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Venkatesh Rajamani
Founder @ tryScrum.com | Freelancer -Enterprise Agility Coach & Professional Scrum Trainer
Dec 21, 2020
This is my second training with Venkat…
This is my second training with Venkat and Arun. Its been a great learning journey. Thank you Venkat and Team!
Mahesh
Dec 8, 2020
Well structured course with knowledgeable trainer
Well structured course with knowledgeable trainer.
Mathanaguru Gopalakrishnan
Nov 29, 2020
Great Session from Venkat.
Great Session from Venkat.
Sai Kumar Chikkam
Nov 9, 2020
good of sharing of all the ways to get…
good of sharing of all the ways to get a certification
vignesh kumar
Nov 2, 2020
Very good and interesting
Very good and interesting. Both Arun and Venkat made Scrum interesting, which is otherwise quite dry.
Rekha
Nov 2, 2020
PSM 1 Review
It’s a nice session for a beginner like me. Good to know about all those terminology in Scrum.
Saravanan Dhakshinamoorthy
Oct 26, 2020
Amazing time with kanban and a knowledgeable-man Daniel Vacanti
Perfect three days with a knowledgeable-man Daniel Vacanti in Kanban,Experiencing lots of new practices based on Kanban and scrum framework feel amazing,After this training course I truly believe that our team needs such practices like work item age and visualizing workflow and etc.
Mohammad Esmaeil Pedaran
Oct 20, 2020
Very informative and intersting class.
Very informative and intersting class.
Ratish Ahuja
Oct 18, 2020
Amazing training
Impressive and Informative Class
Pavel Abdul Rehman Musthafa
Oct 17, 2020
PSK - Virtual Course
Thank you so much Daniel and Venkatesh for organizing this training. I am glad that I grabbed this golden opportunity to take this training with Daniel. Concepts of flow were explained in a seamless way, which has been my greatest learning over the duration of this course.
I am excited to utilize the metrics related to flow as I see many opportunities of implementing Scrum with Kanban. With the current situation of pandemic, this learning experience will be always memorable to me!
Thanks again!
Aditya Kulkarni
Oct 16, 2020
Daniel Vacanti is THE perfect PSK I (Professional Scrum with Kanban) trainer.
My experience with Daniel Vacanti, in partnership with training provider tryScrum, India has been absolutely delightful!
I honestly feared that the lack of human interaction - imposed by the Covid-19 Pandemic - would have prevented me to take full advantage from the intense remote training.
The team led by Venkatesh Rajamani was indeed capable to arrange an exquisite online experience (there is always space for improvement, but they did great).
Daniel Vacanti is not only (obviously) expert and highly accountable about Scrum with Kanban, but an awesome and skilled Trainer - sometimes he managed even to be our Coach - with the "magic power" of making actually complicated matters straightforward and easy to understand.
I strongly recommend this training, especially if Daniel Vacanti is personally involved in it.
Scrum on!
(with Kanban practices built-in 😉)
Michael F.
Oct 13, 2020
Unparalleled
Venkatesh's delivery of well organised, highly involving and well time-boxed class ended up in preaching quite a lot more than what it was intended to.
Pranshu Gupta
Oct 5, 2020
Good Organised Class
Good Organised Class. Examples and Case studies demostrated were excellent.
Vidhyananth Natarajan
Sep 14, 2020
Amazing, Interactive & Insightful Sessions!
TryScrum has one of the best trainers and coaches for the various programs taught. The sessions are full of insights and the experience of the trainers and coaches help reflect things better. The participants during the sessions are also coming in from different countries with a lot of experience and from various walks of life so the sessions become full of quality insights.
Sameer KK
Sep 9, 2020
Perfect training Course with a…
Perfect training Course with a professional trainer and amazing participant,I really enjoy it and learn lots of effective practical methods
Mohammad Esmaeil Pedaran
Sep 6, 2020
The training was very informative &…
The training was very informative & useful.
Vijay Anandh Nagharathinam
Aug 23, 2020
Recommended PSM II Class with tryScrum.com
I attended PSM II class taught by Venkatesh Rajamani from tryScrum.com.
During the class, we have all participants continuously shared their expertise and experiences as Scrum Master, we discussed real-life scenarios, challenges and our strategies to mitigate those situations.
Venkat also actively assisted us with our burning questions, and patiently coaching us on how to be a better Scrum Master!
If you are considering PSM II class, I strongly recommend you to go with tryScrum.com - they know what they are doing and very passionate about it!
Fadly Arisandy Rasyad
Aug 23, 2020
Good experiantial Scrum Master training
Thanks Venkatesh for taking us through the multiple scenarios a scrum master comes across in a practical situation. The training material was good and the training was conducted very professionally.
Sandipan C
Aug 16, 2020
Insightful PSPO Class!
Attended PSPO class from tryScrum.com taught by Venkatesh.
It was a great experience for me to revisit the Scrum framework, proper usage of it for Product development along with real-life questions we discussed during the class, highly interactive and insightful!
Fadly Arisandy Rasyad
Aug 9, 2020
Course content and quality is very nice.
Course content and quality is very nice.
Venkateswara Rao
Aug 9, 2020
PSK Course
Great Inspiration and knowledge to apply Kanban practices and metrics to the Scrum Framewok
Andrea Casiraghi
Jun 14, 2020
Worth course for gaining advance mastery on product ownership
Excellent cases, examples , highly interactive session. Would definitely recommend for product owners who want to prove advance mastery.
Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
Jun 1, 2020
The course is massively helpful to mid and upper level management who are into agile project management
The course is massively helpful to colleagues who are in middle to upper management, who are working to implement the Agile strategy. The course takes you through various leadership. attributes that will require introspection and change The course teacher was very knowledgeable about the subject matter. The class of 12 odd ppl were mostly corporate and few entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, the discussions through the class sessions was mostly concentrated on entrepreneurship handling and very less time on corporate level issues. The break out session were well managed and topics were laid out well. Time
Ravindra Kirpane
May 31, 2020
Instructor was passionate in conducting…
Instructor was passionate in conducting the class, knowledgeable and handled the questions efficiently. Course was engaging and well organized.
SIVAPERUMAL SUDHAKAR Kotimukalur Subramania Raja
May 17, 2020
Good interactive session
Good interactive session. A lot of activities involved.
Pooja Gupta
Apr 20, 2020
Good Experience
Though its a virtual session, had a good informative and interactive session which kept the participants attentive and engaged
Ashwini Perumal
Apr 12, 2020
The class was very informational and…
The class was very informational and useful. It has made an impact to understanding of scrum at an advance level and enact practices to benefit organization.
Pavel Abdul Rehman Musthafa
Apr 12, 2020
My experience with the event has
My experience with the event has been fantastic. It was a virtual session handled effectively with no technical glitches. Venkatesh is a brilliant trainer with in depth knowledge of agile and leadership skills. I am glad to have got an opportunity to train under him. Course covered a lot of thought provoking exercises/discussions. Tips provided on how to improve as a scrum master are really useful.
Ashwini Mahadevaiah
Mar 16, 2020
PSM-1 training with tryscrum+Mr.Venkatesh Rajamani
PSM - 1 training class mentored by Mr.Venkatesh Rajamani is a pleasure, knowledge house. He is a very good, amazing in playing with words to make the context,situation more relevant, smoother yet effective. I understood this is very important quality of a successful scrum master.
He is highly knowledgeable, professional. I 110% recommend him for any training, enterprise consultation. Sure the learner OR enterprise will be in good,safe hands.
M S M KRISHNA NAGISETTY
Mar 9, 2020
One of the best trainers out there!!!
Amazing Class and the session was super interactive!!
Ganesh Shetty
Mar 2, 2020
An experienced Scrum Master teaching real techniques
Venkatesh brings his experiences as Scrum Master in the class. He is an excellent coach and teaches coaching techniques using scenario based questions. Not a single dull moment in his session !
Prerna
Feb 10, 2020
Very Good Training!
Very Good Training!
Great training by the trainer (Venkatesh Rajamani) covering live examples embedded with regular training flow. He has kept the participants intact with the scrum concepts and learn scrum mastery in better way. Basic scrum concepts were well covered in 2 days training and helped the participants to relate with their day to day work.
Muthukumarasamy Arumugam
Dec 30, 2019
Excellent
Venkat was very clear. I like the way he puts the right jorgan at right place. That was my key learning.
Gayathri Ramachandran
Dec 30, 2019
Professional Trainer for PSPO
Lot of Knowledge Shared, Lot of Discussions and Lot more on Product Owner .
Srinivasan Damodaran
Dec 17, 2019
Interactive and Inspiring session
Interactive and Inspiring session
Vinay V
Nov 25, 2019
Professional and Fun
The workshop had a lot of fruitful activities which further helped remember the concepts of the Scrum guide better.
Priyanka Muthukrishnan
Nov 21, 2019
To the point and Excellenet training!!
To the point and Excellenet training!!
Senthil kumar Velu
Nov 19, 2019
Excellent learning experience
Excellent learning experience. There was never a dull moment in the class. The trainer was great.
KRISHNA LOKIAH
Nov 4, 2019
Great
Great - The class through tryscrum with scrumorg learning content is at high par.
Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
Oct 31, 2019
Well explained with awesome and engaged activities
My mindset has actually changed after this workshop, i am able to understand what scrum is all about.
Abhishek Mahajan
Oct 5, 2019
Venkatesh is an experienced people Manager and a good trainer
Venkatesh is an experienced people manager who is a very keen learner of processes and shares his personal experiences as well. Overall, it was a good class with him
Hemant Sharma
Sep 23, 2019
Good learning experience
Despite a short of time on first day because of the no fault of the trainer (some internal company's overlapping scheduling issue) the training we completed with a stretch efforts by trainer. Kudos to his commitment.
Sumit Malik
Sep 23, 2019
I liked the session
I liked the session , it was well presented
DAVIS THOMAS KOILPARAMBIL
Sep 23, 2019
Knowledgeable trainer
Knowledgeable trainer, well delivered class!
Rahul
Sep 14, 2019
The session was nice and informative.
The session was nice and informative.
Balachandran SN
Jul 22, 2019
All credits to TryScrum for organizing…
All credits to TryScrum for organizing an effective Workshop in Professional Scrum Product Owner. There approach and training methodologies need to be appreciated.
Nabeel Basheer
Jul 22, 2019
It would've been 3 days Workshop and…
It would've been 3 days Workshop and more Hands-on activities, rather than just 2 days. Take away's are very less in 2 days workshop.
Kumar S Karpuram
Jul 3, 2019
A great Learning Experience
It was really an informative and learning oriented session. Venkatesh made sure to involve the members in the room for multiple activities.
Satanik Mukherjee
Jul 1, 2019
Good experience
Good experience, quite some great examples provided to allow understanding of the context.
Lin Foong
May 27, 2019
Great Facilitation
Great Facilitation, Cleared our Concerns and "The course was conducted in a highly professional and timely manner."
Rajivkumar Ramachandran
May 19, 2019
Excellent Demonstration and Interactive…
Excellent Demonstration and Interactive Session
Gopinath Sreenivasan
Apr 29, 2019
Excellent class
Excellent class. Covered so many topics that are not necessarily for the PSPO exam, but to lay a foundation to the journey as a Product Owner
Nirjhar Bala
Apr 21, 2019
Good and Excellent way of teaching
Good and Excellent way of teaching
SANGU VEERA SUMANTH
Apr 12, 2019
Very useful and practical course
Very useful and practical course
E..v..e...
Mar 26, 2019
Content of workshop was good
Content of workshop was good, Could have been in more detail.
Rohit KC
Mar 3, 2019
PSM 1 Classes ~ March 2 & 3, 2019 @ Chennai,India
The classes held in Chennai on March 2 & 3 conducted by Venkatesh Rajamani was awesome. Held over two days I got to see how effective the PSM course is for Scrum Master aspirant like me. The course taught me servant-leadership, behavioral shifts, Scrum principles, worked on real-life cases with my other classmates.
Good knowledge gained from Venkatesh's teaching!
I would highly recommend his coaching to any one aspiring to take the PSM certification exams!
Thank you!
Kingston Mathar
Mar 2, 2019
The session was very interactive and…
The session was very interactive and all the objectives of a Scrum master and the whole process of scrum was defined very nicely.
Ranit Das
Feb 25, 2019
Such a wonderful trainer !
Venkatesh is one of the best trainer that I have come across. PSM II training class by Venkatesh is worth every moment. He is excellent in bringing out the trainee's best scrum skills to the forum. His class was supported by lot of case-studies and real world scenarios with zero Power Point presentation. If you really want to understand scrum in purist and practical ways, you would need to attend his session.
Abdul Majeeth
Feb 25, 2019
Great home of scrum to learn scrum
Great home of scrum to learn scrum
Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
Feb 11, 2019
Brainstorming of scrum framework
The class was covering scenarios and discussions, while taking through the scrum framework and its details. It was just not a lecture to go through the scrum guide. Really good.
Rajan MJ
Feb 10, 2019
Had an amazing experience attending the…
Had an amazing experience attending the 2 days PSM 1 Workshop. A great and enlightening learning experience
Kamal Kumar
Jan 28, 2019
The training has cleared all myths…
- The session has cleared all myths related to scrum and was able to know what is the exact practice.
- Was able to discuss many practical problems during training and got solution on how to tackle it.
-Trainer was excellent and covered all topics.
-Gained lot of knowledge and confidence after the training
Hari Kishore Malapadi Chandrasekar
Jan 27, 2019
Amazing Trainer
Thanks Venki for sharing the meaning of real scrum. It was a amazing 16 hours, trainer gave us lots of real time examples and clarified most of our doubts on spot..
Hari Kumar Srinivasan
Venkatesh's Certifications
Venkatesh's Bio
I am an experienced Enterprise Agile Coach, Professional Scrum Trainer& Professional Facilitator helping organizations to exploit the fundamentals of Agility to leave behind the conventional style of working and enable continuous delivery of the highest value of all. I have guided many large enterprises through 'Agile transformations' and helped them on their journey to continuous improvement in their product development capability. I am comfortable operating at all levels of the organization, has helped both enterprise and Multi-Team/Program level to Improve Agility. I am also well placed to build internal capabilities in an organization.
I am a resident from Chennai, India with a strong belief that the profession of Software development could be improved by focusing on human elements.
I am also a Founder of tryScrum.com , a Professional Training and Coaching Provider, a Certified Enterprise Coach® with Scrum Alliance. I had worked with a variety of Companies, which includes RBS, Ericsson, HID Global & PayPal.
For more information about me visit - tryScrum.com
Credentials :
Professional Scrum Trainer( PST) with Scrum.org
Certified Enterprise Coach( CEC) with Scrum Alliance
Certified Team Coach( CTC) with Scrum Alliance
Brain-Based Coach (BBC) with Neuroleadership Institute
ICF-ACC with International Coach Federation
Scaled Program Consultant ( SPC 4.6) with Scaled Agile
Management 3.0 Facilitator
SAFE Agilist from Scale Agile
Certified Disciplined Agilist from - (DAC)
Design Thinking Expert from IDEO
ICAgile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
Training from the Back of the Room Certified (TBR)
Gamification - Expert Level
My White Paper: The Stages of Scrum Mastery
https://tryscrum.com/2020/04/06/upcoming-white-paper-the-stages-of-scrum-mastery/
Meetup Groups that I run:
Scrum Master Studio - Chennai: https://meetup.com/Scrum-Master-Studio/
Scrum Master Studio -Bengaluru: https://www.meetup.com/SMStudio_blr/
Product Owner Studio: https://www.meetup.com/Product-Owner-Studio/
Why tryScrum?
The direct PTN member of Scrum.org. Take a look at our testimonials and talk to our Customers before deciding.
No of People Trained: 2000+
NPS: 87+
For more information visit: www.tryscrum.com
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Courses taught by Venkatesh
See What My Students Say
Dec 21, 2020
This is my second training with Venkat…
This is my second training with Venkat and Arun. Its been a great learning journey. Thank you Venkat and Team!
Mahesh
Dec 8, 2020
Well structured course with knowledgeable trainer
Well structured course with knowledgeable trainer.
Mathanaguru Gopalakrishnan
Nov 29, 2020
Great Session from Venkat.
Great Session from Venkat.
Sai Kumar Chikkam
Nov 9, 2020
good of sharing of all the ways to get…
good of sharing of all the ways to get a certification
vignesh kumar
Nov 2, 2020
Very good and interesting
Very good and interesting. Both Arun and Venkat made Scrum interesting, which is otherwise quite dry.
Rekha
Nov 2, 2020
PSM 1 Review
It’s a nice session for a beginner like me. Good to know about all those terminology in Scrum.
Saravanan Dhakshinamoorthy
Oct 26, 2020
Amazing time with kanban and a knowledgeable-man Daniel Vacanti
Perfect three days with a knowledgeable-man Daniel Vacanti in Kanban,Experiencing lots of new practices based on Kanban and scrum framework feel amazing,After this training course I truly believe that our team needs such practices like work item age and visualizing workflow and etc.
Mohammad Esmaeil Pedaran
Oct 20, 2020
Very informative and intersting class.
Very informative and intersting class.
Ratish Ahuja
Oct 18, 2020
Amazing training
Impressive and Informative Class
Pavel Abdul Rehman Musthafa
Oct 17, 2020
PSK - Virtual Course
Thank you so much Daniel and Venkatesh for organizing this training. I am glad that I grabbed this golden opportunity to take this training with Daniel. Concepts of flow were explained in a seamless way, which has been my greatest learning over the duration of this course.
I am excited to utilize the metrics related to flow as I see many opportunities of implementing Scrum with Kanban. With the current situation of pandemic, this learning experience will be always memorable to me!
Thanks again!
Aditya Kulkarni
Oct 16, 2020
Daniel Vacanti is THE perfect PSK I (Professional Scrum with Kanban) trainer.
My experience with Daniel Vacanti, in partnership with training provider tryScrum, India has been absolutely delightful!
I honestly feared that the lack of human interaction - imposed by the Covid-19 Pandemic - would have prevented me to take full advantage from the intense remote training.
The team led by Venkatesh Rajamani was indeed capable to arrange an exquisite online experience (there is always space for improvement, but they did great).
Daniel Vacanti is not only (obviously) expert and highly accountable about Scrum with Kanban, but an awesome and skilled Trainer - sometimes he managed even to be our Coach - with the "magic power" of making actually complicated matters straightforward and easy to understand.
I strongly recommend this training, especially if Daniel Vacanti is personally involved in it.
Scrum on!
(with Kanban practices built-in 😉)
Michael F.
Oct 13, 2020
Unparalleled
Venkatesh's delivery of well organised, highly involving and well time-boxed class ended up in preaching quite a lot more than what it was intended to.
Pranshu Gupta
Oct 5, 2020
Good Organised Class
Good Organised Class. Examples and Case studies demostrated were excellent.
Vidhyananth Natarajan
Sep 14, 2020
Amazing, Interactive & Insightful Sessions!
TryScrum has one of the best trainers and coaches for the various programs taught. The sessions are full of insights and the experience of the trainers and coaches help reflect things better. The participants during the sessions are also coming in from different countries with a lot of experience and from various walks of life so the sessions become full of quality insights.
Sameer KK
Sep 9, 2020
Perfect training Course with a…
Perfect training Course with a professional trainer and amazing participant,I really enjoy it and learn lots of effective practical methods
Mohammad Esmaeil Pedaran
Sep 6, 2020
The training was very informative &…
The training was very informative & useful.
Vijay Anandh Nagharathinam
Aug 23, 2020
Recommended PSM II Class with tryScrum.com
I attended PSM II class taught by Venkatesh Rajamani from tryScrum.com.
During the class, we have all participants continuously shared their expertise and experiences as Scrum Master, we discussed real-life scenarios, challenges and our strategies to mitigate those situations.
Venkat also actively assisted us with our burning questions, and patiently coaching us on how to be a better Scrum Master!
If you are considering PSM II class, I strongly recommend you to go with tryScrum.com - they know what they are doing and very passionate about it!
Fadly Arisandy Rasyad
Aug 23, 2020
Good experiantial Scrum Master training
Thanks Venkatesh for taking us through the multiple scenarios a scrum master comes across in a practical situation. The training material was good and the training was conducted very professionally.
Sandipan C
Aug 16, 2020
Insightful PSPO Class!
Attended PSPO class from tryScrum.com taught by Venkatesh.
It was a great experience for me to revisit the Scrum framework, proper usage of it for Product development along with real-life questions we discussed during the class, highly interactive and insightful!
Fadly Arisandy Rasyad
Aug 9, 2020
Course content and quality is very nice.
Course content and quality is very nice.
Venkateswara Rao
Aug 9, 2020
PSK Course
Great Inspiration and knowledge to apply Kanban practices and metrics to the Scrum Framewok
Andrea Casiraghi
Jun 14, 2020
Worth course for gaining advance mastery on product ownership
Excellent cases, examples , highly interactive session. Would definitely recommend for product owners who want to prove advance mastery.
Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
Jun 1, 2020
The course is massively helpful to mid and upper level management who are into agile project management
The course is massively helpful to colleagues who are in middle to upper management, who are working to implement the Agile strategy. The course takes you through various leadership. attributes that will require introspection and change The course teacher was very knowledgeable about the subject matter. The class of 12 odd ppl were mostly corporate and few entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, the discussions through the class sessions was mostly concentrated on entrepreneurship handling and very less time on corporate level issues. The break out session were well managed and topics were laid out well. Time
Ravindra Kirpane
May 31, 2020
Instructor was passionate in conducting…
Instructor was passionate in conducting the class, knowledgeable and handled the questions efficiently. Course was engaging and well organized.
SIVAPERUMAL SUDHAKAR Kotimukalur Subramania Raja
May 17, 2020
Good interactive session
Good interactive session. A lot of activities involved.
Pooja Gupta
Apr 20, 2020
Good Experience
Though its a virtual session, had a good informative and interactive session which kept the participants attentive and engaged
Ashwini Perumal
Apr 12, 2020
The class was very informational and…
The class was very informational and useful. It has made an impact to understanding of scrum at an advance level and enact practices to benefit organization.
Pavel Abdul Rehman Musthafa
Apr 12, 2020
My experience with the event has
My experience with the event has been fantastic. It was a virtual session handled effectively with no technical glitches. Venkatesh is a brilliant trainer with in depth knowledge of agile and leadership skills. I am glad to have got an opportunity to train under him. Course covered a lot of thought provoking exercises/discussions. Tips provided on how to improve as a scrum master are really useful.
Ashwini Mahadevaiah
Mar 16, 2020
PSM-1 training with tryscrum+Mr.Venkatesh Rajamani
PSM - 1 training class mentored by Mr.Venkatesh Rajamani is a pleasure, knowledge house. He is a very good, amazing in playing with words to make the context,situation more relevant, smoother yet effective. I understood this is very important quality of a successful scrum master.
He is highly knowledgeable, professional. I 110% recommend him for any training, enterprise consultation. Sure the learner OR enterprise will be in good,safe hands.
M S M KRISHNA NAGISETTY
Mar 9, 2020
One of the best trainers out there!!!
Amazing Class and the session was super interactive!!
Ganesh Shetty
Mar 2, 2020
An experienced Scrum Master teaching real techniques
Venkatesh brings his experiences as Scrum Master in the class. He is an excellent coach and teaches coaching techniques using scenario based questions. Not a single dull moment in his session !
Prerna
Feb 10, 2020
Very Good Training!
Very Good Training!
Great training by the trainer (Venkatesh Rajamani) covering live examples embedded with regular training flow. He has kept the participants intact with the scrum concepts and learn scrum mastery in better way. Basic scrum concepts were well covered in 2 days training and helped the participants to relate with their day to day work.
Muthukumarasamy Arumugam
Dec 30, 2019
Excellent
Venkat was very clear. I like the way he puts the right jorgan at right place. That was my key learning.
Gayathri Ramachandran
Dec 30, 2019
Professional Trainer for PSPO
Lot of Knowledge Shared, Lot of Discussions and Lot more on Product Owner .
Srinivasan Damodaran
Dec 17, 2019
Interactive and Inspiring session
Interactive and Inspiring session
Vinay V
Nov 25, 2019
Professional and Fun
The workshop had a lot of fruitful activities which further helped remember the concepts of the Scrum guide better.
Priyanka Muthukrishnan
Nov 21, 2019
To the point and Excellenet training!!
To the point and Excellenet training!!
Senthil kumar Velu
Nov 19, 2019
Excellent learning experience
Excellent learning experience. There was never a dull moment in the class. The trainer was great.
KRISHNA LOKIAH
Nov 4, 2019
Great
Great - The class through tryscrum with scrumorg learning content is at high par.
Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
Oct 31, 2019
Well explained with awesome and engaged activities
My mindset has actually changed after this workshop, i am able to understand what scrum is all about.
Abhishek Mahajan
Oct 5, 2019
Venkatesh is an experienced people Manager and a good trainer
Venkatesh is an experienced people manager who is a very keen learner of processes and shares his personal experiences as well. Overall, it was a good class with him
Hemant Sharma
Sep 23, 2019
Good learning experience
Despite a short of time on first day because of the no fault of the trainer (some internal company's overlapping scheduling issue) the training we completed with a stretch efforts by trainer. Kudos to his commitment.
Sumit Malik
Sep 23, 2019
I liked the session
I liked the session , it was well presented
DAVIS THOMAS KOILPARAMBIL
Sep 23, 2019
Knowledgeable trainer
Knowledgeable trainer, well delivered class!
Rahul
Sep 14, 2019
The session was nice and informative.
The session was nice and informative.
Balachandran SN
Jul 22, 2019
All credits to TryScrum for organizing…
All credits to TryScrum for organizing an effective Workshop in Professional Scrum Product Owner. There approach and training methodologies need to be appreciated.
Nabeel Basheer
Jul 22, 2019
It would've been 3 days Workshop and…
It would've been 3 days Workshop and more Hands-on activities, rather than just 2 days. Take away's are very less in 2 days workshop.
Kumar S Karpuram
Jul 3, 2019
A great Learning Experience
It was really an informative and learning oriented session. Venkatesh made sure to involve the members in the room for multiple activities.
Satanik Mukherjee
Jul 1, 2019
Good experience
Good experience, quite some great examples provided to allow understanding of the context.
Lin Foong
May 27, 2019
Great Facilitation
Great Facilitation, Cleared our Concerns and "The course was conducted in a highly professional and timely manner."
Rajivkumar Ramachandran
May 19, 2019
Excellent Demonstration and Interactive…
Excellent Demonstration and Interactive Session
Gopinath Sreenivasan
Apr 29, 2019
Excellent class
Excellent class. Covered so many topics that are not necessarily for the PSPO exam, but to lay a foundation to the journey as a Product Owner
Nirjhar Bala
Apr 21, 2019
Good and Excellent way of teaching
Good and Excellent way of teaching
SANGU VEERA SUMANTH
Apr 12, 2019
Very useful and practical course
Very useful and practical course
E..v..e...
Mar 26, 2019
Content of workshop was good
Content of workshop was good, Could have been in more detail.
Rohit KC
Mar 3, 2019
PSM 1 Classes ~ March 2 & 3, 2019 @ Chennai,India
The classes held in Chennai on March 2 & 3 conducted by Venkatesh Rajamani was awesome. Held over two days I got to see how effective the PSM course is for Scrum Master aspirant like me. The course taught me servant-leadership, behavioral shifts, Scrum principles, worked on real-life cases with my other classmates.
Good knowledge gained from Venkatesh's teaching!
I would highly recommend his coaching to any one aspiring to take the PSM certification exams!
Thank you!
Kingston Mathar
Mar 2, 2019
The session was very interactive and…
The session was very interactive and all the objectives of a Scrum master and the whole process of scrum was defined very nicely.
Ranit Das
Feb 25, 2019
Such a wonderful trainer !
Venkatesh is one of the best trainer that I have come across. PSM II training class by Venkatesh is worth every moment. He is excellent in bringing out the trainee's best scrum skills to the forum. His class was supported by lot of case-studies and real world scenarios with zero Power Point presentation. If you really want to understand scrum in purist and practical ways, you would need to attend his session.
Abdul Majeeth
Feb 25, 2019
Great home of scrum to learn scrum
Great home of scrum to learn scrum
Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
Feb 11, 2019
Brainstorming of scrum framework
The class was covering scenarios and discussions, while taking through the scrum framework and its details. It was just not a lecture to go through the scrum guide. Really good.
Rajan MJ
Feb 10, 2019
Had an amazing experience attending the…
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We are going towards the "Agile" Transformation. One of our goals is to increase velocities across all our teams by X%. Have you heard this? Marc Andreessen’s adage that “Software is eating the world” is becoming the differentiator for Industries that were previously thought to be more manual.
A company known for developing “Agile” products surveyed more 18,000 customers and Software development professionals, which is what they discovered.
77% practice Agile Development.
-Atlassian Survey,2016.
The well-known Contributor of this game-changer is “Scrum” – A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.
Velocity is just a Complementary & Optional Practice in Scrum
When you start adopting Scrum, the total work remaining to reach a goal can be summed at any point in time. Various projective practises upon trending have been used to forecast progress like burn-downs charts or cumulative flows. These have proven useful. However, these do not replace the importance of empiricism. Especially, agile frameworks like Scrum doesn’t mandate any practices to be used. However, these are Complementary practices that are found to be useful. These practices are used to build “Dashboards” to make decisions.
But the Agile development does not necessarily lend itself to the kind of dashboards and reports beloved by managers. The few metrics it produces make little sense outside of the context of team planning. Given this shortage of usable information, it can be tempting to re-purpose velocity to measure productivity. After all, it’s a measure of team capacity, so it follows that changes over time could be used to indicate overall shifts in productivity?
“Velocity is an option to Measure progress” not the value!
Alongside these complementary practices, the biggest risk with this approach is that a velocity is a planning tool rather than a specific measurement. It’s an estimate of relative capacity that tends to change over time, and these changes don’t necessarily indicate a shift in productivity. It’s also an arbitrary measure that varies wildly between Organizations, teams and Products. There are no credible means of translating it into a normalized figure that can be used for meaningful comparison.
What is Velocity then?
Velocity is an indication of the ability to turn Product Backlog into releasable functionality across time, or for a specified price.
I want to increase my team velocity == my goal.
Given that velocity is such an arbitrary measure, it is easy to game, Inflate it or Deflate it. By equating velocity with productivity, you create a “perverse incentive” to optimize velocity at the expense of developing quality software. Consciously or not, teams will start trying to demonstrate an increase in productivity by massaging velocity upwards. If the goal is set as Increase in Velocity is directly proportional to the productivity. Worse still, they may start cutting corners to deliver things. This can lead to a build-up of technical debt, and the product they create will be brittle.
Magic Moment- Open the team’s burn-down charts.
Suppose you distribute burn-down charts to senior management. Every sprint, the progress line magically starts to intersect with the delivery target. The shape of the line may vary wildly, but somehow there’s a speeding up or slowing down in the second half of the sprint to meet the expectation.
Velocity is a measure of the amount of work that a team can do. This is not the same as measuring the value or impact of this work. Velocity may actually be relatively stable in a successful and well-established team as the amount of raw effort available for each sprint remains constant. In this case, putting artificial upwards pressure on velocity will only serve to distort estimates.
Can you really measure software productivity?
Productivity is determined by looking at the inputs and outputs of an activity. It’s easy enough to measure the inputs for software development, but it’s actually challenging to measure the outputs in any consistent way.
Most importantly, it is Outcome that Matters, not the Output.
A raw, quantitative measure such as numbers of lines of code does not provide any reasonable guide. It is too dependent on wildly variable factors such as coding style, development language and implementation approach. It can also be counter-intuitive as well-written code that has taken time in crafting often requires fewer lines of code.
How do we Measure Value?
If you derive a measure of productivity from velocity, then you will see a statistical improvement. This is not the same as a successful development.
Ultimately, Agile Frameworks like “Scrum” process framework relies on the empirical approach. The empirical process relies on Inspection, adaptation and transparency, enabling continuous feedback loop between development teams and the commercial context. A more meaningful measure of success should consider and focus on real-world benefits rather than abstract measures of normalized indicators. But remember,
A release is required to realize the Value.
So, Am I saying metrics are bad? No, I am not saying “metrics” are useless. They are not just management indulgence. They help you gather information, decide on corrective action, and, most importantly, figure out how to evolve. If you tend to satisfy on-going Management hunger for reports, you end up creating meaningless overhead. End of the day, Software is Complex, and that can’t be predicted, but only forecasted!
Then, what do I measure?
Measure the value of your Investment, One of the ideas that Ken Schwaber put across is known as "Evidence-based Management "- He says, Evidence-Based Management for Software Organizations is the first useful method for transforming software from an expense into a profitable asset. Especially the,
The Agility Index™ software enables you to measure the improvement in business outcomes and track your investment return.
Covering EBM is out of this article's scope, I would recommend going through the below link for more Information on EBM, https://www.scrum.org/resources/evidence-based-management-guide.
Source of References
www.atlassian.com
www.scrum.org/resources
www.benmorris.com
www.hbr.org
Jan 15, 2021
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There have been a few changes in Scrum Guide 2020, and I am really excited. These changes focus on ‘Values’ within the framework of Scrum...
Jan 14, 2021
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Which Role is right for me?
One question I frequently get from my students which role should I pursue? Should I become a Product Owner or Scrum Master? While there is no binary answer, I tried to put some of my thoughts as a blog. I hope you will find this useful.
If you,
– enjoy creating value by helping people develop themselves
– enjoy protecting the team from distractions
- enjoy being a true leader without using your authority
- enjoy letting loose of collective intelligence
– enjoy being calm and composed
Then, kick start your career as a Scrum Master.
Product Owners – Value Maximizers
If you,
– enjoy focusing on customer
– enjoy creating great products
– enjoy solving complex problems
Then kick start your career as a Product Owner
*Please note that the infographic is used only for illustration purpose.
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Jan 6, 2021
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Just take a second to imagine a professional environment where every individual connects and donates their intellectual capacity to the fullest...
Jan 5, 2021
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The readers going through this piece more or less know the definition of a Scrum Master. Co-Creators Ken & Jeff, in their Scrum Guide 2020, having introduced exclusively the framework for Scrum, have put it as: “Scrum Masters are true leaders who serve the Scrum Team and the larger organisation.” The article’s objective is introducing the shift in the mindset or attitude. This is a requisite to become a genuine leader, as far as my experience goes.
Jan 5, 2021
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Good Scrum Masters are passionate.
Great Scrum Masters are dispassionate.
I have learned that there is a good correlation between the Four Stages of Learning and the stages of Scrum Mastery. In this Whitepaper, I have tried to demonstrate how some of the behaviors of the Scrum Master block their shift to servant-leadership. In doing so, I have described the need for recognizing what stage we are in. It is my conviction that Scrum Masters will benefit by gaining insight to inspect and adapt their style.
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A Scrum Master can use these stages to check whether she/he is playing the role in a way that the chances of success will be the highest.
The White Paper
You can download the whitepaper here. I hope you enjoy reading it!
About tryScrum
TryScrum is a professional coaching and consulting company. The company aims to challenge prescience thinking, which will help in the process of transformation. The company has provided its course to over 2000 individuals and still strives to deliver their services, by offering their elite course of leadership training and many other available fields.
For more information, please visit www.tryscrum.com
May 2, 2020
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When we learn new skills, we experience different emotions at different stages of the learning process.
Apr 14, 2020
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Good Scrum Masters are passionate.
Great Scrum Masters are dispassionate.
Apr 6, 2020
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This insightful post delves into how Management 3.0 practices are affecting change for organizations.
Oct 24, 2019
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This article will give you a clear explanation of how to become a good leader in this competitive world, and the techniques and tools required to reach the height of success.
Sep 3, 2019
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