
Kanban Product Professional I - Discovering Customer Value (KPP I)
Discover customer purpose before commitment.
Learn to understand what customers value, make market context visible, and use that insight to shape better options before delivery begins.
Kanban Product Professional I - Discovering Customer Value in practice.
KPP I - Creating Fit for Purpose Products teaches the models that help product professionals make sense of markets and define products for complex customer fitness landscapes.
You work from customer purpose and personas through whole-product fitness, domain modelling, feature classification, customer-experience analysis, and Fitness Target Matrix decisions.
Who KPP I is for.
You define products.

- You are a product owner or manager shaping features, products, or services for changing customer needs.
You study market fit.

- You need to connect market segments, customer purpose, fitness criteria, and product requirements.
You guide product investment.

- You want stronger evidence for product strategy, experiments, and the choices that shape an upstream backlog.
Your outcomes from KPP I course.
Practical methods and perspectives you can bring back to the work, systems, people, and services you support.
Segment by customer purpose
Create useful market segments and personas around the different purposes customers bring.
Define the whole product
Use the Fit-for-Purpose Framework across design, implementation, and customer experience or service delivery.
Discover hidden value
Classify requirements and use recurring fitness criteria to reveal differentiators, table stakes, cost reduction, and regulatory needs.
Target product fit
Use narrative and survey insight with the Fitness Target Matrix to focus investment and experimentation.
Plan your KPP I course.
KPP I is a hands-on learning experience offered through accredited Kanban University training. These details help you prepare well and take part fully.
Course format.
First step in the two-course credential. In the provided five-day bundle, KPP I runs for two four-hour days plus a two-hour wrap-up before KPP II begins.
Prerequisites.
No prior course work is necessary. Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI) is strongly recommended to enhance understanding during KPP.

Completion and certification.
Attend and actively engage in every session, hands-on exercise, simulation, and group discussion to receive the Kanban University KPP I certificate. Continue with KPP II to earn KPP.
See the KPP I path.
Explore the next relevant course, credential, accreditation, or clearly marked learning pathway using the linked steps below.
