The Lean Grocery Store: A 2 PDU Micro-Course for Real-World Flow
The Lean Grocery Store: A 2 PDU Micro-Course for Real-World Flow
Tired of confusing Lean jargon? Ready to learn flow using something as familiar as a shopping cart?
Welcome to The Lean Grocery Store, a fast, fun, and deeply practical micro-course that teaches you Lean concepts using one of the most universal human experiences: going grocery shopping.
🎓 Earn 2 PDUs while you laugh, reflect, and sharpen your sense of value, flow, and waste — right in the produce aisle.
🧠What You’ll Learn (PMI Talent Triangle™)
✅ 1 PDU – Ways of Working
- Learn Lean thinking through visual grocery store examples
- Understand Kanban, value flow, queues, and bottlenecks
- Explore visual WIP limits using a shopping cart metaphor
✅ 1 PDU – Business Acumen
- Discover how product variety, layout, and batch size reflect customer value
- Apply Lean flow thinking to your own operations or team processes
🛠️ Includes
- 10-minute explainer video with voiceover narration
- Downloadable PDF mini-guide with illustrations
- Grocery store Kanban board + cart capacity worksheet
- One reflection journal prompt to apply what you learned
- Certificate of Completion (2 PDUs)
💡 Who It’s For
- Project managers and team leads
- Agile/Scrum practitioners
- Retail operations professionals
- Nonprofit and public service managers
- Anyone who buys groceries and wants better flow in life or work
🔑 Outcome:
By the end of this course, you’ll never walk through a grocery store the same way again — and you’ll walk back into your project work with sharper focus, a simplified backlog, and fresh insight on what adds value (and what’s just in the way).
Claim your 2 PDUs. Build a visual system. Love your list again.
Tired of confusing Lean jargon? Ready to learn flow using something as familiar as a shopping cart? Welcome to The Lean Grocery Store, a fast, fun, and deeply practical micro-course that teaches you Lean concepts using one of the most universal human experiences: going grocery shopping. 🎓 Earn 2 PDUs while you laugh, reflect, and sharpen your sense of value, flow, and waste — right in the produce aisle. 🧠What You’ll Learn (PMI Talent Triangle™) ✅ 1 PDU – Ways of Working Learn Lean thinking through visual grocery store examples Understand Kanban, value flow, queues, and bottlenecks Explore visual WIP limits using a shopping cart metaphor ✅ 1 PDU – Business Acumen Discover how product variety, layout, and batch size reflect customer value Apply Lean flow thinking to your own operations or team processes 🛠️ Includes 10-minute explainer video with voiceover narration Downloadable PDF mini-guide with illustrations Grocery store Kanban board + cart capacity worksheet One reflection journal prompt to apply what you learned Certificate of Completion (2 PDUs) 💡 Who It’s For Project managers and team leads Agile/Scrum practitioners Retail operations professionals Nonprofit and public service managers Anyone who buys groceries and wants better flow in life or work 🔑 Outcome: By the end of this course, you’ll never walk through a grocery store the same way again — and you’ll walk back into your project work with sharper focus, a simplified backlog, and fresh insight on what adds value (and what’s just in the way). 🏷️ $19 USD Claim your 2 PDUs. Build a visual system. Love your list again.