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.
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 the steps of setting up and operating a Kanban system for continuous value delivery and improvement.
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
Who Should Attend
The Applied Professional Kanban 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.
Topics
- Kanban theory, strategy, and practices
- Applying Kanban practices
- Workflow design and visualization
- How to improve a Kanban system
- How to get started
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 and provides you with guidance on areas to improve.
Course Brochure
A great way to socialize this course with your peers, co-workers, and managers when exploring different opportunities for professional development and training. A concise overview on the course objectives, topics, and our validated learning approach – this brochure can easily help you explain the return on investment and positive impact that having an APK course under your belt will bring to both you and your organization! Click HERE to download.
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban – Extended Edition (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by James Farley. A typical APK course includes 14 hours of instructed time. This extended edition offers almost twice that, spread over the course of almost 2 months, offering a support and cementing learning over a much longer period of time. Rather than 2 or 3 consecutive days, there will be one-day each week, over a three week period. Additionally, following this there will be a (optional) 4th day 1 month after the course ends; offering an ideal opportunity to work through challenges/questions, and successes encountered when applying Kanban.
The session dates are as follows: December 8, 15, 22 and January 26.
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The session dates are as follows: December 8, 15, 22 and January 26.
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13:30 pm – 19:30 pm GMTLive Virtual
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by Jim Sparks. This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each, over 3 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 1:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by a Kimberley Forde. This course is delivered in 5 sessions of 2 hours each, over 5 consecutive days from December 11th – 15th.
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by David Sabine. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each over 2 consecutive days.
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9:30 am – 4:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban (Includes an optional Train the Trainer Session)This is a live virtual course led by Nagesh Sharma. The APK course material will be delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each over 2 consecutive days.
OPTIONAL – Following this course, there will be a one day session on December 18th that will be made available to course participants who are also interested in becoming officially licensed ProKanban Trainers. Registration for December 18th “Train the Trainer” session will be communicated separately to interested parties.
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OPTIONAL – Following this course, there will be a one day session on December 18th that will be made available to course participants who are also interested in becoming officially licensed ProKanban Trainers. Registration for December 18th “Train the Trainer” session will be communicated separately to interested parties.
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11:00 am – 6:00 pm CESTLive Virtual
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by John Gillespie. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each, over 2 consecutive days.
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9:00 am – 5:00 pm ESTLive Virtual
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by John Coleman & Christian Neverdal This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each over 3 consecutive days.
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2:00 pm – 7:00 pm BSTLive Virtual
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December2023
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by Jim Sparks. This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each, over 3 consecutive days. This course is a special West Coast Edition!
This special edition is offered later than usual. It has a start time of 8:30 am PST/11:30 am EST. This special edition is offered with our West Coast friends in mind. I understand that starting your day of training before the sun’s up is no fun.
This does not mean it is exclusively for West Coasters. Anyone is welcome to join! It is great for those of you who want a couple of extra cups of coffee before starting. Or even those dedicated to attending your daily meetings first thing and then joining us for some Kanban learning fun.
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This special edition is offered later than usual. It has a start time of 8:30 am PST/11:30 am EST. This special edition is offered with our West Coast friends in mind. I understand that starting your day of training before the sun’s up is no fun.
This does not mean it is exclusively for West Coasters. Anyone is welcome to join! It is great for those of you who want a couple of extra cups of coffee before starting. Or even those dedicated to attending your daily meetings first thing and then joining us for some Kanban learning fun.
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11:30 am – 4:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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January2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by Jim Sparks. This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each, over 3 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 1:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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January2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by David Sabine. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each over 2 consecutive days.
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9:30 am – 4:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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January2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!) (en Français)This is a live virtual course led by Olivier Jomphe. This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 4 hours each over 3 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 12:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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January2024
Applying Professional Kanban (auf Deutsch) (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Felix Rink This course is delivered over 2 sessions of 8 hours each over 2 consecutive days.
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9:00 am – 5:00 pm UTC +2Live Virtual
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January2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by John Coleman & Christian Neverdal This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each over 3 consecutive days.
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8:00 am – 1:00 pm BSTLive Virtual
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January2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by John Gillespie. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 8 hours each over 2 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 4:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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January2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Andrea Pratt-Smith. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each over a weekend.
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8:00 am – 3:00 pm ESTLive Virtual
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February2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by Jim Sparks. This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each, over 3 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 1:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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February2024
Applying Professional Kanban (auf Deutsch) (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Felix Rink This course is delivered over 2 sessions of 8 hours each over 2 consecutive days.
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9:00 am – 5:00 pm UTC +2Live Virtual
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February2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by John Coleman & Christian Neverdal This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each over 3 consecutive days.
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8:00 am – 1:00 pm BSTLive Virtual
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February2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Kimberley Forde. This course is delivered in 4 sessions of 2 hours each over 4 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 10:30 am ESTLive Virtual
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March2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Betsy Irizarry. This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 4.5 hours each over 3 consecutive days.
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12:30 pm – 5:00 pm ESTLive Virtual
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March2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Kimberley Forde. This course is delivered in 4 sessions of 2 hours each over 4 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 10:30 am ESTLive Virtual
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March2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by Jim Sparks. This course is delivered in 3 sessions of 5 hours each, over 3 consecutive days.
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8:30 am – 1:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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April2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course delivered by Matt Dominici. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7.5 hours each, over 2 consecutive days.
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9:30 am – 5:30 pm ESTLive Virtual
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April2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Andrea Pratt-Smith. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each over a weekend.
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8:00 am – 3:00 pm ESTLive Virtual
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July2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Andrea Pratt-Smith. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each over a weekend.
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8:00 am – 3:00 pm ESTLive Virtual
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October2024
Applying Professional Kanban (Guaranteed to Run!)This is a live virtual course led by Andrea Pratt-Smith. This course is delivered in 2 sessions of 7 hours each over a weekend.
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