Level 1 Kanban Course (PMK1 or PSK1)

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Why the Work is Being Done BPDTS Ltd is a digital technology company set up to provide specialist digital technology services to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The services BPDTS and DWP provide are transforming digital experiences of millions of people as they look for work, deal with illness or disability, support children after separation, or plan for retirement. DWP advocates Agile and Lean as it's preferred ways of delivering digital services and change in DWP. DWP acknowledge the delivery and quality gains, as well as risk mitigation, from using these techniques. For service assurance, BPDTS want to have all of its Delivery Management DDAT professionals in the practice trained in a range of skills. Problem to Be Solved Delivery Management knowledge and skills is variable and many BPDTS Delivery Management Practice employees are being asked to work in ways which they have had no formal training or on the job experience. The risk of not training our people is that we will reduce the pace and quality of the work, increasing delivery and service continuity risks and ultimately reducing value for tax payers' money. Who Are the Users As a Delivery Manager I need to be able to understand and be skilled in Kanban methods so that I am able to support the best delivery approach to deliver services and change for DWP Digital group. Early Market Engagement Work Already Done Existing Team The supplier will be working with the BPDTS Ltd Delivery Management Practice to ensure each member of the practice has the right baseline set of skills. Current Phase Not applicable Work Location Manchester Hub, St Peters Square, Longbenton Park view, Newcastle, and Peel Park, Blackpool. BPDTS will source and provide the venues. Working Arrangments The supplier will provide a two day course on site for each attendee in a group of no more than 12 - this is face to face classroom training Security Clearance Baseline Personal Security Standard clearance required (BPSS) Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Have significant experience of delivering group training Have significant experience and examples of real world Kanban implementation Have significant real world agile delivery implementation experience Have experience of using tooling to realise benefits of Kanban for the team Have experience of using metrics in real world delivery and improvements Experience of delivering in a way that can easily be taken into everyday practice and can be built upon after the course within a practice model of community learning Nice to Haves Understand and has experience of the relationship between Scrum and Kanban and how to select and use appropriate methods to support and improve delivery Demonstrate relevant and detailed Kanban method course content Demonstrate ability to provide high quality training materials No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Value for money Approach and methodology How the approach or solution meets user needs Estimated timeframes for the work Cultural Fit Criteria Understand and align with organisations values and culture and reflects this in training materials and training approach Understand and align with the organisations model of learning Payment Approach Fixed price Assessment Method Case study Work history Reference Presentation Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 30% Cultural fit 20% Price 50% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet Budget range £30,000