De Booij Training

"Matthijs has a practical mind and explains the theory by real situations he has experienced or heard by his students. He is really interested in your own experiences and wants to help you to think about the possibilities to improve your organisation. The combination of practice and theory appealed to me." - 2019-10-28 11:09

"I recently had a product owner training with Matthijs. I could say that it was really positive, better than i thought it would be.

We started the training with a small game that focuses you on what is going to be the training. All the explanations were very clear and he answered all our questions with real examples, giving you the clarity you need in this kind of training.

With all his explanations, tips & tricks, i managed to pass the exam and get my certification.

Thanks Matthijs!" - 2019-10-23 09:20

"It is rare to find a trainer that is as passionate about his mission as Matthijs and as gifted for being able to teach people.

He cleverly embeds the Agile framework within his training, making the chapters = product roadmap, the topics = backlog and constantly going through a learning loop and revising it throughout the delivery. You don't only learn Scrum, you actually see it happening in front of you.

And get this - almost 0 slides. He instead draws all the artefacts he uses to teach on flipchart paper. It's amazing how much easier to focus everything becomes when it's a drawing exercise, rather than a boring slide.

Whenever you're not going to be analysing things through his drawings or learning from his real-life examples, you are actually going to spend a lot of time in DYI exercises like: Lean Canvas & Story Mapping.

At the end of the training, you feel like the past 2 days perfectly balanced the SCRUM PSPO content with the real-life situations that you might encounter. Brilliantly designed and delivered. And since he uses Agile day-to-day, I expect this training to actually get better by the time you(hello, person reading this) take it. " - 2019-10-16 15:13

"I needed to learn more about the role of the Scrum Product Owner and prepare myself for the official Scrum.org certification.

The learning experience with Matthijs was really engaging, something fundamental when you are learning new things. He barely used a couple of slides to emphasize on a topic, but he mostly engaged with us (students) through flip charts he creates along the course but he has each of them baselined to not waste any time. He makes each chart visible to all of us at all times so at different stages of the training we can all refer to them. This visual engagement experience made it great and not boring at all. We also did a lot of practical activities together with the other students and this was fun to do, which is fantastic when you are taking such a condensed training with so much information.
I would definitely recommend Matthijs training's to anyone who wants to learn in a pragmatic, good mood and engaging way.
By the way, I took the certification exam and passed at the first try without issues, thanks to different visual references I was able to remember thanks to the way the course was given. " - 2019-10-13 08:57

"The course went beyond my expectations.

Matthijs managed to integrate Agile completely into his training course.

The content was very well crafted and seamlessly prepared all students for the certification. We learned a lot by doing in the form of small workshops, while also having plenty of opportunities to discuss how to apply new learnings to situations we were facing in the real world.

The location is very easy to find and reach. The classrooms were comfortable and food and drinks at the location were excellent." - 2019-10-12 09:24

"Energieke, kundige trainer die een goede balans tussen theorie en praktische voerbeelden geeft. Door middel van verschillende werkvormen weet Matthijs de groep geprikkeld te houden. Zijn aanpak is geschikt voor zowel mensen zonder, als met ervaring met Scrum." - 2019-09-30 07:03

"Matthijs is een goede trainer en je merkt vanaf begin af aan dat hij deze training goed heeft opgezet en veel ervaring heeft. Goede combinatie van inhoud en relevante cases op basis van zijn werkervaring. " - 2019-09-29 20:35

"Het was een zeer interactieve training, waarbij de theorie op een boeiende wijze werd gepresenteerd (geen saaie powerpoint presentatie).

Algemene tip, denk ook aan de mensen die niet snel en in brainstorm verband goed kunnen nadenken. Voor sommige mensen is het fijn, om zelf eerst even rustig na te denken." - 2019-09-17 14:21

"Matthijs weet een groep op een enthousiaste manier mee te nemen in het Agile gedachtengoed en specifiek de rol van Product Owner. Het ervaringsniveau van de deelnemers in de groep liep uiteen maar Matthijs heeft ervoor gezorgd dat de deelname voor iedereen nuttig was. Natuurlijk sluit je de training af met voldoende bagage en kennis om het PSPO examen in 1 keer succesvol af te ronden maar de echte meerwaarde van het volgen van de training bij Matthijs was voor mij de vele praktijkvoorbeelden en het delen van zijn ervaringen." - 2019-08-19 09:19