Scrum Better with Kanban / Scrum Kanban Practitioner

<p><img alt="" src="https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1075350883%2F1276896310183%2F1%2Foriginal.20250717-021628?crop=focalpoint&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=940&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;q=75&amp;sharp=10&amp;fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;s=b41af6e8071ab336c6028ff9cde12f60" style="width: 940px; height: 470px;"></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>About Scrum Better with Kanban</strong></p><p>One course, two powerful credentials: Scrum Alliance and Kanban University have teamed up to bring you Scrum Better with Kanban, a course that teaches you how to optimize your Scrum practices by visualizing workflow and revealing bottlenecks. Earn both the Scrum Kanban Practitioner certificate and the Scrum Better with Kanban microcredential.</p><p>Scrum Better with Kanban teaches you how to infuse your existing scrum practices with Kanban's proven techniques so you can remove friction, improve flow, and tackle variability with confidence.</p><p>You'll dive into the six general practices of the Kanban method:</p><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li><strong>Visualize.</strong> Make work and its flow visible.</li><li><strong>Limit work in progress. </strong>Stop starting, start finishing!</li><li><strong>Manage flow.</strong> Spot and resolve what's slowing work down.</li><li><strong>Make policies explicit.</strong> Align your team with clear, shared rules.</li><li><strong>Establish feedback loops.</strong> Create the right cadence for inspection and adaptation.</li><li><strong>Improve collaboratively, evolve experimentally.</strong> Apply the scientific method to continuous improvement.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The three change management principles:</p><ul><li style="margin-left: 40px;">Start with what you do now (no sweeping overhauls).</li><li style="margin-left: 40px;">Agree to pursue evolutionary change, not disruptive change.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px;">Encourage leadership at every level, not just from the top.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Who should take this course?</strong></p><p>This course is for anyone, not only scrum teams. Whether you're a project manager, team lead, or individual contributor, Scrum Better with Kanban gives you practical tools to bring more agility into your work. You'll learn how to boost predictability, increase transparency, sharpen focus, strengthen feedback loops, and reduce risk, no matter your role or team structure.</p><p>Ideal learners for this course include:</p><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>Scrum and agile practitioners</li><li>Scrum masters and product owners</li><li>Team leads</li><li>Leaders</li><li>Managers</li><li>Project managers</li><li>Product managers</li><li>Agile coaches</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Credentials</strong></p><p>You'll get two essential credentials: the Scrum Kanban Practitioner certificate from Kanban University <strong>and</strong> Scrum Better with Kanban microcredential from Scrum Alliance</p><p><strong>Prerequisites: </strong>None</p><p><strong>What you'll get:</strong></p><ul><li>The skills to analyze what's holding back your scrum team and how to resolve those challenges with relevant kanban techniques.</li><li>Tools to deal with variability that slows down delivery.</li><li>Real solutions rooted in Kanban's principles that you can apply immediately.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>What You Will Leave With</strong></p><ul><li>The skills to analyze what's holding back your scrum team and how to resolve those challenges with relevant kanban techniques.</li><li>Tools to deal with variability that slows down delivery.</li><li>Real solutions rooted in Kanban's principles that you can apply immediately.</li><li>An understanding of when to use Scrum, when to use Kanban, and how to combine Scrum and Kanban.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>This is a live online (virtual) class. After registering, students will receive the Zoom weblink to join the training. We recommend that students download the Zoom web-based application prior to joining class.</p><p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u81512/rich%20lower%20res.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 399px;"></p><p><strong>About the Trainer</strong></p><p>Richard Cheng is an Agile trainer with a deep background in Kanban, Agile, Scrum, and Product Ownership. Richard creates fun, immersive training courses that engage the students creatively and effectively.</p><p>Richard is the founder of Agility Prime Solutions. A graduate of Virginia Tech, Richard has authored several publications on project management, given keynote talks around the world, is a member of Mensa, and holds certifications including Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified LeSS Practitioner, Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC). Richard was a founder and on the executive committee of the Agile Delivery for Agencies, Programs, and Teams (ADAPT), an Agile government task force.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>