Kanban Foundations Certification

About

Kanban is a proven strategy for optimising flow and value delivery. Using Kanban, organisation improve customer satisfaction, get more quality work completed in less time and enhance stakeholder trust and decision- making. Kanban Foundations Certification covers:

1. Definition of Kanban

2. Kanban Theory

3. Workflow Management

   1. Defining and Visualising the Workflow

   2. Actively Managing Work Items in a Workflow

   3. Improving a Workflow

4. Flow Metrics

5. WIP (Work in Progress) Limit

6. Value Optimisation

After completing this certification, you'll be equipped with the foundations of Kanban. The learning objectives of Kanban Foundations Certification include:

• Understanding Kanban

• Understanding key concepts and theories behind Kanban

• Understanding an effective, efficient and predictable workflow

• Understanding data-driven metrics to measure and drive flow

• Understanding the concept, benefits and challenges of WIP limits

• Understanding value optimisation - why, how, strategy and what

For detailed breakdown of learning objectives, check out Kanban Foundations Learning Objectives

Details

Time: 16 hours

Format: Self-paced

Mentoring Session: Every two weeks with an industry practitioner

Prerequisites: None

Who it's for

Kanban Foundations Certification is right for:

• Professionals new to Kanban who want to learn core concepts

• Team members in operational, support, service, or project-based environments

• Agile newcomers seeking an easy entry point into flow-based methods

• Scrum team members wanting to complement time-boxed practices with flow principles

• Project managers looking to improve visibility and reduce bottlenecks

• Team leads and supervisors responsible for workflow oversight

• Product owners and product managers aiming to enhance delivery predictability

• IT operations and DevOps personnel seeking smoother, more reliable flow

• Business analysts who need clear process insight for optimization

• Process improvement specialists wanting a foundational Kanban framework

• Service management professionals focused on reducing delays and wait times

• Change managers guiding teams toward incremental, evolutionary change

• Consultants and coaches adding Kanban fundamentals to their toolkit

• Students or career starters exploring modern workflow management methods

• Anyone seeking to improve efficiency, communication, and flow in day-to-day work