Ralph Jocham

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I loved this class! It was very practical and having different seniorities on the work team, helped me to have really good conversations started and tips that i can use in my projects. Thanks!

I quite enjoyed this training. There was a bit of recap of certain areas of PSPOI & II, and a lot of establishing relationships with Product Backlog, Product Goal, and Transparency. Also, time for Q&A at the end of the session is very valuable, provided you bring the right questions.

Ich fand es toll, dass wir auch stark auf die aktuelle Situation abseits vom reinen Scrum eingehen konnten.

I like the organisation of the class, interactive class, and useful info. Thank you Ralph!

I participated in the PSPO Training with Ralph Jocham, and it was one the best learning experiences I've had. The training was very interactive, fun, and the information was presented with concrete examples that allowed for an easy understanding. In preparation for the exam, I also read Ralph's book: "The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage", and this really helped me to solidify the information from the training and to start having the PO mindset. All in all, this was a 10/10 experience and I am very happy I choose scrum.org and Ralph. Hats off for the entire team for making this a memorable learning journey, and a special shout out to Natacha for helping with the prep process.

Great balance between theory and practice, very interactive and fun.

The content of the training is very on point and by having a practical exercise after each addressed topic, I had a chance to immediately practice and apply the new information. The trainer is clearly a very experienced individual, has shared personal experiences and examples while answering questions and was always happy to answer any questions and to encourage us to find our own new answers in order to give us a chance to evolve too.

Teacher, teammates, materials, themes, role plays, excercises

Combination of practical exercises and theory

High quality, thought-ptovoking and fun course.

The video and sound quality was perfect, the tutor provided a perfectly organized board and a suitable timeline for the class. He engaged us with the class perfectly and we worked and thought as a team. It was very exciting to work in teams on the little projects he gave us. Also, the time box of exercises was kind of making us sense the usage of time boxes in the scrum. He answered every question the attendees had very patiently and we had enough time to absorb the information, to understand and ask questions. Also, he explained everything very well and I got a lot of new information I didn't have. He also made the lessons clearer by using examples and his own experiences which I think was really brilliant. He gave us references and used good visual aids in teaching. It was one of my best online class experiences. I really appreciate Mr. Jocham's good work.

I think Ralph was a great coach and I am so happy I joined this course! The class was super interactive and efficient and we created two products from scratch in two teams! That was such a great experience. Thanks a lot, Ralph!

The 2-days PSPO Course led by Ralph (effectiveagile Inc) expands the agile thinking at the highest possible level underlying the benefits of Scrum.

I had a vague idea of SCRUM based on reading about and deduced from the experience as a SCRUM team member. Some simple practices in this course made the idea of SCRUM clearer.

The training was well structured and interactive, allowing participants ample time to try out all the newly acquired knowledge & ideas in break-out sessions. However, the trainer had technical issues which made it almost impossible for one to read most of his notes and understand some of his drawings. Overall, I still consider the trainer to be highly competent.

A practical-oriented class with a lot of collaboration and real examples.

I liked the professional insights. I missed some theory behind the methods.

The class was very interactive which made it easier to follow and be "present". It helped me to learn the basic scrum and product owner.

Even though we had little time we succeed to cover all the topics. It was challenging to keep up with the trainer pace but the method used from the trainer was good and the focus stayed on the scrum.

The lecturer transferred knowledge to the participants very well and kept everyone involved in the training

The possibility of seeing things from a different view

Very practical and well-explained. Ralph puts emphasis on teamwork, practical exercises, and debates. Had some great discussions and left the training with a number of things to think about and improve.

Great Teacher with many practical examples.

Thanks to Ralph!

An excellently designed and pretty intense two-day training, which Ralf led brilliantly and gave excellent and vivid examples. All praise and recommendations.

Ralph did really a good job. Class was well prepared, perfect leadership over the two days and really good learnings as Ralph is explaining and teaching on a very hight level. Thank you!

Really nice experience for the PO I am to go deeper than theory and confront my knowledge and experience to others

Positiv - Aufbau in Mural - Arbeit in Gruppen - Austausch im Plenum und der Gruppe - Bereitstellung aller Unterlagen Kritik - teilweise waren Fragestellungen etwas unklar - etwas längere Bearbeitungszeit für Aufgaben

Thank you Ralph, excellent training!

I had a pleasure of participating in the PSPO-A class in June 2022. Ralph is a great trainer. He instantly created a good, vibrant atmosphere and the group started to work in an open, friendly and productive manner. He is a skilled facilitator, able to find balance between free questions and sticking to agenda. Ralph has such a rich experience, he is full of real-life cases and practical tips and tools. He has the ability to explain things in a clear and concise way, always calm and focused, and at the same time open to difficult questions and interested in different views. The class was intense, but not exhausting, exercises were engaging and mind-broadening. Even though I am not in PO role in my everyday work (I’m a scrum master), thanks to Ralph and this course I managed to pass the assessment with 97,5% score. I sincerely recommend Ralph, his training and materials that he creates.

Professional and very helpful.

The two training days were very intense, deep and fast-paced. It was excellent. Ralph's experience is very telling. The amount of wisdom that he shares on the different angles of product management shines light into what so many companies blatantly fail to acknowledge in the role. The visual material is on point: simple to grasp, and yet requires you to pay attention. Ralph is a very kind and forgiving person. He showed compassion on tough topics and rigor to stick to the schedule when necessary, always with empathy. You might feel overwhelmed if you do not have enough experience in product or as Scrum Master. I would advise this training for aspiring product people or SM's with 2+ years of experience but don't let that deter you from your resolve. If there was one thing I'd suggest in the future, it would be to allocate just a bit more time for deeper conversations in certain topics. Maybe this was my initial response due to not knowing anybody and ideas not flowing as smooth, but I did feel cut short in the beginning. The next day was much smoother as everybody knew each other more, it was great. In summary: we ended up learning a lot more than mere fundamentals of the different angles of product management. Nonetheless, the group's aspiration to read up on several books and other materials led us to believe the training was as incredible gate for further progress.

Good trainer with many years of experience.

good introduction into scrum

Great instructor and rich course, so open and helpfull

I really love the way the trainer keeps us in focus with different team exercises.

Ralph clearly knows what he is talking about There was a lot of material to cover, and I think Ralph did this in a well structured way, with a very deep knowledge of the role of a PO and Scrum in general. Especially liked he could give us examples of when he worked as a programmer. Minus one star because I felt a bit restricted in the breakout rooms with my team, I would have loved for some sessions where everybody in the training session could speak, so we could learn form other people in our own company. So in short, some exercises where everybody participates

Thanks to Ralph and his huge experience, the class was the perfect preparation for the exam. What we discussed was informative, relevant in the daily business and helpful for the final certification.

Nothing bad to mention, the instructor is a spring of knowledge and experience and it was a pleasure listening to him and taking part in this course.

Ralph is a great trainer. Thanks to all the information of Scrum. It was interesting and entertaining as well.

Top, gerne wieder. Klar, deutlich und effizient!

PSPO Class hosted by Ralph Jocham, he clearly explained the scrum theory and the role of the Product Owner in it. The training was virtual and that is something that I personally do not like, but in this case there was good use of the break out rooms in teams. This gave some interaction which is always useful.

Ralph is a great trainer. 2-days of engaging talks, really interesting group exercises and very dynamic

Ralph Jocham is great teacher. He made learning interesting in both theory and practical part of course. I learned a lot things about Scrum that I didn't know before and this course made me pay attention to some points of Scrum I didn't notice so far in my career.

Very well focussed on the practise with lot of examples. Sometimes the link with the PO task was not always directly clear, but came afterwards... Nice teacher !

Very well-organized training sessions that make us think about the concepts and nuances at a practical and theoretical level - I would say it connects the dots between theory and practice. Most important - All questions and doubts are welcome.

Very lively 2-day course despite sleepy audience.

Knowledgeable course facilitator, lots of opportunities to deep dive into the different parts of scrum. Well done!

I consider the training as being very well structured, offering the right amount of information at the right pace. I appreciate the fact that Ralph did not focus only on the PO but he offers insights on other matters related to SCRUM. For me it was a very useful training that I highly recommend.

Almost always work in some capacity in a scrum team and always feeling frustrated with the management, I find that this course definitely covers the essentials of what an Agile leader needs. All too often, one always hear the top brass says lets do Agile, but the environment never changes to support the team.

Really enjoyed the class. Great content !

i liked Ralph's way to teach. Thanks. I think I would prefer the next time face to face training because I had technical issues the first day and I could not follow the class for at least 2 hours.

I enjoyed the interactions during this class, a lot of exercises in order to learn and apply the Scrum guide in real life scenarios. I recommended this course for all who want to learn more about how Scrum is helping complex projects and complex situations.

Excellent content

I loved the training approach, the team exercises and the way Ralph presented all the information as he didn't allowed the audience to get bored :)

Good teacher and good training. It's a pitty that we need to do it virtual instead of face to face, but it was well organized with enough breaks.

Very good 2-day course. Lots of real-live examples and explanations. Excellent trainer with great experience.

Took the PSM-1 Training from Ralph. Being a Scrum Master I can vouch for the trainer and the content which was taught to me. The whole training was really effective and I still love it when Ralph answered every generic question using real-life examples. I would totally recommend Agile Actors for Scrum training.

I liked that we were divided into small groups where everyone had ability to speak up. Ralph described all the basics in a clear way and gave us a lot of guidance what to read next and how to improve further. I hope I know have all the needed knowledge for passing the exam. Only the time will show.

The offered materials made up a good basis for building one's knowledge upon the whys and wherefores of the Product Owner. Overall, time management was an issue given the breadth of the topics and some items could have been addressed at a deeper level. The remote class was done through a collaboration-enabled tool that has offered great interaction. Our trainer and facilitator Ralph is extremely knowledgeable about empiricism, iterative and incremental product development. I was expecting more exercises directly connected to the PSPO 1 exam. The reading of two books "The Professional Product Owner" and "Essential Scrum" helped me in my exam preparation.

Great and insightful training indeed, with a very knowledgeable and expert trainer.

The had a broad knowledge and could grant us an easy access to the "world of scrum". Because of his long dev career he was able to share a lot from his great experience pool. Unfortunately this course was online-only (due to covid) and therefore a lot of practical exercises were quite difficult to manage, but in the end the outcome was still great.

Nice training, seeking to much.

I have really appreciated the entire training and especially: - exhaustive introduction of the fundamentals - exercises in small team - room for questions - Answers supported by referenced documentation - The training support and tools utilized - Rythme of the training and the diversity of workshops I invite you to consider - having less examples around Software dev and more for other fields as well - would it be added value to run a small sprint and practically utilize the various technics, I understand this is what we more or less did for the "car" but we did not went so much throught Sprint review / retrospective

Great trainer

There are very few trainers where you feel that you can ask ANY question and he will AT ALL TIMES be able to answer it with the highest professionalism and integrity. I truly enjoyed this class and may only recommend it to anybody interested in Scrum.

Ralph is a great trainer. Tailored to POs who need to understand how to maximize value in their organizations. I totally recommend this class.

Very scientific approach to scrum by a competent tutor. The practical part consisted sometimes of creating thing and afterwards learning what is important while creating these things, which is not always the optimal choice of order, especially if you need the created items for other practical tasks and have no time to refine them. I learned a lot. Thanks

It was an extremely useful and pleasant class. The trainer has a lot of practical knowlege and was able to transfer it clearly and effectively. The pace of the class was just right: not too slow that would cause distraction, not too fast that would make it difficult to absorb the content. There was a right balance of theory and practice, of listening and interacting that made all the information easy to understand, process and apply in the practical parts. All in all, an excellent class.

I really liked Ralph's training and Ralph's personality. Well prepared (Mural is great), good activities, well explained. I could see Ralph has loads of experience and knows what he is talking about. I could see Ralph has experience as trainer, he brought several non-formal activities to the workshop. I liked he let the teams try first and explain later. The only suggestions I would do is to ask for people's expectations in the beginning, also explain there are no right or wrong answers, and to explain whats the objetive of the workshop. I had the feeling some participants had different expectations and got frustrated in the end. Thanks again!

Awesome Dynamics, Great Insights and a lot of learnings! Facilitation was great, trainers helped not only to learn, but to understand. Great work. I am happy to be part of this class! Ralph, Robbin, Awesome Job!

Amazing class Ralph did a tremendous job as a teacher. Really enjoyed his class. You can profit from the wealth of his experience.

Ich fand die Schulung sehr spannend und abwechslungsreich gestaltet (Gruppendiskussionen).

Excellent teacher. I have benefited immensely from this course.

Great training.. thanks Ralph & Willem

Ralph and Willem were great teachers. they really maximized the value of this training. Thank toy to both of them

Good presentation , nice real life situations

A very interesting and useful course. Ralph made many practical games from which I understood very well how to apply the scrum in my team. He also gave us some good tips on how to proceed to change things in better.

PSPO- A with Chris Lukassen was cool. Strongly recommend

very interesting and useful

Great insight from real world scenario about high end product ownership. Fantastic teammates and fellow attendees; sharing informations, collaborations and energy. Very useful experience.

Great class which gave a lot of insight to the PSPO role and explained the scrum framework. The trainer Ralph was very good and made the training very interactive. He also shared a lot of real world examples. I would definitely recommend it for anyone interested in becoming a certified scrum product owner

Exciting discussions in class and a very knowledgeable teacher.

The group was knowledgeable and very open to sharing their experiences. Ralph Jocham is a diligent facilitator and seasoned moderator and as such he made sure we touched on all of the critical topics without getting lost in the weeds.

This is a great training, very interactive and a very good trainer with a lot of experience! Would however be even better with at least some examples of non-IT application.

Full disclosure, I am a PST. I enjoyed the advanced PSPO training a lot. The content was great and the delivery with exercises was just good, also for the size of the group (>20 people). The trainers were also very open and incorporated our feedback from day 1 into day 2.

Reccomended

It was a useful course, where we learned the fundamental aspects of Scrum, in an interactive and fun way.

Ralph is a great trainer and very passionate about the knowledge he's imparting.

Great experience! Interactive, many new insights and learnings, many opportunities to connect with other students, awesome learning environment and hospitality! Thank you Chris and Ralph :)

Great Course, gives you a good overview of what is scrum and the role of PO. Praxis oriented and very interactive. I would recommend the course to anybody who is starting to work with Scrum, has a new role as a PO or is thinking about taking new challenges.

Informative and engaging training. Highly recommended!

Great training with amazing materials. Great discussions among the trainees under the supervision of Ralph

Very good Value. I got many good ideas and inspiration to work with. Thank you!

The teacher was great and told his experience in a really energic way. What I would have liked is a general start of the course. First some theory of what the rol of scrummaster is and some definition. On the second day more focus was put on the definition this would be better in a reversed way.

Complete en goed gegeven training over SCRUM en de rol van de PO

Ralph was a great trainer.

Excellent experience. One thing to consider would be to include a whole session on implementation issues and how to tackle them. Also even more real-life examples would be excellent.

Amazing experience! Ralph was the best. He knows the scrum methodology better from anyone. Very good choice to participate and learn from the best!