Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort of June 13-July 11, 2024
2024-06-13 15:00 - 2024-07-11 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
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.

Testimonial: “If you are looking to move beyond merely delivering features and want to start consistently delivering outcomes and valuable deliverables to your customers, this course is essential. Stefan provides the focus and tools necessary to embark on a journey toward excellent product management. With a curriculum that includes vision, strategy, roadmap, product discovery, continuous delivery, idea management, hypothesis management, and backlog management, this course promises less than it delivers—a truly transformative experience.” (Hector Feliciano.)

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.

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

The Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class by Stefan Wolpers

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

The cohort class will focus on:

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

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

Who Shall Attend the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort?

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

Aspiring and experienced Product 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.

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:

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.

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

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

Direct engagement with hands-on exercises to apply theoretical knowledge to benefit your career as a product mensch.
Experience industry-renowned frameworks and practices intensely.
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.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Cohort Class?

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class w/ PSFS Certificate — June 25, 2024
2024-06-25 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
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.

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

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

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

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

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?

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

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

PSFS Learning Objectives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSFS Class

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Hands-on Agile #63: The Anti-Pattern Canvas — A Tool Session with Stefan Wolpers
2024-07-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #63: The Anti-Pattern Canvas — A Tool Session (1)

I invite you to an exciting session to delve into the first tool from my upcoming “Anti-Pattern Canvas,” inspired by the widely acclaimed Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book. Given the frequent inquiries and discussions about how to systematically implement the strategies within this guide, I’ve designed today’s workshop to do just that—transform theory into actionable practice. (The meetup will be in English.)

🎟 RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

🎓 July 1, 2024: Learn to Master Your Most Important Artifact w/ the Advanced Product Backlog Management Course for Just $99!

👉 Please note:

The course includes membership in a new community of agile professionals.
Become fully reimbursed if you choose to join the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort of June 13-July 11, 2024, at € 399.
The course will only be available until July 8, 2024, for sign-up!

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

Abstract

I invite you to an exciting session to delve into the first tool from my upcoming “Anti-Pattern Canvas,” inspired by the widely acclaimed Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book. Given the frequent inquiries and discussions about how to systematically implement the strategies within this guide, I’ve designed today’s workshop to do just that—transform theory into actionable practice.

What to Expect

During this session, we will explore the first tool from the “Anti-Pattern Canvas” framework, designed to help teams visually map out, discuss, and resolve the recurring negative patterns that impede value creation at the team and organizational levels.

Whether you’re a seasoned Scrum professional or new to the concept of anti-patterns, this session will illuminate and address the dysfunctions that often go unnoticed.

🎟 RSVP now on Meetup.com — Seats are limited!

📅 Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

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

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

🖥 💯 🇩🇪 May 14-15, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇬🇧 May 28-29, 2024
Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 June 6, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #62: From Backlog Manager to Product Manager: From Outputs to Outcomes w/ David Pereira (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 June 13-July 11, 2024
GUARANTEED: Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class (PBM; English; Live Virtual Cohort)
Live Virtual Class
€399 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 June 25, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 July 3, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #63: The Anti-Pattern Canvas — A Tool Session (1) with Stefan Wolpers (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

🖥 🇩🇪 July 9-10, 2024
Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇩🇪 August 27-28, 2024
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; 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 of July 9-10, 2024
2024-07-09 09:00 - 2024-07-10 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update vom 26. Juni 2024:

Es gibt aktuell nur noch ein Ticket für die Schulung am 9. und 10. Juli 2024. Bitte ziehen Sie daher ggf. auch meine nächste Product-Owner-Klasse vom 3. bis 6. September 2024 in Erwägung. (Es handelt sich um eine Halbtagsschulung von Dienstag bis Freitag von 9 bis 13 Uhr.)

Um Ihnen die Entscheidung zu erleichtern, kann ich Ihnen für die September-Klasse aktuell einen Sommernachlass in Höhe von 15 % anbieten. (Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich für den zugehörigen Code: stefan.wolpers@berlin-product-people.com.)

Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of July 9-10, 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.

➕ 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:

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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+49 171 30 30 321

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

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

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

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

“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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM II Certificate — August 20-21, 2024
2024-08-20 09:00 - 2024-08-21 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM II) from August 20-21, 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 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: 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:

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

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.

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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:

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 a $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

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

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

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

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

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

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

What Will You Take Home with You?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: August 27-28, 2024
2024-08-27 09:00 - 2024-08-28 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
👉 Use the code Sommer25 to get 25 percent off until August 25, 2024! 👈

Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of August 27-28, 2024

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: 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:

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

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

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Customer Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?

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

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

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

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

Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I) Focus

The PSM I training will focus on:

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

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

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

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

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

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

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Master Training?

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort of August 29-September 26, 2024
2024-08-29 15:00 - 2024-09-26 18:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of August 29-September 26, 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.

Testimonial: “If you are looking to move beyond merely delivering features and want to start consistently delivering outcomes and valuable deliverables to your customers, this course is essential. Stefan provides the focus and tools necessary to embark on a journey toward excellent product management. With a curriculum that includes vision, strategy, roadmap, product discovery, continuous delivery, idea management, hypothesis management, and backlog management, this course promises less than it delivers—a truly transformative experience.” (Hector Feliciano.)

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 September 1, 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, August 29, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.
Thursday, September 12, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.
Thursday, September 26, 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.

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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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.

The Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class by Stefan Wolpers

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

The cohort class will focus on:

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

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

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.

Who Shall Attend the Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort?

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

Aspiring and experienced Product 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.

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:

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.

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

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

Direct engagement with hands-on exercises to apply theoretical knowledge to benefit your career as a product mensch.
Experience industry-renowned frameworks and practices intensely.
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.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Cohort Class?

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of September 3-6, 2024
2024-09-03 09:00 - 2024-09-06 13:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of September 3-6, 2024

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

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 13:00 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.

➕ 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:

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

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

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

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

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

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Hands-on Agile #64: Mastering Work Intake w/ Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley
2024-09-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #64: Mastering Work Intake: The Key to Sustainability and Flow

How do you deal with prioritization of the flood of new requirements, requests, and ideas? Let’s talk about the challenges of mastering work intake to achieve sustainable productivity and flow. You can expect new ideas from authors Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley on a classic challenge for every team. (The meetup will be in English.)

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🎓 July 1, 2024: The Advanced Product Backlog Management Course for Just $99!

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The course includes membership in a new community of agile professionals.
The course will only be available until July 8, 2024, for sign-up!

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Abstract

Agile and Lean embrace the idea that teams and organizations pull prioritized work. But what happens when work gets pushed on a team or organization? If you’ve seen this anti-pattern, you’re no longer dealing with work “intake” — you’re dealing with work “entry.” Pushing work kills sustainable pace and consistent flow of value delivery. Mastering the work intake challenge could very well make or break your career. Or even your company.

In this session, we’ll start by defining work intake. Then, we’ll focus on how work enters different levels of organizations and discuss strategies for recognizing and solving work intake anti-patterns.

Meet Jeremy Willets

Jeremy Willets is a team lead at Rockwell Automation. He started in software as a Technical Writer on a Scrum team more than a decade ago: “It wasn’t long before I fell in love with Agile. I’ve served thriving organizations as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Senior Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer, and mentor. I’ve even been fortunate enough to speak at a few conferences. When I’m not working with people and teams, you can find me with my family or maybe even making music as TLNGO.”

Meet Tom Cagley

Tom Cagley is a consultant, speaker, author, coach, and agile guide who leads organizations and teams to unlock their inherent greatness. Tom helps teams and organizations improve cycle time, productivity, quality, morale, and customer satisfaction and then proves it. Tom has been an internationally respected blogger and podcaster for over 18 years, focusing on software processes and measurement. His blog entries and podcasts have been listened to or read millions of times. He co-authored:

Mastering Work Intake with Jeremy Willets, and
Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques with Murali K. Chemuturi.

Connect with Jeremy and Tom

Jeremy Willets on LinkedIn.
Jeremy Willets’ Website.
Tom Cagley on LinkedIn.
Tom Cagley’s Website.

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📅 Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

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

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 June 25, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 July 3, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #63: The Anti-Patterns Canvas — A Tool Session (1) with Stefan Wolpers (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

🖥 💯 🇩🇪 July 9-10, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇬🇧 August 20-21, 2024
Professional Scrum Master Advanced Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇩🇪 August 27-28, 2024
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇩🇪 September 3-6, 2024
Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 September 4, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #64: Mastering Work Intake Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 October 9, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #65: The Lean Tech Manifesto with Fabrice Bernhard (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

See all upcoming classes here.

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

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of October 1-2, 2024
2024-10-01 09:00 - 2024-10-02 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of October 1-2, 2024

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

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive class with like-minded agile peers from 09:00 – 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.

➕ 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:

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

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

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

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

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Hands-on Agile #65: The Lean Tech Manifesto with Fabrice Bernhard
2024-10-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Live Event
TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #65: The Lean Tech Manifesto with Fabrice Bernhard

Discover how the “Lean Tech Manifesto” solves the challenge of scaling Agile for large organizations, enhancing innovation and team autonomy with the its author, Fabrice Bernhard. (The meetup will be in English.)

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🎓 July 1, 2024: The Advanced Product Backlog Management Course for Just $99!

👉 Please note:

The course includes membership in a new community of agile professionals.
The course will only be available until July 8, 2024, for sign-up!

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Abstract

The release of the Agile Manifesto on February 13th, 2001, marked a revolutionary shift in how tech organizations think about work. By empowering development teams, Agile cut through the red tape in software development and quickly led to significant improvements in innovation speed and software quality.

This new and refreshing approach brought by Agile led to its adoption beyond just the scope of a development team, spreading across entire companies far beyond the initial context it was designed for by the manifesto's original thinkers. And here lies the problem: the Agile Manifesto was designed for development teams, not for organizations with hundreds or even thousands of people.

As enthusiasts of Agile, Benoît and I went through phases of excitement and then frustration as we experienced these limitations firsthand while Theodo grew and our clients became larger. What gave us hope was seeing organizations on both sides of the Pacific, in Japan and California, achieve levels of growth and success almost unmatched while retaining the principles that made the Agile movement so compelling.

The "Lean Tech Manifesto" is the result of spending the past 15 years studying these giants and experimenting as we scaled our own business. It tries to build on the genius of the original 2001 document but adapt it to a much larger scale. I will share the connection we identified between Agile and Lean principles and also the tech innovations that we found the best tech organisations adopt to distribute work and maintain team autonomy.

Meet Fabrice Bernhard

Fabrice Bernhard is the co-author of The Lean Tech Manifesto and the Group CTO of Theodo, a leading technology consultancy he cofounded with Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle and scaled from 10 people in 2012 to 700 people in 2022. Based in Paris, London and Casablanca, Theodo uses Agile, DevOps, and Lean to build transformational tech products for clients all over the world, including global companies—such as VF Corporation, Raytheon Technologies, SMBC, Biogen, Colas, Tarkett, Dior, Safran, BNP Paribas, Allianz, and SG—and leading tech scale-ups—such as ContentSquare, ManoMano, and Qonto.

Fabrice is an expert in technology and large-scale transformations and has contributed to multiple startups scaling more sustainably with Lean thinking. He has been invited to share his experience at international conferences, including the Lean Summit, DevopsDays, and CraftConf. The Theodo story has been featured in multiple articles and in the book Learning to Scale at Theodo Group.

Fabrice is also the co-founder of the Paris DevOps meetup and an active YPO member. He studied at École Polytechnique and ETH Zürich and lives in London with his two sons.

Connect with Fabrice Bernhard

Fabrice Bernhard on LinkedIn.
Fabrice Bernhard’s book “The Lean Tech Manifesto.”

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📅 Scrum Training Classes, Workshops, and Events

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

Date
Class and Language
City
Price

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 June 25, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€749 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 July 3, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #63: The Anti-Patterns Canvas — A Tool Session (1) with Stefan Wolpers (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

🖥 💯 🇩🇪 July 9-10, 2024
GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇬🇧 August 20-21, 2024
Professional Scrum Master Advanced Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇩🇪 August 27-28, 2024
Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.189 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 🇩🇪 September 3-6, 2024
Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class)
Live Virtual Class
€1.299 incl. 19% VAT

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 September 4, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #64: Mastering Work Intake Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

🖥 💯 🇬🇧 October 9, 2024
GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #65: The Lean Tech Manifesto with Fabrice Bernhard (English)
Live Virtual Meetup
FREE

See all upcoming classes here.

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

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM II Certificate — October 15-16, 2024
2024-10-15 09:00 - 2024-10-16 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (PSM-A) from October 15-16, 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-A 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.

➕ 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:

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

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

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices 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.

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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:

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 a $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

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

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

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

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

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

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

What Will You Take Home with You?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of November 6-7, 2024
2024-11-06 09:00 - 2024-11-07 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of November 6-7, 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, get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

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

📈 PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/24:

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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

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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.)

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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM II Certificate — November 18-19, 2024
2024-11-18 09:00 - 2024-11-19 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (w/ PSM II Certificate) from November 18-19, 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-A training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

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

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

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

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

📈 PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/2024:

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

Book Your Seat by Email

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

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

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

Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor

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:

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 a $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

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

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

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

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

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

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

What Will You Take Home with You?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class w/ PSFS Certificate — November 21, 2024
2024-11-21 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of November 21, 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, 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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Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: December 4-5, 2024
2024-12-04 09:00 - 2024-12-05 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSM Training Class of December 4-5, 2024

Update: This PSM I class will no longer be held. As an alternative, please check out the guaranteed Advanced Scrum Master Class of December 18-19, 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 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 (30-45 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: 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:

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

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

Customer Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who Shall Attend the Online PSM I Training?

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

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

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

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

Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I) Focus

The PSM I training will focus on:

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

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

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

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSM Class

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

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

How to Prepare Yourself for the Professional Scrum Master Training?

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of December 10-11, 2024
2024-12-10 09:00 - 2024-12-11 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of December 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, get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
Follow-up (30 minutes): One week after completing the training, participants share their first experiences with PSPO certification.

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

📈 PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/24:

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

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

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

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

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

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training with PSM II Certificate — December 18-19, 2024
2024-12-18 09:00 - 2024-12-19 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (w/ PSM II Certificate) from December 18-19, 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-A training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

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

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

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

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

📈 PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/2024:

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

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

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

Click here to buy tickets

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:

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 a $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

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

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

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

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

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

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

What Will You Take Home with You?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of January 28-31, 2025
2025-01-28 09:00 - 2025-01-31 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Update: Tickets for this class are no longer available. Please consider my next PSPO class on March 11-12, 2025.

Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of January 28-31, 2025

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

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

📈 PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/24:

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 tickets

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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training with PSM II Certificate — February 12-13, 2025
2025-02-12 09:00 - 2025-02-13 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (w/ PSM II Certificate) from February 12-13, 2025

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-A training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

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

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

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

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

📈 PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/2024:

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 tickets

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.

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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:

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 a $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

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

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

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

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

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

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

What Will You Take Home with You?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class w/ PSFS Certificate — February 27, 2025
2025-02-27 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of February 27, 2025

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, 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.)

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

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

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?

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

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

PSFS Learning Objectives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSFS Class

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Align, Discover, Deliver: The Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of March 6-April 3, 2025
2025-03-06 15:00 - 2025-04-03 18:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Align, Discover, Deliver — Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of March 6-April 3, 2025

Turn your Product Backlog into a strategic tool for empowered product teams to discover solutions, align stakeholders, and deliver measurable outcomes.

Are you ready to elevate your Product Management practice and drive meaningful outcomes for your team and stakeholders?

This guaranteed immersive cohort class will guide you in turning your Product Backlog into a strategic asset that aligns your vision, stakeholders, and team with customer needs and business goals.

Led by Professional Scrum Trainer and Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide author Stefan Wolpers, this live, interactive class is designed for product leaders and agile practitioners who want to master the tools and techniques to deliver measurable results.

Testimonial: “If you are looking to move beyond merely delivering features and want to start consistently delivering outcomes and valuable deliverables to your customers, this course is essential. Stefan provides the focus and tools necessary to embark on a journey toward excellent product management. With a curriculum that includes vision, strategy, roadmap, product discovery, continuous delivery, idea management, hypothesis management, and backlog management, this course promises less than it delivers—a truly transformative experience.” (Hector Feliciano.)

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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.

What Makes This Cohort Class Unique?

This isn’t just a class—it’s a transformational experience built around Marty Cagan’s principles of the Product Operating Model, with a focus on:

Outcome-Driven Product Backlogs: Shift from tasks to strategic outcomes that deliver actual value to your customers and organization.
Empowered Teams: Collaborate with like-minded professionals to refine your ability to align teams and stakeholders for maximum impact.
Dual-Track Agile Practices: Integrate product discovery and delivery techniques to validate solutions and prioritize effectively.
Hands-On Learning: Practice advanced backlog techniques through real-world exercises, actionable frameworks, and expert facilitation.

Cohort Benefits

Enjoy the following advantages as a participant:

Learn Advanced Tools for Strategic Alignment: Master tools like the Product Vision Canvas, Lean Canvas, and User Story Mapping to bridge the gap between product strategy and tactical execution.
Navigate the Product Operating Model: Move beyond feature factories to adopt principles like outcomes over outputs, empowered teams, and cross-functional collaboration.
Develop Stakeholder Trust and Alignment: Use structured frameworks to align stakeholders around the "Why," "What," and "How" of your product vision. Learn to say “No” without damaging relationships.
Create Value-Driven Feedback Loops: Implement feedback mechanisms to validate customer value and refine your backlog items continuously.

What You’ll Take Away

Gain advanced frameworks, community support, and access to self-paced resources to enhance your professional growth:

Actionable Frameworks: Apply advanced techniques like the Product Opportunity Canvas, user story mapping, and anti-pattern analysis to ensure your backlog delivers value.
Professional Growth: Earn a certificate of completion and gain access to exclusive community resources to support your ongoing development.
Peer Support: Build relationships with other product leaders and agile practitioners in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
Included Bonuses: Continue learning with access to the self-paced Product Backlog Management Course and exclusive community discussions.

Class Schedule and Structure

Engage in three live, hands-on sessions, pre- and post-class events, and two work exercises with fellow students to maximize your learning experience:

Session 1: March 6, 2025 | 3 pm – 6 pm CEST
Work Exercise 1: Between sessions 1 and 2.
Session 2: March 20, 2025 | 3 pm – 6 pm CEST
Work Exercise 2: Between sessions 2 and 3.
Session 3: April 3, 2025 | 3 pm – 6 pm CEST

Additional Events

The cohort class comprises additional events to further class collaboration:

Pre-Class Preparation (30 min): Get to know your peers and set up for success a week before the first session.
Post-Class Reunion (30 min): Reflect on your progress and revisit key takeaways two weeks after the final session.
Refresher Classes: Attend future public cohort classes for free to revisit and deepen your knowledge.

Who Should Join This Cohort Class?

This class is ideal for:

Product Managers and Product Owners looking to master backlog alignment and value delivery.
Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches eager to deepen collaboration with product professionals.
Business Analysts and Stakeholders who want to align business objectives with agile delivery processes.
Aspiring Product Leaders ready to adopt the principles of the product operating model in their work.

Why You Cannot Miss This Class

Learn to master practical techniques, build confidence through hands-on exercises, join a professional community, and access valuable learning resources:

Learn Proven Techniques: Gain practical tools and strategies to deliver business outcomes, not just outputs.
Hands-On Experience: Work on real-world exercises to build confidence in applying your knowledge.
Community Support: Join an exclusive group of professionals dedicated to elevating product management practices.
Extend Your Learning: Get access to the self-paced Product Backlog Management Course and a detailed workbook filled with actionable resources.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Cohort Class?

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Product Backlog Management Cohort Trainer and Agile Coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 18 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 Today!

Join the Product Backlog Management Cohort Class to master the skills to transform your backlog into a driver of alignment, discovery, and delivery.

Seats are limited. Reserve your spot now and begin your journey toward becoming a product leader focused on outcomes.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of March 11-12, 2025
2025-03-11 09:00 - 2025-03-12 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of March 11-12, 2025

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

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

📈 PSPO I Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/24:

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%.)

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Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

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

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

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

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

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

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

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

The Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)

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

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

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

Source: Scrum.org.

Who Shall Attend the PSPO I Training?

This training is well suited for aspiring Product Owners from all industries—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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training with PSM II Certificate — March 26-27, 2025
2025-03-26 09:00 - 2025-03-27 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (w/ PSM II Certificate) from March 26-27, 2025

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-A training class is designed as a live virtual class and will be offered in English.

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

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

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

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

📈 PSM II Certification Results: While the focus of any class is on lifting your professional skills to the next level, we are not sidelining the certification. In 2023/2024:

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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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.

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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:

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 a $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

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

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

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

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

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

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

What Will You Take Home with You?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class w/ PSFS Certificate — April 24, 2025
2025-04-24 09:00 - 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSFS Training Class of April 24, 2025

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, 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.)

VAT and Booking Your Seat by Email

All tickets listed in this ticket shop, see below, always include 19% VAT. However, there are only two exempts from paying VAT:

You are a corporate customer based outside of Germany but in the European Union and would like to apply the reverse charge process regarding VAT.
You are a corporate customer located outside the European Union.

In both cases, please contact us directly, as these cases require a different invoicing process. I appreciate your understanding!

As a corporate customer located in Germany, you can also book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing:

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+49 171 30 30 321

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

Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

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

Click here to buy tickets

Your Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Learn more about the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.

Customer Voices

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

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes

Please note that terms and conditions apply.

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

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

Who Shall Attend the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training?

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

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

PSFS Learning Objectives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this PSFS Class

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of April 29-30, 2025
2025-04-29 09:00 - 2025-04-30 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of April 29-30, 2025

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.

➕ 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:

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%.)

VAT and Booking Your Seat by Email

All tickets listed in this ticket shop, see below, always include 19% VAT. However, there are only two exempts from paying VAT:

You are a corporate customer based outside of Germany but in the European Union and would like to apply the reverse charge process regarding VAT.
You are a corporate customer located outside the European Union.

In both cases, please contact us directly, as these cases require a different invoicing process. I appreciate your understanding!

As a corporate customer located in Germany, you can also book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing:

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 tickets

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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training with PSM II Certificate — May 26-27, 2025
2025-05-26 09:00 - 2025-05-27 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Advanced Scrum Master Training (w/ PSM II Certificate) from May 26-27, 2025

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-A 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.

➕ 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 2024/2025:

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%.)

VAT and Booking Your Seat by Email

All tickets listed in this ticket shop, see below, always include 19% VAT. However, there are only two exempts from paying VAT:

You are a corporate customer based outside of Germany but in the European Union and would like to apply the reverse charge process regarding VAT.
You are a corporate customer located outside the European Union.

In both cases, please contact us directly, as these cases require a different invoicing process. I appreciate your understanding!

As a corporate customer located in Germany, you can also book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing:

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 tickets

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:

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 a $200 advantage.)
You will receive a discount of 20 percent on other of our classes.

Learning Objectives of the Advanced Scrum Master Training Class

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

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

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

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

PSM II Training Focus

The Professional Scrum Master II training will focus on:

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

What Will You Take Home with You?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of June 3-4, 2025
2025-06-03 09:00 - 2025-06-04 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
👉 The class is postponed; see: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of July 8-9, 2025.

Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of June 3-4, 2025

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.

➕ 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:

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%.)

VAT and Booking Your Seat by Email

All tickets listed in this ticket shop, see below, always include 19% VAT. However, there are only two exempts from paying VAT:

You are a corporate customer based outside of Germany but in the European Union and would like to apply the reverse charge process regarding VAT.
You are a corporate customer located outside the European Union.

In both cases, please contact us directly, as these cases require a different invoicing process. I appreciate your understanding!

As a corporate customer located in Germany, you can also book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing:

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Book Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

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

Click here to buy tickets

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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.

AI for Agile Practitioners: Pilot Cohort #3 — June 5 to July 3, 2025
2025-06-05 14:00 - 2025-07-03 18:00 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the AI for Agile Practitioners: Pilot Cohort Program — June 5 to July 3, 2025

Transform your Agile practice with AI. Be among the first to master practical AI applications for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Product Owners, Product Managers, and Project Managers.

Led by Stefan Wolpers, Professional Scrum Trainer and author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide, this live, interactive class is designed for agile practitioners who want to stay relevant and utilize AI for their professional benefit. The class is in English. 🇬🇧

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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VAT and Booking Your Seat via the Ticket Shop

All tickets listed in this ticket shop always include 19% VAT. However, there are only two exempts from paying VAT:

You are a corporate customer based outside of Germany but in the European Union and would like to apply the reverse charge process regarding VAT.
You are a corporate customer located outside the European Union.

In both cases, please contact us directly, as these cases require a different invoicing process. I appreciate your understanding!

Click here to buy tickets

🔧 Tool Selection & Why It Matters

This cohort was initially designed around free versions of various AI models. However, after reviewing the latest capabilities and considering feedback from our initial survey, I've integrated advanced AI techniques that significantly enhance the learning experience. These include:

GPTs, projects, agent-driven workflows for report generation, and tailored AI assistance.
Advanced prompt engineering techniques that require access to custom AI models and long-context interactions.

While we will still use free Perplexity, Claude, DeepSeek, and NotebookLLM versions, these advanced techniques are only available in paid versions of certain models. ChatGPT Plus currently offers the best and most-rounded feature set for the objectives of this class.

👉 What This Means for You:

To ensure every participant has the best possible experience, I recommend signing up for ChatGPT Plus for the class duration (June 5 to July 3). The one-month subscription of USD 20 will allow you to engage with all exercises and hands-on learning without limitations fully.

If you choose not to upgrade, you can still participate, but some techniques will not be immediately testable on your end, and you may need to rely on shared outputs from others in the class.

Join the Innovation Journey

3 intensive sessions: June 5, June 18, and July 3, 2025 (2-6 pm CEST)
Limited to 16 participants for maximum interaction
Direct access to course development insights
Life-long access to the corresponding online course when available
Shape the future of AI in Agile practices

What Makes This Different

Unlike theoretical AI courses or generic Agile training, this pilot program focuses on immediate practical applications:

Create high-impact events and workshops using AI
Ease stakeholder communications while maintaining authenticity
Generate actionable insights from team metrics
Build your personal AI prompt library for repetitive tasks

What You'll Get

12-plus hours of live, interactive training
Learn to master prompt engineering
Real-world practice with immediate feedback
Access to all future iterations of the course materials
Certificate of completion as a founding participant

Perfect For You If...

You're an experienced Agile practitioner ready to leverage AI
You want to stay ahead of the AI curve in Agile practices
You're excited to contribute to developing cutting-edge courses
You enjoy learning through experimentation and iteration

The Pilot Experience

As a pilot participant, you'll:

Test new concepts and provide direct feedback
Help shape the future curriculum
Experience rapid iterations of content and approaches
Get lifetime access to the final course at no additional cost

Your Investment

Early adopter price: €249 (regular course will be €499)
Limited to 16 participants to ensure quality interaction

Important Note

This is a pilot program. While the core content is solid, expect:

Real-time adjustments based on group needs
Experimental approaches that we'll refine together
Open discussions about what works and what doesn't
The occasional rough edge that we'll smooth out together

Class Schedule and Structure

Engage in three live, hands-on sessions, pre- and post-class events, and two work exercises with fellow students to maximize your learning experience:

Session 1: June 5, 2025, 2 pm – 6 pm CEST (Thursday)
Work exercise 1: Between sessions 1 and 2
Session 2: June 18, 2025, 2 pm – 6 pm CEST (Wednesday)
Work exercise 2: Between sessions 2 and 3
Session 3: July 3, 2025, 2 pm – 6 pm CEST (Thursday)

Additional Events

Pre-Class Preparation (30 min): Meet your peers a week before the first session and prepare for success
Post-Class Reunion (30 min): Two weeks after the final session, reflect on your progress and revisit key takeaways
Refresher Classes: Attend future public cohort classes for free to revisit and deepen your knowledge

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

For this AI for Agile Practitioners cohort class, we use Zoom and Mural to ensure the best learning experience. If you need to use other applications, such as Microsoft Teams, please feel free to contact us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

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

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.

Professional Scrum Product Owner Training w/ PSPO I Certificate of July 8-9, 2025
2025-07-08 09:00 - 2025-07-09 17:30 | Live-virtual Class, Berlin, Germany
Book Your Seat in the Online PSPO Training of July 8-9, 2025

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.

➕ 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:

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%.)

VAT and Booking Your Seat by Email

All tickets listed in this ticket shop, see below, always include 19% VAT. However, there are only two exempts from paying VAT:

You are a corporate customer based outside of Germany but in the European Union and would like to apply the reverse charge process regarding VAT.
You are a corporate customer located outside the European Union.

In both cases, please contact us directly, as these cases require a different invoicing process. I appreciate your understanding!

As a corporate customer located in Germany, you can also book your seat by email. Please provide us with all the necessary information for invoicing:

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 tickets

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:

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 receive a 20 percent discount for further courses.

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

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

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

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

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

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

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

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

Stefan 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.
