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Hands-on Agile #60: A Q&A on Dynamic Reteaming with Heidi Helfand
2024-04-09 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #60: A Q&A on Dynamic Reteaming with Heidi Helfand

Join us for an exciting Q&A session on Dynamic Reteaming with Heidi Helfand!

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Abstract

In her book "Dynamic Reteaming," Heidi Helfand presents strategies for managing team changes due to growth, departures, or acquisitions. The book, grounded in research from well-known software firms, offers CTOs and managers insights into integrating new hires, handling departures, fostering innovation, and promoting knowledge sharing through five reteaming patterns:

One by One,
Grow and Split,
Isolation,
Merging, and
Switching.

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Meet Heidi Helfand

Heidi Helfand is the author of the book Dynamic Reteaming. She’s passionate about helping companies build great products and high-performing teams, and she’s particularly interested in the people side of engineering. With over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, including roles at AppFolio, Procore, and Expertcity/GoToMeeting, Heidi has gained a deep understanding of how to help organizations successfully navigate change and scale their teams. She lives in Southern California, where she enjoys spending time with her family and exploring the outdoors.

Connect with Heidi Helfand

Heidi Helfand’s Website
Heidi Helfand on Twitter
Heidi Helfand on LinkedIn

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Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

Learn more about Product Backlog anti-patterns with our Scrum training classes, workshops, and events. You can secure your seat directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

February 6-9, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

February 15, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

March 5, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #59: “Agile” Does Not Work for You? Tackling Fake Agility w/ Johanna Rothman (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

March 5-6, 2024
Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

March 12-15, 2024
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

March 26-27, 2024
Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

April 2-30 20, 2024
GUARANTEED: Product Backlog Management Cohort Class (English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€499 incl. 19% VAT

April 9, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #60: A Q&A on Dynamic Reteaming with Heidi Helfand (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

See all upcoming classes here.

You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.

Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort of April 2-30, 2024
2024-04-02 16:00 - 2024-04-30 18:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of April 2-30, 2024

Discover the Product Owner success principles in this guaranteed engaging Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort class and accelerate your professional growth and career perspective with tried & tested, hands-on practices:

Excel at delivering value regularly — your #1 career success factor – by creating alignment among stakeholders and team members.
Learn to distinguish between valuable and useless ideas.
Abandon the feature factory. Instead, learn to contribute to customer and organizational success.
Gain actionable insights, learn supportive tools, and practice everything in a safe community of like-minded peers.
Learn to say no and build trust and rapport with stakeholders while focusing on creating value.
Create engaging feedback loops.
Continue conversing with like-minded professionals in the associated community.

The class will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive cohort class with like-minded agile peers on the following dates:

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEST.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEST.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training, get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): Two weeks after completing the training, we have a class reunion.

Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) class for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Please contact me for terms and conditions.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

The Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class by Stefan Wolpers

This advanced cohort class offers a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on exercises, explore pivotal frameworks, connect with industry professionals, and harness Scrum techniques to elevate stakeholder value.

The cohort class will focus on:

Create value by facilitating alignment among stakeholders and team members on the Why, What, and How.
Master the art of visualizing the big product picture, starting with the Product Vision Canvas.
Dive deep into Lean Canvas to understand your product’s business model.
Translate product visions into actionable steps with the Product Opportunity Canvas, Product Roadmaps, and User Story Mapping.
Acquire expertise in crafting compelling User Stories and refining Product Backlog items.
Dive deep into advanced Product Backlog management techniques and tools, from the importance of quality to estimating and forecasts to say no without burning bridges.
Understand the importance and practical applications of feedback loops.

The training activities will comprise interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Who Shall Attend the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort?

This cohort class is designed for product professionals and agile enthusiasts keen on excelling at product creation and Scrum collaboration in a complex landscape:

Aspiring and experienced Product Owners aiming to refine their skills and better understand the nuances of their role.
Scrum Masters who wish to deepen their collaborative partnership with Product Owners.
Business analysts and stakeholders looking to align business objectives with Scrum’s processes.
Anyone eager to become proficient in product planning in a complex world.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience in startups and stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator, and is an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

What Will You Take Home with You from the Advanced PBM Cohort Class?

Equip yourself with various tools to master Product Backlog challenges and access Stefan’s community. You will get:

A firm grasp of prevalent Product Backlog anti-patterns from the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
A certificate of completion showcasing your dedication to refining your professional practices.
A one-year subscription to Stefan’s brand new Hands-on Agile Community.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort class:

Direct engagement with hands-on exercises to apply theoretical knowledge to benefit your career as a product mensch.
Experience industry-renowned frameworks and practices intensely.
Network with highly motivated professionals across different sectors.
Gain exclusive insights into advanced techniques like Anti-Product-Backlogs, ResearchOps, and more.
Enhance your Scrum practices to deliver maximum value to customers and stakeholders.
You will gain access to Stefan’s brand new community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus.
You will receive a substantial discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Cohort Class?

You will experience this Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

For this Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort class, we use Zoom and Mural to ensure the best learning experience. If you need to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please contact us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Product Backlog Management Cohort Trainer and Agile Coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, and Product Owner in different organizations, from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan specializes in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, Lean Startup, and product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital-funded startups and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Stefan is also the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide, a Pearson publication from the Professional Scrum series.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM II Certificate — March 26-27, 2024
2024-03-26 09:00 - 2024-03-27 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update 2024-03-04: The class has been postponed to April 23-24, 2024.

Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from March 26-27, 2024

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM II certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/2023:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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+49 171 30 30 321

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stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Since about 12 people have already asked me these last 2 days: Yes, taking one of Stefan Wolpers classes is a mind-blowing experience. He’s actually the most adroit facilitator I’ve met after Guy Kawasaki & Roland Busch. It all flows like a silk ribbon in a soft spring breeze but with a strong authenticity that prevents the thing from feeling all Del Monte Canned Corporate Facilitation(tm). It may be due to his seemingly effortless mastery of the Liberating Structures. He doesn’t “teach to the test,” yet when you take the open practice assessments, you somehow score 95+ the first time. I dunno, it’s magic or Mozart, you pick.” (Link.)

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in German.

Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumnus
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 17 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: March 12-15, 2024
2024-03-12 09:00 - 2024-03-15 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update 2024-02-29: This class will be postponed to Q2/2024.

Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of March 12-15, 2024

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSM I certification. The training will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30-45 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

PSM I Certification Results 2022/23: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

94% of course participants took the included PSM I certification.
89% of exam takers passed PSM I certification with an average score of 93%. (Required: 85%.)

Pre-requisits: The PSM I class is most effective when you already have some practical experience with Scrum or comparable agile practices. Alternatively, you need general knowledge in project management and product development. If neither is the case, I recommend considering attending an Applying Professional Scrum (APS) class first; the PSM I class is not suited for absolute beginners.

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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+49 171 30 30 321

Display e-mail address
stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

“Great class. Probably the best training I ever attended. Extremely driven and productive class, with interactive exercises that challenge you to think in Agile manner. Keeps the focus on the point regardless of the remote session. Stefan for sure goes above and beyond to teach you how to be a real Scum master.” (Link.)

“I would wholeheartedly recommend you any course with Stefan Wolpers. He knows the trade like nobody else and his methodology helps you in grasping the intricacies of scrum both in a technical and emotional level. I would encourage you to do this course, even if you are not planning in adopting scrum in your organization! A great experience :)” (Link.)

“Great class. Perfectly managed, learned a lot. Great preparation for the PSM 1 certicate. Highly recommended!” (Link.)

“The class was organised super well, at no point in time was anything unclear or vague. Structure, length, concept and delivered content were useful to achieve a well-founded and good knowledge-level on Scrum and Scrum Mastery. Stefan did an exceptional job of leading through the class, embracing and encouraging a lively and constructive exchange between all participants. The fact that the class was held remotely via zoom did not constrain us in any way. All selected tools were useful and appropriate. Would definitely recommend this class.” (Link.)

“A highly informative series of classes that naturally built upon what it promised ie – in preparing attendees to become Scrum Masters. Classes had a perfect balance of instructor-led and working group sessions. @Stefan Wolpers – GREAT job at being our instructor.” (Link.)

The class with Stefan was very well structured, delivering a helpful hands-on approach to all the Scrum basics. He managed to cover participants with different levels of expertise and from various fields easily and delivered knew knowledge and value to all of them from my point of view. The culture during these four days was excellent, so that everyone felt capable to speak up. Very much worth the invested time and money! (Link.)

“Amazing class, amazing trainer, very helpful and insightful. Stefan provides you with everything you need to know about SCRUM as a Scrum Master. His experience is very impressive. It’s been a genuinely great class! Thank you Stefan!” (Link).

“I attended the PSM I class run by Stefan Wolpers from Berlin Product People in Berlin this November and I am 100% sold. I came here intentionally to better understand how our product department works and to get some new impulses on my own projects but after preparing for the course, I started getting hooked on the possibilities of scrum, and just a short time into the class, I seriously started considering looking into shifting fields over to the fascinating world of agility. Thanks to Stefan for being so extremely resourceful before, during and after the class, filling the course with interesting real-life examples (also props to the other participants for sharing), and creating community rather than just sending you off with two days of memories and some printouts. Incredible class, great content, 100% recommended.”

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

TL; DR: Online Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I)

The Online Professional Scrum Master training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org class leading to and including the industry-acknowledged PSM I certification.

Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Scrum Masters from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The class will address issues that Scrum Masters are facing daily, for example:

Coping with growth and fast-paced competitors
Ambitious founders
A demanding Leadership
Creating emerging, high-risk products rapidly
Handling the rapid influx of new team members that need training in agile practices.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive startup experience, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I) Focus

The PSM I training will focus on:

The Scrum basics: roles, events, artifacts
The role of the Scrum Master at the team level and in the organization in general
Scrum values, team building, and self-organization
Empiricism@work: transparency (and visualization), inspection, and adaptation
Supporting the Product Owner with, for example, Product Backlog refinement, the Sprint Review, or product discovery
The importance of “Done.”
Scrum anti-patterns
Preparation for the PSM I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSM I Training?

The Professional Scrum Master training will provide not just the PSM class manual and the PSM I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12-16 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSM I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Master
You will gain exclusive access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumni
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Master Training?

You will experience this PSM class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than seventeen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of March 5-6, 2024
2024-03-05 09:00 - 2024-03-06 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of March 5-6, 2024

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET:

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/23:

95% of course participants took the included PSPO I certification.
77% of exam takers passed PSPO I certification with an average score of 91%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.” (Link.)

“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.” (Link.)

“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!” (Link.)

“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.” (Link.)

“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.” (Link.)

“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.” (Link.)

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

If you are currently working as a Product Owner, a product manager, a business analyst, or a project manager, and you are responsible for delivering products to your customers, this training class is for you.

The PSPO class address issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:

Satisfying a demanding leadership
Supporting ambitious founders and stakeholders
Embracing intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship
Countering fast-paced competitors
Moving from processing requirements to continuous product discovery
Finally, escaping the feature factory by creating emerging, high-risk products successfully.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO I training will focus on:

Value-driven development: The path from product vision to product strategy to product discovery to product backlog to shippable Product Increment
The role of the Product Owner as ‘value maximizer’ at the Scrum team level and in the organization in general
Product Backlog management and refinement
User stories, requirements, and estimations
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Release Management
Empiricism & Scrum principles: From roles to events to artifacts to Scrum Values
The importance of “Done” for a sustainable product success
Preparation for the PSPO I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSPO I Training?

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training will provide not just the PSPO class manual and the PSPO I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Professional Scrum Product Owner Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Product Owner training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSPO I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Product Owner
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class w/ PSFS Certificate — February 15, 2024
2024-02-15 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of February 15, 2024

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) training by Berlin Product People is a guaranteed one-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum practitioners and agile coaches, including the industry-acknowledged PSFS certification. This PSFS training class is in English.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSFS I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

“Great experience – “You reap what you saw.” What I really liked about it was the constant usage of facilitation techniques & Liberating Structures to engage all participants & harness the collective knowledge while reaching the goal of the exercises during the workshop. Therefore, my experience was great because I could really leave with some insights from the whole group that I could apply in my daily work starting from the next day. “You reap what you saw” and in this case, it was the collective intelligence of everyone in the training class.” (Link.)

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?

The PSFS class focuses on advancing the participants’ understanding of facilitation and decision-making practices in general and the mindset needed to become an effective servant leader in particular. The class is hence well-suited for any Scrum team members: from Scrum Masters to Developers to Product Owners, agile coaches, and other Scrum consultants.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills class is not suited for beginners. The PSFS training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees and hands-on experience working with or as a part of a Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. Likewise, attending a PSM I or PSM II training class in advance is beneficial, although not mandatory.

PSFS Learning Objectives

The class aims at improving and developing the participants’ facilitation skills for effective collaboration with self-managed teams, namely:

Explaining the importance of facilitation principles and Scrum Values in enhancing healthy collaboration in Scrum teams,
Helping students gain facilitation skills to leverage and focus on the great potential of diverse perspectives within a team while working within different team dynamics,
Applying facilitation principles and techniques to improve the Scrum events and other interactions,
Improving team collaboration and participatory decision making using a facilitator stance and toolbox of techniques.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

This PSFS class provides another remarkable milestone for your journey to Professional Scrum. The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSFS Training?

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills training will provide not just the PSFS class manual and the PSFS certification code. Additionally, it includes an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the student does not achieve 85% the first time.

Also, students of PSFS classes are eligible to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credits. Here, 7 PDUs are available after attending a one-day Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills course. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org certification. Students can claim PDUs under PMI’s “Education courses provided by other third-party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online via the PMI website; find instructions here.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSFS Class

There are several reasons beyond the certification why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills training:

All work will be done in small groups,
There are no more than 12-16 participants,
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience,
Up to two attempts to pass the PSFS certificate included,
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum practitioner,
7 PMI PDUs awarded
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus,
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin,
You will receive a 20 percent discount on all further Professional Scrum courses hosted by Berlin Product People GmbH.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class?

You will experience this PSFS class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, e-books, and open assessments:

The Facilitation Techniques for Scrum Events
The Five Ways to Build Consensus
The Trumpeting For all Voices to be Heard with White Elephant – Facilitating for Participation
The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (Scrum Open, Product Owner Open, Agile Leadership Open, Nexus Open).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers, who will guide you through the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills classes. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — February 6-9, 2024
2024-02-06 09:00 - 2024-02-09 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from February 6-9, 2024

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 13:00 o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM II certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/2023:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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+49 171 30 30 321

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stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Since about 12 people have already asked me these last 2 days: Yes, taking one of Stefan Wolpers classes is a mind-blowing experience. He’s actually the most adroit facilitator I’ve met after Guy Kawasaki & Roland Busch. It all flows like a silk ribbon in a soft spring breeze but with a strong authenticity that prevents the thing from feeling all Del Monte Canned Corporate Facilitation(tm). It may be due to his seemingly effortless mastery of the Liberating Structures. He doesn’t “teach to the test,” yet when you take the open practice assessments, you somehow score 95+ the first time. I dunno, it’s magic or Mozart, you pick.” (Link.)

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in German.

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Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumnus
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 17 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate — January 30 - February 2, 2024
2024-01-30 09:00 - 2024-02-02 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of January 30 – February 2, 2024

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 13:00 o’clock CET:

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/23:

95% of course participants took the included PSPO I certification.
77% of exam takers passed PSPO I certification with an average score of 91%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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+49 171 30 30 321

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stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.” (Link.)

“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.” (Link.)

“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!” (Link.)

“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.” (Link.)

“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.” (Link.)

“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.” (Link.)

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

If you are currently working as a Product Owner, a product manager, a business analyst, or a project manager, and you are responsible for delivering products to your customers, this training class is for you.

The PSPO class address issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:

Satisfying a demanding leadership
Supporting ambitious founders and stakeholders
Embracing intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship
Countering fast-paced competitors
Moving from processing requirements to continuous product discovery
Finally, escaping the feature factory by creating emerging, high-risk products successfully.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO I training will focus on:

Value-driven development: The path from product vision to product strategy to product discovery to product backlog to shippable Product Increment
The role of the Product Owner as ‘value maximizer’ at the Scrum team level and in the organization in general
Product Backlog management and refinement
User stories, requirements, and estimations
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Release Management
Empiricism & Scrum principles: From roles to events to artifacts to Scrum Values
The importance of “Done” for a sustainable product success
Preparation for the PSPO I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSPO I Training?

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training will provide not just the PSPO class manual and the PSPO I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Professional Scrum Product Owner Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Product Owner training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSPO I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Product Owner
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of Jan 23 to Feb 20, 2024
2024-01-23 16:00 - 2024-02-20 18:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of Jan 23 to Feb 20, 2024

Discover the Product Owner success principles in this engaging Product Backlog Management cohort class and accelerate your professional growth and career perspective with tried & tested, hands-on practices:

Excel at delivering value regularly — your #1 career success factor.
Learn to distinguish between valuable and useless ideas.
Abandon the feature factory. Instead, learn to contribute to customer and organizational success.
Gain actionable insights, learn supportive tools, and practice everything in a safe community of like-minded peers.
Learn to say no and build trust and rapport with stakeholders while focusing on creating value.
Create engaging feedback loops.

The class will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive cohort class with like-minded agile peers on the following dates:

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm o’clock CET.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024, from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm o’clock CET.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): Two weeks after completing the training, we have a class reunion.

Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) class for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Please reach out to me for terms and conditions.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

The Product Backlog Management Cohort Class by Stefan Wolpers

This cohort class offers a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on exercises, explore pivotal frameworks, connect with industry professionals, and harness advanced Scrum techniques to elevate stakeholder value.

The cohort class will focus on:

Create value by facilitating alignment among stakeholders and Scrum team members on the Why, What, and How.
Master the art of visualizing the big product picture, starting with the Product Vision Canvas.
Dive deep into Lean Canvas to understand your product’s business model.
Translate product visions into actionable steps with the Product Opportunity Canvas, Product Roadmaps, and User Story Mapping.
Acquire expertise in crafting compelling User Stories and refining Product Backlog items.
Dive deep into advanced Product Backlog management techniques and tools, from the importance of quality to estimating and forecasts to saying no without burning bridges.
Understand the importance and practical applications of feedback loops.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Who Shall Attend the Product Backlog Management Cohort?

This cohort class is designed for product professionals and agile enthusiasts keen on excelling at product creation and Scrum collaboration in a complex landscape:

Aspiring and experienced Product Owners aiming to refine their skills and better understand the nuances of their role.
Scrum Masters who wish to deepen their collaborative partnership with Product Owners.
Business analysts and stakeholders looking to align business objectives with Scrum’s processes.
Anyone eager to become proficient in product planning in a complex world.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PBM Cohort Class?

Don’t miss out: Receive a detailed workbook, earn a completion certificate, equip yourself with various tools to master Product Backlog challenges, and access Stefan’s community. You will get:

A comprehensive workbook filled with exercises, templates, and resources discussed during the class.
An arsenal of tools and methodologies to tackle any Product Backlog challenge.
A firm grasp of prevalent Product Backlog anti-patterns from the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
A certificate of completion showcasing your dedication to refining your professional practices.
A one-year subscription to Stefan’s Hands-on Agile Newsletter.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Product Backlog Management Cohort Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Product Backlog Management cohort class:

Direct engagement with hands-on exercises to apply theoretical knowledge to benefit your career as a product mensch.
Experience industry-renowned frameworks and practices intensely.
Network with highly motivated professionals across different sectors.
Gain exclusive insights into advanced techniques like Anti-Product-Backlogs, ResearchOps, and more.
Enhance your Scrum practices to deliver maximum value to customers and stakeholders.r
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus
You will receive a substantial discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Cohort Class?

You will experience this Product Backlog Management cohort even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

For this Product Backlog Management cohort class, we use Zoom and Mural to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Product Backlog Management Cohort Ttrainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Stefan is also the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide, a Pearson publication from the Professional Scrum series.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — December 18-19, 2023
2023-12-18 09:00 - 2023-12-19 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) on December 18-19, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM II certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/2023:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

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This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Since about 12 people have already asked me these last 2 days: Yes, taking one of Stefan Wolpers classes is a mind-blowing experience. He’s actually the most adroit facilitator I’ve met after Guy Kawasaki & Roland Busch. It all flows like a silk ribbon in a soft spring breeze but with a strong authenticity that prevents the thing from feeling all Del Monte Canned Corporate Facilitation(tm). It may be due to his seemingly effortless mastery of the Liberating Structures. He doesn’t “teach to the test,” yet when you take the open practice assessments, you somehow score 95+ the first time. I dunno, it’s magic or Mozart, you pick.” (Link.)

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in German.

Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumnus
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 17 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate — December 13-14, 2023
2023-12-13 09:00 - 2023-12-14 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from December 13-14, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET:

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/23:

95% of course participants took the included PSPO I certification.
77% of exam takers passed PSPO I certification with an average score of 91%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

Display phone number
+49 171 30 30 321

Display e-mail address
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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

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Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices

“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.” (Link.)

“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.” (Link.)

“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!” (Link.)

“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.” (Link.)

“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.” (Link.)

“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.” (Link.)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

If you are currently working as a Product Owner, a product manager, a business analyst, or a project manager, and you are responsible for delivering products to your customers, this training class is for you.

The PSPO class address issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:

Satisfying a demanding leadership
Supporting ambitious founders and stakeholders
Embracing intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship
Countering fast-paced competitors
Moving from processing requirements to continuous product discovery
Finally, escaping the feature factory by creating emerging, high-risk products successfully.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO I training will focus on:

Value-driven development: The path from product vision to product strategy to product discovery to product backlog to shippable Product Increment
The role of the Product Owner as ‘value maximizer’ at the Scrum team level and in the organization in general
Product Backlog management and refinement
User stories, requirements, and estimations
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Release Management
Empiricism & Scrum principles: From roles to events to artifacts to Scrum Values
The importance of “Done” for a sustainable product success
Preparation for the PSPO I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSPO I Training?

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training will provide not just the PSPO class manual and the PSPO I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Professional Scrum Product Owner Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Product Owner training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSPO I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Product Owner
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: December 11-12, 2023
2023-12-11 09:00 - 2023-12-12 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of December 11-12, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSM I certification. The training will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30-45 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

PSM I Certification Results 2022/23: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

94% of course participants took the included PSM I certification.
89% of exam takers passed PSM I certification with an average score of 93%. (Required: 85%.)

Pre-requisits: The PSM I class is most effective when you already have some practical experience with Scrum or comparable agile practices. Alternatively, you need general knowledge in project management and product development. If neither is the case, I recommend considering attending an Applying Professional Scrum (APS) class first; the PSM I class is not suited for absolute beginners.

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As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Customer Voices

“Great class. Probably the best training I ever attended. Extremely driven and productive class, with interactive exercises that challenge you to think in Agile manner. Keeps the focus on the point regardless of the remote session. Stefan for sure goes above and beyond to teach you how to be a real Scum master.” (Link.)

“I would wholeheartedly recommend you any course with Stefan Wolpers. He knows the trade like nobody else and his methodology helps you in grasping the intricacies of scrum both in a technical and emotional level. I would encourage you to do this course, even if you are not planning in adopting scrum in your organization! A great experience :)” (Link.)

“Great class. Perfectly managed, learned a lot. Great preparation for the PSM 1 certicate. Highly recommended!” (Link.)

“The class was organised super well, at no point in time was anything unclear or vague. Structure, length, concept and delivered content were useful to achieve a well-founded and good knowledge-level on Scrum and Scrum Mastery. Stefan did an exceptional job of leading through the class, embracing and encouraging a lively and constructive exchange between all participants. The fact that the class was held remotely via zoom did not constrain us in any way. All selected tools were useful and appropriate. Would definitely recommend this class.” (Link.)

“A highly informative series of classes that naturally built upon what it promised ie – in preparing attendees to become Scrum Masters. Classes had a perfect balance of instructor-led and working group sessions. @Stefan Wolpers – GREAT job at being our instructor.” (Link.)

The class with Stefan was very well structured, delivering a helpful hands-on approach to all the Scrum basics. He managed to cover participants with different levels of expertise and from various fields easily and delivered knew knowledge and value to all of them from my point of view. The culture during these four days was excellent, so that everyone felt capable to speak up. Very much worth the invested time and money! (Link.)

“Amazing class, amazing trainer, very helpful and insightful. Stefan provides you with everything you need to know about SCRUM as a Scrum Master. His experience is very impressive. It’s been a genuinely great class! Thank you Stefan!” (Link).

“I attended the PSM I class run by Stefan Wolpers from Berlin Product People in Berlin this November and I am 100% sold. I came here intentionally to better understand how our product department works and to get some new impulses on my own projects but after preparing for the course, I started getting hooked on the possibilities of scrum, and just a short time into the class, I seriously started considering looking into shifting fields over to the fascinating world of agility. Thanks to Stefan for being so extremely resourceful before, during and after the class, filling the course with interesting real-life examples (also props to the other participants for sharing), and creating community rather than just sending you off with two days of memories and some printouts. Incredible class, great content, 100% recommended.”

TL; DR: Online Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I)

The Online Professional Scrum Master training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org class leading to and including the industry-acknowledged PSM I certification.

Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Scrum Masters from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The class will address issues that Scrum Masters are facing daily, for example:

Coping with growth and fast-paced competitors
Ambitious founders
A demanding Leadership
Creating emerging, high-risk products rapidly
Handling the rapid influx of new team members that need training in agile practices.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive startup experience, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I) Focus

The PSM I training will focus on:

The Scrum basics: roles, events, artifacts
The role of the Scrum Master at the team level and in the organization in general
Scrum values, team building, and self-organization
Empiricism@work: transparency (and visualization), inspection, and adaptation
Supporting the Product Owner with, for example, Product Backlog refinement, the Sprint Review, or product discovery
The importance of “Done.”
Scrum anti-patterns
Preparation for the PSM I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSM I Training?

The Professional Scrum Master training will provide not just the PSM class manual and the PSM I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12-16 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSM I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Master
You will gain exclusive access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumni
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Master Training?

You will experience this PSM class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than seventeen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Hands-on Agile #57: Humble Planning: How To Make Your Plans Suck Less w/ Maarten Dalmijn
2023-12-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #57: Humble Planning: How To Make Your Plans Suck Less w/ Maarten Dalmijn

In this talk, Maarten Dalmijn — best-selling author of “Driving Value with Sprint Goals” — will introduce the concept of humble planning and why it’s crucial for succeeding with an Agile way of working and building products of exceptional value. (The meetup will be in English.)

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Abstract

In this talk, Maarten will introduce the concept of humble planning and why it’s crucial for succeeding with an Agile way of working and building products of exceptional value.

When faced with uncertainty, risk, and complexity, our natural response is to focus on what we know and to spend more time talking, analyzing, planning, and predicting. As a result, our plans become filled with speculation and rooted in our imagination. Our plans as an anchor stifle the ability to respond to changes. We become locked into plans that prevent collaboration, learning, and discovery.

In this talk, Maarten will show why, instead of starting with overconfident plans, we should start with humble plans: How can we encourage our teams to begin with humble plans, and what do teams need to adapt their plans as they discover and learn what’s necessary while doing the work?

The talk will cover concepts like friction, the three gaps model of Bungay, intent, intent-based leadership, humble planning, sprint goals, the fog of beforehand, and the fog of speculation.

Meet Maarten Dalmijn

Maarten Dalmijn is a consultant, speaker, and trainer at Dalmijn Consulting. He is the author of the book Driving Value with Sprint Goals.

Maarten helps teams to beat the feature factory all over the world. Millions of practitioners have read his best-practice articles on Agile, Scrum, and Product Management. He specializes in helping companies build empowered teams to discover better ways of delivering value.

He has been working as a Product Leader. He’s focused on coaching teams to deliver the highest value for their customers. One of his hobbies is writing articles. He shares his ideas on Substack and loves learning from everyone.

Maarten is a frequent speaker at Fortune 500 companies and international industry conferences. He has worked with many award-winning start-ups and scale-ups. He is an ambassador and editor at Serious Scrum, the largest Scrum publication on Medium.

Connect with Maarten Dalmijn

Maarten Dalmijn’s Substack
Maarten Dalmijn on Twitter
Maarten Dalmijn on LinkedIn

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Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

Learn more about Product Backlog anti-patterns with our Scrum training classes, workshops, and events. You can secure your seat directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

November 1-2, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

November 21-24, 2023
Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

November 21, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #56: The Big Product Picture — Creating Value though Alignment w/ Stefan Wolpers (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

November 28, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

????????December 6, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #57: Humble Planning: How To Make Your Plans Suck Less with Maarten Dalmijn (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

December 11-12, 2023
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

December 13-14, 2023
Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

December 18-19, 2023
Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

See all upcoming classes here.

You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class w/ PSFS Certificate — November 28, 2023
2023-11-28 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of November 28, 2023

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) training by Berlin Product People is a guaranteed one-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum practitioners and agile coaches, including the industry-acknowledged PSFS certification. This PSFS training class is in English.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSFS I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

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Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices

“Great experience – “You reap what you saw.” What I really liked about it was the constant usage of facilitation techniques & Liberating Structures to engage all participants & harness the collective knowledge while reaching the goal of the exercises during the workshop. Therefore, my experience was great because I could really leave with some insights from the whole group that I could apply in my daily work starting from the next day. “You reap what you saw” and in this case, it was the collective intelligence of everyone in the training class.” (Link.)

Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?

The PSFS class focuses on advancing the participants’ understanding of facilitation and decision-making practices in general and the mindset needed to become an effective servant leader in particular. The class is hence well-suited for any Scrum team members: from Scrum Masters to Developers to Product Owners, agile coaches, and other Scrum consultants.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills class is not suited for beginners. The PSFS training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees and hands-on experience working with or as a part of a Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. Likewise, attending a PSM I or PSM II training class in advance is beneficial, although not mandatory.

PSFS Learning Objectives

The class aims at improving and developing the participants’ facilitation skills for effective collaboration with self-managed teams, namely:

Explaining the importance of facilitation principles and Scrum Values in enhancing healthy collaboration in Scrum teams,
Helping students gain facilitation skills to leverage and focus on the great potential of diverse perspectives within a team while working within different team dynamics,
Applying facilitation principles and techniques to improve the Scrum events and other interactions,
Improving team collaboration and participatory decision making using a facilitator stance and toolbox of techniques.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

This PSFS class provides another remarkable milestone for your journey to Professional Scrum. The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSFS Training?

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills training will provide not just the PSFS class manual and the PSFS certification code. Additionally, it includes an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the student does not achieve 85% the first time.

Also, students of PSFS classes are eligible to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credits. Here, 7 PDUs are available after attending a one-day Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills course. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org certification. Students can claim PDUs under PMI’s “Education courses provided by other third-party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online via the PMI website; find instructions here.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSFS Class

There are several reasons beyond the certification why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills training:

All work will be done in small groups,
There are no more than 12-16 participants,
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience,
Up to two attempts to pass the PSFS certificate included,
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum practitioner,
7 PMI PDUs awarded
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus,
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin,
You will receive a 20 percent discount on all further Professional Scrum courses hosted by Berlin Product People GmbH.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class?

You will experience this PSFS class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, e-books, and open assessments:

The Facilitation Techniques for Scrum Events
The Five Ways to Build Consensus
The Trumpeting For all Voices to be Heard with White Elephant – Facilitating for Participation
The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (Scrum Open, Product Owner Open, Agile Leadership Open, Nexus Open).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers, who will guide you through the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills classes. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate — November 21-24, 2023
2023-11-21 09:00 - 2023-11-24 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from November 21-24, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class of four sessions with like-minded agile peers in the morning hours from 09:00 – 13:00 o’clock CET:

You will maximize your learning potential as we won’t suffer from any form of food-coma in the afternoon, impeding the class.
You can fully concentrate on the class as you won’t miss out on the daily business. (You can tend to your inbox in the afternoon.)
There is room for homework to strengthen your learning success. (Certification results show an improved success rate over in-person classes.)

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/23:

95% of course participants took the included PSPO I certification.
77% of exam takers passed PSPO I certification with an average score of 91%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices

“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.” (Link.)

“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.” (Link.)

“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!” (Link.)

“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.” (Link.)

“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.” (Link.)

“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.” (Link.)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

If you are currently working as a Product Owner, a product manager, a business analyst, or a project manager, and you are responsible for delivering products to your customers, this training class is for you.

The PSPO class address issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:

Satisfying a demanding leadership
Supporting ambitious founders and stakeholders
Embracing intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship
Countering fast-paced competitors
Moving from processing requirements to continuous product discovery
Finally, escaping the feature factory by creating emerging, high-risk products successfully.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO I training will focus on:

Value-driven development: The path from product vision to product strategy to product discovery to product backlog to shippable Product Increment
The role of the Product Owner as ‘value maximizer’ at the Scrum team level and in the organization in general
Product Backlog management and refinement
User stories, requirements, and estimations
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Release Management
Empiricism & Scrum principles: From roles to events to artifacts to Scrum Values
The importance of “Done” for a sustainable product success
Preparation for the PSPO I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSPO I Training?

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training will provide not just the PSPO class manual and the PSPO I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Professional Scrum Product Owner Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Product Owner training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSPO I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Product Owner
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: November 1-2, 2023
2023-11-01 09:00 - 2023-11-02 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of November 1-2, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSM I certification. The training will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30-45 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

PSM I Certification Results 2022/23: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

94% of course participants took the included PSM I certification.
89% of exam takers passed PSM I certification with an average score of 93%. (Required: 85%.)

Pre-requisits: The PSM I class is most effective when you already have some practical experience with Scrum or comparable agile practices. Alternatively, you need general knowledge in project management and product development. If neither is the case, I recommend considering attending an Applying Professional Scrum (APS) class first; the PSM I class is not suited for absolute beginners.

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

Display phone number
+49 171 30 30 321

Display e-mail address
stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices

“Great class. Probably the best training I ever attended. Extremely driven and productive class, with interactive exercises that challenge you to think in Agile manner. Keeps the focus on the point regardless of the remote session. Stefan for sure goes above and beyond to teach you how to be a real Scum master.” (Link.)

“I would wholeheartedly recommend you any course with Stefan Wolpers. He knows the trade like nobody else and his methodology helps you in grasping the intricacies of scrum both in a technical and emotional level. I would encourage you to do this course, even if you are not planning in adopting scrum in your organization! A great experience :)” (Link.)

“Great class. Perfectly managed, learned a lot. Great preparation for the PSM 1 certicate. Highly recommended!” (Link.)

“The class was organised super well, at no point in time was anything unclear or vague. Structure, length, concept and delivered content were useful to achieve a well-founded and good knowledge-level on Scrum and Scrum Mastery. Stefan did an exceptional job of leading through the class, embracing and encouraging a lively and constructive exchange between all participants. The fact that the class was held remotely via zoom did not constrain us in any way. All selected tools were useful and appropriate. Would definitely recommend this class.” (Link.)

“A highly informative series of classes that naturally built upon what it promised ie – in preparing attendees to become Scrum Masters. Classes had a perfect balance of instructor-led and working group sessions. @Stefan Wolpers – GREAT job at being our instructor.” (Link.)

The class with Stefan was very well structured, delivering a helpful hands-on approach to all the Scrum basics. He managed to cover participants with different levels of expertise and from various fields easily and delivered knew knowledge and value to all of them from my point of view. The culture during these four days was excellent, so that everyone felt capable to speak up. Very much worth the invested time and money! (Link.)

“Amazing class, amazing trainer, very helpful and insightful. Stefan provides you with everything you need to know about SCRUM as a Scrum Master. His experience is very impressive. It’s been a genuinely great class! Thank you Stefan!” (Link).

“I attended the PSM I class run by Stefan Wolpers from Berlin Product People in Berlin this November and I am 100% sold. I came here intentionally to better understand how our product department works and to get some new impulses on my own projects but after preparing for the course, I started getting hooked on the possibilities of scrum, and just a short time into the class, I seriously started considering looking into shifting fields over to the fascinating world of agility. Thanks to Stefan for being so extremely resourceful before, during and after the class, filling the course with interesting real-life examples (also props to the other participants for sharing), and creating community rather than just sending you off with two days of memories and some printouts. Incredible class, great content, 100% recommended.”

TL; DR: Online Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I)

The Online Professional Scrum Master training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org class leading to and including the industry-acknowledged PSM I certification.

Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Scrum Masters from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The class will address issues that Scrum Masters are facing daily, for example:

Coping with growth and fast-paced competitors
Ambitious founders
A demanding Leadership
Creating emerging, high-risk products rapidly
Handling the rapid influx of new team members that need training in agile practices.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive startup experience, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I) Focus

The PSM I training will focus on:

The Scrum basics: roles, events, artifacts
The role of the Scrum Master at the team level and in the organization in general
Scrum values, team building, and self-organization
Empiricism@work: transparency (and visualization), inspection, and adaptation
Supporting the Product Owner with, for example, Product Backlog refinement, the Sprint Review, or product discovery
The importance of “Done.”
Scrum anti-patterns
Preparation for the PSM I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSM I Training?

The Professional Scrum Master training will provide not just the PSM class manual and the PSM I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12-16 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSM I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Master
You will gain exclusive access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumni
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2020
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Master Training?

You will experience this PSM class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than seventeen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — October 30-31, 2023
2023-10-30 09:00 - 2023-10-31 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update 2023-10-03

This PSM II class was postponed to December 18-19, 2023.

Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) on October 30-31, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM II certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/2023:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in German.

Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumnus
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 17 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training in Berlin w/ PSM II Certificate — October 24-25, 2023
2023-10-24 09:00 - 2023-10-25 17:30 | Hyperion Berlin, Prager Straße 12, Berlin, 10779, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from October 24-25, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a in-person class and will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST, including:

➕ Follow-up (30-45 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM II certification via Zoom.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free (online!) refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results 2021/22: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

Display phone number
+49 171 30 30 321

Display e-mail address
stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This Advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in English.

Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumni
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 14 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Hands-on Agile #54: Overcoming Common Product Backlog Management Traps w/ David Pereira
2023-10-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #54: Overcoming Common Product Backlog Management Traps w/ David Pereira

How teams manage their Product Backlog often makes or breaks their value creation chances. Poor backlog management leads to a feature factory trap, while a mindful strategy enables the team to drive value steadily. (The meetup will be in English.)

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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Abstract

How teams manage their Product Backlog often makes or breaks their value creation chances. Poor backlog management leads to a feature factory trap, while a mindful strategy enables the team to drive value steadily.

Over the years, David has identified common traps teams often face and learned how to overcome them the hard way. Let David help you identify such challenges and help you overcome them, too.

Meet David Pereira

David is a passionate Product Leader with over ten years of product management experience. Over the last few years, he led many product teams in successful endeavors. His biggest fear is the comfort zone. His motto is the faster we learn, the faster we succeed.

He has been working as a Product Leader. He’s focused on coaching teams to deliver the highest value for their customers. One of his hobbies is writing articles. He shares his ideas on Substack and loves learning from everyone.

Connect with David Pereira

David Pereira’s Substack
David Pereira on Twitter
David Pereira on LinkedIn

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

Learn more about Product Backlog anti-patterns with our Scrum training classes, workshops, and events. You can secure your seat directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

August 17, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #52: Jim Highsmith (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

August 29-30, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

September 5-6, 2023
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

September 26-29, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

October 4, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

October 10, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #54: Product Backlog Management Traps — David Pereira (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

October 24-25, 2023
Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; In-person Class)
Hyperion Hotel Berlin
€1.499 incl. 19% VAT

See all upcoming classes here.

You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class w/ PSFS Certificate — October 4, 2023
2023-10-04 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of October 4, 2023

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) training by Berlin Product People is a guaranteed one-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum practitioners and agile coaches, including the industry-acknowledged PSFS certification. This PSFS training class is in English.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSFS I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

Display phone number
+49 171 30 30 321

Display e-mail address
stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?

The PSFS class focuses on advancing the participants’ understanding of facilitation and decision-making practices in general and the mindset needed to become an effective servant leader in particular. The class is hence well-suited for any Scrum team members: from Scrum Masters to Developers to Product Owners, agile coaches, and other Scrum consultants.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills class is not suited for beginners. The PSFS training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees and hands-on experience working with or as a part of a Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. Likewise, attending a PSM I or PSM II training class in advance is beneficial, although not mandatory.

PSFS Learning Objectives

The class aims at improving and developing the participants’ facilitation skills for effective collaboration with self-managed teams, namely:

Explaining the importance of facilitation principles and Scrum Values in enhancing healthy collaboration in Scrum teams,
Helping students gain facilitation skills to leverage and focus on the great potential of diverse perspectives within a team while working within different team dynamics,
Applying facilitation principles and techniques to improve the Scrum events and other interactions,
Improving team collaboration and participatory decision making using a facilitator stance and toolbox of techniques.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

This PSFS class provides another remarkable milestone for your journey to Professional Scrum. The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSFS Training?

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills training will provide not just the PSFS class manual and the PSFS certification code. Additionally, it includes an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the student does not achieve 85% the first time.

Also, students of PSFS classes are eligible to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credits. Here, 7 PDUs are available after attending a one-day Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills course. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org certification. Students can claim PDUs under PMI’s “Education courses provided by other third-party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online via the PMI website; find instructions here.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSFS Class

There are several reasons beyond the certification why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills training:

All work will be done in small groups,
There are no more than 12-16 participants,
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience,
Up to two attempts to pass the PSFS certificate included,
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum practitioner,
7 PMI PDUs awarded
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus,
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin,
You will receive a 20 percent discount on all further Professional Scrum courses hosted by Berlin Product People GmbH.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class?

You will experience this PSFS class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, e-books, and open assessments:

The Facilitation Techniques for Scrum Events
The Five Ways to Build Consensus
The Trumpeting For all Voices to be Heard with White Elephant - Facilitating for Participation
The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (Scrum Open, Product Owner Open, Agile Leadership Open, Nexus Open).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers, who will guide you through the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills classes. Stefan has more than 16 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate — September 26-29, 2023
2023-09-26 09:00 - 2023-09-29 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from September 26-29, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class of four sessions with like-minded agile peers in the morning hours from 09:00 – 13:00 o’clock CEST:

You will maximize your learning potential as we won’t suffer from any form of food-coma in the afternoon, impeding the class.
You can fully concentrate on the class as you won’t miss out on the daily business. (You can tend to your inbox in the afternoon.)
There is room for homework to strengthen your learning success. (Certification results show an improved success rate over in-person classes.)

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSPO I Certification Results 2021/22: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

95% of course participants took the included PSPO I certification.
77% of exam takers passed PSPO I certification with an average score of 91%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Customer Voices

“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.” (Link.)

“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.” (Link.)

“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!” (Link.)

“Stefan's class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.” (Link.)

“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.” (Link.)

“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.” (Link.)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

If you are currently working as a Product Owner, a product manager, a business analyst, or a project manager, and you are responsible for delivering products to your customers, this training class is for you.

The PSPO class address issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:

Satisfying a demanding leadership
Supporting ambitious founders and stakeholders
Embracing intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship
Countering fast-paced competitors
Moving from processing requirements to continuous product discovery
Finally, escaping the feature factory by creating emerging, high-risk products successfully.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO I training will focus on:

Value-driven development: The path from product vision to product strategy to product discovery to product backlog to shippable Product Increment
The role of the Product Owner as ‘value maximizer’ at the Scrum team level and in the organization in general
Product Backlog management and refinement
User stories, requirements, and estimations
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Release Management
Empiricism & Scrum principles: From roles to events to artifacts to Scrum Values
The importance of “Done” for a sustainable product success
Preparation for the PSPO I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSPO I Training?

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training will provide not just the PSPO class manual and the PSPO I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Professional Scrum Product Owner Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Product Owner training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSPO I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Product Owner
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than sixteen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Hands-on Agile #53: An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling with Bob Galen
2023-09-05 19:30 - 20:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #53: An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling with Bob Galen

Join us for an enlightening event with Bob Galen on “An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling.” In this session, Bob shares his experience coaching an agile coach struggling to connect with a development manager. He underscores the transformative impact of incorporating personal narratives, lessons learned, teaching stories, and purpose or vision stories into coaching conversations. Bob demonstrates the compelling power of storytelling in agile coaching by using stories to share knowledge and wisdom while fostering dialogue.

Take advantage of this opportunity to discover the magic of Story and how it can significantly improve your coaching approach. (The meetup will be in English.)

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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Abstract

“I’m going to tell you a story.”

“I was coaching an agile coach who lamented that they weren’t connecting with their coaching client, in this case, a development manager. I asked them to share a typical coaching conversation, and they spoke about a series of questions they asked that essentially went unanswered—leaving them and the client quite frustrated. I asked them what other coaching techniques they had tried, and it boiled down to only coaching stances and only open-ended questions.”

“I suggested they experiment with weaving some stories into their coaching conversations. Personal stories, lesson-learned stories, teaching stories, purpose or vision stories, and relationship or connection-building stories. I spoke to them about sharing their knowledge and wisdom with the client via story, not dominating the conversation but augmenting it, and using the story as a backdrop to their questions and explorations with the client.”

“They later told me that this small change significantly impacted their coaching after a bit of practice. This talk is about bringing the power of Storytelling INTO your agile coaching and discovering the magic of the Story. Now, please share this story with others, and I hope to see you in the talk…”

Meet Bob Galen

Bob Galen is an Agile Practitioner, Trainer & Coach based in Cary, NC. In this role he helps guide companies and teams in their pragmatic adoption and organizational shift towards agile methods of working.

Bob has been doing that since the late 1990s, so he’s deeply experienced. He is the Director of Agile Practice at Zenergy Technologies, a leading business agility transformation company. Bob is also President and Head Coach at RGCG a boutique agile coaching firm.

Bob regularly speaks at international conferences and professional groups on topics related to agile software development, testing, scaling, and organizational leadership. He is a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), Scrum Alliance CAL trainer, and an active member of the Agile & Scrum Alliances.

He’s published four agile-centric books: The Three Pillars of Agile Quality and Testing in 2015, Scrum Product Ownership, 3’rd Edition in 2019, and Agile Reflections in 2012, and Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching in 2022.

Connect with Bob Galen

Bob Galen on Agile Moose and RGalen Consulting

Bob Galen’ Podcast

Bob Galen on LinkedIn

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Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

Learn more about Product Backlog anti-patterns with our Scrum training classes, workshops, and events. You can secure your seat directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

August 17, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #52: Jim Highsmith (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

August 29-30, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

September 5-6, 2023
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

September 5, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #53: An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling w/ Bob Galen (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

September 26-29, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

October 4, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

October 10, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #54: Product Backlog Management Traps — David Pereira (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

October 24-25, 2023
Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; In-person Class)
Hyperion Hotel Berlin
€1.499 incl. 19% VAT

See all upcoming classes here.

You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: September 5-6, 2023
2023-09-05 09:00 - 2023-09-06 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update 2023-08-23: This PSM I training has been postponed to November 1-2, 2023.

Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of September 5-6, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSM I certification. The training will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30-45 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

PSM I Certification Results 2021/22: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

94% of course participants took the included PSM I certification.
89% of exam takers passed PSM I certification with an average score of 93%. (Required: 85%.)

Pre-requisits: The PSM I class is most effective when you already have some practical experience with Scrum or comparable agile practices. Alternatively, you need general knowledge in project management and product development. If neither is the case, I recommend considering attending an Applying Professional Scrum (APS) class first; the PSM I class is not suited for absolute beginners.

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

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Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices

“Great class. Probably the best training I ever attended. Extremely driven and productive class, with interactive exercises that challenge you to think in Agile manner. Keeps the focus on the point regardless of the remote session. Stefan for sure goes above and beyond to teach you how to be a real Scum master.” (Link.)

“I would wholeheartedly recommend you any course with Stefan Wolpers. He knows the trade like nobody else and his methodology helps you in grasping the intricacies of scrum both in a technical and emotional level. I would encourage you to do this course, even if you are not planning in adopting scrum in your organization! A great experience :)” (Link.)

“Great class. Perfectly managed, learned a lot. Great preparation for the PSM 1 certicate. Highly recommended!” (Link.)

“The class was organised super well, at no point in time was anything unclear or vague. Structure, length, concept and delivered content were useful to achieve a well-founded and good knowledge-level on Scrum and Scrum Mastery. Stefan did an exceptional job of leading through the class, embracing and encouraging a lively and constructive exchange between all participants. The fact that the class was held remotely via zoom did not constrain us in any way. All selected tools were useful and appropriate. Would definitely recommend this class.” (Link.)

“A highly informative series of classes that naturally built upon what it promised ie – in preparing attendees to become Scrum Masters. Classes had a perfect balance of instructor-led and working group sessions. @Stefan Wolpers – GREAT job at being our instructor.” (Link.)

The class with Stefan was very well structured, delivering a helpful hands-on approach to all the Scrum basics. He managed to cover participants with different levels of expertise and from various fields easily and delivered knew knowledge and value to all of them from my point of view. The culture during these four days was excellent, so that everyone felt capable to speak up. Very much worth the invested time and money! (Link.)

“Amazing class, amazing trainer, very helpful and insightful. Stefan provides you with everything you need to know about SCRUM as a Scrum Master. His experience is very impressive. It’s been a genuinely great class! Thank you Stefan!” (Link).

“I attended the PSM I class run by Stefan Wolpers from Berlin Product People in Berlin this November and I am 100% sold. I came here intentionally to better understand how our product department works and to get some new impulses on my own projects but after preparing for the course, I started getting hooked on the possibilities of scrum, and just a short time into the class, I seriously started considering looking into shifting fields over to the fascinating world of agility. Thanks to Stefan for being so extremely resourceful before, during and after the class, filling the course with interesting real-life examples (also props to the other participants for sharing), and creating community rather than just sending you off with two days of memories and some printouts. Incredible class, great content, 100% recommended.”

TL; DR: Online Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I)

The Online Professional Scrum Master training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org class leading to and including the industry-acknowledged PSM I certification.

Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Scrum Masters from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The class will address issues that Scrum Masters are facing daily, for example:

Coping with growth and fast-paced competitors
Ambitious founders
A demanding Leadership
Creating emerging, high-risk products rapidly
Handling the rapid influx of new team members that need training in agile practices.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive startup experience, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I) Focus

The PSM I training will focus on:

The Scrum basics: roles, events, artifacts
The role of the Scrum Master at the team level and in the organization in general
Scrum values, team building, and self-organization
Empiricism@work: transparency (and visualization), inspection, and adaptation
Supporting the Product Owner with, for example, Product Backlog refinement, the Sprint Review, or product discovery
The importance of “Done.”
Scrum anti-patterns
Preparation for the PSM I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSM I Training?

The Professional Scrum Master training will provide not just the PSM class manual and the PSM I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12-16 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSM I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Master
You will gain exclusive access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumni
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2020
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Master Training?

You will experience this PSM class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than thirteen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — August 29-30, 2023
2023-08-29 09:00 - 2023-08-30 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from August 29-30, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30-45 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results 2021/22: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in English.

Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumni
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2020
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 14 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Hands-on Agile #52: Jim Highsmith & the Agile Manifesto
2023-08-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #52: Jim Highsmith & the Agile Manifesto

We will interview Jim on all things “agile.” Stay tuned; more info is coming! (The meetup will be in English.)

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Abstract

We will interview Jim on all things “agile.” Stay tuned; more info is coming!

Jim’s Latest Book

His recent book is titled Wild West to Agile: Adventures in Software Development Evolution and Revolution.

Meet Jim Highsmith

Jim has penned numerous books on the subject and was honored with the International Stevens Award 2005. He is a prominent figure in the Agile community, co-authoring the Agile Manifesto and the Declaration of Interdependence for Project Leaders. Jim was pivotal in establishing The Agile Alliance and co-founding the Agile Leadership Network, serving as its inaugural president. He has offered his expertise to global IT organizations and software firms for nearly six decades.

Connect with Jim Highsmith

Jim Highsmith’s Website
Jim Highsmith on Twitter
Jim Highsmith on LinkedIn

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Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

Learn more about Product Backlog anti-patterns with our Scrum training classes, workshops, and events. You can secure your seat directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

August 17, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #52: Jim Highsmith (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

August 29-30, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

September 5-6, 2023
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

September 26-29, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

October 4, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

October 10, 2023
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #54: Product Backlog Management Traps — David Pereira (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Class
FREE

October 24-25, 2023
Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; In-person Class)
Hyperion Hotel Berlin
€1.499 incl. 19% VAT

See all upcoming classes here.

You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — June 27-30, 2023
2023-06-27 09:00 - 2023-06-30 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update 2023-04-25: This class will be rescheduled to Q3/2023. Alternatively, please consider the guaranteed PSM II class on May 30-31, 2023.

Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) on June 27-30, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class of four morning sessions with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 13:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM II certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results 2021/2022: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/2022:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in German.

Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumni
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2020
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 14 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: June 21-22, 2023
2023-06-21 09:00 - 2023-06-22 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of June 21-22, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSM I certification. The training will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30-45 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

PSM I Certification Results 2021/22: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

94% of course participants took the included PSM I certification.
89% of exam takers passed PSM I certification with an average score of 93%. (Required: 85%.)

Pre-requisits: The PSM I class is most effective when you already have some practical experience with Scrum or comparable agile practices. Alternatively, you need general knowledge in project management and product development. If neither is the case, I recommend considering attending an Applying Professional Scrum (APS) class first; the PSM I class is not suited for absolute beginners.

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices

“Great class. Probably the best training I ever attended. Extremely driven and productive class, with interactive exercises that challenge you to think in Agile manner. Keeps the focus on the point regardless of the remote session. Stefan for sure goes above and beyond to teach you how to be a real Scum master.” (Link.)

“I would wholeheartedly recommend you any course with Stefan Wolpers. He knows the trade like nobody else and his methodology helps you in grasping the intricacies of scrum both in a technical and emotional level. I would encourage you to do this course, even if you are not planning in adopting scrum in your organization! A great experience :)” (Link.)

“Great class. Perfectly managed, learned a lot. Great preparation for the PSM 1 certicate. Highly recommended!” (Link.)

“The class was organised super well, at no point in time was anything unclear or vague. Structure, length, concept and delivered content were useful to achieve a well-founded and good knowledge-level on Scrum and Scrum Mastery. Stefan did an exceptional job of leading through the class, embracing and encouraging a lively and constructive exchange between all participants. The fact that the class was held remotely via zoom did not constrain us in any way. All selected tools were useful and appropriate. Would definitely recommend this class.” (Link.)

“A highly informative series of classes that naturally built upon what it promised ie – in preparing attendees to become Scrum Masters. Classes had a perfect balance of instructor-led and working group sessions. @Stefan Wolpers – GREAT job at being our instructor.” (Link.)

The class with Stefan was very well structured, delivering a helpful hands-on approach to all the Scrum basics. He managed to cover participants with different levels of expertise and from various fields easily and delivered knew knowledge and value to all of them from my point of view. The culture during these four days was excellent, so that everyone felt capable to speak up. Very much worth the invested time and money! (Link.)

“Amazing class, amazing trainer, very helpful and insightful. Stefan provides you with everything you need to know about SCRUM as a Scrum Master. His experience is very impressive. It’s been a genuinely great class! Thank you Stefan!” (Link).

“I attended the PSM I class run by Stefan Wolpers from Berlin Product People in Berlin this November and I am 100% sold. I came here intentionally to better understand how our product department works and to get some new impulses on my own projects but after preparing for the course, I started getting hooked on the possibilities of scrum, and just a short time into the class, I seriously started considering looking into shifting fields over to the fascinating world of agility. Thanks to Stefan for being so extremely resourceful before, during and after the class, filling the course with interesting real-life examples (also props to the other participants for sharing), and creating community rather than just sending you off with two days of memories and some printouts. Incredible class, great content, 100% recommended.”

TL; DR: Online Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I)

The Online Professional Scrum Master training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org class leading to and including the industry-acknowledged PSM I certification.

Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Scrum Masters from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The class will address issues that Scrum Masters are facing daily, for example:

Coping with growth and fast-paced competitors
Ambitious founders
A demanding Leadership
Creating emerging, high-risk products rapidly
Handling the rapid influx of new team members that need training in agile practices.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive startup experience, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I) Focus

The PSM I training will focus on:

The Scrum basics: roles, events, artifacts
The role of the Scrum Master at the team level and in the organization in general
Scrum values, team building, and self-organization
Empiricism@work: transparency (and visualization), inspection, and adaptation
Supporting the Product Owner with, for example, Product Backlog refinement, the Sprint Review, or product discovery
The importance of “Done.”
Scrum anti-patterns
Preparation for the PSM I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSM I Training?

The Professional Scrum Master training will provide not just the PSM class manual and the PSM I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12-16 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSM I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Master
You will gain exclusive access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumni
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2020
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Master Training?

You will experience this PSM class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than thirteen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Hands-on Agile #51: #NoWaste Agile Estimating with Ron Lichty
2023-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #51: #NoWaste Agile Estimating with Ron Lichty

“If only Agile had a way to predict when things would be done…” clients have said to Ron.

The thing is, Ron points out, Agile does have a way to predict when things will be done. Even better, it’s remarkably easy. And in fact better (possibly an order of magnitude better!) than any other approach his teams have ever used.

He claims he even had a Product Owner say, “I didn’t know estimating could be FUN!”

Join this #NoWaste Agile Estimating workshop with Ron Lichty on June 14, 2023! (The meetup will be in English.)

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Abstract

“If only Agile had a way to predict when things would be done…” clients have said to Ron.

The thing is, Ron points out, Agile does have a way to predict when things will be done. Even better, it’s remarkably easy. And in fact better (possibly an order of magnitude better!) than any other approach his teams have ever used.

He claims he even had a product owner say, “I didn’t know estimating could be FUN!”

Relative sizing (true relative sizing) combined with velocity (the averaged pace of a stable team’s accomplished work per sprint) lets anyone march down the backlog and predict: “we’ll be about here on August 26th”, and ask, “do we have the right stuff above the line?” It’s not magic. (But it works like magic!)

Some agilists tell us that estimating does not provide value. Unfortunately, execs keep asking us for estimates! It turns out, we can reply with remarkably helpful answers using techniques that are useful not only for estimating but also for chartering and even team-building.

During this workshop, we’ll use a simulation to actually practice estimating that works.

By attending this session, you will:

Understand why absolute estimating is futile
Effectively execute relative sizing yourself
Understand the prerequisites for effective estimating
Avoid the pitfalls agile teams too often fall into that undercut effective estimating
Combine relative sizing and measures of velocity to predict what will be completed and when.

Meet Ron Lichty

Ron Lichty, based in San Francisco and Seattle, consults with software and product teams and organizations globally to make software development “hum”. Ron’s fifth book, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams, published by Addison Wesley, has been compared by many readers to programming classics The Mythical Man-Month and Peopleware. Ron also co-authors the periodic Study of Product Team Performance.

Principal and owner of Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc., he has trained teams in Scrum, transitioned teams from waterfall to agile, coached teams already using agile to make their software development "hum", and trained managers in managing software people and teams. He takes on interim VP Engineering roles and to other clients provides VPE-level guidance and advice to untangle the knots in software development and transform chaos to clarity.

He has led teams and organizations at companies like Apple Computer, Fujitsu, Charles Schwab, Avenue A / Razorfish, Forensic Logic, Stanford, Check Point, and dozens of startups of all sizes. He co-chairs the Silicon Valley Engineering Leadership Community, Managing Software Teams in Seattle, and the Enterprise Agile Global Community.

Connect with Ron Lichty

Ron Lichty’s Website
Ron Lichty on Twitter
Ron Lichty on LinkedIn

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Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

Learn more about #NoWaste Agile Estimating with our Scrum training classes, workshops, and events. You can secure your seat directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

April 18-21, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

May 4, 2023
GUARANTEED: HoA EXTRA: How Elon Musk Would Run YOUR Business with Joe Justice (English; Live Virtual Meetup)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

May 9-10, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

May 16, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

May 23-24, 2023
Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO II; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.399 incl. 19% VAT

May 30-31, 2023
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

June 13-16, 2023
Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

June 21-22, 2023
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

June 27-30, 2023
Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

See all upcoming classes here.

You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate — June 13-16, 2023
2023-06-13 09:00 - 2023-06-16 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from June 13-16, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class of four sessions with like-minded agile peers in the morning hours from 09:00 – 13:00 o’clock CEST:

You will maximize your learning potential as we won’t suffer from any form of food-coma in the afternoon, impeding the class.
You can fully concentrate on the class as you won’t miss out on the daily business. (You can tend to your inbox in the afternoon.)
There is room for homework to strengthen your learning success. (Certification results show an improved success rate over in-person classes.)

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSPO I Certification Results 2021/22: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

95% of course participants took the included PSPO I certification.
77% of exam takers passed PSPO I certification with an average score of 91%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

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Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices

“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.” (Link.)

“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.” (Link.)

“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!” (Link.)

“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.” (Link.)

“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.” (Link.)

“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.” (Link.)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

If you are currently working as a Product Owner, a product manager, a business analyst, or a project manager, and you are responsible for delivering products to your customers, this training class is for you.

The PSPO class address issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:

Satisfying a demanding leadership
Supporting ambitious founders and stakeholders
Embracing intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship
Countering fast-paced competitors
Moving from processing requirements to continuous product discovery
Finally, escaping the feature factory by creating emerging, high-risk products successfully.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO I training will focus on:

Value-driven development: The path from product vision to product strategy to product discovery to product backlog to shippable Product Increment
The role of the Product Owner as ‘value maximizer’ at the Scrum team level and in the organization in general
Product Backlog management and refinement
User stories, requirements, and estimations
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Release Management
Empiricism & Scrum principles: From roles to events to artifacts to Scrum Values
The importance of “Done” for a sustainable product success
Preparation for the PSPO I certification.

What Will You Take Home with You from the PSPO I Training?

The Professional Scrum Product Owner training will provide not just the PSPO class manual and the PSPO I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85% the first time.) Additionally, you will also receive several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Professional Scrum Product Owner Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Product Owner training:

All work will be done in small groups
There are no more than 12 participants
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
Up to two attempts to pass the PSPO I certificate included
14 PMI PDUs awarded
Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Product Owner
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin
You will receive a discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO class even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than sixteen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — May 30-31, 2023
2023-05-30 09:00 - 2023-05-31 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from May 30-31, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30-45 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.

➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)

???? PSM II Certification Results 2021/22: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/22:

99% of course participants took the included PSM II certification.
91% of exam takers passed PSM II certification with an average score of 94%. (Required: 85%.)

Book Your Seat by Email

As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:

Display phone number
+49 171 30 30 321

Display e-mail address
stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

As a private individual or as a corporate client situated in Germany, you can book your seat directly:

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.

This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

Customer Voices on Our Classes

“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).” (Link.)

“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.” (Link.)

“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.” (Link.)

“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!” (Link.)

“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.” (Link.)

“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.” (Link.)

“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !” (Link.)

“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!” (Link.)

“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.” (Link.)

TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II

This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in English.

Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?

This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.

Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to 12-16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumni
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2020
You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

The class covers in detail the stances that Scrum Masters need to adopt when dealing with complexity, organizational debt, outdated technology, challenging market conditions, or difficult people, namely:

The Scrum Master as a Teacher
The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
The Scrum Master as a Change Agent.

As a Scrum Master, you are regarded as the go-to-person for all things “agile and Scrum” in your organization, as the prime change agent. You will hence need to be expertly familiar with techniques, tools, and practices that allow you to support your management, your stakeholders, your Product Owners, and Scrum Teams on their journey to achieve business agility.

This PSM II class provides you with an excellent starting point for your journey to Professional Scrum. In the class, we will share tools; our lessons learned, exercises, and stories that will help you to become more proficient in Scrum. Also, we will explore the most potent facilitation techniques available to Scrum Masters to date — Liberating Structures — extensively.

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent.

What Will You Take Home with You?

This Advanced Professional Scrum Master training will provide both the PSM II class manual as well as the PSM II certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after the completion of the class if the trainee does not achieve 85 % the first time.)

Additionally, you will also receive a book and several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Scrum Master, thus furthering your career potential.

Please note that while the Professional Scrum Master II class includes the PSM II certification, the class is not directly linked to this certification. The class is not about passing the PSM II certification but focused on making attending Scrum Masters more successful in their profession.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II)?

You will experience this PSM II class even better if you invest in familiarizing yourself with some of the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

The New, New Product Development Game
The Agile Manifesto
The Scrum Guide
The Scrum Guide Reordered
The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSM, PSPO, PAL, PSD).

(Please contact Stefan Wolpers for a complete list of recommended resources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 14 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.
