KCP case studies
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The Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP) is described by Kanban University as an internationally recognised advanced credential for people who lead and evolve organisations to higher levels of maturity. It sits at the top of a stated credential path: the KMP Credential, then the KMM Kanban Maturity Model Certificate, then the KC Kanban Coaching Certificate, and finally KCP. The KCP case studies are 5 cases and about 4,214 words.
1The ML4 Claim at Northbridge Assurance
Northbridge Assurance employs 900 people in claims handling across nine teams. Two years into a Kanban adoption, every team has a board, a standup, and a cycle-time chart.
904 words, about 5 min2WIP Limits on Paper at Vertex Pay
Vertex Pay is a 600-person payments firm. Eleven delivery teams have run Kanban boards for 18 months.
834 words, about 4 min3Contracting Against an Adoption OKR
Lena has been Director of Engineering at a 400-person SaaS company for nine weeks. She has an OKR to adopt Kanban across all 22 engineering teams by the end of Q3 and a budget for one coach at two days a week for 12 weeks.
814 words, about 4 min4The Expedite Lane That Ate the Platform Team
Helios Cloud's platform engineering group has 14 engineers supporting 30 product teams. Its Kanban board has five columns and an Expedite lane capped at three items - but on most days eight to ten items sit there.
794 words, about 4 min5Audit-Proof Kanban at MedAxis
MedAxis develops infusion-pump firmware under IEC 62304 and FDA design controls. Six firmware teams tried Kanban 14 months ago and abandoned it after an audit: the auditor could not trace how a board card satisfied design inputs, review records lived in a separate document system, and phase sign-offs were recorded in a spreadsheet outside the board.
868 words, about 4 min