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Jul 2, 2021
Thumbs up from me
Excellent engaging course with an extremely knowledgeable and interesting trainer. I will be recommending the course to colleagues - Thanks Simon!!
Carly
Jun 29, 2021
Excellent Training
Simon gave us two excellent days of training in Professional Scrum Product Owner. Would highly recommend him.
JLR PO
Jun 14, 2021
Amazing experience
Although done virtually, the class was really interactive and Simon has an amazing way of making it feel like you're not studying. Course content was explained very clearly and was very easy to digest, and Simon is clearly very knowledgeable in the domain which gave me great confidence from the outset. Would highly recommend to anyone looking to take PSM I certification.
Sam O'Leary
May 4, 2021
Excellent explanations and engaging…
Excellent explanations and engaging excercises.
Maikel Jansen-Kinkel
Apr 30, 2021
Really enjoyed this class
Really enjoyed this class! Simon is such a good coach, the sessions were very interactive and engaging. He organised the course really well and didn't go over time, while covering all the materials, including extensive prep for the exam. Thanks Simon!
Miss Pilsoiu
Apr 25, 2021
Useful
Not only it clarified a lot of concepts about SCRUM, but it mainly provided a lot of useful tools and technique to be used on top of it.
Simon's facilitation has been great!
Lorenzo Murrocu
Feb 13, 2021
The best course I've ever attended
Brilliantly delivered online course.
The course was well paced used some great collaboration tools that are not only great for us to see as Scrum Master's but it also meant that the course wasn't death by PowerPoint and after two days of online learning I felt that I wanted more rather than being glad that I didn't have to stare at a screen for longer.
Simon mixed theory with real world examples of his experience and he bought the subject to life in the way that only someone with a real passion for the subject can. It was the best course I've ever attended either in person or virtually.
Chris Jenkins
Feb 2, 2021
Great career options and development…
Great career options and development using this framework
Nick
Nov 5, 2020
Very helpful practice of Scrum…
Very helpful practice of Scrum supported by the trainers invaluable experience
Valentina Rozzi
Oct 23, 2020
The PSM1 course with Simon was great
The PSM1 course with Simon was great - Simon is a great trainer, full of examples and great insight into Scrum and a great communicator.
With the course run virtually, we did have some tech issues around connectivity and WebEx but Simon got workarounds sorted quickly.
I highly recommend this course - I had already been through the Scrum guide and achieved 100% in the Open assessment and I now have a much deeper understanding of Scrum including the Hows and Whys and various tools and resources to support my learning further on my Scrum journey.
Gareth Dowdeswell
Oct 14, 2020
Excellent Course
Excellent course, drove home the foundations of Scrum through engaging exercises and discussion.
Hugo Woodiwiss
Sep 17, 2020
Great Course
Great Course, Passionate Instructor/Facilitator in Simon Reindll.
Simon even took time to discuss other Agile Frameworks and the differences. Indicating there is value in other frameworks but to a certain extent. As honest as he was he is also indicating that he has a strong preference and is not completely objective.
Anthony
Aug 26, 2020
Excellant Course!!
Excellant Course!!! my trainers and the content of course was ideal, my first virtual training course and of course tricky.
Mark Ogunduyile
Jun 20, 2020
Simple and Easy to understand
The course was well structured with good examples and material. It was done fully remote and online and you didn't miss the interaction and participation.
It was engaging and productive
Jithesh
Jan 14, 2020
High energy training
High energy training, excellent trainers, great facilitation and loads of learnings and insights gained
Frederic Sanders
Dec 11, 2019
Great class
For me it was a bit to much onto the theory and a bit to little about usage in practice (already did have some knowledge about scrum and PO experience), but if your looking for getting familiar with the theory, great class!
Joris
Nov 29, 2019
Great course
Great course. Feeling inspired to make change using Scrum methodology.
Tracey McLaughlin
Oct 21, 2019
Awesome class, great trainers!
Both class and trainers were great. Very interactive class with lots of interesting topics being discussed.
Both Simon and Jesse are really skilled trainers and are a great team in delivering the PSM class together!
Sahin Ozdemir
Sep 6, 2019
A Interactive lesson
A Interactive lesson, I enjoyed the time, the tips were really good
Antonio Vara Piquer
Sep 5, 2019
Very good sessions littered with…
Very good sessions littered with meaningful interactions. Our knowledgeable Mentor made it an enjoyable experience for all the participants while explaining the concepts in a simple and easy to understand manner. Kudos
lalitmohan lalitmohan
Jun 17, 2019
Excellent course
Excellent course. Having Simon R. who is one of the course's stewards is definitely a plus. I also like having 2 PSTs giving us training. Andy H. brought different experiences to the talks and that was very valuable to the class. Thanks both for the great 2 days full of learning.
Vivien C
Jun 14, 2019
The course was awesome
The course was awesome. I have had another Scrum Course before and I have also seen Scrum Coachings in different organizations. This outperformed whatever I had seen before. I can cetainly recommend to take this course. It is suitable for newcomers and also for experienced Scrum practitioners.
Serkan Sezek
May 29, 2019
This was an extremely useful workshop
This was an extremely useful workshop, I learned a lot! It prepared me for the PSM I exam well.
Kovács Virág
May 23, 2019
Perfect
Perfect, thank you for such an interactive and good course!
Ilkan Engin
Apr 3, 2019
Exactly what I hoped for
Well structured content, using practical examples to allow delegates to discover the material rather than a traditional lecture / classroom type style, Would recommend for anyone either using Scrum or looking to start as Product Owner
Dominic Aviss
Mar 25, 2019
Excellent training
Excellent PSPO I training by Simon Reindl!
Robèrt Theune
Mar 25, 2019
High energy PSPO class with lot of interesting stuff to learn
Simon is an excellent facilitator. Two days of training can be dull, but is not in Simon's class: he knows to keep the energy high, uses different techniques to let us practice with the concepts to learn. So I was happy to have him as a teacher again, 5 years after my PSM I class.
My learning goals where met, even exceeded my expectations on product management topics. It gave me a much clearer view on all a PO has to deal with.
Mirjam Nhvn
Mar 14, 2019
Headline
Simon and Steve may joke around a bit, but when it comes to scrum, they are dead serious about delivering the best possible education, while keeping it fun and engaging. Top notch training, both the regular PSM I training and the additional Train the Trainer day I attended. This is the standard scrum trainers should aim to live up to!
Sam
Mar 13, 2019
I have good experiences with the…
I have good experiences with the organization so far. Prompt response if I have a question, everything goes smooth and is very clear, I find everything well organized.
Nic Tesser
Feb 19, 2019
Great Professional Scrum Master course
Great Professional Scrum Master course! It was interactive and engaging throughout. Even as an experiened Agile practitioner, I still learned a lot, and went away with many new ideas and much to think about.
David S
Feb 14, 2019
great insights and practical examples.
great insights and practical examples.
Remy de Jong
Simon's Certifications
Simon's Bio
Simon is the co-author of the book Mastering Professional Scrum, written with Stephanie Ockerman while being one of the stewards of the Professional Scrum Master course. As a steward we helped grow the course in line with Ken Schwaber's vison. He also led PSM Train-the-Trainer courses, helping to evaluate and mentor new trainers.
Simon Reindl has a focus on helping businesses and people adopt new ways of working on realizing business value. He has over 20 years of experience in a wide range of business domains, in both the public and private sector around the world. As a coach and instructor, he has worked with individuals, teams and organizations to develop skills and techniques to improve a focus on value and delivery.
His focus is to transform organisations to achieve a sustained competitive advantage by adopting agile principles and practices, within a culture of continuous adaptation.
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Jul 2, 2021
Thumbs up from me
Excellent engaging course with an extremely knowledgeable and interesting trainer. I will be recommending the course to colleagues - Thanks Simon!!
Carly
Jun 29, 2021
Excellent Training
Simon gave us two excellent days of training in Professional Scrum Product Owner. Would highly recommend him.
JLR PO
Jun 14, 2021
Amazing experience
Although done virtually, the class was really interactive and Simon has an amazing way of making it feel like you're not studying. Course content was explained very clearly and was very easy to digest, and Simon is clearly very knowledgeable in the domain which gave me great confidence from the outset. Would highly recommend to anyone looking to take PSM I certification.
Sam O'Leary
May 4, 2021
Excellent explanations and engaging…
Excellent explanations and engaging excercises.
Maikel Jansen-Kinkel
Apr 30, 2021
Really enjoyed this class
Really enjoyed this class! Simon is such a good coach, the sessions were very interactive and engaging. He organised the course really well and didn't go over time, while covering all the materials, including extensive prep for the exam. Thanks Simon!
Miss Pilsoiu
Apr 25, 2021
Useful
Not only it clarified a lot of concepts about SCRUM, but it mainly provided a lot of useful tools and technique to be used on top of it.
Simon's facilitation has been great!
Lorenzo Murrocu
Feb 13, 2021
The best course I've ever attended
Brilliantly delivered online course.
The course was well paced used some great collaboration tools that are not only great for us to see as Scrum Master's but it also meant that the course wasn't death by PowerPoint and after two days of online learning I felt that I wanted more rather than being glad that I didn't have to stare at a screen for longer.
Simon mixed theory with real world examples of his experience and he bought the subject to life in the way that only someone with a real passion for the subject can. It was the best course I've ever attended either in person or virtually.
Chris Jenkins
Feb 2, 2021
Great career options and development…
Great career options and development using this framework
Nick
Nov 5, 2020
Very helpful practice of Scrum…
Very helpful practice of Scrum supported by the trainers invaluable experience
Valentina Rozzi
Oct 23, 2020
The PSM1 course with Simon was great
The PSM1 course with Simon was great - Simon is a great trainer, full of examples and great insight into Scrum and a great communicator.
With the course run virtually, we did have some tech issues around connectivity and WebEx but Simon got workarounds sorted quickly.
I highly recommend this course - I had already been through the Scrum guide and achieved 100% in the Open assessment and I now have a much deeper understanding of Scrum including the Hows and Whys and various tools and resources to support my learning further on my Scrum journey.
Gareth Dowdeswell
Oct 14, 2020
Excellent Course
Excellent course, drove home the foundations of Scrum through engaging exercises and discussion.
Hugo Woodiwiss
Sep 17, 2020
Great Course
Great Course, Passionate Instructor/Facilitator in Simon Reindll.
Simon even took time to discuss other Agile Frameworks and the differences. Indicating there is value in other frameworks but to a certain extent. As honest as he was he is also indicating that he has a strong preference and is not completely objective.
Anthony
Aug 26, 2020
Excellant Course!!
Excellant Course!!! my trainers and the content of course was ideal, my first virtual training course and of course tricky.
Mark Ogunduyile
Jun 20, 2020
Simple and Easy to understand
The course was well structured with good examples and material. It was done fully remote and online and you didn't miss the interaction and participation.
It was engaging and productive
Jithesh
Jan 14, 2020
High energy training
High energy training, excellent trainers, great facilitation and loads of learnings and insights gained
Frederic Sanders
Dec 11, 2019
Great class
For me it was a bit to much onto the theory and a bit to little about usage in practice (already did have some knowledge about scrum and PO experience), but if your looking for getting familiar with the theory, great class!
Joris
Nov 29, 2019
Great course
Great course. Feeling inspired to make change using Scrum methodology.
Tracey McLaughlin
Oct 21, 2019
Awesome class, great trainers!
Both class and trainers were great. Very interactive class with lots of interesting topics being discussed.
Both Simon and Jesse are really skilled trainers and are a great team in delivering the PSM class together!
Sahin Ozdemir
Sep 6, 2019
A Interactive lesson
A Interactive lesson, I enjoyed the time, the tips were really good
Antonio Vara Piquer
Sep 5, 2019
Very good sessions littered with…
Very good sessions littered with meaningful interactions. Our knowledgeable Mentor made it an enjoyable experience for all the participants while explaining the concepts in a simple and easy to understand manner. Kudos
lalitmohan lalitmohan
Jun 17, 2019
Excellent course
Excellent course. Having Simon R. who is one of the course's stewards is definitely a plus. I also like having 2 PSTs giving us training. Andy H. brought different experiences to the talks and that was very valuable to the class. Thanks both for the great 2 days full of learning.
Vivien C
Jun 14, 2019
The course was awesome
The course was awesome. I have had another Scrum Course before and I have also seen Scrum Coachings in different organizations. This outperformed whatever I had seen before. I can cetainly recommend to take this course. It is suitable for newcomers and also for experienced Scrum practitioners.
Serkan Sezek
May 29, 2019
This was an extremely useful workshop
This was an extremely useful workshop, I learned a lot! It prepared me for the PSM I exam well.
Kovács Virág
May 23, 2019
Perfect
Perfect, thank you for such an interactive and good course!
Ilkan Engin
Apr 3, 2019
Exactly what I hoped for
Well structured content, using practical examples to allow delegates to discover the material rather than a traditional lecture / classroom type style, Would recommend for anyone either using Scrum or looking to start as Product Owner
Dominic Aviss
Mar 25, 2019
Excellent training
Excellent PSPO I training by Simon Reindl!
Robèrt Theune
Mar 25, 2019
High energy PSPO class with lot of interesting stuff to learn
Simon is an excellent facilitator. Two days of training can be dull, but is not in Simon's class: he knows to keep the energy high, uses different techniques to let us practice with the concepts to learn. So I was happy to have him as a teacher again, 5 years after my PSM I class.
My learning goals where met, even exceeded my expectations on product management topics. It gave me a much clearer view on all a PO has to deal with.
Mirjam Nhvn
Mar 14, 2019
Headline
Simon and Steve may joke around a bit, but when it comes to scrum, they are dead serious about delivering the best possible education, while keeping it fun and engaging. Top notch training, both the regular PSM I training and the additional Train the Trainer day I attended. This is the standard scrum trainers should aim to live up to!
Sam
Mar 13, 2019
I have good experiences with the…
I have good experiences with the organization so far. Prompt response if I have a question, everything goes smooth and is very clear, I find everything well organized.
Nic Tesser
Feb 19, 2019
Great Professional Scrum Master course
Great Professional Scrum Master course! It was interactive and engaging throughout. Even as an experiened Agile practitioner, I still learned a lot, and went away with many new ideas and much to think about.
David S
Feb 14, 2019
great insights and practical examples.
great insights and practical examples.
Remy de Jong
Upcoming Classes by Simon
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Simon Reindl
The role of an agile leader is to create and foster an environment where empiricism thrives to support the delivery of value. Evidence Based Management supports this, by providing a framework to link goals and objective measures to provide insights in to how effectively the organisation is working.
Jul 21, 2021
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Simon Reindl
In the 2020 Version of the Scrum Guide, the commitments were introduced for each artifact. These then became an element of Scrum; in that they need to be used to gain the maximum value that the Scrum Framework offers. They were always part of a Professional Scrum approach, now there is a clear connection of these commitments to the artifacts. They increase transparency, and the focussed delivery of Value. Each of the commitments now clearly support and sustain an artifact.
Nov 19, 2020
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Simon Reindl
"Becoming Agile" has been the focus of many organisations for a number of years. 2020 has created a new sense of urgency with a number of factors creating increasing demand for quicker responses.
Sep 29, 2020
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Simon Reindl
The traditional approach of RFI – RFP – Review – LOI is neither lean or agile. The Lean Agile Procurement approach reduces the sourcing cycle time to days, with collaborative clarification of the product with prospective partners while reducing the risk of a poor partner and company evaluation.
Jul 16, 2019
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Simon Reindl
The purpose of Scrum is to create a potentially releasable Done Product Increment, in order to realize business value. Many teams struggle in improving their Definition of Done. The technique described here allows for greater transparency on what the Definition of Done is, and what the next steps are.
Mar 1, 2019
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Simon Reindl
Working with the Professional Scrum Trainer community, and particularly with Ken Schwaber as one of the Professional Scrum Master Stewards has been a very rewarding learning journey.
Aug 6, 2018
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Simon Reindl
There is often confusion when organisations transition to an agile way of working, particularly with the mapping of roles. This blog explores the role of Project Managers in Scrum.
Jun 22, 2018
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Simon Reindl
Work is complex, and to honour the empirical approach is harder. It requires trust, in order to be transparent. To enable the responsiveness that agile promises there needs to be discipline and rigour.
Mar 9, 2018
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Simon Reindl
Exploring the accountabilities in a Scrum Team through a Longship metaphor.
Jun 19, 2017
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Simon Reindl
Table Manners
There is a striking similarity between good table manners and good agile behaviours - "agile table manners". It is even more clear when viewed through the lens of the Scrum values: Focus, Respect, Openness, Courage and Commitment. The intent of manners is to help it be as safe and pleasant to be with our fellow mankind. Many of them stem from safety and hygiene, and others from a desire not to offend.
These simple rules act as a guide to encourage each meal to be as joyful as possible. The same can be said of working within an agile mindset.
A host always ensures plenty
A good host will always ensure that there is enough to feed everyone, and there is a healthy variety. In some cultures, it is important to leave a little food on your plate to let the host know you are well fed.
In Scrum it is critical for the Product Owner to ensure that there is a healthy backlog, of well refined work for the Development Team to select from. This should be refined with the Development Team as well as other experts as necessary. In Kanban this may be a specific board before the Development board, to shape the understanding of the work.
If there is not enough well understood work, then the team will either be idle (going hungry), or take on poorly understood work (and choke).
Don't overload your plate
When you serve yourself, you shouldn't take more than you can eat. Be mindful that others will need to serve themselves, and that you can always go back for more.
When teams are selecting work, select enough to be busy, and not so much as to leave any left over. Finishing a Sprint with undone work is the key sign that too much work was selected. There will be times when this happens through illness or other unexpected events - it should not be the norm. If all the work is finished, then the Development Team should always talk to the Product Owner about how to drive the most business value from the time remaining.
In Kanban, the teams should be reflecting on their WIP limits and monitoring flow through the entire process. The throughput should indicate how overloaded the team is.
It is rude to offer someone what you have half eaten yourself ... just as it is disgusting to spit out chewed food and put it on your plate - Erasmus
Finish your mouthful
This is a huge one.
In practice, so easy. Take a reasonable mouthful, chew it well, swallow. There are some key etiquette points around this:
Don't talk with a mouthful (and spray your fellow diners)
Don't shovel more food in with an existing mouthful (and risk choking)
Don't spit out half eaten food, and take another mouthful in
Don't take such a big mouthful that you can't chew it
In our working day, how many times is there a partially done task? How many times do you start one task, put it down and then start another?
This is the essence of context switching, and is an incredibly common waste. This is explored in this article by Jeff Atwood and this article by Matt Stine. There are tasks that are suited to checking with other tasks, or the bigger plan. At the "mouthful" size - the task should be finished.
Use the pomodoro technique to break your day in to manageable chunks. Re-evaluate what you need to next after you complete each "mouthful".
Don't force feed others
You should only feed someone else by invitation!
This is not to be attempted unless clear and unequivocal permission has been given! At best, it is messy, at worst it is dangerous.
How often do you push another mouthful onto someone else?
The agile frameworks are all pull based to enable better flow. When we push work we create bottlenecks and buffers. How do you feel when someone gives you tasks without talking to you about it first? This inhibits the ability for the team to self organise. Ben Day explores this in the this article. Assigning work out can impede the team developing the essential skills of self organisation.
Summary
Working together should be as joyful as possible, so behaving in a respectful way will help each interaction with someone else as fun as possible.
If we thing of our work as "food for the mind", then surely we should use good table manners while eating our food.
Good Eating!
Dec 21, 2016
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