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Plan Your Kanban Week in San Diego

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Plan Your Kanban Week in San Diego!

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Still deciding on a trip to San Diego for Kanban Week 2022? Maybe these activities will seal the deal for you to join us at the Kanban Global Summit and Kanban Leadership Retreat, August 22-26.

The Rancho Bernardo Inn and surrounding San Diego region offer a multitude of options for you to wine, dine, hang out, work out, or simply relax.

Our Kanban Week activity guide has all the details to make your stay with us even better. Get your copy now!

Get Your Kanban Week Activity Guide

Explore the Rancho Bernardo Inn & Spa. Kanban Global Summit attendees are eligible for a 20% discount on Spa treatments!

Visit the local breweries, wineries, and restaurants, or take a trip to Downtown San Diego for museums, shops, bars, and beaches.

Create a unique equine experience with a trail ride or enjoy a visit to Legoland and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Great fun with or without kids!

Get moving! Run, bike, or hike the beautiful area surrounding the Rancho Bernardo Inn, which also offers swimming, golf, and tennis.

Are You Ready to Play the Little’s Law Game?

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Are You Ready to Play the Little’s Law Game?

Todd Little, Chairman of Kanban University, invites you to his 2022 Kanban Global Summit workshop

Monday, August 22
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Kanban Global Summit
San Diego, California, USA

Yes! I Want to Attend the Kanban Global Summit 2022

Little’s Law has been used in queuing theory for over half a century. It is an elegant explanation of the relationship between average throughput, Work in Progress (WIP), and cycle time.

In a stable environment, it gives us a good understanding of the performance of the system which can be used for forecasting. But where are the estimates? Certainly, size must matter. But does it?

In this workshop at the Kanban Global Summit, Todd Little explores Little’s Law through theory and the experience of simulations. Each attendee will come away with a better understanding of Little’s Law and the core assumptions necessary for it to be applicable and useful in forecasting. Through the simulation, you will experience why the estimation of individual items is often not necessary in an environment where Little’s Law applies.

Watch the video above to hear more from Todd Little and why you should attend his session.

Kanban Week 2022 will follow the CDC’s Covid safety guidelines, along with state and local guidelines for California and the city of San Diego, to ensure a safe event for attendees.

New Classes for 2023 | Become an Accredited Kanban Trainer

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Introducing Our 2023 Train the Trainer Class Schedule

Start building your future as an Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) with our Kanban Train the Trainer (TTT) course.

Our 2023 SCHEDULE IS HERE, including an Oceania and Asia friendly class time! We also have a few spots available in our remaining 2022 classes.

If you are ready to master the Kanban University curriculum, prepare a Kanban case study to demonstrate your Kanban experience, and deepen your Kanban knowledge (ALL before class begins!), then you are ready to APPLY for the TTT by emailing a letter of interest with your preferred class date to ku@kanban.university.

Apply Now for Train the Trainer Classes

2023 TTT Classes

February 27 – March 10, 2023

Trainers: Todd Little, Joey Spooner, and Bianca Griffioen
Language: English
Location: Online

8:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time US
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Central European Time

May 15 – 26, 2023

Oceania and Asia Time Zones!

Trainer: Helen Meek
Language: English
Location: Online

8:00 am to 12:00 pm British Summer Time
9:00 am to 1:00 pm Central European Summer Time
12:30 pm to 4:30 India Standard Time
3:00 pm to 7:00 pm China Standard Time
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time
7:00 pm to 11:00 pm New Zealand Standard Time

September 18 – 29, 2023

Trainers: Todd Little, Joey Spooner, and Bianca Griffioen
Language: English
Location: Online

8:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time US
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Central European Summer Time

November 13 – 24, 2023

Trainer: Helen Meek
Language: English
Location: Online

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm GMT
8:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time US

2023 Spanish and Portuguese TTT Dates Coming Soon!

2022 TTT Classes

September 19 – 30, 2022

Trainers: Todd Little & Joey Spooner
Language: English
Location: Online

7:00 am to 11:00 am Pacific Daylight Time US
10:00 am to 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time US
4:00 pm to 8:00 pm Central European Summer Time

November 14 – 25, 2022

Trainers: Helen Meek & Dan Brown
Language: English
Location: Online

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm GMT UK
8:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time US
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Central European Time

November 27 – December 1, 2022

In-person at Kanban India 2022.

This class includes a free pass to the Kanban India conference.

Trainer: Todd Little
Language: English
Location: Bengaluru, India

9:00 am to 6:00 pm India Standard Time

Unlike most trainings, the TTT requires that you learn before you attend class. Many candidates spend weeks preparing for the TTT. The TTT does not teach Kanban. Students must have achieved the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) credential and be able to present a Kanban case study. Attending the TTT course does not guarantee approval. Approved attendees may become AKTs licensed by Kanban University to teach one or more of the KU foundation courses: Team Kanban Practitioner, Kanban System Design, and Kanban Systems Improvement.

If you don’t find a class that fits your availability, please message us at KU@kanban.university. We collect interest and have the ability to build a class into the schedule that may suit your needs.

Thrive, Survive, or Die: An Adventure into the Kanban Cadences

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Thrive, Survive, or Die:
An Adventure into the Kanban Cadences

Join our interactive workshop at the 2022 Kanban Global Summit

Wednesday, August 24
8:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Kanban Global Summit
San Diego, California, USA

Sign Me Up for Kanban Global Summit 2022

Welcome to Ultimate Baskets! You’ll be taken on a highly interactive journey through the evolution of our company as we progress through a challenging time.

In this workshop, you’ll become familiar with the learning loops of the Kanban Cadences and use them to manage projects, address risks, and foster innovation.

Are you good enough to thrive or will you just survive? Hopefully, you won’t drive us to extinction!

Watch the video above to hear more about this workshop with Joey Spooner and Trent Hone.

Kanban Week 2022 will follow the CDC’s Covid safety guidelines, along with state and local guidelines for California and the city of San Diego, to ensure a safe event for attendees.

July News and Views from the Kanban Community

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July News and Views from the Kanban Community

In This Issue

Kanban Week in San Diego is One Month Away

Webinar: How to Turn Your Daily Meetings into Outcome-Driven Events

#GLTHtalks: Evolutionary Change Management for the Legal Services Industry

Podcast: Kanban, Leadership, Games, and more with Mike Burrows

Turbocharge Your Scrum with Kanban

Is Kanban Right For You?

Kanban India Call for Proposals Extended to July 30th

We’ve Been Around. Me and My Kanban Hat

Kanban Week in San Diego is One Month Away

The final program is set! It’s time to pick out the sessions you want to attend (and register, if you haven’t already)! Kanban Global Summit starts August 22 at the Rancho Bernado Inn in San Diego, California. Our newest addition to the program features Scott Yankton and Chris Ring of IBM. See more of our speakers with their personal invitations for you to join us. Kanban Leadership Retreat follows for a week of the ultimate Kanban experience.

Make Your Schedule Now

#GLTHtalks: Evolutionary Change Management for the Legal Services Industry

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
7:00 PM CEST

Global LegalTech Hub member Lilian Mateu will speak with David J Anderson, CEO of Mauvius Group and Founder of Kanban University, on how to approach change for a new leadership and management paradigm necessary to build resilient businesses in the legal industry to survive in a fast forward modern world of services.

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Podcast: Kanban, Leadership, Games, and more with Mike Burrows

In this episode of the Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) Podcast, Mike Burrows joins host Shahin Sheidaei to talk about Kanban, Leadership, Strategy, Games and non prescriptive Agile and much more.

Listen to the Podcast

Turbocharge Your Scrum with Kanban

Has your Scrum implementation failed to reach the expected benefits? The Kanban Method can help. Join Kanban University’s Todd Little at the PMI Houston 2022 Conference & Expo, August 1-2 at NRG Center in Houston.

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Is Kanban Right For You?

If your organization experiences any one of these issues, the answer is YES:

❌ My deliverables often encounter delays
❌ My delivery is unpredictable
❌ It is hard to successfully predict delivery times
❌ I can’t make promises to my customers that I can keep

Read More From Martin Aziz

When And How Should We Implement Kanban?

Kanban is one of the most popular ways of working and if your organization isn’t already using it, then there are a number of reasons to start. In a webinar, David J Anderson illustrates why organizations should choose to implement Kanban as well as when and how to go about adopting it.

Read More From Digité

Kanban India Call for Proposals Extended to July 30th

Do you have a session, story, case study or workshop to share with the community at the 8th edition of the Kanban India conference? The Call for Proposals for Kanban India 2022 is extended to July 30, 2022. Submit your interest soon to become a speaker at the in-person conference.

Submit Your Proposal

Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban

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“Clean Up On Aisle 4!” Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban

With a little over a month until we convene in San Diego, our Kanban Global Summit 2022 program is final! Start making your plans now for the sessions you’d like to attend. Will you choose our newest addition to the program? Scott Yankton and Chris Ring of IBM present “Clean Up On Aisle 4!” Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban.

Scott and Chris say they are not really Agile or Kanban evangelists per se or learned academics in these styles of working. What they are is much closer to “organizational consultants” who want to use the best techniques available for building “fit for purpose” organizations that can win in the marketplace.

In their experience, the best technique for a business side transformation or saving an agile transformation gone awry, is Kanban.

Hear from them and many more speakers at the Kanban Global Summit, August 22-24, 2022 in San Diego, California. Special discounts are available. Email us to find out what might work for you!

Register for Kanban Global Summit 2022

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“Clean Up On Aisle 4!”
Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban

In our experience, especially over the past few years, we have seen less straight agile transformations of development teams and more of two specific trends:

  • A shift in interest and focus to apply agile to much more complex/difficult business organizations
  • Course corrections or turnarounds of poorly executed agile transformations

This session is not a deep exploration of Kanban theory, but rather is focused on the practical guidance for large scale, highly matrix’d, complex organizational transformations. This includes adopting an ecosystem approach to Kanban, and some key framework components that consistently generate progress.

In this discussion, Scott Yankton (former federal bank regulator/Chief Operating Officer/Consultant, and current IBM Program Director), and Chris Ring (IBM Senior Manager with 35 years experience navigating a highly matrix’d, highly complex Fortune 50 company) reveal key lessons on what works and what doesn’t in this environment, and the keys to their success to date.

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Scott Yankton
Global Program Director
IBM

 

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Chris Ring
Enterprise Agile Consultant
IBM

Kanban Week 2022 will follow the CDC’s Covid safety guidelines, along with state and local guidelines for California and the city of San Diego, to ensure a safe event for attendees.