2 Days Lean Kanban Workshop

Kanban is a Lean-Agile method focused on improving flow and quality on your organization and project needs very rapidly (therefore improving its economy).

It allows your team to operate at a very high level of efficiency and effectiveness through an evolutionary approach that consists of 6 practices to manage change in the organization.

Lean Kanban has proven to accelerate maturity through high visualization, control over the amount of work being done, acknowledgement and effective handling of the diversity of activities in your project, and root cause analysis through quantitative management.

This workshop is very hands-on. Even the theoretical foundation is learned through  practical exercises.

Objectives:

• Know the structure and modus operandi of the Lean Kanban system
• Map the current process onto a value stream map and a Kanban system
• Understand the Kanban practices and principles
• Learn some aspects of Lean Thinking useful to practice Kanban
• Know the benefits of continuous flow, adaptability, and focus on quality
• Know how to quantify and analyze value flow to identify opportunities for improvement

Workshop contents:

• Introduction
  • Lean thinking
  • Kanban systems
• Foundation
  • Visualize workflow
  • Limit work in progress
  • Manage flow
  • Explicit communication
  • Prioritization
  • Kaizen
  • Value Stream Mapping
• Kanban System
  • Kanban board
  • Classes of service
  • WIP
  • Policies
  • Flow generation and control
• Quantification
  • Cumulative Flow Diagrams
  • Control chart
  • Root Cause Analysis
• Managing the project with Kanban
  • Board configurations
  • Scaling
  • Bottlenecks
• Kanban in action
• Implementing Kanban on your organization

Trainer Details

Masa K Maeda  has 27 years of international experience and has brought prosperity to companies from Fortune 500 to Startups in eleven countries in four continents. He is the creator of the Serious LeAP™ model.
Masa is also a Senior Consultant with the Cutter Consortium, a Consultant with the True North Consortium, and a member of the Agile Testing Alliance Steering Committee and is with the University of California at Berkeley Extension
He is a leading figure in the lean-agile, Kanban and High Collaboration Frameworks communities; one of the first Kanban Coach-Trainers worldwide, one of the founders of the Lean Kanban University. Masa has over 60 publications and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.
Previously: In the USA Masa did R&D at Apple, was founding team member of 4 startups in silicon valley and was an associate of David J Anderson (co-developer of the Kanban method). In Japan did R&D for Justsystems Inc.. Masa has a PhD and MS from the University of Tokushima in Japan. Masa lives in Utah, USA.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who wants to deep dive into Lean and Kanban and learn how to bring about positive change in your organization.

Duration

2 Days

Lunch / Tea / Cofee would be served during the workshop. 

Location

Navi Mumbai