Sander Dur

Xebia

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Dutch
English

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Netherlands

About Sander

Sander is a passionate trainer and consultant, having coached many different organizations during his career. He is a PST with multiple courses. Sander puts people first and has the ability to connect with people quickly. Through extensive coaching of other Scrum Masters, Product Owners, developers, and leadership, Sander is able to help people understand each other’s viewpoints and create a collaborative atmosphere.

Next to his work as trainer and consultant, Sander is an avid writer for Serious Scrum and is host to the popular podcast ‘Mastering Agility’, where the biggest names in the industry (a.o. Mike Cohn, Lyssa Adkins, Gunther Verheyen, and Jeff Gothelf) join as guests to discuss all things Agile.

Applying Professional Scrum

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills

Professional Scrum Master

Professional Scrum Master II

Professional Scrum Product Owner

Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced

Scaled Professional Scrum

Latest Blogs by Sander

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Why you Should be Looking for Organizational Trailblazers

Somewhere along the line, people and organizations seem to have lost a certain sense of pragmatism. Job requirements are more focused on theoretical knowledge, rather than certain (work)life skills. In other words, we need to focus more on solving challenges, and less on flashing around theoretical achievements.

Dec 7, 2022

Scrum: Dealing With Fixed Date, Fixed Budget Work

Stakeholders want to know when things will be done, and rightfully so. But what if they demand their features to be delivered on scope, on time, and on budget? The tried-and-tested iron triangle might not be the best approach...

Nov 29, 2022

How to Start With Self-management in a Great Way

Is your organization having trouble instilling self-management? Then this is the article for you!

Nov 16, 2022

A DONUT for Product Owners, unchaining them from Authority Restraints

Have you ever come across a Product Owner that has been fully empowered to make all the decisions needed for the product, without any constraints? It's pretty rare. A donut can help your Product Owner in gaining more decision-making power.

Nov 7, 2022

Nine things to do in your Sprint Planning

There are eight hours available for Sprint Planning. In those eight hours, a lot can be done. Too often this event is rushed, limiting the ability to maximize the possible achievements. In this article, I share nine things to do to make the most of your Sprint Planning.

Nov 4, 2022

If you Want to Save Money, Don't use Scrum

There are many great reasons to use Scrum. Focus on quality, frequent delivery of value, and limitation of risk, to name a few. Saving money is not one of them...

Nov 2, 2022

Really, we can have Sprint Planning twice in a Sprint?

The Scrum Events are in place to support empiricism and the delivery of value. You need to run them at least once per Sprint. But could we do them multiple times in the same Sprint? Find out in this article!

Nov 1, 2022

Backlog Refinement in Single-Team Scrum

Backlog refinement is still a vastly misunderstood activity. There is no single approach to it and no time-boxed event. But why is that? And how to handle it? More on that in this article.

Oct 30, 2022

A story of why psychological safety enhances the Scrum Team

As this article hopefully makes clear, the mental well-being of the workforce is important. Being transparent about what happens after someone shares what they feel could improve is needed to ensure proper follow-up.

Oct 28, 2022

Superhero Scrum Masters; helpful or bottleneck?

What would happen if Superman wasn't around to save the earth? We, as mere mortals, would perish quickly, and the superhero movies would be super short. Wouldn't it be more helpful if the flying solver-of-all would teach out to save ourselves?

Oct 25, 2022