Kanban Systems Improvement Course

Certification | Participants will receive the Kanban Systems Improvement certificate of completion granted by Kanban University. Students completing this course and the Kanban System Design course receive the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) credential.

Prerequisites| Prior attendance in the Kanban System Design course (or equivalent experience) is highly recommended

Length | 2 Day Course

Course Summary

The Kanban Systems Improvement Course is an engaging learning experience to equip you to continuously succeed in evolving Kanban. Learn how to scale Kanban to dynamically coordinate multiple teams. Leverage the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) and evolutionary change to achieve organizational goals. 

Who Should Attend

  • Leaders directly involved in optimizing Kanban and improving responsiveness to change 

  • Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters seeking to champion multi-team coordination with lightweight practical methods 

  • KSD students seeking more in-depth approaches to scale, optimize, and align Kanban Systems across the organization  

Course Format

Combination of instructor-led discussions, real-world case studies, and hands-on exercises for a holistic learning experience 

Interactive elements such as group activities, reflection, and Q&A sessions 

Use of practical scenarios for direct application of Kanban practices and principles

Emphasis on pragmatic steps for your particular team and organization 

Materials

Upon completing this course, the participant will receive:

  • A complete PDF of all training material and class activities 

  • A free digital copy of the book “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business” by David J. Anderson 

  • A 50% discount on the digital book “Kanban from the Inside” by Mike Burrows 

What You Will Learn:

  • The mindset, motivation, and benefits of evolutionary change 

  • How to expand a Kanban system upstream and downstream and scale Kanban to coordinate multiple teams across the organization 

  • KMM fundamentals to practically overcome challenges 

  • Kanban cadences to manage and scale across your organization 

  • Advanced visualization techniques to engage stakeholders and improve flow 

Upon Completion of the KSI Course, a Participant Should be Able to: 

  • Apply the evolutionary change approach to team and organizational needs 

  • Build, design, and evolve a Kanban system to coordinate multiple teams 

  • Apply the KMM to assess and adopt Kanban practices 

  • Identify sources of delay and strategies to effectively manage them 

  • Facilitate Kanban cadences to utilize key metrics and cross-team coordination 

Two Day Course

Kanban as Evolutionary Change Method 

Motivation for the Kanban Method 

Kanban Maturity Model 

Kanban for the Enterprise 

Seeing Services 

Scaling Kanban Across the Organization 

Upstream Kanban 

Emerging Roles 

Feedback Loops 

Feedback Loops Introduction 

Cadences by Maturity Levels 

Improvement Techniques 

Using Metrics to Guide Improvements 

Removing Delays 

Advanced Visualizations 

Understanding Variability 

Managing Bottlenecks 

Integration Reflection 

Evolutionary Change and Closure 

Evolutionary vs. Managed Change 

Class Wrap-Up