Applying Professional Kanban Certification Course

What is Kanban? 

Kanban is fast becoming the modern way to manage an organization’s delivery of customer value. In today’s always-on environment, you need a clear set of practices that don’t get in the way of your ability to continuously deliver but that provides enough structure to keep everyone aligned and focused.  This course will give you an in-depth introduction to improving your team’s effectiveness by applying Kanban flow principles.

Attend an Applying Professional Kanban course to learn how to use Kanban to your advantage. After taking the course, you will have an opportunity to validate your understanding of Kanban with our online assessment that evaluates your knowledge and provides guidance on areas to improve. Upon passing, you will receive the “Professional Kanban I” (PKI) certification and badge through Credly. 

This course covers the principles of flow and visualization, strategies to make teams more efficient and predictable, designing and implementing workflows, managing work in progress to boost flow, and identifying opportunities for measurable improvements. 

After attending the course, learners will be able to:

• Explain the basic principles of flow
• Describe the value of WIP limits
• Create a visual board to manage your work
• Capture and interpret key flow metrics and analytics to find improvement opportunities
• Explain why flow should be focused on value delivery
• Define, build, operate and continuously improve a Kanban system
• Discuss how tooling impacts your implementation

This course is designed for anyone looking to improve their ability to deliver value and work more effectively, including business analysts, team members, team leads, Agile coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, project managers, and product managers. 

This course covers how to get started with Kanban, designing and visualizing workflows, applying Kanban practices, understanding Kanban theory, strategy, and metrics, and improving Kanban systems for better results. 

After taking the course, you will have an opportunity to validate that you understand core Kanban topics. We will invite you to take an online assessment to evaluate your understanding and provide you with guidance on areas to improve. This exclusive assessment is only available to class participants.

Andrea Pratt-Smith is a consultant, mentor, trainer, and facilitator. She increases team performance, collaboration and builds cross-functional teams. Her experience includes helping teams learn Agile, form and build trust, strive toward high performance and continuous improvement. Andrea's passion is helping others continue to grow their own knowledge as well as increase their impact to the organization. Andrea is the CEO of Creative Minds Project Development & Consultation where she provides project management consultancy services for local and international clients.  

She is the founder of the Bahamas Agile & Project Management Community (BAPMC), the first and only community of practice in The Bahamas for project managers and agilists.  She is a PMI Training Partner (CAPM and PMI-ACP Instructor) and holds several certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI). She is the first Professional Kanban Trainer (PKT) in the Caribbean region and the only Bahamian Professional Kanban Trainer (PKT). 

Student substitutions or postponements for classes are accepted at any time. Student cancellations must be made via email. Refunds for student cancellations may be available as follows:

• Cancellation received more than 21 days prior to the first day of class = 100% refund of course fee less transaction fees.
• Cancellation received more than 10 days prior to the first day of class = 50% refund of course fee less transaction fees.
• Cancellation received less than 10 days prior to the first day of class = no refund provided.

Should a postponement or cancellation occur, you'll be notified no later than 5 days prior to class. Please reach out with any questions to info@creativemindsprojects.com