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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="32442" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/training-kepc" lastchanged="2025-10-20T09:26:48+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>Kanban Essentials Professional Certificate (KEPC™)</title><productcode>KEPC</productcode><vendorcode>FL</vendorcode><vendorname>Fast Lane</vendorname><fullproductcode>FL-KEPC</fullproductcode><version>1.0</version><objective>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Work Item types&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Card walls&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pull and push&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;WIP limits (Limit work in progress)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Queues and buffers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cadences&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bottlenecks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Issues and blocked items.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;There are no formal prerequisites for this certification.&lt;/p&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This certification is appropriate for anyone who is interested in becoming a Kanban professional.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;h5&gt;Introduction:&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lean manufacturing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lean&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lean principles&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agile&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;JIT&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kaizen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lean thinking&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scrum&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Waterfall vs agile&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kanban (Development)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bad reasons to choose Kanban&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;History:&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Developed by Toyota in the 1940&amp;acute;s&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Designed to match inventory to demand, not supply&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Relies in improved communication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Generates less quality failure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Increase production&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;History&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1962 to 2001&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Toyota&amp;acute;s six rules&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kanban&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The core practices of Kanban&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Five main properties of Kanban&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Manage the workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Limit the work underway&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visualize the workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the process&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Improve as a team&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Theory of restrictions&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Constrains exist by nature in any system&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identifying constrains can improve efficiency&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exploiting constraints can improve efficiency&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All other decisions hinge upon constraint decisions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Loop&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;What is Kanban?&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A scheduling system that allows for just in time delivery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;An inventory control system&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A way to improve productivity in an organization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A system to use in many frameworks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Value flow map&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify where you start&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify production requirements (finished product)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the steps in between&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Value stream maps change by nature&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Implementing Kanban&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Card walls&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pulls and pushes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Workflows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Queues and buffers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cadences&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bottlenecks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Metrics in Kanban&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kanban metrics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tracking work&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cumulative flow design&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lead time&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Trends&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Throughput&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Optimizing your Kanban&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scaling Kanban&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three types of improvement opportunities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Estimations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Class of service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Service level agreements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agile software development&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bottleneck&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s wrong with the current system?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eliminate waste&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Software development patterns mashed together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visual management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Blocker&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Task switching&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Process&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kanban as flow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><objective_plain>- Work Item types
- Card walls
- Pull and push
- Workflow
- WIP limits (Limit work in progress)
- Queues and buffers
- Cadences
- Bottlenecks
- Issues and blocked items.</objective_plain><essentials_plain>There are no formal prerequisites for this certification.</essentials_plain><audience_plain>This certification is appropriate for anyone who is interested in becoming a Kanban professional.</audience_plain><contents_plain>Introduction:


- Lean manufacturing
- Lean
- Lean principles
- Agile
- JIT
- Kaizen
- Lean thinking
- Scrum
- Waterfall vs agile
- Kanban (Development)
- Bad reasons to choose Kanban
History:


- Developed by Toyota in the 1940´s
- Designed to match inventory to demand, not supply
- Relies in improved communication
- Generates less quality failure
- Increase production
- History
- 1962 to 2001
- Toyota´s six rules
- Kanban
- The core practices of Kanban
Five main properties of Kanban


- Manage the workflow
- Limit the work underway
- Visualize the workflow
- Define the process
- Improve as a team
Theory of restrictions


- Constrains exist by nature in any system
- Identifying constrains can improve efficiency
- Exploiting constraints can improve efficiency
- All other decisions hinge upon constraint decisions
- Loop
What is Kanban?


- A scheduling system that allows for just in time delivery
- An inventory control system
- A way to improve productivity in an organization
- A system to use in many frameworks
Value flow map


- Identify where you start
- Identify production requirements (finished product)
- Define the steps in between
- Value stream maps change by nature
Implementing Kanban


- Card walls
- Pulls and pushes
- Workflows
- Queues and buffers
- Cadences
- Bottlenecks
Metrics in Kanban


- Kanban metrics
- Tracking work
- Cumulative flow design
- Lead time
- Trends
- Throughput
Optimizing your Kanban


- Scaling Kanban
- Three types of improvement opportunities
- Estimations
- Class of service
- Service level agreements
- Policies
- Agile software development
- Resources
- Bottleneck
- What’s wrong with the current system?
- Eliminate waste
- Software development patterns mashed together
- Visual management
- Blocker
- Task switching
- Process
- Kanban as flow</contents_plain><duration unit="d" days="1">1 day</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">1390.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">1390.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">1210.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">1390.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">1390.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">1390.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>