Karel Smutny
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scrumdojo.cz
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- English
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What students say about Karel
Oct 9, 2022
Karel is a fantastic teacher
Karel is a fantastic teacher. Our PSPO course exceeded our expectations multiple times. Karel has a deep understanding of the subject and can teach it very well. He has experience in the field and can give some fantastic real-life examples. He as well can help with your individual issues within your workplace.
Oct 7, 2022
Excellent hands-on approach
Excellent hands-on approach. The course was very motivating and it helped me to understand the values of scrum far beyond just the surface level that I would get from just reading the slides.
Oct 6, 2022
Velmi obohacující zážitek :)
Velmi obohacující zážitek :)
Oct 2, 2022
Great experience
Great experience, amazing people and excelent trainer. I learned a lot and i had to reconsider a lot of my personal values. Would recommend to anyone.
Aug 8, 2022
Many thanks to Karel Smutny
Many thanks to Karel Smutny, who was leading the SPM II training in june 2022. Everything presented was very helpful clear and with lot of practise examples. Several time I had a wow efect and after the training I also cleared the certification test!!
Thanks a lot.
Anna
Jul 1, 2022
Mindblowing
I do not remember the last time I enjoyed some training so much. Karel rules!
Jun 30, 2022
Practice based
The class was well practice based thanks to large real-world experience of Karel Smutný. Very much appreciated. "Scrum must make sense" is the key takeaway for me.
May 11, 2022
Great learning experience.
Excellent class delivered by Karel. A great mix of theory, practice, and interesting anecdotes. Highly recommended!
Apr 25, 2022
A great course with excellent practical…
A great course with excellent practical examples and hands-on experience of skills needed for agile developers that are usually underestimated in favor of the general agile understanding.
Thank you Karel
Apr 22, 2022
Karel is a phenomenal teacher
Karel is a phenomenal teacher. Great materials, lots of programming sessions, excellent interpretation. I can only recommend.
Apr 7, 2022
PAL-E Experience
It was great to see and hear experiences from others. I realized what kind of Leader I want to become.
Mar 4, 2022
Great insight into scrum and team…
Great insight into scrum and team effectiveness.
Mar 3, 2022
Engaging and useful training with a…
Engaging and useful training with a focus on practice and interactions. Well worth it
Jan 24, 2022
"PSD I" assessment first time pass thanks to the course and trainer
A belated "Thank You" from me for running the 'Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development' online course from 5th-7th January this year. I found it highly instructional and also fun and engaging! It was exactly the course I needed; pitched at the right level for my experience of Scrum. Today I took the "PSD I" assessment and passed first time! That was only possible thanks to your exam guidance during the course and the way you taught the material. I followed your suggestions for preparation (as far as I could with available time in the two week window) and I'm sure I would not have passed first time without those tips. I shall be recommending the course to my peers (and directing them to one where you are the trainer!). Many, many thanks.
Dec 7, 2021
Very well prepared
Very well prepared. Very skilled instructor. However, the time box was very tight. It should last for 4 or eve 5 days instead of only 3.
Nov 29, 2021
The class suffered a bit for lack of time
The class suffered a bit for lack of time. From what I heard it is meant to last for 5 days but we did just 3 days. It looked like some things were left out and the rest compressed a little.
However, our trainer did a great job so I still got a lot out of it. Though, if I were preparing it, I would drop testing and coding practices completely in favor of Scrum itself.
Nov 26, 2021
Great training!
Great training!
Well prepared, excellent content maybe little bit stuffed, good reaction on audience's needs, great vibes within a group
Nov 7, 2021
Very inspiring and strong experience
For me it was very inspiring and strong experience with professional coach full of entertaining practical exercises. I recommend this training and I recommend this trainer.
(nevertheless the PSM II assessment was still quite difficult and I recommend also individual study of practicied topics :-))
Nov 1, 2021
Excellent lecturer
Excellent lecturer, beneficial content and form of exercises.
Oct 27, 2021
PSM II Course
It was excellent hands on training. I learned a lot of new things and approaches how to handle various situations.
Oct 19, 2021
Very well executed class
Very well executed class. Flexibly reacting to the skills, experiences and composition of the group present. The trainer (Karel Smutny) is very well equipped both on the formal body of knowledge and the real-life experience and provided realtable examples.
Oct 17, 2021
Professional Agile Leadership training
It was awesome. Karel is a perfect trainer. Highly recommended!
Oct 14, 2021
An eye-opening course with great…
An eye-opening course with great company and a professional guide. Thank you very much. Keep it up! ;)
Jul 2, 2021
Karel Smutny | Professional Scrum Master course | Tayllorcox
I appreciate the wealth practical experience of the trainer that supported the theoretical part of the Scrum course, as well as his positive attitude and enthusiasm for the topic. It was a great choice to absolve the PSM course in Tayllorcox with Karel and well spent 2 days. Thanks a lot!
Jul 2, 2021
Impressions from training
The training was very beneficial for my current work. The form and course of the training were at a professional level.
Jun 30, 2021
Not necessary to be a believer, just to wish to understand why
Just forget about all the reasons, why Scrum might have failed (as any other framework), and focus on what defines it and how to make it working.
Jun 14, 2021
Amazing and very useful
Amazing and very useful. I found a new energy for further work and professional improvement.
Jun 4, 2021
Karel has a good understanding of our…
Karel has a good understanding of our problems and is able to help us, not by a book but by the experience he has. He understands that implementing scrum is not easy and that it does not have to be perfect in all cases. He is a good listener and also a good speaker. I will go to more classes from Karel.
May 31, 2021
Karel has a great mindset
Karel has a great mindset, similar to our company. He is also mentioning practical tips, not only theory. I can only recommend it.
May 27, 2021
Great lessons learnt during the…
Great lessons learnt during the classroom! I've been inspired by the way Karel approached the learning journey, by the way he answered questions and especially by how gracefully he managed some of the more tricky topics raised by the group! A great experience, thank you!
May 27, 2021
Highly interactive class full of interesting insights
The class was highly interactive which forced me to pay attention and be involved most of the time. I really liked the topics of Scrum Goal and Product Owner and the amount of time we spend on them digging deeper into our problems. The use of Liberating Structures was really interesting and since we tried them in practice not only heard about them we are ready to test them on the projects.
May 12, 2021
PAL-E: Best course with scrum.org so far!
This is my third (PAL-E) and so far the best course with Scrum.org. "Professional Agile Leadership Essentials" gives you the advanced look at agile (what it means, why is it worth trying, what benefits it can bring) plus it thoroughly explains how to become a better leader, how to take good care of your subordinates, how to improve your organization and in general become a better manager/leader in an agile world. Our trainer Karel Smutný was great and even though I did the course online, I had no trouble keeping full attention and be engaged in all discussions and exercises.
May 12, 2021
Best course for starting manager in…
Best course for starting manager in "Agile" company.
In the course you will get practical information, tools for improving your teams.
Mar 31, 2021
Professional SCRUM Product Owner (PSPO I) training
Training led by Karel Smutný was very helpful. It was not meant as preparation for the certification (you have to learn the SCRUM theory from scrum.org materials and posts, etc.), instead it was designed as 2 days session for sharing experiences fortified with a lot of examples and exercises where Karel mainly facilitated the discussions by using the most powerful SCRUM tool which is self-organization. The thing was that we were discussing variety of different SCRUM topics and mainly attempting to find out ourselves the best answers, approaches or solution using SCRUM framework first and eventually being put back on track by Karel where needed. I was new to this approach but liked it very much. Thanks Karel and scrum.org for a lot of useful information.
Feb 17, 2021
I really liked the materials, the way how course was lead
I really liked the materials prepared for the course and how the instructor (Karel Smutny) lead the course. I enjoyed great collaborative ambiance among students.
The course inspired me to learn more about SCRUM and agile SW development and to attempt for working in a SCRUM team in near future.
Feb 3, 2021
Well handled course in online mode
Course was well prepared and organized, expecially when considering it was held online. It covered everything I would expect.
Jan 12, 2021
Balanced learning for managers (PAL-E)
Together with top managers, managers, and team leaders I was a participant of Professional Agile Leadership class with Karel. It was two days full of experience exchanging and balanced learning for managers, and common introduction about adaptability in our company.
Oct 10, 2020
Great work
Great work begins from the SCRUM.org materials through experienced trainer.
There are right mixed ingredients to understand framework and getting prepared to next challenges.
Sep 16, 2020
PSM II training review
I was participating in Professional Scrum Master II class on September 7-8 with Scrum.cz and It was a great experience.
The training was focused on collaboration, sharing experiences, and training how to apply scrum in the best possible way in practice, how to solve conflicts, etc.
We also had the opportunity to practice how to think more out-of-box and in difficult situations instead of a lot of theory that I don't use much in practice
It was quite challenging, but I enjoyed it. I can recommend the course to anyone who wants to constantly improve and move forward.
I can also recommend trainer Karel Smutný, who has a lot of experience from various projects. He helped us feel comfortable, was optimistic and willingly answered all our questions.
Apr 3, 2020
Consider your options
This training is mostly about sharing experiences between the participants and not so much about receiving academic content from the trainer, keep that in mind when making your choice!
Oct 25, 2019
The training content was very…quite interesting by combining several approaches and techniques
The training content was very interesting, by combining liberating structures with real scenarios situations and how to explore different perspectives from the participants and go further into approaches to tackle those.
Karel, the trainer, is a humble, focused, and open professional that really facilitated our discussions and learning throughout this training, a big shout out to him.
Oct 25, 2019
Very well structured class with a lot…
Very well structured class with a lot of experience cases
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About Karel
I am a consultant in agile transformations and organization design, Professional Scrum Trainer, candidate LeSS Trainer and software developer.
I help companies on their journeys adopting agile and Scrum with focus on adaptiveness, simple organization design with minimum roles and strong team collaboration and responsibility. I have worked with dozens of companies of various sizes and industries: with turbulent environments of start-ups, with deep self-management, with large scale product development, with near-shore, off-shore and distributed teams.
I am an experienced and passionate software developer, polyglot, proponent of Extreme Programming and Clean Code and long-time practitioner of Test-Driven Development. I help teams introduce or improve their technical practices.
I am a founder and lead organizer of Prague Scrum Beer meetup, connecting Scrum practitioners since 2014.
What students say about Karel
Oct 9, 2022
Karel is a fantastic teacher
Karel is a fantastic teacher. Our PSPO course exceeded our expectations multiple times. Karel has a deep understanding of the subject and can teach it very well. He has experience in the field and can give some fantastic real-life examples. He as well can help with your individual issues within your workplace.
Oct 7, 2022
Excellent hands-on approach
Excellent hands-on approach. The course was very motivating and it helped me to understand the values of scrum far beyond just the surface level that I would get from just reading the slides.
Oct 6, 2022
Velmi obohacující zážitek :)
Velmi obohacující zážitek :)
Oct 2, 2022
Great experience
Great experience, amazing people and excelent trainer. I learned a lot and i had to reconsider a lot of my personal values. Would recommend to anyone.
Aug 8, 2022
Many thanks to Karel Smutny
Many thanks to Karel Smutny, who was leading the SPM II training in june 2022. Everything presented was very helpful clear and with lot of practise examples. Several time I had a wow efect and after the training I also cleared the certification test!!
Thanks a lot.
Anna
Jul 1, 2022
Mindblowing
I do not remember the last time I enjoyed some training so much. Karel rules!
Jun 30, 2022
Practice based
The class was well practice based thanks to large real-world experience of Karel Smutný. Very much appreciated. "Scrum must make sense" is the key takeaway for me.
May 11, 2022
Great learning experience.
Excellent class delivered by Karel. A great mix of theory, practice, and interesting anecdotes. Highly recommended!
Apr 25, 2022
A great course with excellent practical…
A great course with excellent practical examples and hands-on experience of skills needed for agile developers that are usually underestimated in favor of the general agile understanding.
Thank you Karel
Apr 22, 2022
Karel is a phenomenal teacher
Karel is a phenomenal teacher. Great materials, lots of programming sessions, excellent interpretation. I can only recommend.
Apr 7, 2022
PAL-E Experience
It was great to see and hear experiences from others. I realized what kind of Leader I want to become.
Mar 4, 2022
Great insight into scrum and team…
Great insight into scrum and team effectiveness.
Mar 3, 2022
Engaging and useful training with a…
Engaging and useful training with a focus on practice and interactions. Well worth it
Jan 24, 2022
"PSD I" assessment first time pass thanks to the course and trainer
A belated "Thank You" from me for running the 'Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development' online course from 5th-7th January this year. I found it highly instructional and also fun and engaging! It was exactly the course I needed; pitched at the right level for my experience of Scrum. Today I took the "PSD I" assessment and passed first time! That was only possible thanks to your exam guidance during the course and the way you taught the material. I followed your suggestions for preparation (as far as I could with available time in the two week window) and I'm sure I would not have passed first time without those tips. I shall be recommending the course to my peers (and directing them to one where you are the trainer!). Many, many thanks.
Dec 7, 2021
Very well prepared
Very well prepared. Very skilled instructor. However, the time box was very tight. It should last for 4 or eve 5 days instead of only 3.
Nov 29, 2021
The class suffered a bit for lack of time
The class suffered a bit for lack of time. From what I heard it is meant to last for 5 days but we did just 3 days. It looked like some things were left out and the rest compressed a little.
However, our trainer did a great job so I still got a lot out of it. Though, if I were preparing it, I would drop testing and coding practices completely in favor of Scrum itself.
Nov 26, 2021
Great training!
Great training!
Well prepared, excellent content maybe little bit stuffed, good reaction on audience's needs, great vibes within a group
Nov 7, 2021
Very inspiring and strong experience
For me it was very inspiring and strong experience with professional coach full of entertaining practical exercises. I recommend this training and I recommend this trainer.
(nevertheless the PSM II assessment was still quite difficult and I recommend also individual study of practicied topics :-))
Nov 1, 2021
Excellent lecturer
Excellent lecturer, beneficial content and form of exercises.
Oct 27, 2021
PSM II Course
It was excellent hands on training. I learned a lot of new things and approaches how to handle various situations.
Oct 19, 2021
Very well executed class
Very well executed class. Flexibly reacting to the skills, experiences and composition of the group present. The trainer (Karel Smutny) is very well equipped both on the formal body of knowledge and the real-life experience and provided realtable examples.
Oct 17, 2021
Professional Agile Leadership training
It was awesome. Karel is a perfect trainer. Highly recommended!
Oct 14, 2021
An eye-opening course with great…
An eye-opening course with great company and a professional guide. Thank you very much. Keep it up! ;)
Jul 2, 2021
Karel Smutny | Professional Scrum Master course | Tayllorcox
I appreciate the wealth practical experience of the trainer that supported the theoretical part of the Scrum course, as well as his positive attitude and enthusiasm for the topic. It was a great choice to absolve the PSM course in Tayllorcox with Karel and well spent 2 days. Thanks a lot!
Jul 2, 2021
Impressions from training
The training was very beneficial for my current work. The form and course of the training were at a professional level.
Jun 30, 2021
Not necessary to be a believer, just to wish to understand why
Just forget about all the reasons, why Scrum might have failed (as any other framework), and focus on what defines it and how to make it working.
Jun 14, 2021
Amazing and very useful
Amazing and very useful. I found a new energy for further work and professional improvement.
Jun 4, 2021
Karel has a good understanding of our…
Karel has a good understanding of our problems and is able to help us, not by a book but by the experience he has. He understands that implementing scrum is not easy and that it does not have to be perfect in all cases. He is a good listener and also a good speaker. I will go to more classes from Karel.
May 31, 2021
Karel has a great mindset
Karel has a great mindset, similar to our company. He is also mentioning practical tips, not only theory. I can only recommend it.
May 27, 2021
Great lessons learnt during the…
Great lessons learnt during the classroom! I've been inspired by the way Karel approached the learning journey, by the way he answered questions and especially by how gracefully he managed some of the more tricky topics raised by the group! A great experience, thank you!
May 27, 2021
Highly interactive class full of interesting insights
The class was highly interactive which forced me to pay attention and be involved most of the time. I really liked the topics of Scrum Goal and Product Owner and the amount of time we spend on them digging deeper into our problems. The use of Liberating Structures was really interesting and since we tried them in practice not only heard about them we are ready to test them on the projects.
May 12, 2021
PAL-E: Best course with scrum.org so far!
This is my third (PAL-E) and so far the best course with Scrum.org. "Professional Agile Leadership Essentials" gives you the advanced look at agile (what it means, why is it worth trying, what benefits it can bring) plus it thoroughly explains how to become a better leader, how to take good care of your subordinates, how to improve your organization and in general become a better manager/leader in an agile world. Our trainer Karel Smutný was great and even though I did the course online, I had no trouble keeping full attention and be engaged in all discussions and exercises.
May 12, 2021
Best course for starting manager in…
Best course for starting manager in "Agile" company.
In the course you will get practical information, tools for improving your teams.
Mar 31, 2021
Professional SCRUM Product Owner (PSPO I) training
Training led by Karel Smutný was very helpful. It was not meant as preparation for the certification (you have to learn the SCRUM theory from scrum.org materials and posts, etc.), instead it was designed as 2 days session for sharing experiences fortified with a lot of examples and exercises where Karel mainly facilitated the discussions by using the most powerful SCRUM tool which is self-organization. The thing was that we were discussing variety of different SCRUM topics and mainly attempting to find out ourselves the best answers, approaches or solution using SCRUM framework first and eventually being put back on track by Karel where needed. I was new to this approach but liked it very much. Thanks Karel and scrum.org for a lot of useful information.
Feb 17, 2021
I really liked the materials, the way how course was lead
I really liked the materials prepared for the course and how the instructor (Karel Smutny) lead the course. I enjoyed great collaborative ambiance among students.
The course inspired me to learn more about SCRUM and agile SW development and to attempt for working in a SCRUM team in near future.
Feb 3, 2021
Well handled course in online mode
Course was well prepared and organized, expecially when considering it was held online. It covered everything I would expect.
Jan 12, 2021
Balanced learning for managers (PAL-E)
Together with top managers, managers, and team leaders I was a participant of Professional Agile Leadership class with Karel. It was two days full of experience exchanging and balanced learning for managers, and common introduction about adaptability in our company.
Oct 10, 2020
Great work
Great work begins from the SCRUM.org materials through experienced trainer.
There are right mixed ingredients to understand framework and getting prepared to next challenges.
Sep 16, 2020
PSM II training review
I was participating in Professional Scrum Master II class on September 7-8 with Scrum.cz and It was a great experience.
The training was focused on collaboration, sharing experiences, and training how to apply scrum in the best possible way in practice, how to solve conflicts, etc.
We also had the opportunity to practice how to think more out-of-box and in difficult situations instead of a lot of theory that I don't use much in practice
It was quite challenging, but I enjoyed it. I can recommend the course to anyone who wants to constantly improve and move forward.
I can also recommend trainer Karel Smutný, who has a lot of experience from various projects. He helped us feel comfortable, was optimistic and willingly answered all our questions.
Apr 3, 2020
Consider your options
This training is mostly about sharing experiences between the participants and not so much about receiving academic content from the trainer, keep that in mind when making your choice!
Oct 25, 2019
The training content was very…quite interesting by combining several approaches and techniques
The training content was very interesting, by combining liberating structures with real scenarios situations and how to explore different perspectives from the participants and go further into approaches to tackle those.
Karel, the trainer, is a humble, focused, and open professional that really facilitated our discussions and learning throughout this training, a big shout out to him.
Oct 25, 2019
Very well structured class with a lot…
Very well structured class with a lot of experience cases
Courses taught by Karel
Applying Professional Scrum
Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development
Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials
Professional Agile Leadership - Evidence Based Management
Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills
Professional Scrum Master
Professional Scrum Master II
Professional Scrum Master and Professional Scrum Product Owner
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced
Scaled Professional Scrum
Upcoming Classes by Karel
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Karel's Certifications
Professional Scrum Trainer
Professional Scrum Master I
Professional Scrum Master II
Professional Scrum Master III
Professional Scrum Product Owner I
Professional Scrum Product Owner II
Professional Scrum Product Owner III
Professional Scrum Developer I
Scaled Professional Scrum
Professional Agile Leadership I
Professional Agile Leadership - Evidence-Based Management
Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills
Classes Attended by Karel
Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills
Trainers:
Glaudia Califano, David Spinks
Partner:
Red Tangerine
Date:
Jul 25, 2022