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Kanban Management Professional (KMP)

Design, improve,
and scale Kanban systems.

Earn the Kanban Management Professional credential through a practical two-course path:
Kanban System Design (KSD), followed by Kanban for Systems Improvement (KSI) or Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI).

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A two-course credential.

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One foundation. Two ways forward.

Start with Kanban System Design (KSD). Then choose the second course that best fits the work you want to improve: service delivery with Kanban for Systems Improvement (KSI) or product delivery with Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI).

1. Start with foundation.
Foundation courseCertified Kanban TrainingKSD

Kanban System Design.

Build your understanding of Kanban, flow, and how to design a Kanban system.

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2. Then choose your route.
Service delivery routeCertified Kanban TrainingKSI

Kanban for Systems Improvement.

Manage and optimize connected systems with metrics, cadences, and evolutionary change.

Explore KSI
Product delivery routeCertified Kanban TrainingKDI

Kanban for Design and Innovation.

Shape demand and improve upstream design and innovation across an end-to-end system.

Explore KDI
Earn your KMP credential.
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Each course awards an official Kanban University training certificate. Together, KSD plus KSI or KDI earns the Kanban Management Professional credential.

Service Delivery vs Product Delivery.

Both routes complete the KMP credential with KSD. The difference is where you want to develop deeper capability.

Service deliveryCertified Kanban TrainingKSI

Improve flow across connected systems.

Choose KSI when you want to manage and optimize delivery, use metrics to guide improvement, and address delay, variability, and bottlenecks across multiple systems.

Metrics and flowCadences and scalingEvolutionary change
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Product deliveryCertified Kanban TrainingKDI

Improve the way demand enters the system.

Choose KDI when you want to work upstream: make better options visible, shape customer demand, and build an end-to-end system that connects discovery and delivery.

Upstream KanbanOptions and valueDesign and innovation
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Who KMP is for.

You design or manage work systems.

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  • Design systems around how work actually flows.
  • Make delivery, dependencies, and bottlenecks visible.
  • Improve performance and predictability.

You are implementing or improving Kanban.

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  • Start with a clear, shared way of working.
  • Strengthen an existing Kanban practice.
  • Evolve the system with practical improvement habits.

You lead change initiatives.

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  • Bring different perspectives into the same conversation.
  • Introduce change without disruptive reorganisation.
  • Build sustainable improvement cultures.

What you will do differently next Monday.

Design better systems.

Use STATIK and service-oriented thinking to design Kanban systems that reflect how work actually flows through your organization.

Visualize and manage work more effectively.

Create meaningful visual boards, establish explicit policies, and improve transparency across teams and stakeholders.

Improve flow.

Identify bottlenecks, reduce delays, manage work in progress, and improve predictability using practical flow-based techniques.

Use metrics to drive decisions.

Apply flow metrics and service delivery indicators to make informed decisions and continuously improve performance.

Lead evolutionary change.

Introduce improvements without disruptive reorganizations by using Kanban's evolutionary change approach.

Facilitate effective collaboration.

Run Kanban cadences and feedback loops that improve communication, alignment, and accountability.

Start your KMP path.

Build a shared view of work with Kanban System Design, then choose the KMP course path that fits your system.

Start with KSD