Applying Professional Kanban Course taught by Agile-ity Inc.
In Applying Professional Kanban, you will learn the basic principles of flow and how to use them to make your team process more efficient, predictable, and effective. With an emphasis on the practical application of concepts, this course includes many hands-on exercises that will lead you through setting up and operating a Kanban system for continuous value delivery and improvement.
Course Description
Kanban is fast becoming the modern way to manage an organization’s delivery of customer value. In today’s always-on environment, you need a clear set of practices that don’t get in the way of your ability to continuously deliver but that provides enough structure to keep everyone aligned and focused. This two-day course will give you an in-depth introduction to improving your team’s effectiveness by applying Kanban flow principles.
Target Audience
Who should attend? The APK course is for anyone who wants to improve their ability to deliver value and be more effective. Typical attendee roles include business analysts, team members, team leads, agile coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, project managers, and product managers.
Course Outline
Topics
- Kanban theory, strategy, and practices
- Applying Kanban practices
- Workflow design and visualization
- How to improve a Kanban system
- How to get started
Learning Outcomes
After attending the course, learners will be able to:
- Explain the basic principles of flow
- Describe the value of WiP limits
- Create a visual board to manage your work
- Capture and interpret key flow metrics and analytics to find improvement opportunities
- Explain why flow should be focused on value delivery
- Define, build, operate and continuously
- improve a Kanban system
Following the course, Students:
Validated Learning
- After taking the course, you will have an opportunity to validate that you understand core Kanban topics.
- We will invite you to take an online assessment that evaluates your understanding
- Upon completion of the assessment, you will receive feedback that guides areas to improve.
Outcome
In this class, you will learn the basic principles of flow and how to use them to make your team process more efficient, predictable, and effective. With an emphasis on the practical application of concepts, this course includes many hands-on exercises that will lead you through setting up and operating a Kanban system for continuous value delivery and improvement.
Assessment and Certification
The Professional Kanban Level I (PK I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their depth of knowledge of Kanban and its application. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PK I Certification to demonstrate their fundamental level of Kanban practitioner knowledge.
Assessment Profile
Number of Questions – 80
Time Limit – 60 minutes
Passing Score – 85%
