Gladwell Academy

"Cursus in 2 aangesloten dagen zou beter aansluiten. Nu 1 dag theorie, 1/2 dag herhaling en 1/2 dag examentraining. Terwijl je eigenlijk op dag 1 al de gehele basis leert." - 2018-06-07 00:00

"The training content was quite full and well organized on a day.
I congrats Renate for her dynamism and her clear explanations about Agile methodology.
I give a plus for serious games that are sometimes even better than theory." - 2018-06-04 00:00

"Content was understandable and well presented with slides and handouts.
Starting level of the group varied, I feel if I had a better formal understanding of AGILE/SCRUM before this training I would have even better understanding of the course content.
Trainer Abram Janse was excellent: clear in his explanation, patient with questions, kept good control of the group and the time, used lots of examples and exercises and most importantly was very flexible and adapted his training order/material/style to the needs of the group!
Venue was good, plenty of space, all required materials available, plenty of snacks and good lunch" - 2018-06-01 00:00

"I liked the way the trainer approached the training by really trying to check what the group needed and using that as a starting point. There was a good time spend in exercises and interactions. Where the sheets were supporting but nog leading the meeting.
Too bad the Kahoot connection was lost halfway the test." - 2018-05-28 00:00

"Good comprehensive overview of SAFe.

Improvement areas:
Printed material -- A lot of the diagrams had very small font making it difficult to read in the handout book.

Slide in book .. SAFe Implementation Roadmap. Would have likes to spend a little more time at the beginning of the course understanding the roadmap and our responsibilities and reviewing each day

" - 2018-05-16 00:00

"The training was good and the trainers were more then qualified. Location and lunch were also very good.

The amount of people within the training was to high. The room felt overcrowded which made it a less personal then for example the experience I had when doing the Agilist course." - 2018-05-14 00:00

"I liked the location, the food, the content and the creative teaching style of the trainer who does not rigidly follow the defined content (slides). On the other hand the students have to work themselves through the material in order to be able to take the exam. For me it is difficult to judge if this is really a disadvantage as I only participated in this training to become a trainer myself (the content was already clear to me)." - 2018-05-02 00:00

"Goeie opbouw van de training. Leuke werkvormen werden er gebruikt. Er was een goeie wisselwerking tussen de deelnemers en de trainer en onderling. Prima zo. Goede ontvangst en duidelijke informatie voordat je kwam. " - 2018-04-30 14:23

"Leadership part is not adding too much. I would dedicate more time instead to reflect on practical consequences for the organization. Also based on examples from other companies where this new way of working has been implemented." - 2018-04-19 00:00

"The trainer was perfect. Really helpful, tried to answer all question. Was working with every participant
the location was not the best. was a room middle in the floor. Regus was not really very sportive and seems more confused." - 2018-04-18 00:00

"Ik vond het goed als de training specifiek in ging op de taken en verantwoordelijkheden van PO. Hier heb ik ook een aantal nuttige technieken geleerd, die ik direct kan toepassen in mijn dagelijkse werk (story mapping, prioriteren obv waardemaximalisatie, etc.)

Ik vond het zelf het algemene waarom-agile-verhaal een herhaling van zetten en niet per se goed afgestemd op het publiek uit de zaal. Daarnaast hebben we veel tijd bested aan het bespreken van verschillen tussen de theorie en de praktische invulling op Schiphol. Ik heb mijn twijfels bij de toegevoegde waarde van veel van deze discussies, maar onze groep had duidelijk de behoefte om deze verschillen uit te spreken." - 2018-04-17 00:00

"Een dergelijke training is afhankelijk van je wensen: wil je voorbereiding op het examen of wil je meer algemeen kennis opdoen. Zeker door de invalbeurt van Willem zijn beiden aan bod gekomen." - 2018-04-17 00:00

"Goede workshop, waarbij de belangrijkste elementen theoretisch de revue zijn gepasseerd maar veel belangrijker waar we een gemeenschappelijk beeld hebben gevormd en waar ook ruimte was om de diepte in te gaan op verschillende beelden." - 2018-04-12 00:00

"During the course I would have liked to see how the SAFe theory will tailor ASMLs organization and what are the deviations.
One negative aspect was that the training has been rescheduled on a very short notice, without providing a replacement trainer. This had impact on some external parties which already arranged business trips." - 2018-04-03 00:00

"I liked the approach. As mentioned it is difficult to fit a change of mind/culture experience into a 2-day foundation training. Like for instance the LEAN advanced training is 5 days, where for most participants it takes at least 3 days to understand and change the mindset. Maybe only feedback is to set some pretesting and requirement to pass the practice exam. I also noticed that quite some partipants knowledge was quite poor and a too much time was also spend at discussing the validity of the SAFe Framework by specific participants. At some point the trainer in my opinion could have noticed that the change-adaptiveness of 1 or 2 more senior participants was significantly slowing down the learning curve for the others on day-2." - 2018-03-30 00:00

"There are a lot of slides with a lot of information and to do exercises is a very welcome switch. With the group I was in it would have been better if we had a scenario we could use through te course and the exercises. Now we could try our own examples wich did not always work out to start with. It sometimes took to long to agree on the example with our group. I liked the trainer(s) suggestions on the group work." - 2018-03-27 00:00

"Er werd met passie gepresenteerd en met leuke en heldere praktijkvoorbeelden toegelicht.
Het werd neergezet als een masterclass en niet als een workshop. Gezien de korte tijd begrijpelijk, maar eigenlijk zou het leuk en leerzaam zijn als er meer ook wordt toegepast, uitgewerkt, in subgroepen wordt gewerkt." - 2018-03-26 00:00

"The course is good but not great. To make it great the slides need more explaination. The role play for PI planning was great but the Portfolio and Program part did not came out that well, Maxybe you can add another role play to understand Lean Budget , Solution Train etc" - 2018-03-21 00:00

"The surrounding was good, the tables could have been organised better. The teacher was nice, but he sometimes flew over some acronyms, not explaining what it actually meant. The knowledge I gained is more theoretical than practical. That should be definitely an improvement point. The teacher was kind and open to answer questions, but sometimes he felt vague. He was alright but sometimes I missed some energy and spark about the subject. The second day lunch at Bagels en Beans was great, but the first day lunch was confusing... why couldnt we get an already prepared sandwich?" - 2018-03-21 00:00

"I liked the good approach from the trainer. We were a very small group (5 participants) which made it really difficult to do the described exercises of the book. But nevertheless, the trainer managed to keep it interesting.

Location and planning was really good." - 2018-03-20 00:00