Kanban Workshop

▪ Summary: General logistics for the class.
▪ Topics covered:
o Housekeeping
o Course Objectives
o Introductions
o Instructor Bio
o Agenda
o Kanban Parking Lot

▪ Summary: Gain an overall understanding of the basic principles, and benefits of Kanban along with how it differs from other development methodologies. Review similar methodologies practiced in organizations today. Show how it differs from Scrum as an example.
▪ Topics covered
o What is Lean
o What is Agile
o What is Kanban
o Why Kanban
o How Kanban differs from other methodologies
o Difference from Scrum
o Kanban Team and Roles
▪ Objectives From Summary
o Benefits of Kanban
o How Kanban differs from other Agile methodologies 

▪ Summary: Learn the foundation of Kanban concepts, properties, and terminology. Understand the philosophy behind the Kanban framework and how it originated.
▪ Topics covered
o Kanban's 5 Core Properties
o Kanban Emergent Behaviors
o General Concepts at high level
▪ Objectives From Summary
o Kanban origins and evolution
o The Kanban concepts, principles, and terminology
o Understand the Kanban core Principles

▪ Summary: The best way to understand Kanban is to go through the process of implementing it. This section goes through the various techniques and ceremonies associated with Kanban.
▪ Topics covered
o Work Item Types
o Card Walls
o Workflow
o Queues and Buffers
o Cadences
o Work-in-Progress
o Bottlenecks
o Issues and Blocked Items
▪ Objectives From Summary
o Visualization of Work
o How to set up a Card Wall
o Setting Work-in-Process Limits
o Limiting Work-In-Process
o Analyzing the Flow of Work
o Learn to build visualization methods like a Kanban board
o Understand implementation approaches
o How to use Work Item Types
o Setting input and output limits 

▪ Summary: Kanban needs to report slightly different metrics than traditional or Agile project management. Understand how metrics and reporting differs in Kanban.
▪ Topics covered
o Metrics Overview
o Tracking Work-in-Process
o Cumulative Flow Diagram
o Lead Time
o Trends
o Throughput
▪ Objectives From Summary
o Kanban Metrics and Management Reporting
o How to use metrics and tracking methods
o How to optimize the Flow of Work