Kanban Management Professional

<p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;"><strong>Get the brand new Kanban Management Professional (KMP) certification from Lean Kanban University (LKU). This is the&nbsp;<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;">first time this certification is offered in the UK.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;">Actineo Consulting is running a KMP1 &amp; a&nbsp;KMP2 course&nbsp;on two consecutive weekends. Be one of the first people in the UK to claim your Kanban Management Professional (KMP) certification.</strong></strong></span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;"><strong>You must have completed the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://kmp1-28-nov.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Kanban Systems Design (KMP1) course</span></a></span>&nbsp;(28/29 Nov) before doing this course. If you don't have your KMP1 component, LKU will not be able to confirm your certification.</strong></span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Why attend a Kanban course?</strong></span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are examples of what previous attendees of our courses said:</span></p><blockquote style="widows: 1;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Fantastic course for anyone looking to understand how Kanban works in practice. There is ample time provided for discussion and clarification of understanding. I found both trainers to be engaging and very well informed."<br><em>Head of Project Management</em>&nbsp;</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="widows: 1;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Excellent course delivered by very experienced trainers. The course had a significant practical content and plenty of discussion time - this really helped me to understand the finer points of Kanban."<br><em>Agile Coach</em>&nbsp;</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="widows: 1;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"An excellent course, which gave a practical insight into applying Kanban to our Scrum development process. The trainers were excellent throughout and were extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Recommended."<br><em>Team Lead &amp; Scrum Master</em>&nbsp;</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="widows: 1;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"A great hands-on course that gives you the tools you need to introduce Kanban. The emphasis is on practical examples with collaborative and fun sessions."<br><em>Principal Software Craftsman</em></span></p></blockquote><p style="widows: 1;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Overview</span></strong></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This 2-day hands-on course follows the official Lean Kanban University (LKU) training materials produced by David J Anderson, Mike Burrows and other leading Lean </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Kanban experts.</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the course, you will be involved in regular hands-on exercises and discussions that will <span>focus on the rollout and daily operation of a Kanban system. &nbsp;You will consider what type of Kanban initiative is most appropriate for your organisation and how to manage and evolve it over time without trauma.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>You will learn how to improve agility with asymmetrical commitment and cadences.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="widows: 1;">&nbsp;</p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="font-size: medium;">Course Contents</strong></span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The course follows the official LKU Certified Team Kanban Practitioner syllabus. During the course you will have ample opportunities to discuss and experience the following topics:</span></p><ul style="widows: 1;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Building an Information Flow: the 7 Cadences</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Dealing with resistance to WIP limits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Understand asymmetrical commitment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Rollout phases for a <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.6px;">Kanban</span>&nbsp;initiative</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Developing a service orientation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Kanban Values: a different approach to introducing&nbsp;<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.6px;">Kanban</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Scrumban case study</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Managing evolutionary change</span></li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div><p><strong style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Pre-requisites</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Attendees are encouraged to have read the following Kanban book</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Kanban by David J Anderson, or&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Kanban from the Inside by Mike Burrows.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Prior attendance at one of the following courses:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">KMP Foundations I: Kanban System Design (KMP1)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Lean Kanban University Foundations-level class such as Getting Started with Kanban</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Certified Kanban Practitioner</span></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Participants</strong></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This course is designed for any professional who is part of a product development or knowledge work environment and who is interested in discovering how Kanban can help improve working environments. Kanban works across multiple functions of an organisation, from senior members of staff looking to adopt Lean Management to members of delivery teams willing to improve their working practices.</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Previous attendees to our classes have been in roles such as:</span></p><ul style="widows: 1;"><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Senior Management Positions (CxO)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Programme and Project Managers</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Product Managers, Product Owners and Business Analysts</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Scrum Team Members</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Scrum Masters, Team Leads and Change Agents</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Product &amp; Software Developers &amp; Testers</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Agile Coaches &amp; Practitioners (Scrum, XP, DSDM, AgilePM, etc.)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals</span></li></ul><p style="widows: 1;">&nbsp;</p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Experienced Trainer: Jose Casal</span></strong></span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jose Casal is a business improvement professional and coach. Starting out as a software developer, Jose quickly realised that he loved helping others succeed using agile.</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">He is intensely passionate about modern management methodologies focusing primarily on Lean Kanban, agile and strengths-based leadership. Jose is both a trainer and a student, striving to learn continuously and to help introduce or support the use of agile principles in companies. He has worked with large private and public sector organisations such as The Scottish Government, Credit Suisse, Capita, Student Loans Company, NHS Choices, University of Kent and P&amp;O Ferries.</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jose is the Founder and Chair of the BCS Agile Methods Specialist Group and the lead creator of the BCS Agile Foundation Certificate (contributing the official syllabus, exam questions and training materials). He is also the chair of the London Lean Kanban Day (LLKD) and Playcamp UK conferences.</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As an experienced Agile Coach and Trainer, Jose has a few certifications under his belt. Here are just a few of them:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.leankanbanuniversity.com/users/jose-casal">Accredited Kanban Trainer</a>&nbsp;(AKT), certified APMG AgilePM Trainer, Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), DSDM Advanced Practitioner, BCS Agile Trainer and Innovation Games Collaboration Architect.</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="widows: 1;">&nbsp;</p><p style="widows: 1;"><strong style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.6em;">LKU Certification &amp;&nbsp;<strong style="line-height: 20.8px;">Professional Development</strong></strong></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Participants will receive the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) certificate from Lean Kanban University (LKU) as well as membership of LKU.</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The course materials will be available in printed form.</span></p><p style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;">This training provides 16 Professional Development Units (PDU). If you are interested in becoming a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) by the Scrum Alliance, this course can be used to claim 16 Scrum Education Units (SEU).</span></span></p>