About the Kanban Systems Design (KMP I) Course

Kanban Systems Design (KMP I) course lays the foundations of the principles and practices of the Kanban Method.

This course has been designed by Kanban University Aka David J. Anderson, who got the principles of Kanban to IT and it has been re-designed to make it a highly interactive course for online learning.

This course shall be running for 2 days and has a mixture of interactive exercises, instructions, simulation and pragmatic advice that be a key take away that can be practically implemented the very next Monday you are back into office.

Objectives and Agenda

• Learn about Kanban Principles and Practices
• Understand Kanban System
• Learn and use STATIK
• Kanban Board and Ticket (visual) Design
• Metrics and Charts

Expected Outcomes

• You will be able to design your own Kanban System for your organization
• Visualize and identify how to work together with multiple teams
• Design a system and improve your team’s ability to deliver

 Course Content

Definition of Kanban

• Foundational Principles (Change Management and Service Delivery)
• Core Practices
• The Kanban Values
• What is service orientation

Understanding Kanban

• Visualisation – Why should you Visualize?
• Pull-Based Systems – Pull vs. Push systems a comparison
• Commitment in Kanban
• Replenishment and Planning
• Delivery of Products
• Lead and End-to-End Cycle Times
• Little’s Law
• Cumulative Flow Diagrams
• Flow Efficiency
• Metrics in Kanban Systems

Implementing Kanban

• STATIK - Systems Thinking Approach to Implementing Kanban
• Understanding Sources of Variability
• Identifying Opportunities to Improve
• Demand analysis
• Modelling Workflow
• Designing a Kanban System
• Work Item Types
• Discovering and designing classes of service
• Motives for change

Kanban Board Design

• Designing Kanban Ticket
• Designing your own Kanban Board
• Examples of Visual Kanban Boards