Berlin Product People GmbH

Hands-on Agile #51: #NoWaste Agile Estimating with Ron Lichty
2023-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Berlin) | 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

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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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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 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:

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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

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.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (Advanced) w/ PSPO II Certificate — May 23-24, 2023
2023-05-23 09:00 - 2023-05-24 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced PSPO-A Product Owner Training from May 23-24, 2023

Discover the Product Owner success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) training class leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO II certification. The class will be offered in German.

Enjoy the benefits of an 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 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.)

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

“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 Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO-A)

Our Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level II (PSPO II) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their advanced knowledge of Professional Scrum Product Ownership, the Scrum framework, and delivering valuable products. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry recognized PSPO II Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.” (Source.)

Who Shall Attend the PSPO-A Training?

This advanced Product Owner training builds on and deepens the subject matter of the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) training. Participants should therefore have at least six to twelve months of full-time experience as a PO and are now eager to take the next step in their development as a Product Owner.

So, if you are currently a Product Owner, product manager, or business analyst responsible for delivering products and services to your customers, this training is perfect for you.

The PSPO-A class provides deeper insight into solution strategies for problems Product Owners face daily, such as:

Dealing with demanding superiors or stakeholders
The support of ambitious founders
Encouraging Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship
Countering aggressive competitors
Turning away from working off requirements and instead toward continuously identifying valuable product enhancements
Organizing the escape from the feature factory.

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.

The Advanced PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO-A training will focus on:

Exploring and applying the six PO stances critical to Product Owner success:
The Customer Representative
The Visionary
The Experimenter
The Decision Maker
The Collaborator
The Influencer

The stakeholder management from their identification to the future interaction with these stakeholders
Recognizing typical examples of Product Owner anti-patterns and how to avoid them
Empiricism & Scrum Principles: From Roles to Events, to Artifacts, to Commitments and to Scrum Values
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
The importance of “Done” for sustainable product success through business agility
Preparation for PSPO II certification.

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

The Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) training will provide not just the PSPO-A class manual and the PSPO 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 several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Also, students of PSPO-A classes are eligible to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credits. Here, 14 PDUs are available after attending a two-day Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) 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 Advanced PSPO II Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner 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 PSPO II certificate included
You will receive a 40% discount on the exam fees for the PSPO III certification
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 alumni
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 Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO-A 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 fourteen 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 — May 16, 2023
2023-05-16 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of May 16, 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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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.

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 Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: May 9-10, 2023
2023-05-09 09:00 - 2023-05-10 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of May 9-10, 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 2021/2: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021/2:

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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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

“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 EXTRA: How Elon Musk Would Run YOUR Business with Joe Justice
2023-05-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile EXTRA: How Elon Musk Would Run YOUR Business with Joe Justice

Joe Justice worked for Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk.

In this Hands-on Agile meetup, Joe will share DX, or Digital Transformation, the agile operating system for TeslaSpeed—a term coined by the EU Commission to talk about how fast Tesla moves and how fast they need to move now.

Join this exciting session with Joe Justice on May 4 2023! (The meetup will be in English.)

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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Abstract: DX, or Digital Transformation

Joe will share DX, or Digital Transformation, the agile operating system for TeslaSpeed—a term coined by the EU Commission to talk about how fast Tesla moves and how fast they need to move now.

The 12-step DX process brings companies from where they are now toward their manifest destiny.

Meet Joe Justice

Joe Justice is a TED.com speaker and guest lecturer at MIT and Oxford University in England. He has been featured in Forbes five times to date, including as owner of a “Company to watch” by the Forbes Billionaire Club, cited in more than eight business paperbacks and hardcovers, and is the subject of a Discovery Channel documentary for his work creating the disciplines “Extreme Manufacturing,” “Agile Hardware,” and “The Justice Method.”

His book “Scrum Master: The Agile Training Seminar for Business Performance” is available in seven languages.

Joe Justice founded WIKISPEED and operated Agile@Tesla from the global headquarters of Tesla‘s Fremont, California.

Connect with Joe Justice

Joe Justice’s Website
Joe Justice on Twitter
Joe Justice on LinkedIn

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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 Certificate — April 25-28, 2023
2023-04-25 09:00 - 2023-04-28 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update 2023-04-10: This PSPO class was rescheduled to Juni 13-16, 2023.

Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from April 25-28, 2023

Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this 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:

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

“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 — April 18-21, 2023
2023-04-18 09:00 - 2023-04-21 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) on April 18-21, 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 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:

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 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.

Hands-on Agile #50: The Product Community of Practice with Petra Wille
2023-04-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #50: The Product Community of Practice with Petra Wille

Recently, Petra published the findings of her study on how to establish and grow a product community of practice based on interviewing 100-plus practitioners.

During this talk, we will learn from Petra what survey results stood out for her and whether there is something like “best practices” to start your CoP.

Join this exciting session with Petra Wille on April 5 2023! (The meetup will be in English.)

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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Abstract: The Product Community of Practice

Recently, Petra published the findings of her study on how to establish and grow a product community of practice based on interviewing 100-plus practitioners. During this talk, we will learn from Petra what survey results stood out for her and whether there is something like “best practices” to start your CoP.

Meet Petra Wille

Petra Wille is an independent product leadership coach and author who’s been helping product teams boost their skill sets and up their game since 2013.

For the past four years, her work has focused on helping product leaders build outcome-oriented product teams.

Petra is dedicated to sharing her knowledge with the broader product community. In January 2021, Petra published STRONG Product People: A Complete Guide to Developing Great Product Managers. The book has already generated a lot of buzz in the product community with Martin Eriksson (Founder of ProductTank and Co-Founder of Mind the Product) calling it “the book we all needed on how to coach and empower our teams.”

To help even more product leaders become good coaches, she developed the #52questions coaching card set in 2016.

Alongside her freelance work, Petra is the co-organizer of Product at Heart in Hamburg, Germany.

Connect with Petra Wille

Petra Wille’s Website
Petra Wille on Twitter
Petra Wille on LinkedIn

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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 — March 28-29, 2023
2023-03-28 09:00 - 2023-03-29 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from March 28-29, 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 an immersive class of two compact sessions with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 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 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 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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2023
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 Facilitation Skills Class — March 23, 2023
2023-03-23 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of March 23, 2023

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) training by Berlin Product People is a one-day guaranteed 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.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 Agile Leadership Essentials Training w/ PAL I Certificate — March 20-21, 2023
2023-03-20 09:00 - 2023-03-21 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Professional Agile Leadership ™ Essentials Training of March 20-21, 2023

This Professional Agile Leadership ™ Essentials class is a guaranteed official Scrum.org training, including up to two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PAL I certification. The training is designed as a compact live virtual class of two days from 9:00 to 17:30 CET and will be offered in German.

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 PAL 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.)

PAL 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:

97% of course participants took the included PAL I certification.
77% of exam takers passed PAL I certification with an average score of 95%. (Required: 85%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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Customer Voices on Our Classes

“The class with Stefan was very good structured and entertaining. I had a lot of fun AND learned a lot. Recommended!” (Link.)

“Very professional! I enjoyed the class very much!” (Link.)

“Excellent – vielen Dank!” (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.)

“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.)

Professional Agile Leadership ™ Essentials Training

This Professional Agile Leadership™ Essentials class is a 2-day official Scrum.org training, including up to two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PAL I certification. The training is designed as a live virtual class from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm CET and will be offered in German.

Who Should Attend the PAL-E Training?

This training is designed for all leadership and management members responsible for introducing and establishing Agile practices and techniques in an organization or division. Agile Transformations are complex endeavors, and moving from traditional management practices to a servant leadership approach is anything but self-explanatory. If you are working with Scrum teams daily, this class will support your path to mastering agile leadership.

The lessons of this Professional Agile Leadership ™ Essentials class are industry-agnostic and applicable to a wide range of industries—from engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in established, stock-listed corporations. He is also an active contributor to the international Agile community, a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator, and 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 environment.

PAL-E Learning Objectives

The Professional Agile Leadership Essentials ™ class covers the following leadership topics related to agile transformations and working with self-managed Scrum Teams:

An understanding of the benefits of agile organizations in a VUCA world
How the role of the management and the leadership changes in an agile organization
How managers and leaders can support Scrum teams in creating value for customers
An understanding of how culture and values drive agile transformations—or not
How to develop people within the agile organization
Learning hands-on advice and skills on how to support Scrum teams in their daily work
Lastly, preparing for the PAL I certification.

Focus of the Professional Agile Leadership Essentials Training

The PAL-E training class will focus on:

Theory and Principles of agile leadership
How to improve value delivery
What constitutes value—the “What”
How an agile culture is created—the “Who”
How we redefine professionalism in agile organizations—the “How”
How to measure agility
Lastly, how we can “scale” agility within the organization.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PAL-E Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Agile Leadership ™ Essentials class:

All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
You will meet up to twelve to 16 peers
It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to Profesional Scrum class 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 discount of 20 percent on any other of our classes.

What Will You Take Home with You from the Professional Agile Leadership Class?

This Professional Agile Leadership training will provide both the PAL-E class manual and the PAL I certification code. (Including an additional complimentary code within the first 14 days after completing the class if a participant does not achieve 85 percent the first time.)
Additionally, you will also receive several ebooks from Stefan that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your agile leader position, thus furthering your career potential.

Also, students of PAL-E classes are eligible to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credits. Here, 14 PDUs are available after attending a two-day Professional Agile Leadership (PAL-E) Essentials 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.

How to Prepare Yourself for Professional Agile Leadership Class?

You will experience this PAL-E 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 Agile Leadership Open assessment on Scrum.org.

(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—such as the Professional Agile Leadership class—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 fifteen 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, 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.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — March 14-15, 2023
2023-03-14 09:00 - 2023-03-15 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update 2023-02-18: The class was postponed to April 18-21, 2023. (There is an PSM II training class in English on March 28-29, 2023.)

Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) on March 14-15, 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 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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 Product Owner Training w/ PSPO Certificate — Online: February 28-March 3, 2023
2023-02-28 09:00 - 2023-03-03 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from February 28 to March 3, 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 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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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.

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: February 7-10, 2023
2023-02-07 09:00 - 2023-02-10 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class from February 7-10, 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 English.

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 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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2023
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 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.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Hands-on Agile #49: ChatGPT
2023-02-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #49: ChatGPT

There has been a lot of talking about generative AI recently, mainly fueled by excellent work results in the text and graphics area. A few days ago, OpenAI made a new model available that “interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.” (Source.)

Let us put ChatGPT to the test and figure out what prompts support our daily work as agile practitioners! (The meetup will be in English.)

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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ChatGPT to Support Agile Practitioners

The question is obvious: What if a Generative AI can not just answer questions but also learn while constantly improving its model? Wouldn’t that lead to the long-run obsolescence of many knowledge workers, for example, Scrum Masters, agile coaches, product managers, and Product Owners?

Let’s put the model to the test! (Moreover, please try ChatGPT yourself; access is free for the time being.)

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: January 31-February 3, 2023
2023-01-31 09:00 - 2023-02-03 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class from January 31-February 3, 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 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 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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2023
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 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.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — January 24-27, 2023
2023-01-24 09:00 - 2023-01-27 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from January 24-27, 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 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 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 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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 alumnus
You will also gain preferred access to the tickets of the Agile Camp Berlin 2023
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: December 19-20, 2022
2022-12-19 09:00 - 2022-12-20 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of December 19-20, 2022

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

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.

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 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.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate — Online: December 14-15, 2022
2022-12-14 09:00 - 2022-12-15 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from December 14-15, 2022

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 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 (1 h): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (1 h): 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: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021:

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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 alumni
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 fourteen 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 — December 12-13, 2022
2022-12-12 09:00 - 2022-12-13 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from December 12-13, 2022

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 (30-45 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: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021:

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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO Certificate — Online: November 15-18, 2022
2022-11-15 09:00 - 2022-11-18 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from November 15-18, 2022

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 (1 h): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (1 h): 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: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021:

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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 alumni
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 fourteen 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 #47: The Confidence Meter with Itamar Gilad
2022-11-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #47: Evidence-guided Development Using the Confidence Meter w/ Itamar Gilad

How much product discovery is enough? Figuring out what is worth building often feels valuable in and of itself. The problem is that becoming stuck in an endless discovery cycle neither solves your customers’ issues nor contributes to your organization’s sustainability. Don’t worry; help is on the way in the form of Itamar Gilad’s Confidence Meter!

Join this exciting session with Itamar Gilad on November 3, 2022! (The meetup will be in English.)

Watch the video now: How much Product Discovery Is enough? Itamar Gilad’s Confidence Meter Explained — Hands-on Agile #47.

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Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes!

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: October 4-5, 2022.

September 27, 2022: Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore.

Abstract: The Confidence Meter

How much product discovery is enough? Figuring out what is worth building often feels valuable in and of itself. The problem is that becoming stuck in an endless discovery cycle neither solves your customers’ issues nor contributes to your organization’s sustainability.

Don’t worry; help is on the way in the form of Itamar Gilad’s Confidence Meter!

During the 47th Hands-on Agile session, you will learn how to calculate your confidence level in a product idea with the Confidence Meter by adding evidence. The Confidence Meter tool will then return a number in the range of 0-10, answering a simple question: Will we deliver the expected impact?

Itamar Gilad

Itamar Gilad is a coach, author, and speaker specializing in product management, strategy, and growth. He held senior product management and engineering roles for over two decades at Google, Microsoft, and several startups. At Google, Itamar led parts of Gmail and was the head of Gmail’s growth team (resulting in 1Bn MAUs).

Itamar publishes a popular product management newsletter and is the creator of several product management methodologies, including the GIST Framework and The Confidence Meter.

Connect with Itamar Gilad

Itamar Gilad’s Website
Itamar Gilad on Twitter
Itamar Gilad on LinkedIn

Watch the video now: How much Product Discovery Is enough? Itamar Gilad’s Confidence Meter Explained — Hands-on Agile #47.

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 Certificate — Online: October 31 - November 3, 2022
2022-10-31 09:00 - 2022-11-03 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training from October 31 – November 3, 2022

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 English.

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 (1 h): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (1 h): 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: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2021:

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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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.

Book Your Seat by Email

If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please feel free to contact your Professional Scrum Trainer:

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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 alumni
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 fourteen 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 (Advanced) w/ PSPO II Certificate — October 18-21, 2022
2022-10-18 09:00 - 2022-10-21 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced PSPO-A Product Owner Training from October 18-21, 2022

Discover the Product Owner success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) training class leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO II 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 (1 h): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (1 h): 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.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO-A)

Our Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:

“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level II (PSPO II) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their advanced knowledge of Professional Scrum Product Ownership, the Scrum framework, and delivering valuable products. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry recognized PSPO II Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.” (Source.)

Who Shall Attend the PSPO-A Training?

This advanced Product Owner training builds on and deepens the subject matter of the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) training. Participants should therefore have at least six to twelve months of full-time experience as a PO and are now eager to take the next step in their development as a Product Owner.

So, if you are currently a Product Owner, product manager, or business analyst responsible for delivering products and services to your customers, this training is perfect for you.

The PSPO-A class provides deeper insight into solution strategies for problems Product Owners face daily, such as:

Dealing with demanding superiors or stakeholders
The support of ambitious founders
Encouraging Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship
Countering aggressive competitors
Turning away from working off requirements and instead toward continuously identifying valuable product enhancements
Organizing the escape from the feature factory.

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.

The Advanced PSPO Training Focus

The PSPO-A training will focus on:

Exploring and applying the six PO stances critical to Product Owner success:
The Customer Representative
The Visionary
The Experimenter
The Decision Maker
The Collaborator
The Influencer

The stakeholder management from their identification to the future interaction with these stakeholders
Recognizing typical examples of Product Owner anti-patterns and how to avoid them
Empiricism & Scrum Principles: From Roles to Events, to Artifacts, to Commitments and to Scrum Values
Product metrics and Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
The importance of “Done” for sustainable product success through business agility
Preparation for PSPO II certification.

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

The Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) training will provide not just the PSPO-A class manual and the PSPO 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 several books and ebooks from Stefan, that provide proven hands-on tactics to excel at your position of Product Owner.

Also, students of PSPO-A classes are eligible to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credits. Here, 14 PDUs are available after attending a two-day Professional Scrum Product Owner (Advanced) 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 Advanced PSPO II Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner 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 PSPO II certificate included
You will receive a 40% discount on the exam fees for the PSPO III certification
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 alumni
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 Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner Class?

You will experience this PSPO-A 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 fourteen 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 #46: Engage the Agile Fluency® Model with Diana Larsen
2022-10-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #46: Engage the Agile Fluency® Model with Diana Larsen

Join Agile innovator Diana Larsen for a lively engagement with the Agile Fluency Model®. After a short introduction to AFM, we’ll shift to an AMA-style discussion (Ask Me Anything) of the groundbreaking view of agile and teams. Then, learn about an inclusive, positive, improvement-oriented approach to guiding Agile choices.

Join this exciting session with Diana Larsen on October 12, 2022! (The meetup will be in English.)

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — September 6-9, 2022.

Join 470-plus peers and contribute to the anonymous poll for the upcoming Free ‘Product Owner and Product Manager Salary Report 2022!’

How to Prepare Yourself

Join Agile innovator Diana Larsen for a lively engagement with the Agile Fluency Model®. After a short introduction to AFM, we’ll shift to an AMA-style discussion (Ask Me Anything) of the groundbreaking view of agile and teams. Then, learn about an inclusive, positive, improvement-oriented approach to guiding Agile choices.

And check out Diana’s latest book, Lead without Blame: Building Resilient Learning Teams, available for preorder now and shipping on September 27. You can ask questions about it too!

For more background, view the short video and/or check out the free downloadable eBook, then come to the event with your questions ready:

Watch a short video

Read the Agile Fluency® Model eBook

Diana Larsen

The agile community knows Diana Larsen for her contributions to the foundations and extensions of Agile thought and practices. As a consulting partner, mentor, and speaker, she’s worked with forward-looking leaders throughout her career.

Diana co-authored several influential books: Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams, 2nd ed. gives clear instructions for chartering and setting a tone for productive teamwork. In Five Rules for Accelerated Learning, leaders find guidance for supporting more effective learning. Agile Retrospectives provides a framework for team learning and improvement. (2nd edition coming later in 2022!) The Agile Fluency® Model: A Brief Guide to Success with Agile is available as a free eBook.

The past year she provided content for James Shore’s The Art of Agile Development, 2nd edition.

Diana also has been hard at work pair-writing the upcoming book, Lead Without Blame: Building Resilient Learning Teams with Tricia Broderick (available mid-2022).

Connect with Diana Larsen

Diana Larsen’s Website
Diana Larsen on Twitter
Diana Larsen on LinkedIn

RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

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: October 4-5, 2022
2022-10-04 09:00 - 2022-10-05 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class from October 4-5, 2022

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 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 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 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.)

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.

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

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%.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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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 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.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills — Live Virtual Class: September 29, 2022
2022-09-29 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of September 29, 2022

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) training by Berlin Product People is a one-day guaranteed 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 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 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.)

Attendance: You can book your seat directly:

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If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please feel free to contact your Professional Scrum Trainer:

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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.

Hands-on Agile #45: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale w/ James Shore
2022-09-27 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #45: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore

James Shore shares his experiences with scaling Agile—first with traditional approaches, and more recently with FAST. Learn what works, what doesn’t, and how you can try FAST in your organization.

Join this exciting session with James Shore on September 27, 2022! (The meetup will be in English.)

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Scaling Agile

How can multiple teams work together on a single product? The common wisdom is to carefully align teams and responsibilities to create autonomous teams. But, invariably, this approach eventually runs into cross-team bottlenecks, challenges aligning responsibilities to teams, and difficulties creating cross-functional teams.

Fluid Scaling Technology, or FAST, is an innovative new approach that solves these problems. It uses frequent team self-selection to prevent bottlenecks, share knowledge amongst teams, and ensure the right people are working on the right things. It’s simple and lightweight.

Join James Shore as he shares his experiences with scaling Agile—first with traditional approaches, and more recently with FAST. Learn what works, what doesn’t, and how you can try FAST in your organization.

James Shore

James Shore has been leading teams in practicing Agile development since 1999. He combines a deep understanding of Agile with decades of in-the-trenches practical development experience. He uses this experience to help people understand how all aspects of Agile fit together to create outstanding results.

James is the author of The Art of Agile Development, a recipient of the Agile Alliance's Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice, and co-creator of the Agile Fluency® Model.

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