Excellent session on "Applying Professional Scrum model"
Excellent session on "Applying Professional Scrum model" - learnt all insights about SCRUM, before attending this training i heard lot of scrum artifacts/terminologies but after this training got to understand clearly about each of those terminologies what are those and what they meant. Very interactive, fun learning session by Ryan and Todd Miller
Muthuvadivel Balasubramanian
Take SCRUM classes from scrum.org!
Having taken another Scrum Master course at another institution I can only say that the classes offered as scrum.org classes are far superior. Ryan and Todd keep the class moving with plenty of exercises to provide a true hands-on experience with the lessons. Highly recommend.
Spring Velazquez
The class was fun and engaging
The class was fun and engaging. It gave a good grounding in Scrum and I learnt alot
Christopher Logan
Excellent Learning Experience
Punit is an excellent trainer. It was a enjoyable learning experience and I have a long list of takeaways from it. I would recommend this to all Product Owners and PO aspirants.
Apoorva Rastogi
Nice training and trainer
Nice training and trainer
Avinash Kukkuthady
Thanks Punit
Thanks Punit for all the best activities. You kept us all engaged even if the session is virtual. Thank you.
Yaswanth Rao Jhade
Good session
Good session, Engaging and fun.
Rahul Suresh
It was okay
It was okay, could have had more practical situation activities
Nagaraj Honkote
Excellent course!
This was an excellent course. Well done online. Ryan and Todd were great about receiving feedback as well to consider tweaks. Thanks!
Anthony Casiano
Superb!
I thought and felt the class was superb. It helped expand, clarify, and solidify my understanding of Scrum. I am quite enthusiastic about finishing my self study and writing my PSM2. This course has given me much more confidence in my plan! I highly recommend this course!
Kevin Langlais
Great training
Great training, more interactive than any in person training I've ever attended.
Wendi Miller
5 Stars for Todd and Ryan
Todd and Ryan did a terrific job delivering great content in a clear, effective and engaging manner. I've been to many in-person trainings that were less engaging than their zoom class. The mixed content with exercises and used technologies to their advantage.
I highly recommend Todd and Ryan's virtual Professional Scrum Product Owner class
Robin W Rast
Great content and facilitation of a…
Great content and facilitation of a very complex topic.
Christopher Delaporte
Great Training!
I thoroughly enjoyed this two day training! In the 'Era of Covid' having to re-imagine a traditionally in person training to a completely web-based training can be hit or miss. Todd and Ryan nailed it and created a great interactive learning experience that provided tons of value.
Amanda Sutton
The Ryan Todd team combination is a powerhouse...
The Ryan Todd team combination is a powerhouse of knowledge and experience. The exercises and short trainings make the time fly. They pack a lot in 2 days and make sincere connection to the questions and needs of group.
I'm particular about who I go to for training. I went to Jeff Sutherland for CSM & CSPO training. When I decided to pursue scrum.org certifications, I knew I wanted to take classes with Ryan and Todd. I'm so glad that I did.
Jodie Kane
Very fast moving
Very fast moving, interactive class. Ryan and Todd both are energetic, the class was enjoyable and had a lot of information relevant to the PSM assessment.
Mark Eckert
great class!
great class!
Erika Martinez
Great instructors and great content.
Great instructors and great content.
Thank you!
Daniel A.
4.9 stars, highly engaging ang informative
I really appreciated the engagement, I do wish it could have been a 3 day course to fit in all the materials, although they did a fantastic job of fitting it all in for all of us. If I could give this class 4.9 stars, I would.
Suzanne Beer
PAL-E Training - Wonderful thought-provoking course
I loved this course! A great mix of material to really get you thinking what it takes to be agile leader. The course is crammed full of hands-on exercises and breakout discussions so it keeps the engagement levels high. Todd and Ryan are fantastic hosts with plenty of interesting tales to illustrate the lessons. They've clearly spent a lot of time ensuring the course works smoothly as a remote experience, and there's plenty of opportunity for even the quietest attendee to join in. Highly recommended for agile leaders of any experience.
James Radford
Situational discussions
My only regret is that I wish it had included more situational discussion. Since a portion of the assessment will include questions of that nature, there should have been more “what would you do if...” conversations. The class was really good, though. The facilitators did a good job making it feel personable and less like an online class. I liked their use of breakout rooms and taking turns running each segment.
Jessica Miller
Great course
Great course, a lot of good discussion and study materials for the exam
Jennifer O'Neill
New to scrum
I came in with almost no experience working with the Scrum framework. Our team decided to implement recently and I decided I needed to better understand the concepts so I can be more productive within the framework. Ryan and Todd did a great job presenting the information and engaging even over zoom.
Matt Cochran
Instructive and interactive
Class was informative and interactive, the instructors kept it interesting the whole time.
Elena
Always a solid review …
Always a solid review of the management perspective of scrum. It is also a bit of a general business patterns class since it reminds you what to do and not do as a management team.
Eric Snell
New perspective and Engaging
Class was very helpful and introduced new ideas for streamlining work. Todd made it fun and allowed us to collaborate and engaged us in conversation to help see different perspectives. Time flew through this class! Loved the 80's music too!
Michele Tarrence
PSM-II: Dynamic, engaging, challenging and thought-provoking
Dynamic, engaging presentation of information. Lots of good information, excellent emphasis on key points (but there are so many!). I especially appreciated a lot of the vocabulary and definition clarifications -- for instance, committing to sprint goals rather than just "the sprint."
I came out of this feeling that several assumptions and practices in which I currently engage have been tilted, and I'm re-evaluating. This is a good thing! And I learned several new (to me) methods of communication and collaboration.
Claire Abt
As one of the two people who created…
As one of the two people who created this class, I thought Ryan Ripley presented the material really well and kept our class focused on it's most important lessons. The added bonus was that he, like many of the trainers at Scrum.org, is a master facilitator. He makes it look easy but it's not. In addition to teaching the material, he modeled some great facilitation techniques as well.
Michael McPadden
Highly recommend
Todd and Ryan did a great job in running the class and explaining things. I really enjoyed the conversations with Todd and Ryan and with the other people attending the class. I feel like e renewed scrum master after taking this class :-)
Krista van de Wetering
Great Job!
Great Job!
I really enjoyed this class and look forward to attending more classes lead by Todd Miller & Ryan Ripley!!
Delmario Hawkins Sr.
PSM II: Ryan and Todd rock!
Ryan and Todd did a great job facilitating the PSM II class. I was impressed with their ability to get the class engaged and collaborating and also how they managed the pacing of the class so it always felt relaxed and not rushed. Great work guys!
Blake McMillan
I now feel like I know the principles of Scrum
I came away from the class feeling like I understood the principles of Scrum - Ryan is a really great teacher, he brought good examples to the course and a great energy to teaching - you could tell he was enthusiastic about the topics.
One thing I would have liked more of was the breakout sessions, I thought that they were times where people came back with new ideas and insights into Scrum, and maybe having one or two more would have been useful
Tom Parsons
Highly recommended
Ryan and Todd have shown me in a very clear way the importance of being a servant leader and what is the role leaders play when it comes to work with multiple Agile teams.
Jorge Carrasco Aravena
Amazing PAL-E Course!
This was the first Scrum.org course I took that was co-facilitated, and believe Ryan and Todd did an excellent job of playing off one another. The breakout sessions and real-world cases the trainers provided were invaluable. I thoroughly enjoyed my learning time and interaction with them, and hope to maybe take another course from them in the future!
Mike Torrence
Support department is awesome
Support department is awesome. Worked with me until my issue was resolved
Katherine Ritchie
Ryan and Todd did a nice job explaining…
Ryan and Todd did a nice job explaining the material , provided real life examples, and used breakout sessions to allow the class to collaborate in small teams.
Darin Whittington
Ryan was superb
Ryan was superb! SME all the way around.....Sam was great too. Their collaborative synergy and partnership of involvng us as the online audience was fantastic. Music was a plus!'
Highly Recommended, I am thankful and appreciateive for this training, and will utilize these principles in my daily business flows for continuos process improvements for the citizens of Colorado.
Samuel Kelly
It was helpful
It was helpful
Maggie Constantino
Awesome job ...ensuring the role of the…
Awesome job ...ensuring the role of the product owner in the Scrum framework.
Deidra Walker
Great instructors led a great class
Great instructors led a great class. Professional, engaging, challenging, robust, and just 'fun' enough to keep it interesting and upbeat (it's two long, intense days!). Highly recommend this class, with Don and Ryan leading it. Some advice: do the pre-work, read the Scrum guide, take notes. Be ready for all the terminology and it will all make good sense.
Jodi Conti
Ryan and Todd work amazingly well together
Ryan and Todd work amazingly well together. They are experts at taking difficult-to-explain topics and relating them to a large audience in terms that the audience can connect with. It is very obvious that these trainers not only know the material, but have lived every aspect of it. They take plenty of time to answer students' questions, and even stayed after class to answer a lot of questions that were outside the scope of the class. I definitely recommend taking a class with Ryan and Todd, and would again if the opportunity arose.
Richard Waters
Ryan and Todd are awesome coaches
It's clear that both Todd and Ryan have amazing experience. And better yet, they know how to share it very effectively. This class was highly interactive and filled with practical information that I will start using immediately.
They also kept it interesting AND implicitly taught many Liberating Structures along the way. Was so helpful to see two masters of their craft use these in a real learning situation. I highly recommend taking this course with them as it will teach you on many levels throughout the two days. Time and money VERY well spent.
Michael McPadden
Great knowledge and experience
Great knowledge and experience
George Al Haddad
Great Class!
The material was informative and the class was engaging.
Jeff Martin
Great Experience
Great Experience. Ryan and Todd are great teachers and both very knowledgeable and truly care about their students. They keep the class interesting by having a nice balance of teaching, interaction and break-out groups. Highly Recommend!
Michael Davis
This was well organized and presented…
This was well organized and presented with very easy to use exercises.
Krissy Alberti
Awesome Three days!
What an awesome three days!
Matthew Snyder
Awesome training and great exposure and…
Awesome training and great exposure and knowledge.
Learnt a lot and virtual training was cool.
Rajesh
The class was very effective & efficient
The class was very effective & efficient, I really like it that it's very interactive and action based, rather than just PPT and traditional instruct and listen. The exercise and and activities were all very helpful and can be used in everyone's career path as scrum master.
Ming Liang PSM I
Ryan and Todd are Amazing as always!!!
As always, Ryan and Todd are great! This class was virtual (during COVID-19) and honestly (and surprisingly for me), being virtual actually made it better! As one of my classmates pointed out, had we been there physically, we would have sat with our colleagues. Virtual Breakout rooms forced us to collab with people we normally would not have sat next to in a physical classroom, which opened our conversations to more possibilities and ideas.
Marcy Elhamidi
Always a pleasure ...
Always a pleasure to learn from and collaborate with Ryan. Great to finally work with Todd in person! These guys are a great team with a great style and great content!!!
Katherine Zinszer
Absolutely Love Their Classes
Absolutely love their classes. I had to take it virtually due to COVID-19, and it was delivered extremely well. I would highly recommend their classes to anyone.
Courtney Ziegenbusch
Todd and Ryan did a wonderful job
Todd and Ryan did a wonderful job doing the training virtually considering the circumstances of COVID. They kept it interactive and entertaining. Thank you!
Cindy Gronberg Moldin
Awesome class
Awesome class. Highly preferred the live, virtual class. No travel time, great web conferencing and well thought out whiteboard interactions.
Matthew DeWitt
Ryan is an excellent presenter and the…
Ryan is an excellent presenter and the information was easy to follow and useful.
BKS
Learned a lot
I had no idea what Scrum was about when I started the class. By the end of the 2nd day I had a much better understanding and am looking forward to learning more. Ryan did a really good job and when I took my first assessment I got an 86%. I was surprised that I had learned as much as I did. The class was interactive to help the learning process.
Patricia Maurer
Enjoyed my time over the two days
Enjoyed my time over the two days. Our trainer lead us through many useful and exercises that helped me understand my role within our organization and how to be a better leader.
Christopher
Ryan Ripley as Trainer is a no brainer
Ryan did a great job facilitating our course. I highly recommend him!
Marcy Elhamidi
Ryan is an exceptional instructor with…
Ryan is an exceptional instructor with pragmatic views that pack a punch!
Clint Roszelle
Ryan is a great instructor
Ryan is a great instructor. The class was enjoyable and gave me a lot to think about. The conversations that occurred during the class were especially valuable.
Tamara Blaylock
it was great and informative!!
it was great and informative!!! Very involved
Anshu Kalia
Excellent
Ryan was excellent at providing hands on activities to allow us to experience Scrum in action first hand.
Randy Blakeley
Finally a course that defines just how…
Finally a course that defines just how important an Agile leader is. Well done, Ryan.
Jill Graves
Presentation Order
This was a 3 day course covering the PO role, Scrum Methodology, and the Scrum Master role in that order.
The information presented was fantastic and really brought out some of the ways that we could improve our situation, and how much I still need to learn and put into practice.
For future sessions, presenting the Scrum Methodology before diving into the individual roles might have helped some glean a better overall understanding.
I would definitely take a course with Ryan again.
Christopher Davidson
Ryan was Fantastic
Ryan was fantastic. I would love to have seen the class focus on training the *simple* processes to handle complex problems. Yet when 216 slides are required to present the material it causes me to pause and question how simple it all is...
Therefore, I would imagine maybe a simple solution may be as most people learn by doing, the ideal approach would be to create faux teams among the groups at our tables and mock real-world situations giving students the opportunity for hands-on training. This would seem preferred over the lecture of slides or at best the 10min breakout sessions of discussion woven in to break up the slides.
David
It Works!
It Works!!
Our team has seen great results!
Jordan Gariety
PSM II was very interactive and helped…
PSM II was very interactive and helped in learning concepts better.
Aswini
Good content and presenter
Good content and presenter
Jeff Reed
Best class ever
Very good class
Nelly Quintero de Ruiz
10 out of 10
10 out of 10
The class and instructors were amazing.
Brian Hess
It was a lot to absorb in two days but…
It was a lot to absorb in two days but the instructors made it a pleasure. I would recommend to anyone who is interested in my moving towards a SCRUM framework or already working in one.
Andrew Cole
SCRUM for the win!
This was a well paced and organized course with an engaging instructor! Really appreciate it.
Ashley Vega
Fantastic class created as an…
Fantastic class created as an innovative and interactive experiance. No slides, all interactive and based on liberating structures.
Martin Hinshelwood
Very well organized class
Very well organized class. The instructor was very knowledgeable, insightful, and helpful. Great job!
Scott Smith
I was pretty new to Scrum at the start…
I was pretty new to Scrum at the start of the class. I found it extremely informative and valuable and left me well prepared me to successfully complete PSPO1 and PSM1. Ryan was very engaging, presented the material well, and did a great job of teaching to all the levels of experience in the room.
Jared Pottkotter
Great course - intense 2 days!
Great course which is well laid out. Only concern is that the focussed SCRUM Master section is a little too late in the course - it is an intense 2 days so my brain was a bit frazzled by the time we got there. Our facilitator Ryan Ripley was fantastic! His wealth of experience helped to enrich the content and he did a great job of allowing discussions without impacting the flow of the course.
Andre Gokool
Nice pace of the class
Nice pace of the class - with great examples from real -life projects.
HS
Overall positive experience and felt…
Overall positive experience and felt that the second day was far stronger than the first. Content was geared towards department head or director level vs VP/C-Suite.
Christopher Hayes
This class was fantastic
This class was fantastic. It was interactive every step of the way and really embodied the values it was teaching. I would strongly recommend for SM's and coaches.
Pamela Spencer
You need this class!
This was an excellent class. I learned some great techniques and really feel like this class helped my personal growth as a Scrum Master.
Jennifer Wait
I loved both of the trainers and their…
I loved both of the trainers and their open and honest training style. They were very professional and prepared, with great visuals and exercises that they iterated on and improved even during the class.
Lalena Daigneault