Kanban is fast becoming the modern way to manage an organization’s delivery of customer value. In today’s always-on environment, you need a clear set of practices that don’t get in the way of your ability to continuously deliver but that provides enough structure to keep everyone aligned and focused. This three-day course will give you an in-depth introduction to improving your team’s effectiveness by applying Kanban flow principles.

In this class, you will learn the basic principles of flow and how to use them to make your team process more efficient, predictable, and effective. With an emphasis on the practical application of concepts, this course includes many hands-on exercises that will lead you through the steps of setting up and operating a Kanban system for continuous value delivery and improvement.

This is a live virtual course led by Andrea Pratt-Smith and Jennifer Steelman.

This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each (8AM to 1PM EST) over 3 consecutive days on a weekend:

• Friday, October 13, 2023 
• Saturday, October 14, 2023
• Sunday, October 15, 2023 

Learning Outcomes

After attending the course, learners will be able to:

• Explain the basic principles of flow
• Describe the value of WIP limits
• Create a visual board to manage your work
• Capture and interpret key flow metrics and analytics to find improvement opportunities
• Explain why flow should be focused on value delivery
• Define, build, operate and continuously improve a Kanban system
• Discuss how tooling impacts your implementation

Who Should Attend?

The Applying Professional Kanban course is for anyone who wants to improve their ability to deliver value and be more effective. Typical attendee roles include business analysts, team members, team leads, agile coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, project managers and product managers.

Topics

• Kanban theory and practices
• Applying Kanban
• Workflow design and visualization
• How to operate a Kanban system
• How to get started

Validated Learning

After taking the course, you will have an opportunity to validate that you understand core Kanban topics. We will invite you to take an online assessment to evaluate your understanding and provide you with guidance on areas to improve. This exclusive assessment is only available to class participants.

Who are your Trainers?

Andrea Pratt-Smith is a consultant, mentor, trainer, and facilitator. She increases team performance, collaboration and builds cross-functional teams. Her experience includes helping teams learn Agile, form and build trust, strive toward high performance and continuous improvement. Andrea's passion is helping others continue to grow their own knowledge as well as increase their impact to the organization.  Andrea is the first Professional Kanban Trainer (PKT) in the Caribbean region and currently the only Bahamian PKT licensed with ProKanban.org.

Jennifer Steelman is a coach, trainer, and facilitator. She increases team performance and collaboration. Her experience includes helping teams learn Agile, form and build trust and strive toward high performing. Jennifer’s passion is helping others continue to grow their own knowledge as well as increase their impact to the organization.

Cancellation

Student substitutions or postponements for classes are accepted at any time. Student cancellations must be made via email. Refunds for student cancellations may be available as follows:

• Cancellation received more than 21 days prior to the first day of class = 100% refund of course fee less transaction fees.
• Cancellation received more than 10 days prior to the first day of class = 50% refund of course fee less transaction fees.
• Cancellation received less than 10 days prior to the first day of class = no refund provided.

Should a postponement or cancellation occur, you'll be notified no later than 5 days prior to class. Please reach out with any questions.