Michel van der Meulen

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Hi, my name is Michel van der Meulen and I am a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), Professional Scrum Master and Agile coach. I have a background in software development and requirements analyses and I provide Agile and Scrum trainings and also (Agile) requirements trainings.

For me Agile is a natural way of working, just like I did in the old days when I was a software developer and collaborated with my customers in creating solutions for their needs. Last decades we lost the natural way of working; projects often fail, software developers often have no idea who they are working for, and that disturbs the enjoyment of work. It is my challenge to help others to rediscover this natural way of working, by helping them to look at things different, to think out of the box, to invite them to make small steps out of their comfort zone.. That way they will gain new insights which will stimulate them to inspect and adapt and rediscover the enjoyment of work.

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Professional Scrum Master II

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Dec 20-21, 2021
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Europe/Amsterdam
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Professional Scrum Master

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Dec 22-23, 2021
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Classes Attended by Michel

Professional Scrum Master

Thijs de Hoop
Jun 26-27, 2017
Professional Scrum with Kanban

Steve Porter
May 22-23, 2018
Professional Scrum Master

Simon Reindl
Evelien Roos
Xebia
Oct 1-2, 2018
Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials

Maarten Hoppen
Soon
Feb 19-20, 2019
Professional Scrum Master II

Chee-Hong Hsia
Jasper Alblas
Scrum Facilitators
Apr 6-9, 2020

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Michel van der Meulen

The Triangle

The Project Mindset approach, in which success is defined upfront based on Scope, Time and Budget, will (based on experiences) lead to less business involvement and more task management. The Product Mindset approach, in which success is continuously driven by business metrics like User adaption/retention, revenue cost saving per feature, will (based on experiences) lead to less waste, more creativity and more releases.

Nov 29, 2021 Read blog

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The Future is unknown

The future is unknown and although some people claim to be able to predict the future, most people can't. But to look a little ahead, into the future, to have a sense of when certain items on the Product Backlog are finished, predictability would be very useful. Although we can't be completely predictable, it is helpful if we are a little more predictable than we are now. And therefore we need some measurement results from the near past.

Oct 19, 2021 Read blog

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Christmas Wish List

The days are getting shorter and colder. Summer is over and winter is coming. Some people are already thinking about the holidays and the preparations for it. Soon children will have their Christmas wish list ready. The wish lists my children created were always a combination of text and pictures; every item on the list contained a name, a picture, information where to buy it and how much it costs. They did everything to increase the chance of getting these presents and especially getting the right presents.

Oct 7, 2020 Read blog

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The Purpose of the Sprint Review

The Sprint Review is not just a "Demo" or a presentation, it is a collaboration of the Scrum Team with the stakeholders from the business.

Sep 8, 2020 Read blog

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Product Owner vs. Business Analyst

Are you a Business Analyst and do you currently fulfill the role of the Product Owner? Or otherwise the Product Owner may have delegated some tasks to you, for lack of time to deal with those themselves.

Feb 19, 2020 Read blog

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Pursuing Unanswerable Questions

Recently I ran into a beautiful piece of text, written by Rachel Naomi Remin. In this text I read the following phrase:"Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers, but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company"

Dec 14, 2019 Read blog

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Using Velocity as a Management Instrument? Don't Do It!

In organizations in which agile transitions take place, the ancient English proverb Blood is thicker than water is frequently appropriate. It is decided to adopt agile working, there is talk of Scrum, self-organizing teams, Sprints, standing meetings, sticky notes on the wall, etc. etc.

Oct 15, 2019 Read blog

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