Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: August 27-28, 2024
August 27 @ 9:00 am - August 28 @ 5:30 pm
1189€Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of August 27-28, 2024
Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSM I certification. The training will be offered in German.
Enjoy the benefits of an live-virtual immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST.
We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:
- Preparation (30 min): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
- Follow-up (30-45 min): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSM I certification.
- 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%.)
- 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.
- 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.
- All work will be done in small groups
- There are no more than 12-16 participants
- It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
- Up to two attempts to pass the PSM I certificate included
- 14 PMI PDUs awarded
- Comprehensive course material plus several ebooks to ease the life of a Professional Scrum Master
- You will gain exclusive access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with Stefan as a class alumni
- You will receive a discount for further courses.
- 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).
➕ 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: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/2023:
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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
Customer Voices
“Great class. Probably the best training I ever attended. Extremely driven and productive class, with interactive exercises that challenge you to think in Agile manner. Keeps the focus on the point regardless of the remote session. Stefan for sure goes above and beyond to teach you how to be a real Scum master.”(Link.)
“I would wholeheartedly recommend you any course with Stefan Wolpers. He knows the trade like nobody else and his methodology helps you in grasping the intricacies of scrum both in a technical and emotional level. I would encourage you to do this course, even if you are not planning in adopting scrum in your organization! A great experience :)”(Link.)
“Great class. Perfectly managed, learned a lot. Great preparation for the PSM 1 certicate. Highly recommended!”(Link.)
“The class was organised super well, at no point in time was anything unclear or vague. Structure, length, concept and delivered content were useful to achieve a well-founded and good knowledge-level on Scrum and Scrum Mastery. Stefan did an exceptional job of leading through the class, embracing and encouraging a lively and constructive exchange between all participants. The fact that the class was held remotely via zoom did not constrain us in any way. All selected tools were useful and appropriate. Would definitely recommend this class.”(Link.)
“A highly informative series of classes that naturally built upon what it promised ie – in preparing attendees to become Scrum Masters. Classes had a perfect balance of instructor-led and working group sessions. @Stefan Wolpers – GREAT job at being our instructor.”(Link.)
The class with Stefan was very well structured, delivering a helpful hands-on approach to all the Scrum basics. He managed to cover participants with different levels of expertise and from various fields easily and delivered knew knowledge and value to all of them from my point of view. The culture during these four days was excellent, so that everyone felt capable to speak up. Very much worth the invested time and money!(Link.)
“Amazing class, amazing trainer, very helpful and insightful. Stefan provides you with everything you need to know about SCRUM as a Scrum Master. His experience is very impressive. It’s been a genuinely great class! Thank you Stefan!”(Link).
“I attended the PSM I class run by Stefan Wolpers from Berlin Product People in Berlin this November and I am 100% sold. I came here intentionally to better understand how our product department works and to get some new impulses on my own projects but after preparing for the course, I started getting hooked on the possibilities of scrum, and just a short time into the class, I seriously started considering looking into shifting fields over to the fascinating world of agility. Thanks to Stefan for being so extremely resourceful before, during and after the class, filling the course with interesting real-life examples (also props to the other participants for sharing), and creating community rather than just sending you off with two days of memories and some printouts. Incredible class, great content, 100% recommended.”
TL; DR: Online Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I)
The Online Professional Scrum Master training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org class leading to and including the industry-acknowledged PSM I certification.
Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?
This training is well suited for aspiring Scrum Masters from all industries—engineering to finance to transportation to pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The class will address issues that Scrum Masters are facing daily, for example:
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:
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:
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:
(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than seventeen years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.
Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of June 25, 2024
The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) training by Berlin Product People is a guaranteed one-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum practitioners and agile coaches, including the industry-acknowledged PSFS certification. This PSFS training class is in English.
Enjoy the benefits of a 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
➕ 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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Customer Voices
“Great experience – “You reap what you saw.” What I really liked about it was the constant usage of facilitation techniques & Liberating Structures to engage all participants & harness the collective knowledge while reaching the goal of the exercises during the workshop. Therefore, my experience was great because I could really leave with some insights from the whole group that I could apply in my daily work starting from the next day. “You reap what you saw” and in this case, it was the collective intelligence of everyone in the training class.”(Link.)
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?
The PSFS class focuses on advancing the participants’ understanding of facilitation and decision-making practices in general and the mindset needed to become an effective servant leader in particular. The class is hence well-suited for any Scrum team members: from Scrum Masters to Developers to Product Owners, agile coaches, and other Scrum consultants.
Please note that the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills class is not suited for beginners. The PSFS training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees and hands-on experience working with or as a part of a Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. Likewise, attending a PSM I or PSM II training class in advance is beneficial, although not mandatory.
PSFS Learning Objectives
The class aims at improving and developing the participants’ facilitation skills for effective collaboration with self-managed teams, namely:
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:
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:
(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers, who will guide you through the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills classes. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.
Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.
Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of June 13-July 11, 2024
Discover the Product Owner success principles in this guaranteed engaging Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort class and accelerate your professional growth and career perspective with tried & tested, hands-on practices:
- Excel at delivering value regularly — your #1 career success factor – by creating alignment among stakeholders and team members.
- Learn to distinguish between valuable and useless ideas.
- Abandon the feature factory. Instead, learn to contribute to customer and organizational success.
- Gain actionable insights, learn supportive tools, and practice everything in a safe community of like-minded peers.
- Learn to say ‘No’ without burning bridges while building trust and rapport with stakeholders.
- Create engaging feedback loops.
Your bonuses:
- Gain access to a thriving community exclusive to professionals from all of my many classes on Professional Scrum, Product Management, Facilitation, and Liberating Structures.
- Continue your learning with the included self-paced Product Backlog Management Course, launching on May 30, 2024.
🇬🇧 The class will be offered in English.
Enjoy the benefits of an immersive cohort class with like-minded agile peers on the following dates:
- Thursday, June 13, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.
- Thursday, June 27, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.
- Thursday, July 11, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.
We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:
- Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training, get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
- Follow-up (30 minutes): Two weeks after completing the training, we have a class reunion.
- Create value by facilitating alignment among stakeholders and team members on the Why, What, and How.
- Master the art of visualizing the big product picture, starting with the Product Vision Canvas.
- Dive deep into Lean Canvas to understand your product’s business model.
- Translate product visions into actionable steps with the Product Opportunity Canvas, Product Roadmaps, and User Story Mapping.
- Acquire expertise in crafting compelling User Stories and refining Product Backlog items.
- Dive deep into advanced Product Backlog management techniques and tools, from the importance of quality to estimating and forecasts to say no without burning bridges.
- Understand the importance and practical applications of feedback loops.
- Aspiring and experienced Product Managers and Product Owners who aim to refine their skills and better understand the nuances of their role.
- Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Delivery Managers who wish to deepen their collaborative partnership with Product Managers and Product Owners.
- Business analysts and stakeholders looking to align business objectives with Scrum’s processes.
- Anyone eager to become proficient in product planning in general and the Product Operating Model in particular.
- A comprehensive workbook filled with exercises, templates, and resources discussed during the class.
- An arsenal of tools and methodologies to tackle any Product Backlog challenge.
- A firm grasp of prevalent Product Backlog anti-patterns from the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
- A certificate of completion showcasing your dedication to refining your professional practices.
- A one-year subscription to Stefan’s new Hands-on Agile Community.
- Direct engagement with hands-on exercises to apply theoretical knowledge to benefit your career as a product mensch.
- Experience industry-renowned frameworks and practices intensely.
- Gain exclusive insights into advanced techniques like Anti-Product-Backlogs, ResearchOps, and more.
- Enhance your Scrum practices to deliver maximum value to customers and stakeholders.
- Gain access to a thriving community exclusive to students from all my classes.
- Continue your learning with the included self-paced Product Backlog Management Course.
- You will receive a substantial discount for further courses.
- 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).
Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) class for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Please contact me for terms and conditions.)
Book Your Seat by Email
As a corporate customer, you can book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing. From corporate customers based in the European Union who want to use the reverse charge procedure regarding VAT, we also need the VAT ID:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
The Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class by Stefan Wolpers
This advanced cohort class offers a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on exercises, explore pivotal frameworks, connect with industry professionals, and harness Scrum techniques to elevate stakeholder value.
The cohort class will focus on:
The training activities will comprise interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.
Who Shall Attend the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort?
This cohort class is designed for product professionals and agile enthusiasts keen on excelling at product creation and Scrum collaboration in a complex landscape:
Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience in startups and stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator, and is an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.
What Will You Take Home with You from the Advanced PBM Cohort Class?
Don’t miss out: Receive a detailed workbook, earn a completion certificate, equip yourself with various tools to master Product Backlog challenges, and access Stefan’s community. You will get:
Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class
There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort class:
How to Prepare Yourself for the Cohort Class?
You will experience this Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:
(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
For this Advanced Product Backlog Management cohort class, we use Zoom and Mural to ensure the best learning experience. If you need to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please contact us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Meet your Product Backlog Management Cohort Trainer and Agile Coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, and Product Owner in different organizations, from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.
Stefan specializes in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, Lean Startup, and product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital-funded startups and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.
Stefan is also the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide, a Pearson publication from the Professional Scrum series.
Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from May 28-29, 2024
Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.
Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock 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.
- 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%.)
- All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
- You will meet up to 12-16 peers
- It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
- You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
- You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumnus
- You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
- You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)
📈 PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/2024:
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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Customer Voices on Our Classes
“Dear Stefan, Thanks a lot for two intense and mindblowing days. Your way of teaching suites me perfectly. I must admit that all the positive feedback you have gotten is spot on! I would any time a day recommand your class to a Scrum Master who wants to add a whole new level to his/her scrum game. To all of you reading this. You have to experience Stefans class to understand how good it is :o)”(Link.)
“Since about 12 people have already asked me these last 2 days: Yes, taking one of Stefan Wolpers classes is a mind-blowing experience. He’s actually the most adroit facilitator I’ve met after Guy Kawasaki & Roland Busch. It all flows like a silk ribbon in a soft spring breeze but with a strong authenticity that prevents the thing from feeling all Del Monte Canned Corporate Facilitation(tm). It may be due to his seemingly effortless mastery of the Liberating Structures. He doesn’t “teach to the test,” yet when you take the open practice assessments, you somehow score 95+ the first time. I dunno, it’s magic or Mozart, you pick.”(Link.)
“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).”(Link.)
“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.”(Link.)
“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.”(Link.)
“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!”(Link.)
“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.”(Link.)
“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.”(Link.)
“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !”(Link.)
“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!”(Link.)
“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.”(Link.)
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II
This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in German.
Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?
This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.
Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.
Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class
There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:
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:
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:
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:
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 17 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.
The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.
Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of July 9-10, 2024
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 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 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.
- 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%.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.
- 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).
➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)
📈 PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/24:
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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Customer Voices
“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.”(Link.)
“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.”(Link.)
“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!”(Link.)
“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.”(Link.)
“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.”(Link.)
“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.”(Link.)
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)
The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:
“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”
Source: Scrum.org.
Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?
This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—from 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 addresses issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:
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:
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:
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:
(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.
Stefan specializes 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.
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of May 14-15, 2024
Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.
Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CEST:
We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:
- Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
- Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.
- 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%.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.
- 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).
➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)
📈 PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/24:
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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Customer Voices
“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.”(Link.)
“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.”(Link.)
“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!”(Link.)
“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.”(Link.)
“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.”(Link.)
“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.”(Link.)
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)
The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:
“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”
Source: Scrum.org.
Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?
This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—from 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 addresses issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:
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:
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:
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:
(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.
Stefan specializes 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.
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of May 7, 2024
The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) training by Berlin Product People is a guaranteed one-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum practitioners and agile coaches, including the industry-acknowledged PSFS certification. This PSFS training class is in English.
Enjoy the benefits of a 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
➕ 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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Customer Voices
“Great experience – “You reap what you saw.” What I really liked about it was the constant usage of facilitation techniques & Liberating Structures to engage all participants & harness the collective knowledge while reaching the goal of the exercises during the workshop. Therefore, my experience was great because I could really leave with some insights from the whole group that I could apply in my daily work starting from the next day. “You reap what you saw” and in this case, it was the collective intelligence of everyone in the training class.”(Link.)
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?
The PSFS class focuses on advancing the participants’ understanding of facilitation and decision-making practices in general and the mindset needed to become an effective servant leader in particular. The class is hence well-suited for any Scrum team members: from Scrum Masters to Developers to Product Owners, agile coaches, and other Scrum consultants.
Please note that the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills class is not suited for beginners. The PSFS training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees and hands-on experience working with or as a part of a Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. Likewise, attending a PSM I or PSM II training class in advance is beneficial, although not mandatory.
PSFS Learning Objectives
The class aims at improving and developing the participants’ facilitation skills for effective collaboration with self-managed teams, namely:
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:
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:
(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers, who will guide you through the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills classes. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.
Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.
Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from April 23-24, 2024
Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Advanced Scrum Master training class including the industry-recognized PSM II certification. The PSM II training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.
Enjoy the benefits of a compact immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 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.
- 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%.)
- All work will be done in small groups, using Liberating Structures extensively
- You will meet up to 12-16 peers
- It is a hands-on, practical learning experience
- You will be invited to a quarterly retrospective exclusively available to PSM II alumni
- You will gain access to the Hands-on Agile Slack community and continue the exchange with your trainer as a class alumnus
- You will receive a 40 percent discount on the PSM III certification. (That is $200 advantage.)
- You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)
📈 PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/2023:
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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Customer Voices on Our Classes
“Since about 12 people have already asked me these last 2 days: Yes, taking one of Stefan Wolpers classes is a mind-blowing experience. He’s actually the most adroit facilitator I’ve met after Guy Kawasaki & Roland Busch. It all flows like a silk ribbon in a soft spring breeze but with a strong authenticity that prevents the thing from feeling all Del Monte Canned Corporate Facilitation(tm). It may be due to his seemingly effortless mastery of the Liberating Structures. He doesn’t “teach to the test,” yet when you take the open practice assessments, you somehow score 95+ the first time. I dunno, it’s magic or Mozart, you pick.”(Link.)
“Very hands-on class with lots of concrete takeaways to help in real world scenarios. Reinforced practices and highlighted things that helped in passing the PSM II exam but that was merely a bonus as the content of the class is so useful – certifications or not. Stefan Wolpers is an excellent trainer with broad practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject and his classes seem to have very good working atmosphere (this was a second class by him that I have taken).”(Link.)
“It was a second time I attended a training led by Stefan and I strongly recommend. Stefan puts a strong emphasis on liberating structures and students interactions. He’s an excellent trainer and his classes are highly engaging. Overall – one of my best learning experiences. I felt very confident taking my PSM II assessment two days after the class and passed on my first attempt.”(Link.)
“Fantastic course with Stefan – I specifically chose to join the class that he was facilitating as I was familiar with him from the Age of Product and have enjoyed and learned from lots of his articles. He didn’t disappoint. Hugely knowledgeable and the delivery of the various elements of learning via Mural & Liberating Structures was inspiring and shall be plagiarised! A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking learning experience for which I must thank him and the other attendees.”(Link.)
“This training is a great way to guide your understanding on Scrum -once again- in the right direction. It is highly practical, well organised, engaging and demanding -in a positive way. The teaching is heavily based on pair-work, collaboration and interaction within the group, using Liberating Structures and other exercises. Most of which, will be easily adjusted to different scenarios, so it’s also a great addition to a SM’s toolbox. I learned a lot, had fun and met 12 amazing professionals. Thank you, Stefan!”(Link.)
“Outstanding PSM II experience: Having looked forward to attending this class, literally for years, it was everything I expected, hoped for and then some. I am so grateful that this was an online virtual class, as it added an additional dimension to the learning, and was incredibly insightful. The trainer did an outstanding job of taking us through the learning plan, facilitating discussions, guiding the outcome and believing in the structures. Whether the learning was tangible curriculum, or intangible observation, it was excellent – made even more solid by the open sharing from my classmates and willingness from everyone to participate.”(Link.)
“First of all, thanks to Stefan Wolpers for hosting a truly, truly amazing PSM II class with spirited, passionate individuals and exciting discussions.”(Link.)
“Excellent course and excellent trainer. [The PSM II class] was a lot of fun and we exchanged a lot of experience among advanced class mates. @Stefan: keep rocking !”(Link.)
“Thank you Stefan Wolpers for the great Scrum workshop and everyone else for the amount of great conversations we had. Definitely learnt a lot!”(Link.)
“It was absolutely wonderful experience with this (4 days, 4 hours each) class facilitated by Stefan Wolpers. I am very much impressed on how the [4-day] agenda was planned and executed especially using the Liberating structures. There was a not of sharing and learning in the group and real thought process tackling real time issues as a scrum master. I would recommend his session without a doubt.”(Link.)
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
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🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
TL; DR: Professional Scrum Master Training PSM II
This online advanced Scrum Master training (PSM II) by Berlin Product People is a 2-day official Scrum.org class for advanced Scrum Masters, including the industry-acknowledged PSM II certification. This PSM II training class is offered in German.
Who Should Attend the PSM II Training?
This advanced Scrum Master training class focuses on furthering the participants’ understanding of the role of the Scrum Master, what makes a Scrum Master successful, and the mindset that is needed to become an effective servant leader. The class is hence well-suited for practicing Scrum Masters who want to advance their professional development and take the next career step.
Please note that the Professional Scrum Master II class is not suited for beginners. The PSM II training requires an advanced level of Scrum knowledge from attendees as well as hands-on experience in supporting Scrum Teams for at least 6-12 months. It is also recommended to attend a PSM I training class in advance.
Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class
There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Professional Scrum Master II training:
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:
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:
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:
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom and Mural in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
PST Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has practiced Scrum, XP, and other agile practices for more than 17 years. He is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, for example, he is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator as well as an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.
The training activities will comprise of interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, for example, based on Liberating Structures, or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.
Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of April 10-11, 2024
Discover Scrum’s four success principles in this guaranteed official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner training class, leading to and including the industry-recognized PSPO I certification. The class will be offered in German.
Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 17:30 o’clock CET:
We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:
- Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
- Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.
- 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%.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.
- 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).
➕ Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) course for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Attendance does not include recertification, however.)
📈 PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2022/23:
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:
+49 171 30 30 321 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:
Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Your trainer is Stefan Wolpers, author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide from Pearson’s Professional Scrum Series and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org.
Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
Customer Voices
“Excellent class, revealing more hands-on practices and strategies to find solutions in the role of PSPO than I expected.”(Link.)
“Clear, instructive, perfectly organized and easy to understand! Loved it!.”(Link.)
“Great experience! The class was highly interactive but also paced to adapt to the participants. We learnt by doing and had a lot of fun in the process!”(Link.)
“Stefan’s class was outstanding. Not only is Stefan an extremely knowledgable and experienced Scrum expert but also a very calm and nice instructor with very competent use of tools for remote learning. Additionally, we had a very focused and determined group of people attending this online course. If I ever consider doing another Scrum-related course, it will surely be with Stefan.”(Link.)
“One of the best training on Scrum: Stefan’s virtual PSPO class was one of the best training on Scrum I have ever attended. The pace was right, the people were friendly, and Stefan was a superb host and knowledgeable tutor.”(Link.)
“Best online training ever! 4 half-day training sessions teaching how to be Scrum Product Owner. Useful for both Scrum novices as well as seasoned PO/PM pursuing certification. Stefan (trainer) excels in providing engaging ways to learn Scrum core principles and values as well as sharing his experience of working on different projects.”(Link.)
Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
📅 Looking for a different date? Back to the training schedule for Professional Scrum Training classes.
🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)
The Professional Scrum Product Owner training by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org training. PSPO I training classes are offered both in English and German.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner classes include two attempts to accomplish the industry-acknowledged PSPO I certification:
“The Professional Scrum Product OwnerTM level I (PSPO I) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their knowledge of the Scrum framework and ability to support value creation and delivery. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification to demonstrate their mastery of the content.”
Source: Scrum.org.
Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?
This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—from 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 addresses issues that Product Owners are facing daily, for example:
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:
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:
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:
(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the before-mentioned sources.)
Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes
We use Zoom, Mural, and Google Apps in public training classes to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, for example, Microsoft Teams, please reach out to us for other options.
Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers
Meet your Professional Scrum Trainer and agile coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 17 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.
Stefan is specializing in coaching agile practices for change, for example, agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, as well as product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital funded startups, and transitioning existing product teams in established enterprise organizations.
Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.