Project and Product Management with Kanban

<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Plan, manage, and forecast with confidence!</h3><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Do you&nbsp;<span style="padding-top: 0px;">and want to apply concepts from Kanban, Lean and flow thinking to your work of managing across teams, projects, products?&nbsp;</span>This class will equip you with modern concepts and techniques to manage your initiatives.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">We will gladly welcome you to the beautiful 4-star hotel "<a href="http://www.toepferhaus.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: rgb(2, 120, 184); padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Seeotel Töpferhaus">Seehotel Töpferhaus</a>", located directly at a quiet lake, just one hour north of Hamburg. We hope this inspiring nature will help you focus on the interesting topics presented and allow you to take the most away from this 2-day class.</p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(40, 44, 53); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="padding-top: 0px;">Learning objectives</span></h3><ul style="padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 2em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Learn when to start and when to deliver selected ideas, product features, or service requests with a probabilistic approach.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">See and mitigate the risks that could impact schedule and budget.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">You have more capacity than you think! Learn how to shape demand to deliver more work without adding more workers. Learn techniques to stay in control even when demand shifts. Apply visual risk profiles and options thinking to select and manage the right work.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Plan and forecast project delivery where some or all of the professional services within the project are being managed using Kanban. Get pragmatic guidance and become a data-driven organization.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Apply flow thinking at project / portfolio level</li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Our objective is that you take away pragmatic, actionable guidance that you can apply to your managerial work the day you get back to your office!</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">This course is based on materials from the official Lean Kanban University curriculum, Enterprise Services Planning (ESP) class.</p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(40, 44, 53); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Target audience</h3><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="padding-top: 0px;">This class is targeted at IT and Non-IT people in managing functions involving multiple initiatives, projects or teams requiring scheduling and forecasting. Typical roles we expect in the training would be for instance Program Managers, Team or Department Leads,&nbsp;<span style="padding-top: 0px;">Project Managers, Product Managers,&nbsp;</span>Development Leads, or Consultants.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="padding-top: 0px;">Knowledge of Kanban is a plus but not a required prerequisite for attending.</span></p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(40, 44, 53); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Topics covered</h3><ul style="padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 2em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Introduction to Cost of Delay and Urgency</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Applying Cost of Delay and Urgency for selection and prioritizing using Classes of Service</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Risk Dimensions: How to identify and visualize risk dimensions</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Applying Risk Dimension to determine sequencing</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Develop custom Risk Profiles</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Organizational Boundaries and Commitment Points</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Shaping Demand</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Capacity Planning</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Hedging risk / capacity allocation with extensive exercises</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Portfolio Kanban, and how to visualize risk at portfolio level</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Introduction to Lean Forecasting and the underlying mathematical principles</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Lean Forecasting Exercise</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Large Project Forecasting</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Recognizing and dealing with squeezes</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Introduction to liquidity</li></ul><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(40, 44, 53); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Format of the course</h3><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">In the class, concepts and techniques will be presented, and are applied immediately in the form of exercises. Around one third of the time will be spent in group work and exercises. These include calculations. Bring your laptop!<br style="padding-top: 0px;">The class will be held by two experienced Kanban coaches and trainers and will offer many opportunities for sharing and collaborating with fellow students. Exercises and group work will be done in small groups.<br>The class is limited to 15 attendees.</p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(40, 44, 53); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Location and structure of the class</h3><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">You will arrive Sunday night, so that we can start into the class with a relaxed joint breakfast on Monday morning, followed by a first session until noon. You can then enjoy an extended lunch break, get some fresh air, and enjoy the beautiful nature, alone or with your fellow students. In the afternoon we’ll have another session. We will close the first day with a night session with finger food dinner which should give us plenty of time to play around with data and simulations.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">We’ll start into the second day with breakfast and we’ll have a morning session, followed by a lunch break and the closing afternoon session until 4 PM that day, which should allow you to get home comfortably.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Please plan your travel accordingly. You can check in any time on Sunday after 3PM. Do not plan on leaving earlier than 4PM.</p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(40, 44, 53); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">How to get there</h3><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">You can get to the Töpferhaus via train, car, or plane. It is close to the Autobahn A7, north of Hamburg. You can also take the train to Rendsburg, from there it is only a 15min taxi ride. If you need to fly in, Hamburg, Kiel or Lübeck are closest.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(102, 106, 115); font-family: &quot;Benton Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">We're happy to assist you with your travel planning!</p>