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Applying Professional Kanban (APK)

Applying Professional Kanban (APK)

Are you always busy and yet you struggle to deliver consistently? Perhaps you are frustrated that you spend ages estimating, but you can't get rid of the feeling that the estimates are not great? Or maybe you are never sure what's coming next and why? Applying Professional Kanban will save you time, give you the focus you crave, and help you deliver more consistently.

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What Are the Benefits of Applying Professional Kanban (APK)?

Kanban is fast becoming the modern way to manage an organisation’s delivery of customer value. In today’s always-on environment, you need a clear set of practices that do not get in the way. Applying Professional Kanban will:

  • Generate a shared understanding of your work
  • Give you focus
  • Save you time
  • Answer the question, “How long will this take?”

The Applying Professional Kanban (APK) course will give you an in-depth introduction to improving your team’s effectiveness by applying Kanban flow principles.

During the class, you will learn the basic principles of flow and how to use them to make your team process more efficient, predictable, and effective. With an emphasis on the practical application of concepts, this course includes many hands-on exercises that will lead you through the steps of setting up and operating a Kanban system for continuous value delivery and improvement.

In-Person Learning experience

This APK course has been specially designed by Actineo for an in-person environment. Delivered over 2-days. This delivery format is optimised to maximise learning, engagement and collaboration. We do this by incorporating advanced classroom techniques such as “Training From the BACK of the Room!”.

Learning Outcomes

After attending this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the basic principles of flow.
  • Describe the value of Limiting WiP.
  • Create a visual board to manage your work.
  • Capture and interpret key flow metrics and analytics to find improvement opportunities.
  • Explain why flow should be focused on value delivery
  • Define, build, operate and continuously improve a Kanban system.
  • Discuss how tooling impacts your implementation.

Agenda

Day 1

  • Kanban in your workplace
  • Dispelling Kanban Myths
  • The WiP Game (TWiG) Kanban Simulation Round 1
  • Exploring Kanban
  • Visualisation Elements and Techniques
  • Elements of Workflow
  • Core Flow Metrics
  • Cycletime Scatterplots and Service Level Expectation

Day 2

  • Little's Law and Flow Metrics
  • Actively Managing Flow
  • The WiP Game (TWiG) Kanban Simulation Round 2
  • The Implications of Kanban and Flow Thinking
  • Designing a Kanban Board
  • Work Item Design
  • Operating a Kanban System
  • Applying Professional Kanban

Certification

The Applying Professional Kanban (APK) course is associated with the Professional Kanban I (PK I) certification by ProKanban.org.

All participants completing the Applying Professional Kanban course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Kanban I (PK I) assessment . The industry-recognized PK I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. If you attempt the PK I assessment within 14 days of receiving the password and do not score at least 85%, you will be granted a second attempt at no additional cost.

FAQ

What is your refund policy?

All cancellations and amendments to bookings must be received by email to education@actineo.email up to 30 days before the start date of the course. You will receive a full refund

If you withdraw within the 30-day period, the full fee will remain payable. You can, however, nominate a substitute attendee or transfer the booking to another class.

Are your courses only for IT Professionals?

No, our courses are open to a number of roles and backgrounds.

Can I reserve a spot while I wait for approval

Yes, you can register your interest online or email us at education@actineo.email with the date and name of the course you would like us to hold for you. We will hold a spot for you until there is 1 or 2 spaces remaining at which point you will be offered first refusal to proceed or release the booking.

Summary

  • Duration: 2-day, 09:30am – 17:30pm
  • Certification: PK I by ProKanban.org (after passing the exam)
  • Private Courses Available: Yes
  • Languages: English or Spanish
  • Payment Formats: Credit Card, TransferWise or by Invoice
  • Payment Currencies: GBP, EUR or USD
  • Contact: education@actineo.email
  • What's included:
    • Token to take PK I Assessment
    • 14 PDUs for Project Management Institute and 14 SEUs for Scrum Alliance
    • Access to the Actineo Newsletter
    • Access to the Actineo Slack channel
    • Invites to exclusive Actineo Events
    • Membership of the Actineo Alumni Network including 20% discount on future courses

Audience

The Applying Professional Kanban course is for anyone who wants to improve their ability to deliver value and be more effective. Typical attendee roles include:

  • Business Analysts
  • Agile Coaches
  • Scrum Masters
  • Product Owners
  • Product Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Team Leads
  • Team Members

Prerequisites

Participants on this class need to have read the Kanban Guide. No working knowledge of Kanban is required.

Private Course

  • More that 6 participants
  • In-person or Live Virtual
  • Schedule around your availability
  • A full class works out cheaper per person that public training

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Live Virtual Learning Experience

This APK course has been specially designed by Actineo for an online environment. Made up of 4 sessions of virtual training. Each session includes 3 hours of training plus up to 90 minutes of offline work. This delivery format is optimised to maximise learning, engagement and collaboration. We do this by incorporating advanced classroom techniques such as “Training From the BACK of the Room!”. (Read about how we have redesigned our courses to be optimised for a live virtual learning environment.) The online tools we primarily use are Zoom and Mural.

Learning Outcomes

After attending this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the basic principles of flow.
  • Describe the value of Limiting WiP.
  • Create a visual board to manage your work.
  • Capture and interpret key flow metrics and analytics to find improvement opportunities.
  • Explain why flow should be focused on value delivery
  • Define, build, operate and continuously improve a Kanban system.
  • Discuss how tooling impacts your implementation.

Agenda

Module 1

  • Kanban in your workplace
  • Dispelling Kanban Myths
  • The WiP Game (TWiG) Kanban Simulation Round 1
  • Exploring Kanban

Module 2

  • Visualisation Elements and Techniques
  • Elements of Workflow
  • Core Flow Metrics
  • Cycletime Scatterplots and Service Level Expectation

Module 3

  • Little's Law and Flow Metrics
  • Actively Managing Flow
  • The WiP Game (TWiG) Kanban Simulation Round 2
  • The Implications of Kanban and Flow Thinking

Module 4

  • Designing a Kanban Board
  • Work Item Design
  • Operating a Kanban System
  • Applying Professional Kanban

Certification

The Applying Professional Kanban (APK) course is associated with the Professional Kanban I (PK I) certification by ProKanban.org.

All participants completing the Applying Professional Kanban course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Kanban I (PK I) assessment . The industry-recognized PK I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. If you attempt the PK I assessment within 14 days of receiving the password and do not score at least 85%, you will be granted a second attempt at no additional cost.

FAQ

What is your refund policy?

All cancellations and amendments to bookings must be received by email to education@actineo.email up to 30 days before the start date of the course. You will receive a full refund

If you withdraw within the 30-day period, the full fee will remain payable. You can, however, nominate a substitute attendee or transfer the booking to another class.

Are your courses only for IT Professionals?

No, our courses are open to a number of roles and backgrounds.

Is the certification for the online training the same as the in-person?

Yes, Although the training formats are different, we cover the same syllabus and topics.

Can I reserve a spot while I wait for approval

Yes, you can register your interest online or email us at education@actineo.email with the date and name of the course you would like us to hold for you. We will hold a spot for you until there is 1 or 2 spaces remaining at which point you will be offered first refusal to proceed or release the booking.

Summary

  • Duration: 4 x 3-hour live virtual sessions
  • Certification: PK I by ProKanban.org,(after passing the exam)
  • Private Courses Available: Yes
  • Languages: English or Spanish
  • Payment Formats: Credit Card, TransferWise or by Invoice
  • Payment Currencies: GBP, EUR or USD
  • Contact: education@actineo.email
  • What's included:
    • Token to take PK I Assessment
    • 14 PDUs for Project Management Institute and 14 SEUs for Scrum Alliance
    • Access to the Actineo Newsletter
    • Access to the Actineo Slack channel
    • Invites to exclusive Actineo Events
    • Membership of the Actineo Alumni Network including 20% discount on future courses

Audience

The Applying Professional Kanban course is for anyone who wants to improve their ability to deliver value and be more effective. Typical attendee roles include:

  • Business Analysts
  • Agile Coaches
  • Scrum Masters
  • Product Owners
  • Product Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Team Leads
  • Team Members

Prerequisites

Participants on this class need to have read the Kanban Guide. No working knowledge of Kanban is required.

Private Course

  • More that 6 participants
  • In-person or Live Virtual
  • Schedule around your availability
  • A full class works out cheaper per person that public training

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Thank you for your response. ✨

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Why Choose Actineo for Applying Professional Kanban Training?

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Our Actineo Team includes industry-leading trainers who are also Kanban experts. We have spent time mastering the art of practicing Kanban, so we have great experience from the trenches. We bring concepts like Flow and Business Efficiency to life, because we bring stories as well as theory to our Applying Professional Kanban Training. Don't just take our word for it.

What our attendees say

“Great trainers, facilitation, and mix of theory and practice. Good discussion and learning opportunities and I loved TWiG, what a brilliant literal way to get your hands dirty with Kanban and understanding flow.“

Rachel Knight
Agility Coach, UK.

“The course was great and so were the trainers – brilliantly delivered and I would certainly recommend this course to other colleagues. Thank you to Jose and JP for a great course and delivering it in a tough environment virtually.”

Keith Svenson
Planning Lead, UK.

“I have been in a couple of Kanban classes – this was the first time that I really understood the connection between Flow, Work in Progress, and Cycle Time.”

Yasemin Olga
Agility Coach, Azerbaijan.

Read more about Professional Kanban

We have an ever expanding set of blog posts about Kanban. If you want to learn more, please take a look:

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