Thomas Schissler

Practical, good discussions and appropriate narratives to go with

Class was awesome, we really learned a lot. Thomas is a super nice guy and made a good job!

Good mix of theory and practical examples. Very sympathetic trainers.

Very interactive, challenging but fun

To simulate a complex product development in three days does not seem very close to reality. In fact, Thomas and Neno managed to give me a lively and eventful illustration of the challenges and perspectives of all three responsibilities, especially those of software developers, in Scrum. In the trainer tandem, they lead with a lot of attention for the participants with the help of a real software development environment through numerous key topics, including Exterme Programming, DevOps, etc. without losing the focus Scrum. Chapeau. Thomas and Neno, you did a great job.

APS-SD Classroom from Thomas was engaging with hands-on sprints which helped attendees understand solutions to real-world challenges faced by teams when doing scrum. Even though we've been part of agile teams for a long, the training gives a fresh perspective on Scrum

Thomas made his best effort to convey the material and there was enough room for questions as well as lots of open discussions. The practical part was mostly well organized, if a bit hectic—which I suspect was an intentional part of the exercise. Thomas was never fazed by technical issues or similar small hiccups that occurred during the training and we completed the entire curriculum on time.

Training with a lot of practical relevance and great tips to apply.

Thomas is a fantastic trainer with an incredible level of knowledge and skills. He knows how to engage with the audience which makes the days much more fun. I look forward to future trainings with Thomas.

Well organized and structured training. Trainer had an answer to all questions and is very responsive to questions.

Great experience while doing practical stuff, but I think adding sprints of 2 hrs is really short. But I like the way you provide the training. Thanks a lot

V.Good Training material V. Good Quality of training. well prepared, and good Facilitation techniques and discussions were handled well.

Toller Kurs mit guten Methoden und Techniken weit über SCRUM hinaus

The trainers were very motivated and the training was very vivid.

Perfect class.

Sehr guter Kurs! Der Kurs war zwar klein aber oho! Peter konnte uns an beiden Tagen alle Fragen beantworten, wir hatten gute Diskussionen und jede Menge Informationen & Tipps, die jetzt angewendet werden wollen :) Ich kann den Kurs Professional Scrum with Kanban für alle empfehlen!

Great training!

Thomas was happy to share his broad knowledge and extensive experience from many angles in this training. This can only have been a valuable extension for each participant on their journey into agility

A lot of aha effects!

The training is very well structured. It not only provides a refresher to the widely known concepts of Scrum but also makes the participants familiar with a variety of concepts related to developing a good software that are not known to all. The examples and case studies discussed in the course help practicing and getting better in applying Scrum in daily work. The trainer is very competent, keeps the course engaging, encourages questions as well as explains all of them .

Sehr empfehlenswert!

The Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development training was very useful. Thank you, guys! :)

Excellent Scrum training course We had booked this class with Thomas for our whole team of about 10 to 15 developers. His solid technical background, presentation skills and his open, friendly and supportive personality made this training course a success. For me it was the first formal introduction to Scrum. Like some of my co-workers I had only read about Scrum and when we joined the team picked up bits and pieces from our Scrum master and other more Scrum-experienced team members. Thomas dealt with this diversity of backgrounds very well and kept the class interesting for all of us. I now have a much better grasp of key elements of the process. A few examples would be responsibilities, different approaches such as swarming or pairing up and when they might be useful (not strictly Scrum). We as a team are now less prone to dive into too much detail during product backlog refinement and estimation. We are more willing to shoot estimates from the hip. We then look at the detail in the sprint planning sessions when we structure our approach and break down the work. Another important aspect is who has a say in what, e.g. when dealing with "external inputs", potentially bypassing the product owner. And, of course: the definition of done. The practical sessions were technically simple, but highlighted something very important: under stress people often react with falling into patterns of behaviour that make them feel at home and safe. Here this meant: 1) I'm under stress. 2) I know how to fix the relatively simple code. 3) I'll just do it. But wait: we were not here to show we can write a small program fast. We were here to practice Scrum team work according to the rules we had first set ourselves. And we did. And as a result we now have a sharpened sense of when we might find it particularly hard to follow our set of rules.

Great Tutor and lot's of new insights and learnings for me! Can only reccomend.

Sehr interessant, gut gestaltet und interaktiv. Ich habe viel gelernt und die ganze drei Tage Spaß gehabt

Perfect combination of practical exercises and theory, presented in a humerous - yet detailed - way.

This Course was Awsome!

That was a perfect experience

I thoroughly enjoyed the class and the different modules and stages. It was a great group of experienced agilists, which made the exchange and dialogue a beautiful experience. Johannes and Thomas led us through lots of topics, giving us space if needed and culling us together when we went to far away from the topics. That was awesome, so thanks!

Very good training A lot of focus on specific needs of software development. It is clear that the trainer has significant experience in the field.

A lot more than expected and a trainer who could answer every single question. Perfect.

I recently took part in an excellent training for Scrum with Kanban. The facilitator presented the concepts in a way easy to follow, with examples based on his rich experience with Scrum and Kanban and also with great presentations/documents. It was very interactive as well, all attendees had a lot of possibilities to get creative, exchange experiences and learn by doing. I'm already looking forward to the next training.

Very insightful course with a cool trainer who can explain very well.

A great experience!! This class was very educational and was given by two dedicated trainers. The trainers don't bore and not only do they know their content, they know how to deliver the content. This experience was very in depth. I learned a lot in only 3 days of training.

An intensive training, maybe an online training (due to corona) is more intensive, nicely balanced with theory and some exercises.

I really enjoy the training with Thomas, he has the perfect combination between practice and theory, so I found it really valuable, the time really flights and also you will learn more about team integration.

The training was well structured. The learning objective was clear for each task. I could take a lot with me.

Great class. Learned a lot about Scrum concepts and technologies for software developer. Total empfohlen.

I believe that "Leadership" cannot be learned by theoretical means or be taught by teacher. Thus Thomas Schissler sets up and cultivates an environment within which all the participants are encouraged to participate and share their experience. He manages to foster exchane between participants across all levels of experience and various backgrounds. By doing so, he sets a perfect example for Agile Leadership. Hands down one of the best classese I ever had the pleasure to attend, thanks to Thomas Schissler.

Learning by doing things wrong in the beginning works perfectly.

Very friendly and competent trainers. Great balance between theory and practice. It helps to get a good understanding about SCRUM.

PSD-Training Great teachers with great practical use cases for a very understandable and practical training.

Thanks for all

Scrum appeared in the early nineties in the software development environment. And if, after almost 25 years, you have never participated in developing of real software by Scrum, then you have never known the real Scrum. This class allows you to jump into real development process for a few days and feel it from the inside. Invaluable experience.

Peter and Thomas make a great team of trainers for their students. Both are very friendly, professional and teach with passion and fun. I thoroughly enjoyed the class. Thank you!

Während der Recherche nach einem Scrum Master und Product Owner Training auf der Scrum.org Seite stieß ich auf das Professional Scrum Developer Training. Nachdem ich Anfangs etwas skeptisch war ob uns dieses Training etwas bringt, oder ob es nicht reicht einfach nur den Scrum Master zu schulen, der dann alle Entwickler bei uns fortbildet, entschloss ich mich das Training trotz meiner Bedenken für das gesamte Team zu buchen. Diese Entscheidung stellte sich als sehr gut heraus. Thomas ist ein sehr erfahrener Trainer, der Theorie und Praxis aus der "ge- / erlebten Praxis" heraus schult. Anstatt uns einfach nur Scrum Grundlagen mit Folien zu erklären machte er uns anhand einer kurzweiligen Fallstudie sehr praxisnah deutlich welche Probleme auftreten wenn die Scrum Werte nicht gelebt werden, oder Elemente von Scrum wegrationalisiert werden. Durch diese Vorgehensweise kam es im Team viel schneller zu Aha-Erlebnissen, als dies über den Weg, dass nur der Scrum Master geschult wird und er seine Erfahrungen dann weiter gibt, möglich gewesen wäre. Thomas Empfehlung, dass neben dem Dev-Team auch Scrum Master und Product Owner teilnehmen sollten stellte sich als sehr vorteilhaft heraus. So hatten auch die beiden anderen Rollen die Möglichkeit über die eigene Rolle zu reflektieren und neue Anstöße für die Praxis mitzunehmen. Mein Fazit zum Training ist, dass es nicht nur sehr viel Spaß gemacht hat, sondern wir viele neue Impulse für unsere tägliche Zusammenarbeit mitnehmen konnten. Ich habe den Eindruck, dass unser Team durch diese Schulung noch einmal richtig Fahrt aufgenommen hat und kann das PSD Training deshalb nur wärmstens empfehlen. Im Nachhinein hätten wir den Kurs schon viel früher buchen sollen.

Peter and Thomas are a great trainer pair that provided a fantastic environment for learning to happen. This PSD course had a huge impact on me because I experienced first hand the many challenges a Development Team is faced with. And even though you were just explained what to focus on, when the pressure is high, you easily fall back into a firefighting mode. Of all the Scrum.org courses I have attended, this is my favorite in terms of learning impact and eye openers. And I would highly recommend Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and managers that work with Scrum Teams to attend this course together with their Development Teams. I believe software development is foremost a communication and collaboration challenge. So I’d suggest to first seek to understand the different roles involved.

As a PST student I had good learning experience.. especially with Battlefield case study which not part of my earlier trainings that I attended.

Full transparency: I'm a Professional Scrum Trainer myself and had the opportunity to participate in this Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) class with Peter Götz and Thomas Schissler. As someone who knows Scrum very well in the roles of a Scrum Master, Product Owner and stakeholder, this course was an amazing Scrum experience from the perspective of a professional Scrum Development Team. During three days we delivered Increments in a series of Sprints and learned to become more professional by embodying and living the responsibilities of a professional Development Team that "owns" quality and regularly meets the Sprint Goal by delivering „done" Increments. I would like to recommend every Scrum Master and Product Owner to visit this PSD course with Peter and Thomas to experience for yourself how Scrum feels as a Development Team.

Amazing virtual training experience. Great learning with the work in small group and with the whole audience.

I really like how the class was delivered and it was very helpful to see software in action in real scrum development team role playing.

I really liked the practical approach of this class. The "designed to fail" Sprint 1 may be kind of discouraging at first, but after few little changes inside the team and a more team oriented approach by the Product Owner (played by the teacher), the benefits of Scrum really come to shine in the following Sprints, namely the close interchange inside the Dev team itself and between the Dev team and the PO. The actual task for the project was fun as well. Also, the constant switching between theory and practical tasks, with little breaks in between, gave the whole 3 day experience a dynamic feel without getting boring or tiresome.

One of the best classes I ever had. Thomas is a well experienced trainer. His teaching methods are unique. I really enjoyed the class and recommend it to anyone working in a Scrum Team.

Very good Training and good discussion with the trainer

Thomas is a great trainer with a lot of hands on experience in the software development industry! The class was both joyful and with lot of insights and learnings. Thanks for 3 great days of training in Poland Thomas

Trainer was well prepared; all materials and exercises were very good. Additionally, the trainer was very knowledgeable and had good answers for all our questions about scrum and all related technologies and practices. Training was fun, thank you a lot.

I really loved the topics of the course. Especially Emergent Architecture and Quality Software. Great content with great trainers makes me understand the essence of the topic.

For me - without any scrum experiences - this was a perfect way to start my scrum Business way of life

Die Inhouse-Schulung an sich top! Konkret im Arbeitsumfeld wäre eine andere Vorgehensweise sinnvoller gewesen. Dies hat aber nichts mit der Schulung an sich zu tun.

Very good training. Afterwards you definitely know how SCRUM works and you already did the process four times.

I would recommend this training with Peter Götz to any friend and colleague. His workshop is very well structured while at the same time he keeps a sense for spontaneity to answer questions and fill explanations with one of his many experiences in this field. I feel that I have learned very much and had a very fun time during that training.