“Highly engaging course for a variety of skillsets”
Dom Barnett
Certified Kanban Management Professional – KMP II is a highly interactive course accredited by the Kanban University and teaches advanced principles of the Kanban Method allowing you to take your Kanban implementation to the next level. The KMP II: Kanban Management Professional class focuses on the rollout and daily operation of a Kanban system.
You will consider what type of Kanban initiative is most appropriate for your organization and how to manage and evolve it over time without trauma. Participants will build upon and consolidate what they have learned in Certified Kanban System Design – KMP I class and go deeper into the Kanban practices to sustain evolutionary improvements and organisational feedback loops enabled by the Kanban cadences.
“This course is jam packed full of excellent discussions, exercises and practical examples. An excellent course”
Jason Nickels
“If you are looking to implement Kanban in your organisation this is the perfect course for you”
Sangeetha Balasubramanian
“A very energetic and enthusiastic Kanban practitioner and trainer. Uses experience to help fortify how Kanban can be used in the real world”
Andy Wheeldon
“Exceptional experience and depth of knowledge. Really brought relevant examples to our situation and context”
Hass Jishi
“Engaging, informative and an excellent starter to using Kanban to help achieve better delivery “
Adam Parsons
“Awesome training!! A lot to take away”
Stuti Jindal
“Fun course, lots of games, very informative”
Dom Barnett
“Tom is very engaging and clear, thoroughly enjoyed the training from start to finish”
Claire Barks
“Tom is a very knowledgeable instructor and really helps disambiguate and clarify topics. Our Kanban process is about to get a lot more sophisticated and informative”
Bren Vaughan
“I have spent some years working with Kanban but this course really helped my understanding”
Dale Matthews
“Tom is a great coach who teaches agile in an engaging and interactive way. I would recommend this course to anyone, whether they have agile knowledge or not”
Ellie McCarey
“Thank you Tom, the training was very insightful and engaging. Plus your skill and experience is impressive, you brought real authenticity”
Mark White
“This course has been a real eye opener and I’m now keen to see how many of my work processes can be managed better using the techniques I’ve learned”
Tanya Phillips
“Great course, loved the balance between theory and practical”
Jeff Bannister
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Why choose The Agile Mindset?
Our training has a depth and a power that inspires and changes you. Our trainers are some of the most experienced in the world and have rich insights into the changing world of work and a passion for transforming teams and organisations. They are able to bring your training alive by revealing its true power – helping you unleash your own potential as well as the potential of those you work with.
In addition you benefit from: –
- Delivery of virtual courses that have been designed from the ground up for virtual delivery using best practice tried and tested techniques to provide an engaging and compelling virtual experience
- Reduced class sizes for virtual courses to ensure our attendees have the highest quality learning experience possible
- Shorter training days with regular breaks which are both vitally important when training in a virtual manner enhancing your learning experience and increasing your knowledge retention
- Highly respected and one of the longest serving Kanban Trainers with decades of experience delivering high-quality Kanban training and implementing and coaching Kanban in the real world
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Course Details
- Deepen and enrich your knowledge of The Kanban Method – The most popular Kanban framework
- Become a certified Kanban Management Professional
- Gain the most recognised and in demand Kanban certification from employers and recruiters
- Take your next step towards Certified Kanban Coach and Kanban Coaching Professional
This interactive workshop, accredited by the Kanban University, teaches advanced principles of the Kanban Method. The course will show you deeper Kanban practices to sustain evolutionary improvements and organisational feedback loops enabled by the Kanban cadences.
This workshop is hands-on, using various exercises and simulation alongside instructor-led discussions and presentations.
By the end of this class you will be able to
- Take a pro-active, rational and well-communicated approach to continuous improvement
- Achieve higher levels of both internal and external customer satisfaction, sustainably
- Outline a path to increase organizational maturity, including how to overcome resistance to change
- Implement simple and effective cross-boundary coordination
- Use proven tools and methods to increase capability, remove delays, reduce variability, and manage bottlenecks
- Demonstrate an understanding of evolutionary change and avoid the tendency for pushing disruptive, presumptive solutions
- Effectively scale workflow agility without changing job titles, organization structures, or causing other disruptions
- Use deeper skills and implementations of the 6 general practices of Kanban
- High quality instruction from a highly experienced trainer and coach with many years experience of training Kanban and very importantly implementing Kanban in the real world
- Course materials
- Kanban University KMP II Certification
- Membership of the Kanban University
- KMP status recognition, upon completion of all qualifying classes – See Are there any prerequisites for this course
- A free electronic copy of David Anderson’s “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business” book worth £45
- Membership of our alumni community where you can receive help and support from our coaches and fellow alumni
- Loyalty discount for future courses
- Loyalty discount for personal/life coaching
- 14 Category B Professional Development Units (PDUs) can be claimed for this course
- For in-person public courses refreshments, before and during the course including lunch
You can expect the following topics to be covered during the course:
- Motivation for the Kanban method
- Introduction to the Kanban Maturity Model
- Enterprise-level Kanban case study
- Understanding the Kanban system
- Definition of the Kanban Method
- STATIK
- Service Delivery Kanban
- Scaling Kanban out across an organisation
- Discovery Kanban
- Kanban Roles
- Feedback loops to improve service delivery
- Commitment and replenishment
- Conducting Kanban Meetings
- Delivery Planning
- Conducting a service delivery review
- Conducting an operations review
- Improvement Opportunities
- Fitness for purpose
- Understanding Lead time
- Removing Delays
- Understanding Variability
- The risk review
- Managing bottle necks
- Evolutionary approach to change management
This course is useful for anyone who are already practising Kanban in their work environment and are looking for further improvements for their system(s).
In terms of roles, the course is suitable for:
• Kanban practitioners
• Project and Program managers
• Line and middle managers
• Management from inside and outside of IT
• Process improvement coaches
• Business analysts
Attendees must have completed the Certified Kanban System Design – KMP I class
Attendees are expected to have read the Kanban book by David J Anderson or Kanban from the Inside by Mike Burrows
This course has been accredited by David J Anderson (creator of the Kanban method) and Kanban University (KU). Each attendee will receive a certificate.
This course, following completion of the Kanban System Design – KMP I class, satisfies the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) designation requirement. Attendees will receive the following recognition:
- Digital KMP status certificate attached to Kanban University website profile
- KMP badge on the Kanban University website
- KMP badge file for use in professional websites, business cards and other locations
- Eligibility for special invitations, discounts, and content only available to Kanban Univeristy members
Please note: Attendees who complete both KMP1 & KMP2 classes are eligible for the Kanban Management Professional designation. Students who do not complete the official KMP1 training through the KU, will not receive this. Please ask if you are not sure.