued by Kanban University
• Membership in Kanban University and listing in the Kanban University Alumni Directory
• FREE digital download of David Anderson's book "Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business"
• 50% discount on Mike Burrow's Kanban from the Inside e-book (digital download)

This workshop follows the official Lean Kanban University training materials produced by leading experts such as David J Anderson, Mike Burrows, and others.

What Students are Saying (feedback from previous KSD workshops)

• "The workshop puts into perspective the concepts that were fuzzy without practical use. The hands on labs, the discussions, the Miro board, all of the topics covered really solidified Kanban."
• "Really good insights and refined understanding on Kanban System design that I haven't had before."
• "Amazing. Informed, interesting, and fun."
• "Best interactive, hands on, and engaging course I have attended. No death by PPT."
• "Well structured, clear explanations, really liked the Miro instructional flow."
• "The trainers have a good grasp of system designs and its real world applications."
• "I learned a lot about how to implement the whole system and not just the rules of Kanban."
• "The conversations around lead time, flow efficiency and managed commitment points was revelatory!"
• "Awesome instructor! Experienced and very aware of his class."

Workshop Schedule

KSD consists of the following four 4-hour sessions of live online training led by Kert Peterson, your Kanban University-accredited trainer:

• Day 1: 2/21 (Monday) 11:00am - 3:00pm PT
• Day 2: 2/22 (Tuesday) 11:00am - 3:00pm PT
• Day 3: 2/23 (Wednesday) 11:00am - 3:00pm PT
• Day 4: 2/24 (Thursday) 11:00am - 3:00pm PT

Meet Your Instructors

Kert Peterson began his career as a Software Engineer in NASA's Space Shuttle program. His roots as a maker afford him practical insights into the daily challenges faced by testers, engineers, and creatives seeking to deliver business value in the face of change. Kert has been an Accredited Kanban Trainer since 2018.

Kert has guided Agile Transformations for a wide range of companies, including Fidelity Investments, Mission Health, Duke Energy, Bank of America, Dell, and Capital One Financial. At Bank of America, Peterson launched and led four Kanban teams through a 6-month transition to a lean-agile delivery system for the bank’s 120-member customer profitability organization.

Kert holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Texas at San Antonio and lives in Calgary, AB with his family. He spends his spare time training Tai Chi and playing Mandolin.

Van Wray is the Principal of Amperant, LLC, and helps organizations and individuals upgrade work habits to move toward their preferred future. This often, though not always, involves people getting software shipped regularly and enjoying it along the way. He is a committed student of Agile thinking and practices.

Van is an Accredited Kanban Trainer and Kanban Coaching Professional. He regularly helps organizations launch, and grow, in their Kanban journey. Van has a silly number of certifications in Scrum and Kanban and holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Science.

He is a long-time resident of Fullerton, California. He holds a first-degree black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu and has been active in martial arts for over 20 years, additional interests include reading, backpacking, travel, and fishing.