Pragmatic Kanban Foundation - Exam

The Pragmatic Kanban Foundation exam is generic and is intended for everyone who works with, or will work in, an organization that is currently using or intends to use Kanban. Once a candidate has successfully passed the Kanban Foundation certification, they are now ready to continue their learning journey by completing the Lean and Agile certifications. A great place to start is with the Agile Foundation, Practitioner, or Master Exam from the Certify to Inspire program of the Agile Consortium, for example.



Scrum is often misguidedly mistaken as the primary introduction into an Agile way of working. It does work well for most organizations at a team level if they are working on “change”. However, Scrum is not sufficient enough if a team is working on either “run”, or both topics simultaneously. In this case, Pragmatic Kanban would be more appropriate.

Teams that have implemented Kanban have recorded faster delivery times, reduced waiting time, improved quality of products, and reached higher team autonomy leading to better engagement and customer satisfaction. Teams can benefit from real-life examples and hands-on practice in their daily activities that can be applied immediately after having passed this certification.

This exam test candidates knowledge on:

• General Kanban practices
• Lean, Agile, Kanban
• Kanban principles and practices
• Experiencing Kanban
• Team dynamics and behaviors
• Measuring for success
• Visualizing work with Kanban
• Analyzing work
• Using a Kanban board
• Kanban board designs
• Dealing with special types of work
• Meetings, events, and Kanban cadences
• Improving Flow
• Understanding bottlenecks
• Blockers and process exceptions
• Finding opportunities for improvement
• Predictable service delivery
• Understanding time to market and delivery speed
• Forecasting and planning
• Metrics and incremental improvements