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Kanban System Design (KMP I) Workshop on 08 – 10 January 2021

Naveena Gangiredla Leave a comment

INNOVATION ROOTS announces Kanban System Design (KMP-I) workshop with Prashant J Mavinkare (Lead Consultant at INNOVATION ROOTS), to be held Online on 08 January – 10 January 2021.

This workshop offers an ideal foundation for organizations, teams, and individuals to start their journey in incorporating the Kanban methods. Participants will receive a great mix of deep conceptual lessons, case studies, and real-life experience. They will partake in hands-on games and interactive exercises that will help them understand and to kick off their own Kanban initiative.

This three-day Kanban System Design workshop provides an understanding of a comprehensive approach towards designing the system flow into an organization. It helps in creating a better understanding of business risk, supports decision-making and eventually, leads to the improvement of the service delivery of activities.

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Blocker | Glossary

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Definition:

The piece of work represented on a Kanban board move seamlessly from one process step to another, until the work is done. Visualizing work on a Kanban board does help enable better flow.

Sometimes unforeseen internal or external factors get in the way of progress. These factors are called blockers, because they block a card from being able to move forward in your process. Kanban do a good job of visualising blocked work. A common practice is to throw the blocker sticker away once the work has been unblocked. I always get teams to keep the blockers so they can review them for patterns or common sources of blockage at retrospectives.

The piece of work represented on a Kanban board is to move it seamlessly from one process step to another, until the work is done.Visualizing work on a Kanban board does help enable better flow. Sometimes unforeseen internal or external factors get in the way of progress. These factors which blocks the are called blockers, because they block a card from being able to move forward in your process.

Further Reading:

Book:  Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business by David J Anderson

Kanban from the Inside by Mike Burrows