Kanban Management Professional

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Duration: 16 hours
Skill Level: All level
Language: English

DESCRIPTION

The Kanban method is an evolutionary approach to change and change management by starting with what you already do; respecting current roles; responsibilities and job titles; encouraging acts of leadership at all levels, and agreeing to pursue incremental, evolutionary change that evolves business processes using a Kaizen approach that reduces the risks associated with complex change programs. Participants will gain sufficient knowledge about the Kanban Method and related topics

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is useful for anyone who wants to be successful using Kanban within their Organization, or anyone who works with teams utilizing Kanban. In terms of roles, the course is suitable for Product, Project and Program Managers, Development Team Members (including but not limited to Architects, Designers, Developers, Testers), Business Analysts and Scrum Product Owners and Scrum Masters who want to enhance their Lean / Agile skillset.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Identify internal and external sources of dissatisfaction
Analyze demand vs capability
Model the knowledge discovery process
Design Kanban systems and their visualizations
Identify/prioritize improvements
Choose cadences for activities
Identify classes of service
Create a rollout plan, negotiating strategy with stakeholders

1) Kanban Introduction

What is Kanban?
Kanban with a big --K-- and little --k--
Principles of the Kanban Method
Kanban Core Practices
When is Kanban Typically Used?

2) Identify Work Items:

Demand Analysis
Handling Large Work Items
Kanban Cards
Sizing Work Items

3) Value Streams

What is a Value Stream
Mapping the Knowledge Discovery Process through Value Stream Mapping

4) Kanban Boards

The Relationship between a Kanban Board and the Value Stream
Setting up and using a Kanban Board
Different Options for Kanban Boards
Queues and Buffers

5) Limit Work In Progress (WIP)

Queuing Theory -- Little--s Law
Calculating Lead Time
Calculating Throughput
Calculating WIP
Calculating Release Time
Why Limit WIP
Techniques to Limit WIP
Where to Apply WIP Limits

6) Make Management Policies Explicit

Definition of --Done--
Classes of Service
Cost of Delay
Service Level Agreements

7) Measuring and Managing Flow

Cumulative Flow Diagrams in Relation to Kanban
How to Produce a Cumulative Flow Diagram
How to Measure Lead Time
How to Measure WIP
How to Measure Flow
Optimizing Flow
How to use the Cumulative Flow Diagram to Identify Problems
Five Focusing Steps to Remove Bottlenecks
Interpreting a Control Chart
Interpreting a lead time distribution chart

8) Sources of Variability

Sources of dissatisfaction
The impact of variability
Techniques and strategies for removing variability

9) Empirical Feedback

Improvement Kata
Cadence and Rhythm
Daily Standups
Retrospectives
Operations Review

10) Apply your learning

Team-Based Realistic Simulation of a Kanban System in Practice

11) Kanban in your Organization

The Context for Change
The Steps required to Build a Kanban system
Apply a Kanban System to your Organization
Prepare a Roll-Out Plan for your Organization

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