Gladwell Academy

"During the course the other course takers had some questions on certain subjects with applying the material on hardware projects. But then again the majority of the course can be used for running hardware projects" - 2019-07-15 00:00

"A good proposal would be to give the training on specific targeted groups (i.e. per job function), so that people with similar job function can learn and develop SAFe principles together." - 2019-07-15 00:00

"- The acoustics of the location could be better, or everyone (including the trainers) should have used microphones,
- Considering the 2 days training, 1 day was dedicated to Scrum recap, and only 1 for SAFe inself. In my opinion, the Scrum recap could spend only a couple of minutes. Another option would be making this day optional for the participants.
- I like the dynamics of the training, full of exercises and stimulating people to think, instead of giving the answers only. Also the videos were nice." - 2019-07-12 00:00

"Overall it was great! There was a lot of data packed in the two days and I felt a bit overloaded the last hour or two of the last day." - 2019-07-11 00:00

"Top training van een ervaren trainster, de training had een goede afwisseling tussen theorie en praktijk. Ook was het niet alleen maar droge kost en werd er goed op onze vragen ingegaan." - 2019-07-05 00:00

"Overall excellent course. Very densely packed however, so by the end of the second day, could kind of tell that people were starting to struggle a bit. Maybe did need to be that densely packed just to get all the info in.

Feedback that we already talked a bit about during the course was surrounding the exercises - it did put quite a bit of pressure on one person that the value mapping was based around. Could a pre-defined example be used - so all people can concentrate on learning the agile concepts rather than having to think up the detail to put on the post-its? Pros and cons are clearly there as we discussed. But worth recording somewhere.

Some examples were used to try to help describe concepts (experience from NXP or ASML or whoever) which at certain times were good - but sometimes didnt quite hit the mark and maybe went into too specific details or too specific people even which made it almost harder to understand what was trying to be explained without the full picture that you guys have.

Discussions which arose were all pretty good." - 2019-07-05 00:00

"Ik vond dat Renate een mooie balans vond tussen theorie en praktijk. Ook luisterde ze goed naar de vragen die gesteld werden, vroeg ze door en beantwoordde ze iedere vraag. Het niveau was voor mij in ieder geval precies goed. Ik heb heel veel geleerd.
Een verbeterpunt is wellicht het terugkomen op de leerdoelen die we aan het begin van de training geformuleerd en besproken hebben. Wat ik ook interessant zou vinden, is meer informatie over een aantal zaken om later terug te lezen, bijvoorbeeld over SAFe.
De organisatie en locatie van de training vond ik goed." - 2019-07-01 00:00

"Well prepared, knowledgeable trainer.
Trainer knows much more than presented on the slides. This helps in being flexible on the content, to make side-steps and to elaborate/deep-dive where needed or where desired by the audience." - 2019-06-11 00:00

"Through the course I could get first impressions of scrum.
The content and level were fitting absolutely in order to the time.
The Trainers were great. They tried to answer all questions which came up and also let the trainee?s feedback have an impact to their kind of teaching.
The location was also great. A nice place to work." - 2019-06-11 00:00

"Content good: very good intro on agile in general, implementation of agile for finance org is still inmature. I expected more on that. Trainers were good: one very experienced, the other talented. Planning, location, materials were all very good." - 2019-06-07 00:00

"Instructors were engaged all the time with us. The training schedule was well organized and clear. The first activity was to discuss pros and cons for Scrum/SAFe but we didnt have that much information to discuss. I think the first activity should be improved. For the rest, I really satisfied with the course intent and timing." - 2019-06-07 00:00

"Content was very good and focused on the architect role in safe without repetition of safe concepts. Trainer was also very good, and gave time for (and facilitated) discussion between the attendees. Location was acceptable. Planning was not very good, we only received notification of being on the course the day before the course. However inside the course the amount of time allocated to each subject was also about right. Supporting material is nice and clear." - 2019-06-07 00:00

"Een interessante training met een gemeleerde groep vanuit meerdere bedrijven. Mijn ervaring met het SAFe framework is weer een stukje groter geworden. De ruimte voor de training vond ik niet ideaal. Het is aan de kleine kant voor de de grootte van de groep. Wat betere stoelen zou ook fijn zijn. Ik had nu rugpijn na de 3 dagen training. De trainer is zeer ervaren op het gebied van SAFe. Een prettig persoon om training van te ontvangen. Ik had soms wel wat moeite met zijn Engelse uitspraak." - 2019-05-31 11:29

"Pittige training maar met Eelco als trainer zit je zonder meer goed: veel inspirerende voorbeelden van de bedrijven waar hij gewerkt heeft en genoeg informatie om het in mijn eigen werk in te gaan zetten." - 2019-05-24 15:00

"Top: It was inspiring course. We learnt why are we chosing SAFe and are confident that it will help ASML.

Tip:

1. If we restrict questions from the parking lot only, we could save loads of time.
2. Please make available the course content early if possible.
3. The course instructor was well prepared for the 1st day of course. It can improve for the 2nd day.
4. Please use slides and not boards when the whole group is sitting on chairs. Only because it is not visible from back.
" - 2019-05-03 00:00

"The contents are pretty informative, however, I think the introduction part should be reduced and the practical part of how the PI event should be organized and executed should be increased.
The trainers seem to be experienced and know what they are teaching. what is even more important is that they can answer ASML-related questions. The location is nice." - 2019-05-03 00:00

"the location was suitable for the large group and all equipment and tools required were avaiblable. it was a good experience with knowlageable trainers and the timing of activities was good." - 2019-05-01 00:00

"Trainer was heel prettig, kon alle vragen stellen die ik had. Inhoud was ook goed. Naar mijn idee wel soms iets te veel herhaling, maar dat kan ook komen omdat ik al met scrum werk." - 2019-04-29 00:00

"Before the trainig, I knew nothing about SAFe. Now, after the training, I think I understand how it works and I can get started.
The trainer tried to alternate lecture with interactive sessions. This is very good, although some lecture sessions where still a bit too long for me personally." - 2019-04-26 00:00

"Leuke training met veel actieve onderdelen.

Het proefexamen niet als laatste doen zodat vragen nog wat beter behandeld kunnen worden.
In het echte examen zaten veel vragen over meerdere scrumteams. Dit is in de training wat onderbelicht gebleven. Hier iets meer aandacht aan geven hoe dit werkt." - 2019-04-26 00:00