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Mar 12, 2021
Jesse is a wonderful trainer
Jesse is a wonderful trainer. I love his sense of humour, and his friendly disarming style. The Scaled Professional Scrum course is very well designed; it is mostly fun & practical exercises. And it's really up to date with the latest trends. Jesse's SPS workshop is run at the perfect pace. This is the class to attend if you want to learn about scaling/de-scaling with Nexus.
John Coleman
Mar 6, 2021
It was really a great training class…
It was really a great training class and I learned new interesting things I will try during my workday and within my team. The class organization and preparation were awesome and very professional besides that we also have a lot of fun in it.
Usama Hamed
Feb 3, 2021
Jesse gave a great training where I…
Jesse gave a great training where I started to really love Scrum
Corine van den Bogaerdt
Dec 21, 2020
Very clear and to the point teacher
Very clear and to the point teacher. Learned A LOT!
Thomas Godon
Dec 16, 2020
Would recommend this training
There have been some updates around the Scrum guide since the last time I took part on a similar training related to how the PO interacts with the team and also with stakeholders outside the scrum team. I intend to fine tune our existing processes to try out the effectiveness of this updates in our environment.
The training touched upon organisational and hierarchical nuances, how they can possibly impact scrum teams and gave some suggestions about how might we work best under those circumstances.
Covering those additional areas related to stakeholder management make it a more complete program than workshops offered by competitors I have experienced, in my opinion (Went previously through the official program from Scrum alliance)
Manu Bozza
Dec 2, 2020
Online training was a good alternative
+ Online training was a good alternative for a classroom training.
+ Experienced trainer
- Less human interation (online....)
Menno B.
Sep 1, 2020
The balance between interactive and…
The balance between interactive and theory parts are great. You can ask your questions without any problems and you will get a honest response on them as well. I got more information and knowledge from this course then I anticipated. So keep up the good work!
stefan S.
Aug 28, 2020
Excellent training by Jesse Houwing
Excellent training by Jesse Houwing, who has a ton of experience.
This was an online session but the quality and experience are just as good as the live trainings I have had via scrum.org.
The PSK training is a powerful way to be introduced in the power of scrum when it is combined with the flow concept of kanban. I am already looking forward to the next training...
van Bemmel
Jul 28, 2020
PSMII class by Jesse Houwing 23/24 july 2020
The PSMII class by Jesse Houwing was very informative and very interactive. Lots of insights gained by the collective excercises together with other classmates and Jesse leaves lots of room for questions and reflection on real life cases brought in by the participants.
The notoriously difficult item of time management played a part here as well, where the second half of the day 2 afternoon felt somewhat rushed.
All in all a very good training and highly recommended, just not perfect.
Mark van Herpen
Jul 27, 2020
First online training and a good one.
Jesse is very knowledgable on Scrum and help me to get more insights in the working of Scrum, the Scrum Master and of course the product owner and the development team. Job well done!
Mark
Jul 27, 2020
Discover Scrum by doing Scrum
Small group with a lot of interaction. I think we only listened to an hour of day of explaining - the remaining time was spent discovering solutions ourselves. Discover Scrum by doing Scrum, really nice! Would highly recommend.
Yoram Tap
Jan 11, 2020
Great Class with incredible interaction level realized.
The class was great as the 4 stars indicate. Jesse is a great teacher who understands practical implications and translating theory into practice. Evelien shows great knowledge of the Scrum theories, so the combination in that sense is very well.
The engagement level they realized in class was phenomenal.
Room for improvement was to go deeper into the translation to our reality. If that would have been added, I’d go for 5 stars without a doubt.?
Benjamin Kool
Jan 10, 2020
It was a nice experience
It was a nice experience, confirming a lot of my previous knowledge. The trainers were very knowledgeable and easy going.
Rody Bothe
Nov 25, 2019
Very good training with practical…
Very good training with practical scenarios that help relate to situations I can implement in my workplace. Recommended!
Kanak Chowdhary
Nov 22, 2019
Great class
Great class. Really appreciated the way of explaining. Last part could have been a little more interactive like the first day, but due to the great amount of information this was inevitable I guess.
VEij
Nov 21, 2019
Excellent classroom program with…
Excellent classroom program with materials, examples, and interactive task in between to understand Scrum.
PS
Nov 20, 2019
Great course with a great instructor…
Great course with a great instructor who is very knowledgeable. The use of visuals during the course is a great way to go through the theory and assignments.
Vishan Baldew
Nov 8, 2019
Fun, interesting and practical
The class was a good mixture of theory and practice, as well as sitting and walking. It wasn't tedious or tiring for me at all. I learned a lot, not in the least by some provoked errors.
Adriaan van Lent
Nov 7, 2019
Great class, lots of useful information!
Great class, lots of useful information!
Peter de Bruine
Nov 6, 2019
Good interactive class
Good interactive class. Would be even better if more of our real-life situations could be practiced. But still very helpful!
Sven
Nov 2, 2019
Mastering scrum as a real scrum master
After this class you have learned how to scrum with your team and with other teams. You know all the facets of being a scrum master and what his roll is within a team and within a organization.
Peter Rietveld
Oct 21, 2019
Awesome class, great trainers!
Both class and trainers were great. Very interactive class with lots of interesting topics being discussed.
Both Simon and Jesse are really skilled trainers and are a great team in delivering the PSM class together!
Sahin Ozdemir
Oct 7, 2019
great experience
great experience, very insightful. I took and passed my PSPO-1 exam as well :)
Pieter Verbaarschott
Oct 7, 2019
Great class!
Great class! We had a very good time learning and working with Jesse
Agustin Olivar
Sep 25, 2019
Everything is easy to find because of…
Everything is easy to find because of the great overview. Also very nice to see that you have some assessments online to practice for your certification.
Bryan
Sep 16, 2019
Great interactive and fun training
Like always Jesse is capable of teaching Scrum topics in a fun and interactive way. Keep up the good work!
Mourad Dahmani
Sep 6, 2019
Good training
We had a good trainer and the training had a lot of interaction.
Judith van Westen
Jul 2, 2019
Wonderful experience.
Jesse has been an excellent instructor and his class was engaging. He took time to clearly explain the concepts and conduct activities in team which contributed to a lot of practical learning about SCRUM. I would recommend this class to anyone who is looking for the Professional Scrum Master training.
Govind Remesh
Jun 24, 2019
Excellent interactive training
Very well hands-on interactive training with Jesse as inspiring and experienced trainer
Adri
May 24, 2019
Go next level and maintain relevance…
Go next level and maintain relevance with excellent Scaled Scrum training.
Simon de Graaf
May 11, 2019
Simple and Motivational
Simple and Motivational
What I like about Jesse Houwing is that he knows how to motivate people and he made each of training sessions interesting with 2 way conversions.
Ketan Kenjale
May 10, 2019
Good class and understanding.
Good class and understanding.
chetan Goenka
Mar 13, 2019
I have good experiences with the…
I have good experiences with the organization so far. Prompt response if I have a question, everything goes smooth and is very clear, I find everything well organized.
Nic Tesser
Feb 7, 2019
Perfect Course
It was a perfect course given by a great trainer ( Jesse Houwing )
Islam Khalil
Feb 6, 2019
Very good class and trainer
The class was full of extra content based on real life experience; there were also suggested books to deep dive several topics
Federico De Togni
Jesse's Certifications
Jesse's Bio
Jesse is a passionate trainer and coach, helping teams improve their productivity and quality all the while trying to keep work fun. He is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) through Scrum.org for the Professional Scrum Foundations, Professional Scrum Master and Developer programs. With a strong background in the .NET platform, Jesse is able to translate the needs of development teams when it comes to tools to manage work, build the code and keep quality up. Through his extensive coaching of Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Development managers Jesse is able to bridge the technical world of developers with the commercial world of those creating a marketable product or service.
Jesse regularly blogs and contributes to StackExchange and MSDN networks, he has received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award three years in a row and has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award 5 times. He’s spoken at conferences and user groups, including the Microsoft TechDays, Techorama and the Scrum Day Europe. He has contributed to a number of open source products that extend Azure DevOps and Visual Studio.
Trainer certifications:
- Scrum.org Professional Scrum Foundations
- Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master I
- Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II
- Scrum.org Professional Scrum Developer
- Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner
- Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner -Advanced
- Scrum.org Scaled Professional Scrum
- Scrum.org Professional Scrum with Kanban
- DevOps Agile Skills Association - DASA Fundamentals
- Phoenix Project Game Facilitator
- SAFe Program Consultant 3.5
In past years Jesse has delivered Scrum, ALM and DevOps training all over the world, most recently in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Sydney, Milan, Frankfurt, Madrid, Bangalore and Mumbai.
Jesse is married with Charlotte, father Lily Rose and Mika Charlie and lives in a house that’s more than a century old in the beautiful city of Utrecht. He loves espresso and dark chocolate, travels a lot and takes photos everywhere he goes.
Jesse delivers the Scrum.org courses through the following Scrum.org Network Partners:
Languages
- English
- Dutch
Courses taught by Jesse
See What My Students Say
Mar 12, 2021
Jesse is a wonderful trainer
Jesse is a wonderful trainer. I love his sense of humour, and his friendly disarming style. The Scaled Professional Scrum course is very well designed; it is mostly fun & practical exercises. And it's really up to date with the latest trends. Jesse's SPS workshop is run at the perfect pace. This is the class to attend if you want to learn about scaling/de-scaling with Nexus.
John Coleman
Mar 6, 2021
It was really a great training class…
It was really a great training class and I learned new interesting things I will try during my workday and within my team. The class organization and preparation were awesome and very professional besides that we also have a lot of fun in it.
Usama Hamed
Feb 3, 2021
Jesse gave a great training where I…
Jesse gave a great training where I started to really love Scrum
Corine van den Bogaerdt
Dec 21, 2020
Very clear and to the point teacher
Very clear and to the point teacher. Learned A LOT!
Thomas Godon
Dec 16, 2020
Would recommend this training
There have been some updates around the Scrum guide since the last time I took part on a similar training related to how the PO interacts with the team and also with stakeholders outside the scrum team. I intend to fine tune our existing processes to try out the effectiveness of this updates in our environment.
The training touched upon organisational and hierarchical nuances, how they can possibly impact scrum teams and gave some suggestions about how might we work best under those circumstances.
Covering those additional areas related to stakeholder management make it a more complete program than workshops offered by competitors I have experienced, in my opinion (Went previously through the official program from Scrum alliance)
Manu Bozza
Dec 2, 2020
Online training was a good alternative
+ Online training was a good alternative for a classroom training.
+ Experienced trainer
- Less human interation (online....)
Menno B.
Sep 1, 2020
The balance between interactive and…
The balance between interactive and theory parts are great. You can ask your questions without any problems and you will get a honest response on them as well. I got more information and knowledge from this course then I anticipated. So keep up the good work!
stefan S.
Aug 28, 2020
Excellent training by Jesse Houwing
Excellent training by Jesse Houwing, who has a ton of experience.
This was an online session but the quality and experience are just as good as the live trainings I have had via scrum.org.
The PSK training is a powerful way to be introduced in the power of scrum when it is combined with the flow concept of kanban. I am already looking forward to the next training...
van Bemmel
Jul 28, 2020
PSMII class by Jesse Houwing 23/24 july 2020
The PSMII class by Jesse Houwing was very informative and very interactive. Lots of insights gained by the collective excercises together with other classmates and Jesse leaves lots of room for questions and reflection on real life cases brought in by the participants.
The notoriously difficult item of time management played a part here as well, where the second half of the day 2 afternoon felt somewhat rushed.
All in all a very good training and highly recommended, just not perfect.
Mark van Herpen
Jul 27, 2020
First online training and a good one.
Jesse is very knowledgable on Scrum and help me to get more insights in the working of Scrum, the Scrum Master and of course the product owner and the development team. Job well done!
Mark
Jul 27, 2020
Discover Scrum by doing Scrum
Small group with a lot of interaction. I think we only listened to an hour of day of explaining - the remaining time was spent discovering solutions ourselves. Discover Scrum by doing Scrum, really nice! Would highly recommend.
Yoram Tap
Jan 11, 2020
Great Class with incredible interaction level realized.
The class was great as the 4 stars indicate. Jesse is a great teacher who understands practical implications and translating theory into practice. Evelien shows great knowledge of the Scrum theories, so the combination in that sense is very well.
The engagement level they realized in class was phenomenal.
Room for improvement was to go deeper into the translation to our reality. If that would have been added, I’d go for 5 stars without a doubt.?
Benjamin Kool
Jan 10, 2020
It was a nice experience
It was a nice experience, confirming a lot of my previous knowledge. The trainers were very knowledgeable and easy going.
Rody Bothe
Nov 25, 2019
Very good training with practical…
Very good training with practical scenarios that help relate to situations I can implement in my workplace. Recommended!
Kanak Chowdhary
Nov 22, 2019
Great class
Great class. Really appreciated the way of explaining. Last part could have been a little more interactive like the first day, but due to the great amount of information this was inevitable I guess.
VEij
Nov 21, 2019
Excellent classroom program with…
Excellent classroom program with materials, examples, and interactive task in between to understand Scrum.
PS
Nov 20, 2019
Great course with a great instructor…
Great course with a great instructor who is very knowledgeable. The use of visuals during the course is a great way to go through the theory and assignments.
Vishan Baldew
Nov 8, 2019
Fun, interesting and practical
The class was a good mixture of theory and practice, as well as sitting and walking. It wasn't tedious or tiring for me at all. I learned a lot, not in the least by some provoked errors.
Adriaan van Lent
Nov 7, 2019
Great class, lots of useful information!
Great class, lots of useful information!
Peter de Bruine
Nov 6, 2019
Good interactive class
Good interactive class. Would be even better if more of our real-life situations could be practiced. But still very helpful!
Sven
Nov 2, 2019
Mastering scrum as a real scrum master
After this class you have learned how to scrum with your team and with other teams. You know all the facets of being a scrum master and what his roll is within a team and within a organization.
Peter Rietveld
Oct 21, 2019
Awesome class, great trainers!
Both class and trainers were great. Very interactive class with lots of interesting topics being discussed.
Both Simon and Jesse are really skilled trainers and are a great team in delivering the PSM class together!
Sahin Ozdemir
Oct 7, 2019
great experience
great experience, very insightful. I took and passed my PSPO-1 exam as well :)
Pieter Verbaarschott
Oct 7, 2019
Great class!
Great class! We had a very good time learning and working with Jesse
Agustin Olivar
Sep 25, 2019
Everything is easy to find because of…
Everything is easy to find because of the great overview. Also very nice to see that you have some assessments online to practice for your certification.
Bryan
Sep 16, 2019
Great interactive and fun training
Like always Jesse is capable of teaching Scrum topics in a fun and interactive way. Keep up the good work!
Mourad Dahmani
Sep 6, 2019
Good training
We had a good trainer and the training had a lot of interaction.
Judith van Westen
Jul 2, 2019
Wonderful experience.
Jesse has been an excellent instructor and his class was engaging. He took time to clearly explain the concepts and conduct activities in team which contributed to a lot of practical learning about SCRUM. I would recommend this class to anyone who is looking for the Professional Scrum Master training.
Govind Remesh
Jun 24, 2019
Excellent interactive training
Very well hands-on interactive training with Jesse as inspiring and experienced trainer
Adri
May 24, 2019
Go next level and maintain relevance…
Go next level and maintain relevance with excellent Scaled Scrum training.
Simon de Graaf
May 11, 2019
Simple and Motivational
Simple and Motivational
What I like about Jesse Houwing is that he knows how to motivate people and he made each of training sessions interesting with 2 way conversions.
Ketan Kenjale
May 10, 2019
Good class and understanding.
Good class and understanding.
chetan Goenka
Mar 13, 2019
I have good experiences with the…
I have good experiences with the organization so far. Prompt response if I have a question, everything goes smooth and is very clear, I find everything well organized.
Nic Tesser
Feb 7, 2019
Perfect Course
It was a perfect course given by a great trainer ( Jesse Houwing )
Islam Khalil
Feb 6, 2019
Very good class and trainer
The class was full of extra content based on real life experience; there were also suggested books to deep dive several topics
Federico De Togni
Upcoming Classes by Jesse
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Classes Attended by Jesse
Latest Blogs by Jesse
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Jesse Houwing
Some people just happen to learn more from short movie clips. And they can be a great way to bring some humor in. Also available as a Youtube Playlist.
Dec 5, 2019
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Jesse Houwing
As Scrum Trainer I get to meet a lot of teams and hear of many different ways to do Scrum. Most are valid ways, yet some seem more aligned with the values of Scrum or the purpose of the specific Scrum Element.
Nov 11, 2019
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Jesse Houwing
This is the third post in a series on tools for Scrum Masters and their teams.
Jan 15, 2019
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Jesse Houwing
A couple of months ago I blogged about some of the tools and toys that live in the trunk of my car. I take these along everywhere I teach and coach. Since posting, people have suggested additional items that just must be in my toolbox.
Jan 7, 2019
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Jesse Houwing
About 40 people gathered at the nlScrum meetup dedicated to physical and digital tools for the agile workspace. Tools that help developers, coaches and trainers to survive in the toughest environments.
Dec 31, 2018
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Jesse Houwing
If you've been at an Agile conference, been a Scrum Master for quite some time and joined an Agile meetup group (here in The Netherlands there are several), then you probably found that games can be very quick ways to energize any meeting and to drive learning through fun.
Nov 1, 2018
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Jesse Houwing
In every Scrum.org Professional Scrum Development class, we touch upon both technical and collaboration practices to help improve the development teams explore new options.
Oct 29, 2018
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Jesse Houwing
You’re likely to have been asked the question: “we need to go faster, how many more people do we need?” Most people naturally understand that just adding a random number of people isn’t likely to make us any faster in the short run.
Oct 26, 2018
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