KANBAN FOR AGILE TEAMS
Kanban for Agile Teams
Improve flow, control work in progress, and create a sustainable system for continuous delivery.
COURSE AT A GLANCE
A practical system for managing flow and improving delivery
Duration
2 days
Delivery
Live virtual or on-site
Audience
Development team members, functional managers, project and program managers, and Scrum Masters
Designed for real delivery systems
Apply Kanban within an existing Agile environment or as a focused improvement approach.
Flow over fixed iterations
Manage continuous demand without forcing every type of work into a Sprint.
Visible, measurable improvement
Use WIP, cycle time, throughput, and bottlenecks to guide practical change.
FROM BATCHES TO FLOW
The work does not always fit neatly into a Sprint.
Many organizations begin their Agile journey with Scrum. That works well for product development, but service, support, maintenance, and other demand-driven work may not fit cleanly into fixed-length Sprints.
This two-day course combines the principles of Open Kanban with proven Lean and Agile techniques. Participants learn to visualize work, limit work in progress, manage flow, and evolve their current process through small, evidence-based improvements. Kanban can stand alone or complement Scrum and other delivery approaches.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Build a Kanban system that makes flow visible and improvement practical.
01
Visualize and control flow
Map the real workflow, make policies explicit, and create a board that supports pull-based delivery.
02
Manage WIP and bottlenecks
Set effective WIP limits, expose constraints, reduce delay, and improve the movement of value.
03
Evolve the delivery system
Use flow metrics, feedback, and experiments to continuously improve without a disruptive redesign.
COURSE AGENDA
From a board with cards to a complete system for managing flow.
The two-day course combines concise instruction, practical exercises, workflow design, and facilitated discussion. Examples and board designs can be tailored to your organization’s actual work.
Kanban foundations
- Lean origins and the Kanban method
- Kanban principles and practices
- Kanban, Scrum, and continuous delivery
- Evolutionary change within the current system
Visualize the workflow
- Map how work actually moves
- Identify work item types and workflow states
- Design a useful Kanban board
- Make entry, exit, and pull policies explicit
Manage WIP and flow
- Limit work in progress at the right points
- Use pull rather than push scheduling
- Identify bottlenecks, blocked work, and delay
- Balance demand, capacity, and sustainable pace
Measure and improve
- Lead time, cycle time, throughput, and aging work
- Cumulative flow and flow distribution
- Feedback cadences and service reviews
- Use data to select improvement experiments
Apply Kanban across the organization
Apply Kanban at the team, project, program, and portfolio levels. Explore dependencies, risk, classes of service, and the ways Kanban can complement Scrum or other existing approaches. Finish by defining a practical implementation plan for your environment.
COURSE WORKBOOK
Design and improve your system after class
Participants receive a detailed course workbook covering the concepts, examples, metrics, and implementation guidance. It serves as a practical reference for designing, reviewing, and improving a Kanban system after the course.
THE TAKEAWAY
A practical Kanban implementation plan
Participants leave with a clearer view of their current delivery system, an initial Kanban design, and priority actions for improving flow, reducing bottlenecks, and managing work in progress.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Dan Tousignant
Dan is a lifelong project manager and trainer with extensive experience managing software development projects. He helps organizations transition project teams and leadership to Agile ways of working through practical coaching and training grounded in real delivery experience.
Dan has more than 20 years of experience leading strategic projects, managing software development budgets of up to $50 million, overseeing multimillion-dollar outsourced development efforts, and working with leaders across industries.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and credentials including Project Management Professional, Professional Scrum Master, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, Certified Scrum Product Owner, and Professional Scrum Developer.
Ready to improve flow across your Agile teams?
Tell us about your teams, work types, and current delivery challenges. We will tailor the examples, exercises, and Kanban design work around your organization.