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Jan 10, 2021
This is one of the most engaging
This is one of the most engaging, fun learning and enlightening class I have ever attended.
Grace Johnson
Dec 21, 2020
Professional Scrum Master Training
I really enjoyed the Professional Scrum Master training class. Martin and Russell were awesome teachers. They didn't just teach to the test but used real world issues they have faced in the past and were more than willing to talk through issues we face in our own organization.
Andy Kendle
Dec 21, 2020
Knowledgeable and Entertaining Instructors
The instructors were very knowledgeable about the topics of the course and did a good job of keeping things interesting by relating the topics to real-world scenarios.
Michael Kilgore
Dec 7, 2020
Educative and wonderful training
The training was precise and very educative. I have come to learn a lot about scrum in general. The trainer was friendly, willing to explain, and actually explained every concept using real-world examples. This aided an easy understanding to the scrum concepts.
Chinedu Onwuasoanya
Dec 7, 2020
Really engaging and well put together!
Really engaging and well put together. This course not only teaches you the fundamentals of Scrum, but also delves into relevant topics of discussion and food for thought surrounding teamwork in general.
Ada
Dec 4, 2020
Great Class
I learned a lot and enjoyed the class. The instructors did a great job at keeping it interesting despite having to do it online.
Torkel Ersdal
Nov 17, 2020
Great class and enjoyed the…
Great class and enjoyed the conversations. The team really took to the personal situational talk and the trainers were able to not only keep us engaged but make it so much fun.
Ryan Lowe
Nov 13, 2020
Great work!
After taking a bootcamp at WozU that included Agile training, I was left wanting more knowledge on Agile. Jim and Martin did a fantastic job of explaining the concepts and matching them with relevant examples from our industry. They built a confidence in their knowledge base that is super tough to be pessimistic about! The format was wonderful and built in a manner such to grab and hold the attention of students. I was terrifically impressed with the full course.
Zeb Donnell
Nov 13, 2020
JIM SAMMONS & MARTIN HINSHELWOOD - The Duo
JIM SAMMONS & MARTIN HINSHELWOOD - The Duo, Great pair of coaches for PAL-E & PSPO courses I got trained, with a very interactive environment during these tough times of staying remote, keeping each and every trainee engaged & lively conversations with write amount of break out sessions, real world scenario comparisons as they explained and SCRUM Framework & Professional Scrum competencies.
Ramgopal Mushini
Nov 9, 2020
PAL-e : a valuable class to start the agile evolution
I just experienced the power of Martin Hinshelwood & Jim Sammons during a PAL-e private training class. As a leader within an organization that is about to begin an agile evolution, I'll be honest - I was skeptical that our group would get much out of this training session; however, I was proven wrong after the first day. So much so that this class and its' content is now referenced in many of our other leadership meetings. Martin & Jim provided just the right amount of facilitation and guidance to help our group to open up and dig into topics that had been 'floating on the surface'. Our team knows we have a long road a head of us, but having the skills from the PAL-e class in our pockets makes the weight that we have to carry as leaders feel like less.
Lisa
Oct 23, 2020
Easy to learn approach to understanding…
Easy to learn approach to understanding scrum.
Oluwaseun Folarin
Oct 23, 2020
I liked the training and Martin made it…
I liked the training and Martin made it even more insightful, thank you very much, looking forward to continuing this inspirational journey with agile practices I have learned.
Karina Jarikbayeva
Oct 13, 2020
Interesting and educative scrum session
The class was exhaustive but quite engaging. The trainer did i great job breaking down the concepts and we had loads of examples and scenerios. I'll recommed Martin anyday.
Dele Daniel
Oct 13, 2020
An interactive class
It was an interactive class and it was an eye opener on how projects should be handled.
The facilitator was great, he was pedantic rather than pragmatic which was good.
Overall, i had a nice time socializing.
uzoma obiagwu
Oct 8, 2020
The session was informative and highly…
The session was informative and highly professional. Thanks.
Anne Akpose
Oct 7, 2020
It was simply an awesome session
It was simply an awesome session. The level of professionality was remarkable
Mercy George-Igbafe
Oct 6, 2020
Thank you Martins the class was…
Thank you Martins the class was impactful, instructive and indeed an eye opener to the world of Scrum. The practical experience was indeed a great delight.
Ibeakanma Gloria
Sep 26, 2020
Awesome experience
The classes were quite intensive yet engaging. Martin did a good job in using real scenarios to explain scrum processes and what is expected of us as scrum masters in both a software development company and other organization. And Glaudia was fantastic in her approach of guiding us through. Overall it was an awesome experience .
Oyeronke Ladapo
Sep 25, 2020
REVIEW OF PSM TRAINING WITH MARTIN AND GLAUDIA
The classes were very awesome with in-dept expository on Scrum as an Agile framework, brilliant hands-on practical scenarios and an excellent training and coaching delivered by @Martin @Glaudia.
I'm happy to have been part of this life changing training and I hope to pass my PSM 1.
Ezekiel Balogun
Sep 25, 2020
The PSM I Training with Martin…
The PSM I Training with Martin Hinshelwood and Glaudia Califano was impactful. It was an interactive practical experience. I participated in a lot of exercises and collaborations during this class. I am grateful.
Franca Ibuzo
Sep 25, 2020
The class was really engaging and…
The class was really engaging and interactive!
Adedoyin Okunade
Sep 25, 2020
PSM Training
The sessions with Martin and Glaudia where very participatory and full of examples which explained the concepts well. I really enjoyed the training and would recommend them 100% to potential trainees.Thanks so much!
Iyabo Okwuraiwe - Eldau
Sep 24, 2020
Martin and Glaudia were excellent in…
Martin and Glaudia were excellent in their delivery. The tools deployed for the training were very helpful. I particularly like the breakout sessions, they allowed for practical solutions after brainstorming... this is scrum in practice.
Grace Johnson
Sep 24, 2020
Learntor
Great session! the trainer was able to simplify what scrum is and the excelsis were great and practical.
harry
Sep 24, 2020
The training was awesome
The training was awesome. I enjoyed the method of teaching especially the hands-on practice sessions for the various teams.
Chioma Clare Okafor
Sep 24, 2020
PSM 1 Training Class
The class was amazing. Martin and Glaudia are awesome trainers.
Thank you so much!!
Karibi Iketubosin
Sep 24, 2020
The class was awesome with complete…
The class was awesome with complete demonstration of agile framework and real life experience.
I enjoy every bit of it.
Olusegun John Olojede
Sep 24, 2020
Glaudia and Martin were exceptional…
Glaudia and Martin were exceptional trainers. They took time to carefully take the class through the Scrum Masterclass and it was very intuitive and knowledge packed
Luqman Bello
Jul 30, 2020
Enjoyed the PALe class very much!
Enjoyed the PALe class very much. The content is very relevant to the situation many current companies are in, and it gives take aways that we can go and use in practice. Martin as a trainer is a great faciliator and story teller, giving real practical examples from his experience. My fellow participants were great to work with when we did group activities, and though we did the course remotely the collaboration tools did allow us to experience it just as it would have been in an physical environment (or maybe even better).
GC
Jul 10, 2020
The class was very informative and easy…
The class was very informative and easy to follow.
Kwame Garcia
May 27, 2020
Excellent Trainers
I found this class very interactive, fun and the trainers are awesome.
Pankaj Modi
Mar 23, 2020
Do it!
This is a great course with a nice balance between live examples and what is in the Scrum framework.
Joanna Allen
Mar 11, 2020
Good exchange on the different…
Good exchange on the different dimensions of (agile) leadership + interesting case studies. Martin did an awesome job guiding us through the course and relating our learnings to his personal experience and expertise.
Heiko Schroeder
Oct 15, 2019
The course material and instructor were…
The course material and instructor were great and I really enjoyed the hands-on project focus. As a developer in an organization that practices SAFe with Scrum it was interesting to see how pure Scrum would operate outside the SAFe framework.
Jonathan R.
Oct 7, 2019
Excellent SCRUM training
Excellent SCRUM training with plenty of practical infos
Miroslav Petro
Oct 7, 2019
Great with place for improvement
The stuff we have learned about Scrum was amazing. I liked how the instructor has led the course.
But I didn't like how much we talked about the basics of software development like unit testing, measuring code coverage, etc. I would welcome more advanced content like how to manage big projects using trunk based branching strategy for example.
David Kovac
Sep 6, 2019
Martin is a great teacher & coach
Martin is a great teacher & coach. Thanks a lost for good discussions, great examples and a good time
Henrik Byremo
Sep 4, 2019
Great class
Great class! Fun practical stuff with less slides kept me awake and interested all the time :)
Thanks Martin!
Yash Shah
Jun 18, 2019
Excellent! Highly recommendable
Such a good teacher! Makes it a great experience and so many stories to elaborate on subjects
derek reilly
Apr 7, 2019
Excellent
Excellent. Started with a good theorethical introduction and connected it with practical examples and statistics.
Almir Hodzic
Mar 27, 2019
Great class!
Great class! Very relevant to our questions and needs towards softwaredevelopement. Very good speaker - would definitely recommend the class.
Ronja Bjørnvold Bråthen
Mar 27, 2019
Recommended!
The instructor is very good at setting rules for the interaction during the course, varying between lectures and group discussions, and at keeping his talks concise.
Tord BB
Feb 25, 2019
Course content and tutor fantastic
Course content and tutor fantastic - shame about the co-ordinator (QA), had to visit 4 separate buildings prior to actually reaching the classroom
Leanne Burrows
Feb 5, 2019
Very well presented.
Very well presented.
Clear and enjoyable. Lots of information provided without it feeling like I was being talked at for two days.
Steven Bruce
Jan 30, 2019
Review of PSF class
Class was great and interactive. Course content was also well delivered.
Joel Klo
Martin's Certifications
Martin's Bio
Martin Hinshelwood is a Professional Scrum Trainer and Microsoft MVP: Development Technologies. He has been Consulting, Coaching, and Training in DevOps & Agility since 2010 and has been delivering software since 2000.
Over the last 10 years, Martin has helped organisations including Microsoft, UK Government, Vodafone, Schlumberger, & Kongsberg Digital. Martin has trained 1000+ people in 37 countries around the world. He is based in Glasgow & Cancun and offers Scrum training courses with certification all over the world. He trains and coaches Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Development Teams and organisations in their transition to Scrum, Agile, & DevOps.
Martin can provide private onsite training for your company anywhere in the world.
Some of Martin’s clients:
What Martin’s customers say about him:
Martin’s depth and breadth of knowledge and experience of the world of Agile/DevOps is incredible. He will switch between hands on development to advanced consulting or training on process, practices and tools to help you in your own DevOps journey. When the going gets tough in challenging situations he is super responsive and goes the extra mile to find solutions. He is passionate about what he does and is always trying to improve the way we work to build high value products and solutions. In particular his knowledge of all things TFS/VSTS is second to none. Down to earth and straight talking. Highly recommend!
Nancy Maher, Software Lifecycle Program Manager at Schlumberger
Martin is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in helping teams become more agile and adopt DevOps practices especially around the Microsoft Azure platform and VSTS / TFS. But he is not limited to that stack with plenty of experience with competing and complimentary technologies. He explains things clearly and gets rid of any ‘smoke and mirrors’ to show how any team can make small improvements to improve how they work. He is one of the leading MVP’s globally for DevOps and someone myself and my colleagues in the Azure product group trust to give us honest and insightful feedback.
Martin Woodward, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft, Vice-President of the .NET Foundation
Martin came to give us some training for our Professional Scrum Foundation assessment. He was very knowledgeable and through his training we gained a great understanding of Scrum and how to work in an Agile way. The training itself was taught in an easy to understand way and Martin made the session fun and enjoyable to take part in. Martin was also able to answer questions and give us good advice on topics that were outside the scope of the training. I would highly recommend Martin for your Agile training needs.
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Courses taught by Martin
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Jan 10, 2021
This is one of the most engaging
This is one of the most engaging, fun learning and enlightening class I have ever attended.
Grace Johnson
Dec 21, 2020
Professional Scrum Master Training
I really enjoyed the Professional Scrum Master training class. Martin and Russell were awesome teachers. They didn't just teach to the test but used real world issues they have faced in the past and were more than willing to talk through issues we face in our own organization.
Andy Kendle
Dec 21, 2020
Knowledgeable and Entertaining Instructors
The instructors were very knowledgeable about the topics of the course and did a good job of keeping things interesting by relating the topics to real-world scenarios.
Michael Kilgore
Dec 7, 2020
Educative and wonderful training
The training was precise and very educative. I have come to learn a lot about scrum in general. The trainer was friendly, willing to explain, and actually explained every concept using real-world examples. This aided an easy understanding to the scrum concepts.
Chinedu Onwuasoanya
Dec 7, 2020
Really engaging and well put together!
Really engaging and well put together. This course not only teaches you the fundamentals of Scrum, but also delves into relevant topics of discussion and food for thought surrounding teamwork in general.
Ada
Dec 4, 2020
Great Class
I learned a lot and enjoyed the class. The instructors did a great job at keeping it interesting despite having to do it online.
Torkel Ersdal
Nov 17, 2020
Great class and enjoyed the…
Great class and enjoyed the conversations. The team really took to the personal situational talk and the trainers were able to not only keep us engaged but make it so much fun.
Ryan Lowe
Nov 13, 2020
Great work!
After taking a bootcamp at WozU that included Agile training, I was left wanting more knowledge on Agile. Jim and Martin did a fantastic job of explaining the concepts and matching them with relevant examples from our industry. They built a confidence in their knowledge base that is super tough to be pessimistic about! The format was wonderful and built in a manner such to grab and hold the attention of students. I was terrifically impressed with the full course.
Zeb Donnell
Nov 13, 2020
JIM SAMMONS & MARTIN HINSHELWOOD - The Duo
JIM SAMMONS & MARTIN HINSHELWOOD - The Duo, Great pair of coaches for PAL-E & PSPO courses I got trained, with a very interactive environment during these tough times of staying remote, keeping each and every trainee engaged & lively conversations with write amount of break out sessions, real world scenario comparisons as they explained and SCRUM Framework & Professional Scrum competencies.
Ramgopal Mushini
Nov 9, 2020
PAL-e : a valuable class to start the agile evolution
I just experienced the power of Martin Hinshelwood & Jim Sammons during a PAL-e private training class. As a leader within an organization that is about to begin an agile evolution, I'll be honest - I was skeptical that our group would get much out of this training session; however, I was proven wrong after the first day. So much so that this class and its' content is now referenced in many of our other leadership meetings. Martin & Jim provided just the right amount of facilitation and guidance to help our group to open up and dig into topics that had been 'floating on the surface'. Our team knows we have a long road a head of us, but having the skills from the PAL-e class in our pockets makes the weight that we have to carry as leaders feel like less.
Lisa
Oct 23, 2020
Easy to learn approach to understanding…
Easy to learn approach to understanding scrum.
Oluwaseun Folarin
Oct 23, 2020
I liked the training and Martin made it…
I liked the training and Martin made it even more insightful, thank you very much, looking forward to continuing this inspirational journey with agile practices I have learned.
Karina Jarikbayeva
Oct 13, 2020
Interesting and educative scrum session
The class was exhaustive but quite engaging. The trainer did i great job breaking down the concepts and we had loads of examples and scenerios. I'll recommed Martin anyday.
Dele Daniel
Oct 13, 2020
An interactive class
It was an interactive class and it was an eye opener on how projects should be handled.
The facilitator was great, he was pedantic rather than pragmatic which was good.
Overall, i had a nice time socializing.
uzoma obiagwu
Oct 8, 2020
The session was informative and highly…
The session was informative and highly professional. Thanks.
Anne Akpose
Oct 7, 2020
It was simply an awesome session
It was simply an awesome session. The level of professionality was remarkable
Mercy George-Igbafe
Oct 6, 2020
Thank you Martins the class was…
Thank you Martins the class was impactful, instructive and indeed an eye opener to the world of Scrum. The practical experience was indeed a great delight.
Ibeakanma Gloria
Sep 26, 2020
Awesome experience
The classes were quite intensive yet engaging. Martin did a good job in using real scenarios to explain scrum processes and what is expected of us as scrum masters in both a software development company and other organization. And Glaudia was fantastic in her approach of guiding us through. Overall it was an awesome experience .
Oyeronke Ladapo
Sep 25, 2020
REVIEW OF PSM TRAINING WITH MARTIN AND GLAUDIA
The classes were very awesome with in-dept expository on Scrum as an Agile framework, brilliant hands-on practical scenarios and an excellent training and coaching delivered by @Martin @Glaudia.
I'm happy to have been part of this life changing training and I hope to pass my PSM 1.
Ezekiel Balogun
Sep 25, 2020
The PSM I Training with Martin…
The PSM I Training with Martin Hinshelwood and Glaudia Califano was impactful. It was an interactive practical experience. I participated in a lot of exercises and collaborations during this class. I am grateful.
Franca Ibuzo
Sep 25, 2020
The class was really engaging and…
The class was really engaging and interactive!
Adedoyin Okunade
Sep 25, 2020
PSM Training
The sessions with Martin and Glaudia where very participatory and full of examples which explained the concepts well. I really enjoyed the training and would recommend them 100% to potential trainees.Thanks so much!
Iyabo Okwuraiwe - Eldau
Sep 24, 2020
Martin and Glaudia were excellent in…
Martin and Glaudia were excellent in their delivery. The tools deployed for the training were very helpful. I particularly like the breakout sessions, they allowed for practical solutions after brainstorming... this is scrum in practice.
Grace Johnson
Sep 24, 2020
Learntor
Great session! the trainer was able to simplify what scrum is and the excelsis were great and practical.
harry
Sep 24, 2020
The training was awesome
The training was awesome. I enjoyed the method of teaching especially the hands-on practice sessions for the various teams.
Chioma Clare Okafor
Sep 24, 2020
PSM 1 Training Class
The class was amazing. Martin and Glaudia are awesome trainers.
Thank you so much!!
Karibi Iketubosin
Sep 24, 2020
The class was awesome with complete…
The class was awesome with complete demonstration of agile framework and real life experience.
I enjoy every bit of it.
Olusegun John Olojede
Sep 24, 2020
Glaudia and Martin were exceptional…
Glaudia and Martin were exceptional trainers. They took time to carefully take the class through the Scrum Masterclass and it was very intuitive and knowledge packed
Luqman Bello
Jul 30, 2020
Enjoyed the PALe class very much!
Enjoyed the PALe class very much. The content is very relevant to the situation many current companies are in, and it gives take aways that we can go and use in practice. Martin as a trainer is a great faciliator and story teller, giving real practical examples from his experience. My fellow participants were great to work with when we did group activities, and though we did the course remotely the collaboration tools did allow us to experience it just as it would have been in an physical environment (or maybe even better).
GC
Jul 10, 2020
The class was very informative and easy…
The class was very informative and easy to follow.
Kwame Garcia
May 27, 2020
Excellent Trainers
I found this class very interactive, fun and the trainers are awesome.
Pankaj Modi
Mar 23, 2020
Do it!
This is a great course with a nice balance between live examples and what is in the Scrum framework.
Joanna Allen
Mar 11, 2020
Good exchange on the different…
Good exchange on the different dimensions of (agile) leadership + interesting case studies. Martin did an awesome job guiding us through the course and relating our learnings to his personal experience and expertise.
Heiko Schroeder
Oct 15, 2019
The course material and instructor were…
The course material and instructor were great and I really enjoyed the hands-on project focus. As a developer in an organization that practices SAFe with Scrum it was interesting to see how pure Scrum would operate outside the SAFe framework.
Jonathan R.
Oct 7, 2019
Excellent SCRUM training
Excellent SCRUM training with plenty of practical infos
Miroslav Petro
Oct 7, 2019
Great with place for improvement
The stuff we have learned about Scrum was amazing. I liked how the instructor has led the course.
But I didn't like how much we talked about the basics of software development like unit testing, measuring code coverage, etc. I would welcome more advanced content like how to manage big projects using trunk based branching strategy for example.
David Kovac
Sep 6, 2019
Martin is a great teacher & coach
Martin is a great teacher & coach. Thanks a lost for good discussions, great examples and a good time
Henrik Byremo
Sep 4, 2019
Great class
Great class! Fun practical stuff with less slides kept me awake and interested all the time :)
Thanks Martin!
Yash Shah
Jun 18, 2019
Excellent! Highly recommendable
Such a good teacher! Makes it a great experience and so many stories to elaborate on subjects
derek reilly
Apr 7, 2019
Excellent
Excellent. Started with a good theorethical introduction and connected it with practical examples and statistics.
Almir Hodzic
Mar 27, 2019
Great class!
Great class! Very relevant to our questions and needs towards softwaredevelopement. Very good speaker - would definitely recommend the class.
Ronja Bjørnvold Bråthen
Mar 27, 2019
Recommended!
The instructor is very good at setting rules for the interaction during the course, varying between lectures and group discussions, and at keeping his talks concise.
Tord BB
Feb 25, 2019
Course content and tutor fantastic
Course content and tutor fantastic - shame about the co-ordinator (QA), had to visit 4 separate buildings prior to actually reaching the classroom
Leanne Burrows
Feb 5, 2019
Very well presented.
Very well presented.
Clear and enjoyable. Lots of information provided without it feeling like I was being talked at for two days.
Steven Bruce
Jan 30, 2019
Review of PSF class
Class was great and interactive. Course content was also well delivered.
Joel Klo
Upcoming Classes by Martin
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Martin Hinshelwood
In the The Evidence-Based Management Guide we talk about the Intermediate Strategic Goal and I likened that to the Product Goal in the 2020 Scrum Guide.
Jan 11, 2021
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Martin Hinshelwood
Story Points and velocity have been used for many years in the Scrum community and have been engrained so much in the way that things are done that most folks believe that they are part of Scrum.
Jan 11, 2021
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Martin Hinshelwood
Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management, and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery.
Jan 10, 2021
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Martin Hinshelwood
Most Scrum Teams that I encounter don’t do refinement of their Product Backlog and try to work on things that they don’t understand correctly.
Jan 10, 2021
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Martin Hinshelwood
Many teams are struggling with delivering modern software because they are not building with Test First Principles. Test First gives us the assurance that we have built the correct thing, that what we built is what the customer asked for and that when we change things we don’t break anything inadvertently.
Jan 10, 2021
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Martin Hinshelwood
In my last post about Professional software teams creating working software David Corbin made a good point. How do you determining what “Free from fault or defect” means? Since that is different for each Product and may change over time you need to focus on Quality and reflecting that quality in a Definition of Done (DoD).
Jan 10, 2021
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Martin Hinshelwood
There is a better way than staggered iterations for delivery that will keep you on the path to agility. Staggered iterations lead to more technical debt and lower quality software.
Jan 10, 2021
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Martin Hinshelwood
Value is such a subjective thing that we will often be wrong, and there is no way around that wrongness.
Dec 30, 2020
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Martin Hinshelwood
The Evidence-Based Management Guide describes not only a Strategic Goal but also an Intermediate Strategic Goal that is needed to evaluate and adapt your progress towards your intended visions of your product.
Dec 23, 2020
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Martin Hinshelwood
In the 2020 Scrum Guide, Ken and Jeff augmented the idea of the Sprint Goal. The Sprint Goal is a commitment to ensure transparency and focus against progress during a Sprint.
Dec 8, 2020
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