In this module, participants will gain a deep understanding of the Kanban Method, its origins, and its foundational principles. The session covers the essence of Lean Kanban, focusing on how Kanban drives efficiency and continuous improvement without disrupting current processes.

Participants will explore the six core Kanban practices, which serve as the foundation for implementing a successful Kanban system:

Visualizing Work: Making workflow visible to enhance clarity and collaboration.
Limiting Work in Progress (WIP): Controlling the amount of work being actively done to improve focus and delivery speed.
Managing Flow: Ensuring smooth and predictable progress by monitoring and optimizing the movement of work items.
Making Process Policies Explicit: Establishing clear rules and guidelines to enhance consistency and understanding.
Implementing Feedback Loops: Using regular reviews and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.
Improving Collaboratively and Evolving Experimentally: Encouraging a culture of small, incremental changes based on real-world data.
Additionally, participants will dive into core Kanban metrics and charts, including Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs), Lead Time Distribution, and Flow Efficiency. The module concludes with an exploration of Kanban systems and Pull Systems, demonstrating how teams can regulate work intake to maintain sustainable delivery.

The Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban (STATIK) is a structured method for designing and implementing Kanban in any organization. Participants will follow the six-step STATIK process, including:

Identifying sources of dissatisfaction to uncover areas for improvement.
Analyzing demand and capability to balance workload distribution.
Modeling the workflow to visualize and enhance existing processes.
Identifying classes of service to categorize and prioritize work effectively.
Designing a Kanban system that aligns with organizational goals and team needs.
To reinforce these concepts, participants will examine a real-world case study from Microsoft XIT, analyzing how the implementation of Kanban transformed their workflow, improved efficiency, and yielded measurable results.

In this hands-on module, participants will apply their learning to design a Kanban system tailored to their work environment. Topics covered include:

Key elements of Kanban system design, such as workflow visualization, explicit policies, and work item types.
Ticket design, ensuring tasks and work items contain the necessary information for smooth execution.
Real-world Kanban boards, showcasing different formats and approaches across various industries.
Designing your own Kanban system, where participants will create and refine a working Kanban board based on their specific workflow.
The course concludes with closing thoughts and best practices, helping participants develop an action plan for implementing Kanban in their teams and organizations.

- How to create a Kanban board tailored to your team’s needs.
- Techniques to design or improve an existing Kanban system for better efficiency.

- Ways to improve communication and transparency within your team.
- Establishing shared understanding and accountability.

How to use feedback loops to refine processes and sustain high performance.