Lean Kanban Foundation – Certified Kanban Systems Design KMP 1 (2 Day)

Accredited Course, Helps you get qualified and become immediately productive as a member of a agile/project environment

Becoming Agile as an organization initiates a change within the organizational culture. It requires embracing a different set of value and principles, and thereby establishing a mindset strongly based on collaboration and focused on delivering customer value.

This two days course is designed for individuals who are responsible for product and project delivery or is part of a delivery or service team. Kanban works across all levels of an organisation, from senior members of staff to members of delivery teams and is appropriate for anyone wishing to improve their working environment and delivery capability.

This course prepares you for an internationally recognised qualification in Kanban, KanBan Management Professional KMP1 from the Lean Kanban University (LKU). It is a highly interactive 2-day introduction to Kanban System Design and provides an engaging introduction to the Kanban management method.

Kanban is a method of organizing and managing professional services work. It uses Lean concepts such as limiting work in progress to improve results. A Kanban system is means of limiting work-in-progress and signaling when capacity is available to start new work. It is a evolutionary approach to change management by starting with respecting current job titles, encouraging acts of leadership, and agreeing to pursue incremental change that evolves business processes using a Kaizen approach to mitigate risks.

Location and Dates

London - 22-23 July, 16-17 Sept, 19-20 Oct (Weekend) 28-29 Oct, 02-03 Dec

Bristol - TBC

Dublin - 07-08 Oct

This 2-day hands-on course follows the official Lean Kanban University (LKU) syllabus. You will be involved in regular hands-on exercises and discussions that will provide a robust understanding of the Kanban principles and practices, and practical experience of how Kanban helps individuals, teams and organisations to balance the workload, visualise work and improve the delivery of high-quality products.

Course Contents

Next Steps: The Kanban Management Professional is broken down into 2 core certifications KMP1 & KMP2.

a) Lean Kanban Foundation – Certified Kanban Systems Design KMP 1 (2 Day)
b) Lean Kanban Practitioner – Certified Kanban Management Professional KMP 2 (2 Day)

completing these 2 separtely or combined will earn you the Kanban Management Professional accreditation.

FAQs

1) Are there any prerequisites to take the course?

Familiarity with projects, agility and Project management is useful but not essential.

2) Who should take this course?

Audience: Senior Management; Programme & Project Managers; Product Managers, Product Owners and Business Analysts; Scrum Masters, Team Leads and Change Agents; Scrum Team Members; Product & Software Developers & Testers; Agile Coaches & Practitioners, Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals

This is an accredited course eligible for 15 CPDs/PDUs/SEUs and prepares you for a certification in Kanban Management professional  

3) What will students achieve or be able to do after taking your course?

a)Design a Kanban system using Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban (STATIK)
b)Use pull-based workflow and limit work-in-progress to increase efficiency
c)Identify and implement classes of service
d) Establish policies for teams delivery
e) Eligible for 15 PDUs/CPDs/SEUs