Kanban · ESK
Enterprise Scale Kanban (ESK)
Design a Kanban system that spans multiple teams, departments and value streams, managing the flow of strategic work from idea through to delivery without imposing heavy process on individual teams along the way. You'll learn Portfolio Kanban, how Flight Levels thinking connects strategy, coordination and operational delivery, and how to run portfolio-level reviews that produce genuine decisions rather than status theatre. Built for leaders and KMP2 holders ready to apply Kanban principles at portfolio and enterprise level, ESK is Kanban University's certification for flow-based scaling.
- Level
- Practitioner
- Duration
- 2 days · 4 x ½ days
- Certification
- ESK
- Languages
- English
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See full training schedule →Who is this course for?
- Leaders and managers responsible for delivery across multiple teams or value streams
- Kanban practitioners ready to move from team-level to portfolio-level thinking
- Programme managers and portfolio leads wanting a flow-based alternative to heavyweight scaling frameworks
- Coaches supporting organisations through Kanban adoption at scale
- Anyone responsible for managing the flow of strategic investment decisions and initiatives
- KMP2 holders ready to apply Kanban principles at enterprise level
What you'll learn
- How to design a Kanban system that spans multiple teams, departments, and value streams
- Portfolio Kanban — managing the flow of strategic work from idea through to delivery
- How to create meaningful visibility across an enterprise without imposing process on individual teams
- How flight levels thinking connects strategy, coordination, and operational delivery in a Kanban context
- Advanced flow metrics for managing performance at the portfolio and enterprise level
- How to build a sustainable evolutionary improvement programme across a large organisation
- How to run portfolio-level reviews that produce genuine decisions rather than status theatre
- How to connect enterprise Kanban thinking to Flight Levels systems design
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