Scrum Better with Kanban
a0393f83-4e1a-4d2d-b504-525c6eb7e807.tmb-0.png?Culture=en&sfvrsn=5a5185db_1 "Scrum Better with Kanban Hero image"){kind=icon}
Course overview
About Scrum Better with Kanban
Scrum Better with Kanban teaches you how to infuse your existing scrum practices with kanban's proven techniques so you can remove friction, improve flow, and tackle variability with confidence.
You'll dive into—
The six general practices of the kanban method:
- Visualize. Make work and its flow visible.
- Limit work in progress. Stop starting, start finishing!
- Manage flow. Spot and resolve what's slowing work down.
- Make policies explicit. Align your team with clear, shared rules.
- Establish feedback loops. Create the right cadence for inspection and adaptation.
- Improve collaboratively, evolve experimentally. Apply the scientific method to continuous improvement.
The three change management principles:
- Start with what you do now (no sweeping overhauls).
- Agree to pursue evolutionary change, not disruptive change.
- Encourage leadership at every level, not just from the top.
Time: 8 hours
Format: Live online
Credential: You'll get two essential credentials: the Scrum Kanban Practitioner credential from Kanban University and Scrum Better with Kanban microcredential from Scrum Alliance
Prerequisites: None
What you'll get:
- The skills to analyze what's holding back your scrum team and how to resolve those challenges with relevant kanban techniques.
- Tools to deal with variability that slows down delivery.
- Real solutions rooted in kanban's principles that you can apply immediately.
Who should take this course?
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 more agility into your work. 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 modules
- Visualize – Show work and its flow.
- Limit Work in Progress – Stop starting, start finishing!
- Manage Flow – Identify and manage what is preventing work from flowing.
- Make policies explicit – Have agreed policies, visible to everyone involved.
- Establish Feedback loops – At the right cadence to provide guidance.
- Improve collaboratively, evolve experimentally – Using the scientific method.
- Start where you are.
- Agree to pursue evolutionary change.
- Acts of leadership at all levels.
- Learn how to identify and analyze the challenges in and around your Scrum and how to prepare solutions to address these challenges.
- Identify and develop solutions to the variability that is delaying or slowing down your work.
- Develop and test potential solutions to problems that reflect the principles and practices of the Kanban Method.
Scrum Alliance + Kanban University
Unlock the power of scrum and kanban—together.
We’ve teamed up with Kanban University to bring you Scrum Better with Kanban, a course designed to help you strengthen your scrum practice with proven kanban principles.
What this means for you:
- Two respected credentials from leading agile organizations
- Practical techniques you can apply right away
- Smarter agility without disrupting what already works
- Built for all levels, from beginner to seasoned practitioner
Level up your agility with a learning experience that meets real-world demands.
Unmatched quality and scale
"Simply amazing learning experience!"
"My experience at Scrum Alliance was simply exceptional ... "
Is a microcredential worth it?
Microcredentials are a great way to continually add new skills with fast and flexible formats. Here are just a few reasons microcredential training is a worthwhile investment for you and your team.
- Focused expertise — gain specialized knowledge in a specific area
- Flexible learning — learn the way you prefer by choosing from live or on-demand learning formats
- Cost-effective — typically less expensive than certifications or degree programs
- Relevant — topics prioritized to cover industry trends and emerging technologies
- Expedient — earn a credential in hours as opposed to weeks, months, or years
- Recognizable — validated by Scrum Alliance, a globally recognized credentialing body
- Practical — build skills and knowledge immediately applicable in your role
- Stackable — combine microcredentials to build comprehensive learning pathways
Scrum Better with Kanban is a course designed to help scrum teams improve their flow, predictability, and responsiveness by incorporating kanban practices into their existing framework. It's perfect for teams that want to bolster timeboxing and scrum events to optimize delivery while keeping scrum front and center.
No prior kanban experience is required! This course introduces the foundational practices and principles of the kanban method and shows you how to apply them directly to your scrum context.
You'll earn two credentials: the Scrum Better with Kanban microcredential from Scrum Alliance and the Scrum Kanban Practitioner certificate from Kanban University. These globally recognized credentials showcase your ability to enhance scrum using kanban techniques.
Scrum Better with Kanban is for anyone, not only scrum masters. While scrum masters will gain tremendous value, this course is ideal for entire scrum teams, including product owners and developers.
We encourage anyone who has used or uses scrum practices to take the course, even if you aren't currently in a scrum team. Techniques and practices from both frameworks can be leveraged in many different roles so you're sure to learn something you can take back to work and apply right away.
Scrum is an iterative framework focused on timeboxed, incremental delivery of value and recurring feedback loops. Kanban is a flow-based method focused on visualizing work and managing flow. By combining them, you gain the structure and team empowerment of scrum with the predictability and visualization of kanban, helping teams deliver more value with less friction.
Have additional questions?
Register for this course today!
Two credentials. One course. Unlimited impact. Enroll in Scrum Better with Kanban and take your scrum practice to the next level.