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Karel Smutny
Jun 14, 2021
Amazing and very useful
Amazing and very useful. I found a new energy for further work and professional improvement.
Mário Strešnák
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.
Jiri Urban
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.
Jiri
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!
Nicoleta Cojocaru
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.
Magdalena
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.
Ondrej Biba
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.
Oldřich Čech
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.
Michal Panovec
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.
Miroslav Renda
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.
Matej Antol
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.
Ilja Iljuchin
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.
DimiG
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.
Vladimir Kadera
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!
Gabriel
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.
Vinicius Jose Dos Santos
Oct 25, 2019
Very well structured class with a lot…
Very well structured class with a lot of experience cases
Iman Hassanein Mohamed
Karel's Certifications
Karel's Bio
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.
Languages
- Czech
- English
Courses taught by Karel
See What My Students Say
Jun 14, 2021
Amazing and very useful
Amazing and very useful. I found a new energy for further work and professional improvement.
Mário Strešnák
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.
Jiri Urban
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.
Jiri
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!
Nicoleta Cojocaru
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.
Magdalena
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.
Ondrej Biba
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.
Oldřich Čech
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.
Michal Panovec
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.
Miroslav Renda
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.
Matej Antol
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.
Ilja Iljuchin
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.
DimiG
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.
Vladimir Kadera
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!
Gabriel
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.
Vinicius Jose Dos Santos
Oct 25, 2019
Very well structured class with a lot…
Very well structured class with a lot of experience cases
Iman Hassanein Mohamed
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