101 · Foundation
Kanban 101
Visualize work, understand delays and focus on finishing.
Introduction to value flow optimization
- Suggested duration
- 1 day · 6 hours
- Delivery
- In person or live online
- Method
- Practical workshop
What will you take away?
- Your team's workflow and a sample Kanban board
- Explicit working policies
- Flow measures and an improvement plan
Course programme
Durations are learning time; breaks are planned separately. The suggested programme can be adapted to your team's needs.
1. Day 6 hours
Visualizing the current workflow60 min
Define work types and start and finish points. Map a workflow using real examples.
Working policies90 min
Work-in-progress (WIP) limits, pulling according to capacity and explicit rules. Design a Kanban system for the team.
Managing flow90 min
Address bottlenecks, blocked work and aging items. Observe the effect of decisions in a two-round simulation.
Measuring and interpreting60 min
WIP, throughput, work item age and cycle time. Use historical data to establish a service level expectation (SLE).
An improvement experiment60 min
Choose a policy change and plan how to observe its effect. Flow measures are not used to rank individual performance.
How do we assess learning?
Participants interpret sample flow data and explain which item they would address first and why.
Plan training for your team
Share your team's needs, participant profile and preferred timing. We can agree on the scope and delivery format together.