Kanban System Improvement (KSI)

You learned the basics of Kanban and how to design a single system in the Kanban System Design course. The next step on your journey is to learn how to scale out to multiple connected systems. In Kanban Systems Improvement, you will learn how to manage and optimize those systems using metrics and evolutionary change. 

In any workflow system there will be sources of delay, variability, and bottlenecks. Learn to proactively discover these challenges and then apply techniques to improve or smooth the flow of work.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the basics, motivation, and benefits of evolutionary change.
• Scale out your system in multiple directions – upstream, downstream, connected to other systems.
• Learn how to run the Kanban cadences to manage and scale your system across your organisation.
• Understand the sources of delays, variability, and what you can do to effectively manage them.
• Identify bottlenecks in a workflow and take actions to improve flow and reduce time to deliver or time to discover.
• Learn how to utilise key metrics such as Lead Time, Run Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams to guide your continuous improvement using evolutionary change.

PREREQUISITES

Attendees are expected to have read “Kanban” by David J Anderson or “Kanban from the Inside” by Mike Burrows. Prior attendance in the Kanban System Design class is strongly recommended. Attendees are also recommended to have read Essential Kanban Condensed. Get a copy here.

IS KANBAN SYSTEM DESIGN THE RIGHT COURSE FOR ME?

If you have not yet completed Kanban System Design (KSD), we strongly recommend you take KSD prior to taking this course. Many people think they have a good understanding of Kanban and can skip directly to KSI, but that rarely works well in our experience. There are many concepts in the KSD course, such as STATIK, work item type, and classes of service, that students need to understand well to take full advantage of Kanban Systems Improvement. 

If you have taken KSD and find yourself wondering how to scale, manage or optimise your service delivery, Kanban Systems Improvement is the right course for you.

DURATION

Two day / 16 hour virtual course.

CERTIFIED TRAINING

Participants will receive a certificate of completion for the Kanban System Improvement course. Students completing this course and the Kanban Systems Design course receive the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) credential.

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Orod is an Agile Coach, public speaker and Accredited Kanban Trainer, SAFe Program Consultant, Scrum Master and food vlogger.

Since 2010, Orod has trained and helped many organisations in a variety of industries, to design sustainable Kanban systems and support them to gradually improve their business agility by delivering the right work at the right time, without changing job titles or organisation structure.