The Kanban Method as developed and promoted by David Anderson and the Lean Kanban University has become a powerful method for teams and organizations to:
- Become faster and more responsive
- Increase shared ownership of project outcomes
- Improve risk management and governance
- Identify high-value deliverables
- Advance organizational agility
This Kanban Management Professional (KMP II) class is the second and final step in becoming a certified Kanban Management Professional (KMP). Upon completion, participants will receive full KMP designation and certificate from Lean Kanban University (LKU).
Meet your trainer: Kert Peterson
Since apprenticing with Ken Schwaber and being designated a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST®) in 2004, Kert Peterson has provided Agile training, coaching, and consulting services to a wide range of clients in the private and public sectors, including Fidelity Investments, Mission Health, and DC Public School Educators.
At Bank of America, Peterson launched multiple Kanban teams in a 6-month transition to a lean-agile delivery system for 120-person Customer Profitability organization. Peterson achieved his Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) designation in May 2018 , completing study with Janice Linden-Reed and Alexei Zheglov of LKU.
Prior to starting his consulting practice, Peterson served as a senior program manager at Amazon.com, where he guided development teams through three major releases of Web site services used by more than 17 million customers. He holds a bachelor of science in mathematics from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Peterson lives with his family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Brevard, NC.
Kanban Management Professional II Course Description
Suitable for managers and leaders involved in the delivery of professional services such as application development, infrastructure, or operations, KMP II provides a deeper exploration of introducing change through Kanban and evolving of your Kanban system through feedback loops, operating at scale, and effective metrics.
Through this KMP workshop, you will gain the knowledge necessary for strategic rollout and socialization of a Kanban system and learn how to manage, optimize, scale and evolve it over time. This course follows the official Lean Kanban University training materials produced by leading experts such as David J Anderson, Mike Burrows, and others.
Learning Objectives
- Managing Evolutionary Change
- Dealing with Resistance to Change
- Feedback Loops and Continuous Learning
- Implementing and Scaling out Kanban
- Balancing Demand and Capability
- Optimizing Flow and Predictability
The class contains a strong mix of interactive group exercises and simulations during both days.
Who Should Attend
Anyone in professional or information technology services organizations involved in managing the delivery of products or services to their customers.
Non-IT disciplines that would benefit by managing with the Kanban Method, as outlined in this class, include:
- Operations
- Marketing
- Procurement
- Human Resources
- Legal, and
- Any other service delivery or knowledge work domains who want to implement a Lean-Agile approach for delivery of customer value.
Certification
This Kanban Management Professional (KMP II) class is the second and final step in becoming a certified Kanban Management Professional (KMP). Upon completion, participants will receive full KMP designation and certificate from Lean Kanban University (LKU).
Benefits
- Lean Kanban University certified training curriculum and teaching methods were created through the collaboration of leading experts and has been validated in hundreds of training classes around the world.
- You will receive pragmatic, actionable guidance you can implement in your organization next week and a modern management lens that you can apply throughout your career.
- You will receive training from an Accredited Kanban Trainer, who has experience teaching and coaching Kanban within Fortune 200 and non-profit organizations.
Registration Includes
- Printed workbook of course materials
- Lunch and snacks on both days
- Membership in the Lean-Kanban University (LKU) with access to the members’ only sections of the LKU website
- Lean-Kanban University (LKU) certificate of course completion
