Team Kanban Practitioner

<p><em style="font-size: 1.5em;">"My team is overwhelmed. How can we use Kanban to help us get our work under control?"</em></p><p>The Team Kanban Practitioner class teaches the basics of the Kanban Method and serves as the entry level and starting point to an “alternative path to agility.” During this 1-day class, each attendee will:</p><ul style="list-style-type: square;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">Gain literacy to be able to read team kanban boards and identify key design elements</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">Learn the basics of visualizing different types of work and associated risks</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">Understand how to proceed to the next level with Kanban</li></ul><h2>Who should attend?</h2><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Team members in professional services roles whose employer wishes to explore and pursue an alternative path to agility. Those who feel overburdened and wish to find some respite to enable them to "get things done" with quality, improved speed, and predictability. Managers and team members who need help focusing on what to work on now, what to leave until later and what to discard altogether. Those who want relief from overburdening so that they can take pride of workmanship and do good quality work in an effective manner.</span></p><h3>Class Curriculum</h3><p>This 1-day class is divided into 4 modules of approximately 90 minutes each.</p><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>Introduction and Survey</li><li>Using Kanban to address overburdening</li><li>Principles &amp; Practices of the Kanban Method</li><li>Meanings of Kanban</li><li>Basic Kanban concepts&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Overview of Kanban Cadences</strong><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>Daily standup meeting</li><li>Replenishment meeting</li></ul></li><li>Lean Kanban interactive simulation</li><li>Board designs (including Personal Kanban)</li><li>WIP limits</li><li>Batching and Flow</li><li>Types of Risk</li><li>Kanban board design exercise</li><li>Preview of what's next...</li><li>Service delivery workflow Kanban</li><li>Proto-Kanban versus full Kanban System</li><li>Benefits of extending Kanban up/down workflow</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><h3><span style="font-size: 18px;">Learning Outcomes</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Attendees should become familiar with the Kanban Method. They should be able to design and implement a basic Kanban board. They should be able to understand work item types and the risks associated with specific work items. They should be familiar with a variety of different Team Kanban board designs and styles and know how to choose a design that is best suited for their context. They should be aware of the training roadmap and the value and benefits to be derived at each step on the "alternative path to agility."</span></p><p style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px !important; line-height: 25px !important; outline: 0px !important; font-size: 15px !important; padding: 0px !important; opacity: 0.9 !important;"><strong style="outline: 0px !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size:18px;" style="font-size: 18px; outline: 0px !important;">Prerequisites / required knowledge</span></strong><br style="outline: 0px !important;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">None.</span></p><h3 style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; outline: 0px !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size:18px;" style="font-size: 18px; outline: 0px !important;">Format and duration</span></h3><p style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; outline: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The course is a mix of presentation, simulation and exercises.The class curriculum is based on the work of David J. Anderson, pioneer of the Kanban Method, and author of the definitive book, Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; outline: 0px !important;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong style="outline: 0px !important;">Participants receive:</strong></span></p><ul style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; outline: 0px !important;"><li style="font-size: 12px; outline: 0px !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size:14px;" style="font-size: 14px; outline: 0px !important;">A digital copy of the book Kanban by David J. Anderson</span></li><li style="font-size: 12px; outline: 0px !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size:14px;" style="font-size: 14px; outline: 0px !important;">Certificate of Completion of Kanban University Certified Kanban Training, digital format</span></li><li style="font-size: 12px; outline: 0px !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size:14px;" style="font-size: 14px; outline: 0px !important;">Membership in Kanban University and a listing in the Kanban University Alumni Directory</span></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px !important; line-height: 25px !important; outline: 0px !important; font-size: 15px !important; padding: 0px !important; opacity: 0.9 !important;">&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px !important; line-height: 25px !important; outline: 0px !important; font-size: 15px !important; padding: 0px !important; opacity: 0.9 !important;"><em style="outline: 0px !important;"><strong style="outline: 0px !important;">Please note that there is a class limit of 24 students. Also note that in order to make the course economically viable we need a minimum of 8 students, otherwise the class may be rescheduled.</strong></em></p><h3 style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 22px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 20px !important; padding: 0px !important; outline: 0px !important;">Course Information Flyer</h3><p style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px !important; line-height: 25px !important; outline: 0px !important; font-size: 15px !important; padding: 0px !important; opacity: 0.9 !important;"><a href="http://leankanban.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LKU-AltPath-trifoldbrochure-USLetter.25inchfullbleed-FINAL-PRINT.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(1, 159, 187); outline: 0px !important;" target="_blank">http://leankanban.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LKU-AltPath-trifoldbrochure-USLetter.25inchfullbleed-FINAL-PRINT.pdf</a></p><div>&nbsp;</div>