What It's About
Understand and introduce Kanban — from the board through WIP limits to continuous improvement. Not as an isolated team method, but as a system that surfaces bottlenecks and enables data-driven improvement.
Who It's For
- Team leads, Scrum Masters, and leaders who want to understand Kanban as an improvement system
- Teams that want to make overload and bottlenecks visible
- Organizations that need to optimize workflow across multiple teams
Content & Modules
01 Kanban Principles
From the Toyota Production System to knowledge work. Pull instead of push, the six core practices, Little's Law.
02 Board Design & WIP Limits
Workflow mapping beyond To Do / Doing / Done. Design a board for your context, set WIP limits.
03 Flow Metrics
Lead Time, Cycle Time, Throughput, Cumulative Flow Diagrams. Identify blockers and bottlenecks.
04 Flight Levels & Transfer
Three levels: Team, Coordination, Strategy. Context-appropriate application and concrete action plan.
Outcomes
- Design and introduce a Kanban system for your team or department
- Set WIP limits and assess their impact on workflow
- Measure and interpret flow metrics
- Understand and apply Flight Levels in context
Format
Duration 1 Day (4 modules of 90 minutes each)
Participants 6–12 participants
Setting In-house or remote
Does this format fit your situation? Let's figure it out together.