Upcoming SBK Trainings

Learning objectives: What you’ll learn

• How to identify and analyze pain points and challenges in and around your current Scrum implementation.
• How to address variability, dependencies, and unplanned work that impact your team’s performance.
• How to develop and test actionable improvements using Kanban principles and practices.
• How to apply small, safe-to-fail changes to evolve your Scrum implementation with real impact.
• How to apply the Managed Evolutionary Change approach to introduce improvements gradually and sustainably.
• How to overcome resistance to change in your teams and organization.

Topics covered

• Introduction to the Kanban Method
• Kanban principles and practices
• Understanding flow, classes of service, and types of work
• Analyzing and visualizing team-level challenges
• Using Kanban to manage and improve Scrum workflows
• Evolutionary change management
• Common Scrum challenges: dependencies, meetings, predictability, resistance, transparency, unplanned work
• Identifying and developing experiments to improve Scrum

Is this the right course for me?

If you are a Scrum practitioner, team lead, Scrum Master, Agile coach, or manager who wants to introduce evolutionary improvements to your Scrum Teams, this course is the perfect starting point.

This course is designed for:

• Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches
• Team leads and delivery managers
• Developers or team members working in Scrum Teams
• Change agents and managers looking for pragmatic ways to evolve team-level practices

If you are already working with Scrum and want to improve collaboration, predictability, and flow within your team and organization, this class is for you.

You will especially benefit if your Scrum environment is experiencing challenges such as:

• Dependencies
• Lack of predictability
• Unplanned work
• Inefficient meetings
• Resistance to change
• Transparency issues

Requirements

• Familiarity with the Scrum Framework is required.
• You should have applied Scrum at least once in your organization.
• It is required that you have read the latest version of the Scrum Guide before attending.
• No previous Kanban experience or training is necessary.
• Having a Scrum certification is not required.

Preparation

• Please review the latest version of the Scrum Guide before attending the course.
• No further preparation is required—just bring your experience and an open mind.