Many people know that using a Kanban board can heighten team collaboration, but did you know that you can visualize your workflow, identify delays, and connect the value delivery flow in your value stream?

Maybe you are using a Kanban board, but it does not provide the value you thought you would get, and you feel this has been over-hyped. Join this mini-workshop to learn how some simple changes that yield much more value and insight than you currently have.

In this workshop, we show you why visualization is so powerful – if a picture is worth a thousand words, a visualization is worth ten times a picture. Learn how to set up a Kanban board or evolve the one you are using. We show examples and scenarios to draw from, enabling you to optimize a board that is fit for your purposes.

Curriculum:

Introduction

Lesson 1: Why Visualizing the Workflow is so Powerful

Lesson 2: Kanban Board Examples (Software & Non-Software)

Lesson 3: Team Focused Kanban Boards

Exercise: Set Up YOUR Kanban Board

Lesson 4: Creating Agreements on How Work Flows Through Your Board

Exercise: Create explicit flow agreements

Lesson 5: Value Stream Focused Kanban Boards

Lesson 6: Detecting Delays in the Workflow

Lesson 7: Connecting Planning with Execution

Questions & Answers and Wrap-Up