Kanban System Design

<h2>Course content and objectives</h2><p><span style="font-size: 12px;">Participants will learn how to design a Kanban system and initiate change with Kanban. They will learn the basic<br>concepts of flow, pull, and collaborative improvement. At the end of the training, participants will understand:</span></p><ul style="padding-left: 15px; list-style-type: none;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">How to identify and address bottlenecks</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">How to work with shifting priorities</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">How to deal with interrupt work and multi-tasking</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">How to deal with important but not time-critical work</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">How to avoid having work pile up in one place (or time) while there is a lack of work in another place</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">How to create flow in the work, the information to perform the work, and the teams that do the work</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">The content of this course covers the following topics, presented in the form of interactive exercises organized in small groups, plus games, classroom teaching and discussion.</span></span></span></p><ul style="padding-left: 15px; list-style-type: none;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Controlling Work in Progress (from push to pull)</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Visualizing work (designing the card wall)</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Measuring and managing flow (control charts, flow diagrams)</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Making policies explicit (classes of service)</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Managing change and collaborative improvement</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">The class curriculum is based on the work of David J. Anderson, pioneer of the Kanban Method, and author of the definitive book,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em><strong>Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business</strong></em></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;">.</span></div>