Agile Project Management with Kanban Training Course

The Kanban Management Professional 1 (KMP1) is an intensive, two-day programme designed to blend instruction, collaborative discussions, and an immersive simulation. This approach demonstrates how the Kanban Method empowers individuals, teams, and entire organizations to effectively manage and enhance the delivery of products and services to their customers.

The Kanban Method offers practical, evidence-based guidance that drives successful evolutionary change. It begins by acknowledging your current practices and promotes gradual improvement while respecting existing roles, responsibilities, and job titles. By encouraging leadership at every level, it enables organizations to refine business processes incrementally, utilize relevant metrics to track progress, and significantly lower the risks typically associated with complex change initiatives.

Upon completing this course, you will gain a solid understanding of Kanban principles and general practices, along with the skills needed to confidently apply Kanban within your own organization.

What Will You Learn?
- Identify internal and external sources of dissatisfaction
- Analyse demand vs capability
- Model the knowledge discovery process
- Design kanban systems and their visualisations
- Identify and prioritise improvements
- Choose cadences for activities
- Identify classes of service

Who Is This Course For?
This course is ideal for anyone involved in product development or knowledge work, including:
Programme and delivery managers
Product and project managers
Product developers, software developers and testers
People working in operations or support
Business analysts
High-level management
Anyone interested in implementing Agile in their organisation

JIRA is a Java-based web application designed to provide project and issue tracking to enhance the agility of software development.

In this instructor-led live training, participants will learn how to leverage Jira to implement a Kanban-based Agile approach within their organization.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the principles behind Agile and Kanban
• Utilize Jira to create and manage a Kanban project
• Customize Jira to align with their organization's specific needs
• Conduct basic and advanced searches and analyses
• Generate and review reports

Audience

• Product managers
• Software developers
• Test engineers
• Business analysts

Format of the Course

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

Note

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange it.

Kanban is a method for managing workflows.

This live, instructor-led training (available online or on-site) is designed for participants at both beginner and advanced levels. The knowledge and tools shared can be directly applied to your daily work to optimize workflow efficiency.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Increase the number of work items completed within a given time frame.
• Reduce the time needed to complete work items.
• Improve work predictability (providing better answers to 'When will it be done?').
• Manage flow metrics (throughput, lead time, work in progress, and work item age).
• Use flow charts (Cumulative Flow Diagram, Lead Time Histogram, and Work Aging Chart).
• Apply statistical forecasting methods, such as Monte Carlo simulations and Service Level Objectives.
• Design a Kanban System using a methodological approach (STATIK).
• Understand Little's Law, which describes the nature of value flow.

This two-day program is designed to assist teams within an Agile Release Train (ART) in operating effectively in an Agile setting by utilizing frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and XP. Participants will learn how to function as Agile Teams, create and manage their backlogs, and successfully plan and execute iterations. The course also emphasizes understanding the team’s role within the ART and how to collaborate, plan, execute, and continuously improve alongside other teams.

The training prepares teams to participate in a Program Increment (PI), covering both Team-level and Program-level events, with a particular focus on upcoming PI planning sessions. Completion of the course also prepares participants for the certification exam to become a SAFe® Practitioner (SP).

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply SAFe principles to scale Lean and Agile practices across the organization.
• Understand their team’s role within the Agile Release Train and how it contributes to overall objectives.
• Recognize other teams within the train, including their roles and interdependencies.
• Plan and execute iterations effectively.
• Demonstrate delivered value and continuously improve processes.
• Participate in and contribute to Program Increment planning.
• Collaborate and integrate work with other teams within the Agile Release Train.