Professional Scrum with Kanban

Apply Kanban Practices and Improve Flow in Professional Scrum 

Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) is an interactive, activity-based training course that teaches experienced Scrum Masters and other Scrum practitioners how to enhance their work by applying Kanban practices within the context of Professional Scrum. Through theory, case studies, and hands-on exercises, students will learn how Kanban practices can help Scrum Teams achieve better outcomes by improving workflow. Organizations that use DevOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) will find that incorporating flow into their Scrum application is a natural complement.

The course also includes a complimentary attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK I) certification exam.

Course Overview

There is a myth that teams must choose between Scrum and Kanban. Leveraging Kanban practices can optimize the flow of work in Scrum; this two-day training course will teach students the benefits of combining Scrum and Kanban.

Students will learn how to optimize their workflow by adding four Kanban practices to Scrum:

• Visualizing the Sprint Backlog workflow on a Kanban board
• Limiting Work in Progress (WIP)
• Actively managing work items in progress
• Continually inspecting and adapting the way the team uses flow optimization

By leveraging these practices, teams improve transparency, collaboration, and self-management, ultimately improving their ability to achieve Sprint Goals sustainably. In addition, this course focuses on helping students track and manage flow metrics to provide more predictable delivery patterns, ultimately enabling them to overcome common delivery challenges in achieving “Done.” Students will leave with a better understanding of what good Kanban looks like and how to implement it within a Professional Scrum environment.

Scrum.org and our Professional Scrum Trainers have collaborated with Daniel Vacanti and Yuval Yeret to develop this course, leveraging their expertise in Kanban.  In 2007, Daniel helped to develop the Kanban Method for knowledge work, including managing the world’s first project implementation of Kanban. Yuval, the author of "Holy Land Kanban," is a recipient of the Lean Kanban community's Brickell Key Award for his work in helping establish a strong Kanban community, with several enterprise product developments in Israel and worldwide. In addition, all trainers of this class must have real-world experience in both Scrum and Kanban.

Course Learning Objectives

After this course, PSK participants should be able to:

• Understand flow and Kanban practices from the perspective of the Scrum Team
• Explain how Kanban practices can be used to improve flow within a Sprint
• Increase transparency by helping the Scrum Team visualize their Workflow
• Use data to create a Scrum Team’s Service Level Expectation (SLE) for use in improving delivery predictability
• Apply the concept of flow and Kanban practices during Scrum Events
• Assist the team in overcoming common flow challenges by actively managing WIP

Who Should Attend

The Professional Scrum with Kanban course is designed for experienced Scrum Practitioners who understand Professional Scrum and want to learn how to implement Kanban practices with their Scrum Teams. Ideally, attendees have read the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams and have passed the Scrum Open assessment. The course is particularly beneficial for the following:

• Scrum Masters who want to learn how flow, flow metrics, and other Kanban practices can help them and their Scrum Teams improve how they work in Scrum
• Professional Scrum Practitioners with a desire to improve their current practices and who are interested in learning how Kanban practices can help them and their teams improve

Professional Scrum with Kanban Certification

All participants completing the Professional Scrum with Kanban course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum with Kanban I (PSK I) assessment. PSK class participants who attempt the PSK I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.

Why Scrum.org

Scrum.org offers the highest-quality Scrum training, comprehensive training materials, and certified Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) to deliver it. Our training materials are created and maintained by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber, Scrum.org, and the PST community members who teach the courses, ensuring they are in tune with current organizational trends and always up-to-date with the latest practices.

Professional Scrum Trainers bring their own style and experience to the courses but use the same materials so that students learn from the same content regardless of who teaches the course or where it is taught worldwide.  Read more about the differences.

Profile of the trainer

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• Active agility chef, executive agility guide, and product manager
• #2 Agile Thinkers360
• Leadershum Top 50 Agile Leaders 2022
• Flight Levels Coach, ProKanban Professional Kanban Trainer, Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer including Nexus, LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer
• Creator of Kanplexity™ & Xagility™
• Co-author of Kanban Guide
• Host of Xagility™ & Agility Island podcasts
• See linktr.ee/johncolemanxagility for social and podcast links
• See https://linkpop.com/orderlydisruption for John's other classes
• InfoQ article June 2022 - why you might need an island of agility
• InfoQ article August 2022 - talking about sizing & forecasting in Scrum

What John Coleman's Students Say

• Google reviews
• TrustPilot reviews
• VocalReferences reviews

It's not just about Reviews & Ratings 

Reviews & ratings are limited by nature. John needs to understand if the learning made a real difference back in the office. So, John likes to check in 12-18 months later. He notices a pattern of improvement and regularly receives pleasant vibes from the successful agility he inspires, thanks to ideas from the training. For example, see this experience report.

John's Scrum+Kanban Nexus+ case studies can be found at https://www.valueglide.com/blog/nexus-nexus-and-scrum.org-certifications. 

John is grateful to be part of Marshall Goldsmith's #payitforward campaign and, in doing so, offers free coaching, mentoring, and co-training to a select group of potential agility chefs. Marshall Goldsmith taught John in Salt Lake City in February 2018. All of John's workshops #payitforward Marshall Goldsmith content, including Marshall's advice to John himself.

Clients

John's client list (directly or indirectly) includes Japanese Tobacco International, TUI, Lilbit, digital2DNA, Shell, BP, Barclaycard, Vocalink Mastercard, Centrica, the Musgrave Group, RR Donnelley, DELL, Nordic Aviation Services, 84.51, Intralinks, PaySafe, Vodafone, Ericsson, NASA, Sky, and more.

Workshop Environment

Assessment preparation is not typically covered in the workshop. The workshop focuses on helping attendees apply new skills immediately back at work after the workshop. There is an expectation that attendees will participate in some free post-workshop Zoom calls and watch recordings of their own group (or previous groups) conducting challenging practice tests, which may include John Coleman's own practice tests. These tests address the same learning outcomes, albeit from a different perspective. John has an expectation that attendees will attend the calls, as assessment preparation does not scale on a 1:1 basis. Signing up for this workshop effectively commits you to attending these calls.

Sometimes, John Coleman will have a co-trainer, someone who is already qualified or who is building up experience. Please let John Coleman know in advance if you need him to bring an assistant trainer who speaks your language via john@orderlydisruption.com; economics will hopefully be in our favor to allow that if there is enough demand.

Live Virtual

• Each segment is 60-75 minutes long, with 15-30 minute breaks. Attendees have the option to spread the workshop over several days, if advertised, or if other attendees agree to that arrangement. No recording of the workshop will be made to maintain openness. The workshop has a limited capacity of 20 attendees.
• Workshop attendees will use Zoom/Teams, Mural, Slack, StoriesOnBoard, Strategyzer, Kanbanize/SwiftKanban, and John's physical flipcharts.

Payment, fees & cancellation

• Payment in advance is required, with no exceptions. All documentation requirements for invoice payment by the training date must be declared upfront.
• VAT is additional for UK clients only.
• You may cancel up to the specified online ticketing deadline. If you do, depending on the payment engine or approach, a refund may be subject to deductions for bank transfer fees.
• You may postpone your ticket with a minimum of three business days' notice. Otherwise, your lack of attendance on the booked date will be treated as a cancellation with zero refund (due to planning and venue costs for class numbers). Best efforts will be made to fit you into a later workshop.
• Electronic manuals and Scrum.org assessment fees are included. Physical manuals are not provided.

GDPR etc.

Subject to GDPR or other regulations:

• Attendees may be asked to opt in to receive communications, such as follow-up email newsletters.
• To get an assessment, the trainer must submit your name and email address to Scrum.org, which may, in turn, send you regular newsletters.
• Attendees will be invited to a Slack channel for the class to enable communication before, during, and after the class.
• Photographs and/or video permission will be requested in class for follow-up marketing purposes.
• Reviews and Testimonials will be requested in class. You can add the same review and star rating to each of VocalReferences, TrustPilot, and Google, which can be completed optionally in class. Attendees may also be asked to provide feedback to Scrum.org. For these requests, regardless of the response, additional bonus learning content will be delivered.
• A limited number of free post-training Zoom or alternative calls are offered. To book, attendees can arrange to meet me via  https://calendly.com/johncolemanagile
• Attendees may be asked to join compatible communities, e.g., the LeSS community.
• See the privacy statement at orderlydisruption.com.