I would 100% recommend this course. Chris was thorough, engaging and delivered useful information in an eloquent and fun way. I would definitely recommend a workshop ran by them. Chris was super engaging, talked to anyone who wanted to speak and consistently answered questions and included random members of the group in conversation. I enjoyed the fun activities where we were sent into breakout rooms to work as a team and simulate an element of scrum. Season was super efficient answering all the chat questions, getting back to everyone quickly. She was easy to approach and speak to and a friendly presence.

Honestly, the highlights for me were Chris and Season, their positivity and the way they engaged with all of us. Beyond that, I really liked the group exercises, in particular practicing scrum doing the e-book with a group of people. Chris was fantastic in their approach to teaching and their energy made the whole workshop more enjoyable as well. Season was very friendly, with a great sense of humor, also offering great answers and insights to our questions. I really loved her contribution to the workshop and I do believe any workshop taught by her would be both full of useful info, and have a great atmosphere.

The e-book exercise was the big highlight for me. I enjoyed the fast pace and that there’s so many opportunities for failure (and by extension of that, opportunities for learning). Chris and Season were very detailed in their explanations, and always had a thorough answer for any question that was asked of them.

The examples were simple, easy to work with, and definitely helped drive home the principle, idea, or technique while keeping it as whimsical/humorous as possible. I enjoyed the group work because it enabled (much like a good math class) the teams to have the opportunity to actually apply the idea that Chris had just introduced or explained. Chris did an excellent job. Virtual workshops are challenging, especially due to the fact that you’re not in a room able to engage with participants.

The estimation game and story-splitting exercises were especially helpful. The workshop highlight was really the atmosphere of engagement and entertainment that Chris facilitated. This helped the team to stay on task and learn from each other. The pop culture references were also fun and the content of the exercises helped. It was all the little things-like spinning around when we got things done, and playing bicycle songs, and just generally keeping the mood upbeat-that really made this fun.

Chris is engaging and makes training not just informative but fun!

Applying what we’ve learned in the first two days within the product development portion where we would alternate between SM, PO, developers was great stuff and the hands on training made it click for me.
5 thumbs up from me!

We asked Chris the tricky questions that we have been struggling with for some time. He took them head-on, giving directly applicable advice and relevant follow-up content for every curve ball we threw at him. Chris focused on the value of the scrum rituals, rather than “do this because the book says so.” The scrum simulation, Once Upon A Scrum, was a fun, frantic exercise that required us to constantly evolve.

The hands on exercises were great. The way you used the video conferencing technology made it as effective as in person. Thank you again for the great two days!

Your workshop was the catalyst for a lot of changes here at Motoshop. Everyone is bought into the new process and we’re getting better collaboration, transparency, and teamwork. We’re just a couple of sprints in and still working out the kinks, but it already has been a big improvement!

Our team valued the training quite a bit. We still refer to it and we’ve made real improvements in our scrum process.

The training was everything I had hoped for! Engaging, fun, and informative!