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Kanban Principles, Practices & Techniques

Mastering Agile Methodologies

  • Instructor-led, Online
  • Course Category: Agile Development, Change Management

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45

Instructor-led, Online

Duration: 3 hours

Course Code: TXV-MAM-9018

Skill Level: Intermediate

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Kanban Principles, Practices & Techniques

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Overview

Go with the flow! Kanban let’s you see the flow of work in a visual manner using boards and cards. From small Scrum teams to large scale SAFe setups, Kanban has been an integral part of applying agile principles and practices. Join us to understand why the concept of flow is vital not just in developing products or improving processes, but also in enhancing our professional and personal lives. Learn the principles, practices and techniques in Kanban. Understand the roles and responsibilities, and know how to apply the popular Kanban boards, Kaizen PDCA, planning and controlling work-in-progress, enrol in TEXAVI’s Kanban Principles, Practices & Techniques course now!

Course Overview for Texavi's Course on Kanban Principles, Practices and Techniques

Who can attend?

  • Anybody with or without work experience
  • IT professionals (eg., Developers, testers) considering a move to BA role
  • Non-IT people who want to learn IT skills thinking of a career switch
  • Graduates and university students who aspire to get into IT industry
  • Students who have just passed their B. Tec, A-Levels or college studies

COURSE OUTLINE

  • Overview & setting the context
  • Kanban -What, why, when, where
  • Key principles of Kanban
  • Kanban roles & responsibilities
  • Core practices in Kanban
  • Flow, the spirit of Kanban
  • Key artefacts and deliverables
  • Techniques & tools used in Kanban
  • Kanban & other agile methods
  • Summary – Q & A

Course Outline for Texavi's Course on Kanban Principles, Practices and Techniques

What will you learn?

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define Kanban agile method and describe its roots
  • Trace the origin of Kanban to manufacturing industry
  • List the ways Kanban helps in agile development projects
    • Team boards
    • Jira boards and workflows
    • Visual information radiators
  • Explain the structure of teams before and after implementing Kanban
  • Describe the contexts and use cases for Kanban
  • List the key principles in Kanban
    • Visualise the work
    • Limit work in progress
    • Focus on flow
    • Make process policies explicit
    • Implement feedback loops
    • Continually improve
  • Define the roles and their responsibilities in Kanban
  • Discuss how Kanban helps in managing flow of work
  • Elaborate on the core values of Kanban and how they help teams
  • List the core practices in Kanban
    • No fixed iterations
    • Work moves through a flow
    • Features given priority put in queue
    • Limit on work-in-progress
    • Use work queues to manage flow downstream
  • Describe why and how ‘flow’ is the spirit of Kanban
  • Explain the importance of boards and cards in managing flow of work
  • Provide rationale on why boards are called visual information radiators
  • List the various information dimensions in agile development projects
  • Demonstrate the creation of a Kanban board:
    • Add columns to depict the swimlanes
    • Give appropriate titles to the row headers
    • Show the activities and tasks in rows
  • Explain the role and use of CFD (Cumulative Flow Diagrams)
  • Describe how Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) fits into Kanban
  • Explain how Kanban works with other agile methodologies eg., Scrum and SAFe
  • List some of the popular tools and applications for implementing Kanban:
    • Physical boards
    • Electronic boards – eg., digital online tools
    • Jira, Trello, ActiveCollab, LeanKit, Kanbanery and SwiftKanban

What do you need?

There are no pre-requisites for this course. There is no need for any prior experience, working knowledge or awareness of software development or projects experience. The course is suitable for experienced professionals working in the industry or academia, aspirants and early stage professionals, as well as  students in universities and colleges. Professionals and aspirants from technology, business, operations or sales are all welcome to explore and understand the power of Jira and collaborative working.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

  • 24×7 access to TEXAVI’s high quality course content
  • Practical insights from real life IT projects
  • Course completion certificate
  • Case studies, examples and illustrations
  • Interactive quizzes and challenges
  • Job aids, resources and tools
  • Access to TEXAVI’s collaborative digital platform
 Course Context for Texavi's Course on Kanban Principles, Practices and Techniques

Why Texavi?

Learn real-world, practical skills from practising professionals, not just theoritical knowledge from trainers!

  • TEXAVI is a proven leader in delivering non-coding IT learning, worldwide
  • We are not just trainers, but practising IT professionals with 25+ years of work exp
  • Our courses get you job-ready with practical and real-time insights
  • Qualify for certificates upon completion and complete our assessments
  • Pave way for industry-recognised certifications
  • Access to treasure of Texavi’s high-quality, content-rich resources and materials
  • Get discount voucher to our popular courses on Udemy
  • 24×7 access to Texavi’s interactive platform with personalised content

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Your trainer for this course is Pardha Saradhi Mantravadi. Pardha is an experienced  and well-qualified trainer, coach, mentor, influencer and thought leader…click below to view the complete trainer profile

Reviews

  •  ‘I attended Texavi’s training on Agile and had a lot of takeaways from the session. Pardha’s effective presentation skills supported with context you can relate to, makes the entire experience exhilarating.’ – Abhijit Majumdar, Zensar Technologies
  • ‘The workshop was quite interesting. I found the exercises we did particularly valuable, as it was useful to discuss aspects with the others present, and to then feedback to the wider group.’ –  Holly Sheahan, RSC
  • ‘Texavi conducted a one-day workshop for our Business Analysts. The session was filled with case studies and examples from real-life projects. It was a great value-add and participants had useful, actionable takeaways.’ – Mukund Sathe, Core Projects and Technologies
  • ‘Enjoyed the sessions and learnt loads of useful methods and techniques. Thank you very much for the very insightful and practical sessions’ – Lisa Hayes, Astra Digital

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