10th–90th percentile thresholds
Learn to design a Kanban system, manage flow with evidence, and complete the first step of the Kanban Management Professional pathway.
Understand the basics, motivation, and benefits of the Kanban Method
Experience flow in a simulation of a Kanban system
Learn how to run Kanban meetings that focus on the work and help the team organize around it
Live, practitioner-led trainingNo prerequisites required · Advisor support available
Design a Kanban system for your real work
Kanban System Design provides the foundational background of the Kanban Method and guides you through understanding the system you have today before designing the system you need.
Learn to study demand and capability, visualize workflow, introduce pull and WIP limits, define explicit policies, use STATIK, and apply flow metrics without replacing practices that already work.

Understand the basics, motivation, and benefits of the Kanban Method

Experience flow in a simulation of a Kanban system

Learn how to run Kanban meetings that focus on the work and help the team organize around it

Build and design a Kanban system using the STATIK approach

Become faster and more responsive, with better risk management and governance

Understand pull systems and how they help reduce overburdening

Use Lead Time, Run Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams to make continuous improvements
Strengthen practical capability for roles that value structured delivery, collaboration, and measurable business outcomes.
10th–90th percentile thresholds
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Understand the motivation, principles, practices, service orientation, and evolutionary-change approach of the Kanban Method.
Visualize services, demand, workflow, policies, risks, and sources of dissatisfaction without replacing what currently works.
Experience flow, establish pull criteria, limit work in progress, reduce overburdening, and improve responsiveness.
Use the Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban to understand demand and capability and design a fit-for-purpose system.
Define work item types, classes of service, workflow states, explicit policies, replenishment, delivery, and feedback loops.
Use Lead Time distributions, Run Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams to understand capability and guide collaborative improvement.

Certificate of completion and applicable Kanban University credential

Interactive exercises, simulations, and practical application

Official Kanban University course curriculum

Live instructor-led training by an Accredited Kanban Trainer

Practical action plan for applying the learning at work

Remote or onsite delivery options

Examples adapted to your services and workflow

Private delivery for teams and organizations
Kanban System Design (KSD) is the official course name. It has historically been called KMP I, but KMP is the credential earned after completing an approved two-course path.
KSD is the first course. Complete KSD plus Kanban Systems Improvement for service delivery, or KSD plus Kanban for Design and Innovation for product delivery, to earn the Kanban Management Professional credential.
Participants receive a Kanban System Design certificate of completion from Kanban University.
People who will design, manage, coach, or improve a Kanban system, including managers, delivery professionals, team leads, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile coaches.
Describe its principles, practices, service orientation, and evolutionary approach to change.
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Study demand and capability and design a Kanban system suited to the current context.
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Apply visualization, WIP limits, pull, explicit policies, and feedback loops.
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Interpret Lead Time, Run Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams for evidence-based improvement.
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Kanban University expects attendees to have read “Kanban” by David J Anderson or “Kanban from the Inside” by Mike Burrows.
Team Kanban Practitioner can be useful for complete beginners, but it is not a mandatory prerequisite for KSD.
Use KSD when a team or service needs a Kanban system designed around its real demand, capability, risks, and current workflow.
A shared, evidence-based view of the service you need to improve.
A Kanban system designed for the context rather than copied from a template.
Less overburdening and clearer decisions about starting and finishing work.
A system that evolves through data and feedback instead of disruptive redesign.
KSD is the official course name. “KMP I” is a commonly used legacy label because KSD is the first course on the path to the KMP credential.
No. KMP is awarded after KSD plus either Kanban Systems Improvement or Kanban for Design and Innovation.
Kanban University specifies a two-day in-person course or 16 hours of virtual training.
The official KSD pathway is based on completing certified training; it is not promoted as an exam-based certification.
Explore upcoming live batches or speak with a course advisor to find the right schedule for your goals.

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100% assured results

30 June 2026

Bonus: Course resources included

2 Days Training
(5 Reviews)

100% assured results

30 June 2026

Bonus: Course resources included

2 Days Training
(5 Reviews)