Kanban Principles, Practices & Techniques

Mastering Agile Methodologies

GBP
45

Instructor-led, Online

Duration: 3 hours

Course Code: TXV-MAM-9018

Skill Level: Intermediate

Kanban Principles, Practices & Techniques

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!

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

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

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

Sample Course Video

TEXAVI Tests

Test Your Knowledge

Take the Texavi Tests and challenge yourself, simply click the below links and start the interactive quiz on Kanban…

Trainer Profile

Your trainer for this course is Pardha Saradhi Mantravadi. Pardha is a seasoned and well-qualified trainer, coach, mentor, influencer and thought leader. He has rich and varied IT-industry experience of 25 years, working in different roles as an IT professional with blue-chip organisations viz., HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Dyson, Asda, Cambridge University Press, Roche, King’s College London , Royal Society of Chemistry etc. Pardha delivers his training sessions by blending the concepts and principles with practical insights from real-life projects and programs…click here to view the complete trainer profile.

Reviews

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– Dr. Carrie Mowatt, Royal Society of Chemistry

“What I like most about Pardha is the way he easily blends empathy for users within day-to-day software development tasks. This mix of vision and execution is rare and powerful.”

– Sarbajit Sen, Steelwedge Software

“Recently Texavi conducted a workshop on Agile methodologies. The trainer’s knowledge on Agile methodology has its roots grounded in experience.”

– Tazeen Sheikh, Mastek

” The trainer is very well-informed. I learnt a lot of background to digital transformation and artificial intelligence and how businesses can use them.”

– Robert Bowles, RSC

“I attended Texavi’s training on Agile Business Analysis 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.”

– Abhijeet Majumdar, Zensar Technologies

“The workshop was quite interesting. I found the exercises we did particularly valuable, as it was useful to discuss with the others present, and to then feedback to the wider group.”

– Holly Sheahan, Cambridge Partners

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– Christine Manoharan, King’s College London

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“The trainer, Pardha is professional yet very friendly, made everyone feel welcome.”

– Chantal Gilbert, BusyBee Consulting

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