Certified Kanban System Design (KMP I)

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Do you need a more flexible and responsive way to manage your team’s work? Or perhaps your team is transitioning to or already using Agile but moving too quickly for an average Agile sprint. Lean Kanban concepts are a pragmatic and actionable way for teams to visualize and manage their delivery flow in real time.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(53, 53, 62); font-size: 1.33em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Our Unique Approach</span></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Excella’s Kanban System Design (KMP I) is a highly interactive two-day class accredited by&nbsp;<a href="http://edu.leankanban.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(70, 148, 175);" target="_blank">Lean Kanban University</a>. It provides a detailed look at using Kanban to deliver faster and drive continuous improvement. Students will become familiar with the fundamentals of Kanban by participating in an engaging and collaborative board game in which teams will compete to maximize value by optimizing workflow. The class, which also includes elements of lecture and classroom discussion, will challenge students to develop and refine their own Kanban to drive decisions and improve performance in their work.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(53, 53, 62); font-size: 1.33em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Who Should Attend</span></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This class is great for anyone who wants to learn new techniques for visualizing and managing their workflow to deliver value. This includes but is not limited to teams with operationalized work such as helpdesk, networking, security, infrastructure, database, operation and maintenance teams.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(53, 53, 62); font-size: 1.33em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">What You’ll Get</span></h4><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 28px; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px;">A digital copy of the book&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business&nbsp;</em>by David Anderson</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px;">Lean Kanban University (LKU) certificate of completion of Kanban Systems Design 1</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px;">Membership in LKU as well as a listing in the LKU Alumni Directory</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px;">Training manuals and supplies</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px;">Catered, hot breakfast and lunch, and afternoon snacks on both days</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px;">Validated parking available at three nearby garages</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Additionally, students can claim 14 Project Management Institute (PMI)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.25px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">®</span>&nbsp;Professional Development Units (PDUs) which can be applied to Project Management Professional (PMP)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.25px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">®</span>&nbsp;and PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.25px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">®</span>certifications. PMI, PMP, and PMI-ACP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(53, 53, 62); font-size: 1.33em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">What You’ll Learn</span></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Day 1 – Kanban in Action</span></p><ul class="course-outline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 28px; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important; background: rgb(246, 245, 243) !important;">Key elements of a Kanban system: commitment points, work item types, classes of service, policies, cadences</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important;">Kanban system mechanics: pull, replenishment, delivery</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important; background: rgb(246, 245, 243) !important;">Key Kanban system indicators: lead time, cumulative-flow diagram</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Day 2 – STATIK: The Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban</span></p><ul class="course-outline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 28px; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important; background: rgb(246, 245, 243) !important;">Kanban case study</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important;">Creating context for change</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important; background: rgb(246, 245, 243) !important;">Demand analysis</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important;">Workflow visualization</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important; background: rgb(246, 245, 243) !important;">Discovering and designing classes of service</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important;">Replenishment and delivery cadence</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 25px !important; background: rgb(246, 245, 243) !important;">Kanban system visualization</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(53, 53, 62); font-size: 1.33em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">About Your Trainers</span></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Mark Grove</span>&nbsp;is an Agile Coach, Management Consultant, and an ICAgile and Lean Kanban University Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) with over 20 years in the IT profession. He coaches individuals and teams to continuously deliver value to the customer by embracing an Agile mindset while maximizing business performance and team potential. He provides coaching and facilitation expertise on a variety of Agile topics as well as creates and delivers training on a broad range of Agile subjects. Mark holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems and multiple Agile certifications from various certifying organizations.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(53, 53, 62); font-size: 1.33em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Class Logistics</span></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The class will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Arlington Tech eXchange (ATX) located at 2300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 610, Arlington, Virginia, just two blocks from the Court House metro station on the Orange and Silver lines. Validated parking is available.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">The registration cost for this two-day course is inclusive of all taxes and certification fees. Payment can be made online via credit card or you may request that Excella invoice you if you have an existing billing arrangement with Excella.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(53, 53, 62); font-size: 1.33em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Cancellation Policy</span></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgb(34, 34, 31); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Students submitting cancellation requests 10 business days or more prior to the start of the course are entitled to a full refund. Students submitting cancellation requests less than 10 business days prior to the start of the course will be issued a credit toward a future Excella training course. The credit will be equal to the amount paid for the initial course less any applicable fees. Should the organizer cancel the course for any reason, each registered student will be refunded 100% of the registration cost they&nbsp;paid.</p>