Objective

Marrying Lean and Agile principles, the Kanban and Scrum methodologies, Scrumban provides a simple management framework that supports planning and forecasting even in a continuously changing environment, where Scrum’s preconditions are not met. The methodology and this workshop are not restricted to the IT industry as Kanban itself was first applied in the automotive domain. The goal of this workshop is to understand the basics of Scrumban, the principles and mindset behind Agile and Lean and acquire a tool that helps attendees improve their projects’ visibility, productivity and abillity to forecast.

Target Audience

IT managers, HR, non-IT professionals, project managers, support and maintenance leads and team members and everyone who is working within organizations with potentials to use both Scrum and Kanban.

Content

The material is divided into modules. During each module, the trainer will guide you through lectures and exercises that help you connect the material to your existing experience, learn new concepts and experience the concepts through practice. Questions are welcome at any time.

Modules:

• Introduction to Agile
• Introduction to Lean
• Agile vs. Lean
• Scrum basics: roles, lifecycle
• Kanban
• Scrum vs. Kanban
• Scrumban
• Kanban simulation

Misc.

• Handout (English) will be provided for the participants.
• Welcome coffee, lunch, and other coffee breaks are included in the price. Price includes infrastructure and catering services that are stated on the related invoice as individual items.
• PMP certified participants are eligible to 1 PDU point per training hours as defined in the PMP Handbook on page 42, Category B.