Kanban methods have increased in popularity. Going beyond the manufacturing origins, more and more teams in information technology are adopting the practices. Kanban methods go beyond the visual aspects of the Kanban board. In addition to visualizing the work in progress, Kanban provides techniques to manage the flow of work and continuously improve on that flow. You learn how to focus on the work that is needed and reduce the time spent on the wrong work. Other advantages include flexibility of process, increased productivity, and improved efficiency. The concepts are easy to understand yet difficult to master.
The Applied Enterprise Kanban course provides guidance on Kanban implementation and bootstrapping a Kanban system in your own organization. You will learn how Kanban is a cultural change initiative and what that shift means, how Kanban can be applied to your software development workflow, and how it differs from other development methods.
In this class you will learn how to
- Kanban origins, evolution, and benefits
- Kanban concepts, principles, and terminology
- Visualization of Work
- Limiting Work-In-Process
- Analyzing the Flow of Work
- Optimizing your Kanban system
- Continuous improvement culture
- Common misunderstandings and pitfalls of Kanban
- Experiments and analysis to improve team performance
- Kanban Metrics and Management Reporting
Audience
This is an immersion course and the intent is to engage in the practices every team will employ, this course is recommended for all team members responsible for delivering outstanding software. That includes, but is not limited to, the following roles:
- Business Analyst
- Technical Analyst
- Project Manager
- Software Engineer/Programmer
- Development Manager
- Product Manager
- Product Analyst
- Tester
- QA Engineer
- Documentation Specialist
This Kanban training Workshop is a perfect place for cross-functional teams to familiarize themselves with Kanban and learn the basics of how to function as an Agile team. It's also a wonderful springboard for team building & learning. We invite you to bring your team and a team project to work on in class.
Course Outline
- Part 1: Welcome and Introductions
- Part 2: The Case for Change
- Part 3: Kanban Overview and Concepts
- Part 4: Implementing Kanban
- Part 5: Metrics and Reporting
- Part 6: Scaling Kanban
- Part 7: Improvements
- Part 8: Kanban Change Initiative
- Part 9: Summary
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
School Notes:
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free dietary restrictions can be accommodated. When you purchase your tickets, please reach out to CourseHorse for any food allergies or restrictions.
