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Kanban Coaching Professional Credential Updates

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Introducing the Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP) Credential Exam

Kanban University, in its constant pursuit of excellence for our students, is pleased to announce NEW advanced testing requirements for the Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP) Credential.

As we experience growth in the Kanban community, we are working to ensure that the quality and professionalism of the KCP Credential remains exemplary and consistent. For that reason, we are introducing a KCP exam to attain the Kanban Coaching Professional Credential (a one-time credential activation fee applies).

The KCP is an advanced-level credential. Successfully passing the KCP exam demonstrates not only full and comprehensive mastery of the Kanban Maturity Model and Kanban Coaching curriculum, but also the skill to lead and evolve an organization to higher levels of maturity. The public will be able to clearly recognize a KCP as an expert in their field and trust that they hold a specific set of effective coaching tools that lead to better business outcomes.

Taking the KCP exam is optional and not a mandatory part of class registration. Every student to complete the (newly renamed) Kanban Coaching course will still receive a certificate of completion from Kanban University.

KCPs certified before May 31, 2023 will NOT have to complete the exam to receive their credential.

New Kanban Coaching Professional Credential Requirements

  • Effective June 1, 2023.
  • Participants must complete the course requirements to become a Kanban Coaching Professional, including earning the KMP credential and attending both the Kanban Maturity Model course and the Kanban Coaching course (previously Kanban Coaching Practices).
  • Participants must successfully pass the Kanban Coaching Professional exam with a 75% passing score.
  • No fee is required for taking the exam. Each participant will be granted unlimited tries to pass the exam. If the participant does not achieve a passing score, there will be a 10-day waiting period between each attempt.
  • After receiving a passing score, participants who choose to activate their Kanban Coaching Professional Credential will be charged a one-time KCP credential Activation Fee of $250 USD (PPP adjustments may apply). This is an introductory rate effective through December 31, 2023. The credential fee will increase to the regular price of $500 on January 1, 2024 (price increase is subject to change).

Find upcoming Kanban Maturity Model and Kanban Coaching classes to start your path toward the KCP Credential.

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Level Up Your KLR Europe Experience!

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Level Up Your Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe Experience!

Tuesday, June 27 and Wednesday, June 28
Mayrhofen, Austria

Prior to the 2023 Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe in Mayrhofen, Austria, Kanban University is excited to offer two extra days with exclusive sessions to expand your KLR experience.

Start exploring the Leveling Up Days below. Then head to the KLR website for more details like eligibility requirements and pricing information.

There are a very limited number of attendees for each Leveling Up session, so grab your spot soon! And if you haven’t registered for KLR yet, be aware that prices will increase after March 31st!

Please email us at events@kanban.university to add a session to your Kanban Leadership Retreat registration.

Learn More About Leveling Up Days

Coach the Trainer: Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)

Tuesday, June 27
Full day, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Trainer: Anna Radzikowska

This Coach the Trainer session is for active Accredited Kanban Trainers (AKTs) looking to add the Kanban for Design and Innovation course to their training portfolios through Kanban University.

Kanban for Design and Innovation gives you the skills to scale and evolve while focusing on Upstream Kanban techniques for prioritization and organization of ideas. Decide what to invest in, what can wait for later, and what to discard using an Upstream Kanban system and principles. Use evolutionary change to improve processes without a traumatic, abrupt change. Get started with learning how to scale Kanban across an organization.

Coach the Trainer: Enterprise Scale Kanban (ESK)

Tuesday, June 27
Full day, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Trainer: David J Anderson

This Coach the Trainer session is for active Accredited Kanban Trainers (AKTs) looking to add the newly announced Enterprise Scale Kanban course to their training portfolios through Kanban University.

Enterprise Scale Kanban (ESK) is intended to take Kanban Management Professionals to the next level and help them understand not only the practices required to enable enterprise scale Kanban deployments but also leadership, culture, and organizational maturity required for effective large-scale implementation. The class brings techniques from Enterprise Services Planning (ESP), together with the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) and an understanding of Leadership and its role in enabling deeper organizational maturity and scaling.

Coaching Workshop with David J Anderson and the 2nd Edition of the Kanban Blue Book

Wednesday, June 28
Full day, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Trainer: David J Anderson

Take the opportunity to join this interactive full day workshop with David J Anderson as you explore and work through a number of exercises using the much-anticipated 2nd edition of the Kanban Blue Book! Dive deep with David as he walks you through his concepts and recommendations for how to coach the Kanban Method in organizations. Learn how to make the most of the Kanban Coaching practices to influence and mature organizations up to Maturity Level 4 and beyond. Discover how the coaching practices can advance your ability to utilize managed evolutionary change to enable greater adoption of mature Kanban practices and concepts.

This workshop is open to Accredited Kanban Consultants (AKCs), Accredited Kanban Trainers (AKTs), and Kanban Coaching Professionals (KCPs) who are looking to take their coaching skills to the next level!

Coach the Trainer: Scrum Better with Kanban

Wednesday, June 28
Half day, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Trainers: Todd Little, Joey Spooner, and Bianca Griffioen

This Coach the Trainer session is for active Accredited Kanban Trainers (AKTs) looking to add the NEW Scrum Better with Kanban course to their training portfolios through Kanban University.

Join Bianca Griffioen, Todd Little, and Joey Spooner as they take you through a Coach the Trainer session on how to deliver the newly added Scrum Better with Kanban course. This new course is based on the learning objectives of the Team Kanban Practitioner while targeting the challenges many Scrum teams face when using the Scrum Framework within their organizations. Your opportunity is to teach them how to Scrum Better with Kanban!

This session will ensure you understand who the training is for, the course architecture, course exercises, and key marketing messages and materials. We will also be seeking your feedback from this session – what needs to change, what could improve, what would you do differently. Come join us and help engage a broader market!

Kanban University Connect LIVE! Meeting

Wednesday, June 28
Half day, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Trainers: Todd Little, Joey Spooner, and Bianca Griffioen

The Kanban University Connect LIVE! Meeting is for everyone in the Kanban University community or those interested in joining. This in-person meeting, for KLR attendees, is designed to present the most recent Kanban University student numbers and growth trends across the globe, as well as connect with you to get feedback and discussion time for all things Kanban University. This meeting is free to attend, and we look forward to seeing you there!

February News & Views from the Kanban Community

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February News & Views from the Kanban Community

In This Issue

Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief

Agile Lean Munich Conference

What Is Lead Time? New Infographic from SquirrelNorth

Kanban Coaching Exchange: Monte Carlo Simulation Explained with Sonya Siderova

Train the Trainer Returns to Kanban India 2023

What is PRIORITY and VALUE anyway?

Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief

Our hearts go out to our friends, colleagues, and all who are affected by the devastating earthquake and aftershock on February 6th in Turkey and Syria. We are sharing a few worthy organizations that are collecting donations in the aftermath. Please consider a donation if you are able to help bring aid to those affected.

AFAD – Disaster and Emergency Management
https://en.afad.gov.tr/

AHBAP – Anatolia People and Peace Platform
https://ahbap.org

AKUT – Search and Rescue Association
https://www.akut.org.tr/en/donation

Agile Lean Munich Conference

May 5, 2023
Munich, Germany

Agile Lean Munich is an Open Space conference by the agile community for the agile community and everyone who wants to join it. Whether you are a beginner, advanced or an expert, at the ALM you will find like-minded people who want to exchange ideas with you.

Get Agile Lean Munich Details and Tickets

Understanding Lead Time Distributions

Metrics can be a heavy subject for many to absorb, acting as a barrier to using them within a leader’s toolkit. To help, the SquirrelNorth team has started a new series of infographics aimed at simplifying key concepts; to make the use of metrics and other tools more accessible to all. The first one focuses on Lead Time Distributions. Please feel free to make use of this free download and share it with your colleagues.

Read More from SquirrelNorth

Kanban Coaching Exchange: Monte Carlo Simulation Explained with Sonya Siderova

As an alternative approach to forecasting, getting to grips with Monte Carlo simulations can be challenging, especially if you’ve been stuck estimating your work using story points (or hours) for quite some time.

And there are so many questions that come with the Monte Carlo method. Do we need to slice our items into even sizes? Does the simulation consider our current work in progress? What data is needed for it to produce reliable outcomes?

In this session, Sonya Siderova will reveal the full potential of one of the most reliable methods to project forecasting.

Register for Kanban Coaching Exchange

Kanban Train the Trainer Course Returns to Kanban India 2023

November 26-30, 2023

Kanban India will once again host a Kanban Train the Trainer (TTT) course with Kanban University Chairman Todd Little in November. The TTT course leads to the Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) credential and ability to teach Kanban University Foundation courses (Team Kanban Practitioner, Kanban System Design, and Kanban Systems Improvement). If you are ready to master the Kanban University curriculum, share a Kanban case study to demonstrate your Kanban experience, and deepen your Kanban knowledge, then you are ready to APPLY for the TTT!

Learn More About TTT

What is PRIORITY and VALUE anyway?

This piece was sparked by Rodrigo Sperb’s recent training from the David J Anderson School of Management for his Kanban Product Professional certification.

“It is largely common sense, if you really think about it, but I have lived long enough to know that to be not as ‘common’ as we might assume by the expression.

Have you ever thought about what priority actually means? I think if we go to its etymological sense, it was rather objective – what takes precedence. But what about in business? Do we always mean that?”

Read More From Rodrigo Sperb

How Do We Know Whether A Change Is Likely To Be An Improvement?

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How Do We Know Whether A Change Is Likely To Be An Improvement?

3rd Edition Fit for Purpose book by David J Anderson and Alexei Zheglov answers this question and more 

Looking for a fresh approach to improving customer satisfaction? The 5th Anniversary 3rd edition of the Fit For Purpose book, ‘Synthesizing Customer Experience and Strategy for Accelerated Business Results’ by David J Anderson and Alexei Zheglov is now available in English and Portuguese.

Get Fit For Purpose

Fit for Purpose is for executives, strategic planners, product managers, product planners, portfolio managers, service designers, and service delivery managers. This book is for anyone who wants to understand better how to manage for long-term survival and profitability in the complex and volatile markets of the 21st Century.

Online Meetup: Kanban and Essence

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

7:00 – 8:30 PM CET
6:00 – 7:30 PM GMT
1:00 – 2:30 PM EST
​10:00 AM – 11:30 PM PST

The Kanban Method is being applied successfully in a broad range of services and sectors while the number of practitioners and experts is also growing. Like many popular approaches, Kanban is frequently misunderstood and misapplied.

Join Ivar Jacobson International and Kanban University as we bring Essence to the Team level of Kanban in this online meetup.

“Essentializing” the principles, practices, and key concepts from the Kanban Method opens up new ways for practitioners to improve their organization while using managed evolutionary change in their context.

Register for the Meetup

Kanban Leadership Retreat – Built by YOU

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Kanban Leadership Retreat
Built by YOU

Attendees at Kanban Leadership Retreat review and vote on topics on multicolor sticky notes.

When we say the schedule at a Kanban Leadership Retreat is built by YOU, we mean it! The Wednesday night planning session is spent presenting and voting on the topics YOU want to explore deeper during the three-day retreat.

Find Next Kanban Leadership Retreat

At our 2022 KLR in Mayrhofen, Austria, our sessions included these topics and more.

What will you bring to the board in 2023?

Coaching

  • What does a Kanban coach do and what’s different when compared to an agile coach?
  • How do we debunk resistance to change with our peers?
  • What strategies are there for improving the lead time for more than 80 teams?​

Maturity and Scale

  • How can we assess an organization’s maturity?
  • How can Kanban help create realistic roadmaps?
  • How can we use Kanban alongside scaling models?​

Diving Deeper

  • What can we learn about Kanban and Flight Levels?
  • How can we move away from OKRs to continuous planning?
  • What else is out there for maturity level barriers?

Stay tuned for more information on LEVELING UP DAYS on June 27 and 28!