Kanban+

He checked the board.

Coffee? Done ✅
Bilbao? In progress 🧳
Everything else? Not started.

WIP LIMIT: 1
THAT ONE THING: KLR

Next stop: Kanban Leadership Retreat, Bilbao — September 9–11.

👉 Registration closes August 20: https://kanban.university/klreu26/

Kanban training shouldn’t require a 2 a.m. alarm 🌏

We’ve added Asia-Pacific-friendly Flow Manager and Delivery Manager classes for the week of 12 October, starting at 07:00 CEST — that’s 12:00 in Bangkok and 13:00 in China and Western Australia.

And the format stays exactly the same:

No slides. No Miro. No passive learning.
From session one, you’ll be working inside a live Kanban system in Kanban+.

🟢 Flow Manager — Free for Lead Different Annual subscribers
🟢 Delivery Manager — €225 (list price €1,200)

If you’re based in Asia-Pacific and have been waiting for a class that actually works with your time zone, this one’s for you.

👉 Learn more and register: https://kanban.plus/pages/total-immersion

Still not sure KMM applies to your industry? This accounting team had 33% on-time delivery. Then they tried it.

The result: 90% on-time. 28% shorter lead time. 44% less overtime. And employees picking up their kids from school during closing days.

This isn't a tech story. It happens in banks, pharma, manufacturing, professional services — anywhere a Kanban implementation runs out of steam.

The Kanban Maturity Model was built for exactly this moment. Before it became a book, it was tested with 12 coaches across 5 countries for more than a year. Real organisations. Real plateaus. Real results.

The result: a roadmap for what comes after "we've done Kanban."

Does this sound like where you are right now?

👉 Explore this and other KMM case studies, videos, and the full knowledge base inside Essentials on Kanban+ — your first month is on us: https://kanban.plus/pages/subscription-plans

👉 Practice it in a live system: https://kanban.plus/pages/total-immersion

🎥 Watch our Short on how the KMM was tested: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BvBTPFvjn_4

Where is your organisation on the KMM scale?

ML0? ML2? ML4?

Most people find it hard to answer that honestly because the model can feel abstract without a concrete reference point.

The KMM Pizza Poster gives you that reference point. All 7 maturity levels, mapped through a real business example that everyone can relate to.

Download it, print it, put it on the wall. Then ask the question again.

👉 https://all.kanban.plus/en/content/kanbanplus/kmm/default/kmm-downloads/

👉 Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/73jLfZGD1fA

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How do you decide which work item to pull next?

In a WIP-limited environment, not all work is equal. Some items cost you more the longer they wait. Others can queue without consequence. Getting this wrong means delivering the wrong things at the wrong time.

Triage Tables give you a structured, step-by-step way to identify the Class of Service for any work item – based on cost of delay, lead time distribution, shelf life ratio, and customer expectations.

We put together a full walkthrough on YouTube. Here's what's inside:

✅ Identify the value acquisition life cycle curve
✅ Calculate the shelf life ratio
✅ Determine your default Class of Service
✅ Adjust based on start date range and client expectations
✅ Use fat-tailed vs thin-tailed lead time distributions correctly

It might look like a lot of steps – but it’s just a matter of practice.

📺 Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTaOVmNIE2E

👉 Start your free 1-month trial on Kanban+ and download the print-ready Triage Tables poster: https://all.kanban.plus/en/content/kanbanplus/kmm/default/kmm-downloads/

🎯 Want to practice these concepts inside a live Kanban system? Total Immersion training runs 100% inside Kanban+ – no slides, no static examples. Choose your spot: https://djaa.com/?ff_landing=108

Our students don’t leave Total Immersion with notes. They leave with capability.

From the first session, you’re inside a live Kanban system on Kanban+. Not watching a demo. Not doing a workshop exercise. Actually managing work, setting policies, making real decisions – and seeing what happens when things go wrong.

There’s a class for wherever you are right now:

🟢 Just starting out – Flow Manager is free with your Lead Different Annual subscription.
🟢 Ready to go deeper – Delivery Manager, Demand Manager, or KMP (KSD + KSI), each €225 (normally €1,200–2,400).
🟢 Scaling across teams – Enterprise Scale Kanban, €225 (normally €2,400)
🟢 Leading transformation – Enterprise Transformation Manager (KMM + KCP), €450 (normally €5,000).

If you’ve been thinking about it, the interest form takes two minutes. Our team will follow up directly with dates and enrollment details.

👉 https://djaa.com/?ff_landing=108

It’s Friday. A good moment to stop, look up, and ask:
What’s the real next step?

Growth in Kanban doesn’t start with ambition.

It starts with an honest look at where you are right now – not where you’d like to be.

That’s why Total Immersion isn’t one course.

🟢 Flow Manager.
🟢 Delivery Manager.
🟢 Demand Manager.
🟢 Kanban Management Professional (KMP): Kanban System Design (KSD) + Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI).
🟢 Enterprise Transformation Manager: week one – Kanban Maturity Model + week two – Kanban Coaching.
🟢 Enterprise Scale Kanban.

Each one meets you at your actual next challenge – not a generic "next level."

All of them run 100% inside Kanban+. No slides. No Miro. No passive learning. You work on real systems from session one.

Annual Lead Different subscribers get real savings on every one of these classes – Flow Manager comes FREE, the rest run €225 to €450 – compared with list prices from €1,200 to €5,000.

Before you close the week, choose the next step that actually fits where you are.

👉 https://djaa.com/?ff_landing=108&syclid=d9hjbf3hg02c73bcsq4g

Spain are world champions!

1-0. Extra time. 106 minutes of patience, pressure, and system.

Argentina had Messi. Spain had flow.

They didn’t wish for a different opponent. They didn’t hope Messi would have a bad night. They looked at reality clearly, built a system around what they could actually control, and trusted it under pressure.

All tournament, Spain conceded one goal. Not because they were the most talented team on the pitch every night – but because their system didn’t break. Possession managed. Transitions controlled. Every player knowing their role and when to pull.

Flow isn’t something that happens to great teams. It’s something they build deliberately.

And it always starts the same way: with an honest look at reality. Not the team you wish you had. Not the capabilities you’re planning to develop someday. What you actually have, right now.

In the Kanban Maturity Model, we call this Respect. Not courtesy – recognition of capability, circumstances, and context for what they truly are.

No wishful thinking. Just a clear-eyed understanding of where you are – and a system built around that.

Spain knew exactly where they were. And this brings them the championship.

Congratulations to La Roja 🇪🇸

And to everyone who followed our football-and-flow posts during the tournament – thank you.

See you in four years.

Or tomorrow 😄

Want to build a system that holds under pressure? Total Immersion classes are open – spaces are limited. 👉 https://djaa.com/?ff_landing=108&syclid=d9gbpmse14rc73f87di0

It’s Thursday. Good time to read something worth your time.

How did Triage Tables come to exist? David Anderson shares the story behind one of the most practical tools in the Kanban Method – how a complex scheduling problem became a simple, usable framework.

If you’ve ever struggled to decide which work item to pull next, this one is for you.

👉 Read the full interview: https://all.kanban.plus/en/content/kanbanplus/kmm/default/kmm-articles/reader/triage-dependency-david-inter

👉 See it in action – watch our Triage Tables video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTaOVmNIE2E

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Dear Kanban+ subscribers from Brazil,

We’re happy to share that KMP Total Immersion training is now available in Brazilian Portuguese! 🇧🇷🎉

This is a new way to experience Kanban training – directly inside Kanban+.

No PowerPoint.
No Miro.
No disconnected theory.

From the very first session, you work inside a real enterprise-scale Kanban system, together with other professionals, live.

The training will be led in Portuguese by Eduardo Bobsin Machado (AKT, AKC).

What’s included:
🟢 KSD
🟢 KSI
🟢 Kanban University KMP credential
🟢 5 live sessions of 5 hours
🟢 Real practice inside Kanban+

As part of the beta offer, Kanban+ Lead Different Annual subscribers can access the full KMP training for €450 (including Lead Different Annual subscription).

And if you’d like to bring a friend or colleague, the second seat is 50% off – just €225.

Spots are limited, and the training starts soon.

A big thank-you to our Kanban Community in Brazil for helping bring more Kanban learning experiences to professionals in Portuguese. 🇧🇷💛

Register here 👇
https://djaa.com/?ff_landing=108&syclid=d9bovmabeeoc73fqfrlg