“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
This highly interactive Team Kanban Practitioner course teaches the basics of the Kanban Method and serves as the entry-level starting point to an “alternative path to agility”.
In this online or in-person one-day interactive course, you will learn what the Kanban Method is, the principles and practices of the Method, and how you can build your Kanban proficiency. You will learn the basics of visualising different types of work, and associated risks, and how to design and implement a Team Kanban board.
This course offers a combination of interactive exercises, practical real-life examples, and lively discussion, making this a challenging, engaging, and enjoyable way to develop your understanding of Kanban. You will also experience a fully immersive Kanban simulation.
Click here to schedule a 15 minute call with trainer Tom Reynolds before the course. Iron out any questions or concerns you might have about the training, ensuring you’re fully prepared and confident to participate.
Certified Team Kanban Practitioner – TKP Course Availability
Payment can be made securely via Debit/Credit card, Bank Transfer/Invoice, PayPal including installments, and Klarna (Select Debit/Credit Card at checkout).
The training runs from 0900-1715 UK time.
Price is £500 plus VAT. Please note that if you are booking from outside of the UK, VAT is not applicable; please contact us to arrange your non-VAT booking.
This training course is also offered as a private course to teams and organisations and can be run on-site in person or in a live on-line setting.
“If you are looking to implement Kanban in your organisation this is the perfect course for you”
Sangeetha Balasubramanian
“This course is jam packed full of excellent discussions, exercises and practical examples. An excellent course”
Jason Nickels
“Awesome training!! A lot to take away”
Stuti Jindal
“Tom is very engaging and clear, thoroughly enjoyed the training from start to finish”
Claire Barks
“Highly engaging course for a variety of skillsets”
Dom Barnett
“Exceptional experience and depth of knowledge. Really brought relevant examples to our situation and context”
Hass Jishi
“I have spent some years working with Kanban but this course really helped my understanding”
Dale Matthews
“Thank you Tom, the training was very insightful and engaging. Plus your skill and experience is impressive, you brought real authenticity”
Mark White
“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
“Fun course, lots of games, very informative”
Dom Barnett
“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
“Engaging, informative and an excellent starter to using Kanban to help achieve better delivery “
Adam Parsons
“With the course led by Tom Reynolds, a trainer with over 30 years of IT experience and an energetic and empathetic coaching style, I came away with a step-by-step methodology for designing a Kanban system that actually fits our specific organisational context.”
Jacquelene Wolmarans
“Great course, loved the balance between theory and practical”
Jeff Bannister
“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
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
- Maximum class size of 12 delegates for virtual courses to ensure our attendees have the highest quality learning experience possible
- Shorter training days which are vitally important when training in a virtual manner that enhance your learning experience and increase 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
Certified Team Kanban Practitioner Course Details
You’ll come away with a solid understanding of Kanban. You won’t
just know how to use it, you’ll understand how and why it works–
and how to apply it within your team.
You’ll be able to:
- Explain what Kanban is to key stakeholders
- Explain why and how Kanban works
- Answer questions and support the team in day-to-day
operations - Help the teams identify and resolve hindrances to flow
- Take measurements and create meaningful metrics
- Evolve process and practice according to team needs; in a
meaningful way - Implement Kanban in real-world circumstances
- Define and use the full range of techniques
- Deliver a successful Kanban project
- Connect with the Kanban community for the sharing of
practical experiences
- High-quality instruction from Tom Reynolds a highly
experienced trainer who has over 30 years experience in
software development and many years experience of training
Kanban and very importantly implementing Kanban in the real
world - Course materials and for virtual courses access to our online
learning platform and Mural boards post course - Kanban University Certified Team Kanban Practitioner credential
- Membership of the Kanban University
- Free access to “TAMAI” – our purpose-built AI learning companion for reflecting on agile, Scrum, and Kanban. It supports sense-making, concept clarity, and thinking through practical scenarios, helping you deepen your understanding and continue your learning.
- Free access to the “TAM” Team Probabilistic Forecasting App to help you plan more realistically with your teams and have better stakeholder conversations.
- A free electronic copy of David Anderson’s “Kanban: Successful
Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business” book
worth £45 - 8 Ways of Working Professional Development Units (PDUs) can
be claimed for this course with the Project Management
Institute - 8 Scrum Education Units (SEU’s) can be claimed for this course
with the Scrum Alliance
- Kanban Introduction
- What is Kanban
- Principles of the Kanban Method
- Kanban Core Practices
- Identify Work Items
- Demand analysis
- Kanban cards
- Value Streams
- What is a value stream
- Mapping the knowledge discovery process through
value stream mapping
- Kanban Boards
- The relationship between a Kanban Board and the
value stream - Setting up and using a Kanban Board
- Different options for Kanban Boards
- The relationship between a Kanban Board and the
- Limit Work In Progress (WIP)
- Queuing Theory – Little’s Law
- Why Limit WIP
- Where to Apply WIP Limits
- Make Management Policies Explicit
- Kanban Policies
- Classes of Service
- Cost of delay
- Measuring and Managing Flow
- Cumulative Flow Diagrams
- How to Measure Lead Time
- How to Measure WIP
- How to Measure Delivery Rate
- How to Measure Cycle Time
- How to Measure Flow
- Control chart
- Lead time distribution chart
- Sources of variability
- The impact of variability
- Kanban Cadences
- Kanban Meeting
- Replenishment and commitment
- Flow review
- Apply your learning
- Team based realistic simulation of a Kanban system
in practice
- Team based realistic simulation of a Kanban system
This course is useful for anyone who wants to gain an introduction and basic understanding of Kanban systems and how to use them. As such, it will benefit anyone who is involved in using Kanban or considering using Kanban.
In terms of roles, the course is suitable for Product, Project and Programme and Delivery Managers, Development Team Members (including but not limited to Architects, Designers, Developers, Testers), Business Analysts and Scrum Product Owners and ScrumMasters who want to enhance their Lean / Agile skillset.
Attending the course as a full team offers a real opportunity for the entire team to experience and learn Kanban together and creates an excellent foundation for them to move forward.
There are no prerequisites for this course, however, students are expected to complete the required pre-course reading.
A small amount of pre-course reading is required.
This course has been accredited by David J Anderson (creator of the Kanban method) and the Kanban University. Students taking a this course will become Certified Team Kanban Practitioners and become members of the Kanban University. There is no exam for this training course. Certificates issued by the Kanban University for this course will show that the training was delivered by The Agile Mindset with Tom Reynolds as the
trainer.