SBK - Scrum Better With Kanban

Improve your Scrum by adding the practices and evolutionary change approach from the Kanban Method. Scrum Better with Kanban can help you enhance your Scrum by introducing proven Kanban practices, principles, and applying evolutionary change management.

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Scrum Alliance and Kanban University Badges

One course, two powerful credentials: Earn both the Scrum Kanban Practitioner credential and the Scrum Better with Kanban microcredential.

Improve your Scrum by adding the practices and evolutionary change approach from the Kanban Method. Scrum Better with Kanban can help you enhance your Scrum by introducing proven Kanban practices, principles, and applying evolutionary change management. This course captures the lessons learned from Scrum Teams that successfully evolved their way of working through evolutionary change using the Kanban Method.

Our hands-on training will ensure that you walk away with a proven approach to introducing changes that will deliver results for your team and organisation. This course is one of the first of its kind and is dual-certified by the Scrum Alliance and Kanban University. Each attendee will receive a certificate from both organisations. Students also receive a one-month full access trial to Kanban+, which includes access to the latest books and artefacts.

Why Pick Helen Meek?

You’ll be learning from the Kanban Queen – a Kanban University Train the Trainer with 13 years of hands-on experience. I’ve trained and coached in over 60 organisations, helping teams apply Scrum and Kanban in the real world, not just the classroom. If you want a course that’s engaging, practical, and led by someone who’s been in the trenches, this is it.

Real-World Solutions

Practical tools grounded in real-world success.

Career Advancement

Proven techniques to improve flow, reduce overburdening, and boost delivery.

Become Invaluable

Insights from years of consulting with diverse teams and industries.

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Dual credentials from Scrum Alliance and Kanban University.

Who Is This Course For?

This course is for anyone, not only Scrum teams. Whether you’re a project manager, team lead, or individual contributor, Scrum Better with Kanban gives you practical tools to bring Kanban’s evolutionary approach to improving your Scrum using Kanban practices. You’ll learn how to boost predictability, increase transparency, sharpen focus, strengthen feedback loops, and reduce risk—no matter your role or team structure. Ideal learners for this course include:

  • Scrum and Agile practitioners
  • Scrum Masters and Product Owners
  • Team Leads
  • Leaders
  • Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Product Managers
  • Agile Coaches

Course Topics and Outline

This workshop is hands-on, using various exercises alongside instructor-led discussions and presentations. You will learn the 6 general practices of Kanban, discover its principles, and see how to identify and analyse challenges in your Scrum process. You will leave able to develop, test, and apply potential solutions to problems that reflect the principles and practices of the Kanban Method.

  • The Kanban Method
    • What is the Kanban Method
    • Kanban Practices
      1. Visualise – Show work and its flow.
      2. Limit Work in Progress – Stop starting, start finishing!
      3. Manage Flow – Identify and manage what is preventing work from flowing.
      4. Make policies explicit – Have agreed policies, visible to everyone involved.
      5. Establish Feedback loops – At the right cadence to provide guidance.
      6. Improve collaboratively, evolve experimentally – Using the scientific method.
    • How we think about our work
      1. Work Item
      2. Work Item Type
      3. Workflow
  • Scrum Better with Kanban
    • Unplanned work
    • Estimation challenges
    • Lead time and lead time distributions
    • Control/Run charts
    • Dependencies
    • Discovery
    • Dormancy
    • Cadences
  • Understanding Change
    • Three change management principles
    • Using evolutionary change – The problem
    • Using evolutionary change – Ideas for solutions

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the prerequisites for this course?

Students should be familiar with the Scrum Framework and have applied it at least once within their organisation. Students must be familiar with the latest Scrum Guide before attending this training. So have a read! Having a Scrum certification is not a mandatory requirement. No previous Kanban training or experience is required. Full attendance is required throughout the class.

What credentials will I earn?

Upon successful completion, you will earn both the Scrum Kanban Practitioner credential from Kanban University and the Scrum Better with Kanban microcredential from Scrum Alliance. You will receive a certificate from both organisations.

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