Roman Pichler works as an independent consultant, trainer and coach. He helps organisations to embrace Lean and Scrum. Roman has practiced Scrum as a ScrumMaster, development manager and coach. He has been coaching agile projects since 2001. Roman is the author of "Scrum - Agiles Projektmanagement erfolgreich einsetzen" (dpunkt, 2007).

Roman’s clients value his rich and diverse experience in Scrum ranging from embedded to enterprise Scrum projects and from helping start-ups as well as large global companies to apply Scrum. Roman played a key part in introducing Scrum at Siemens where he coached the company’s first agile project. He speaks English and German.
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Upcoming Courses by Roman

Course Title Date Range City
Certified Scrum Product Owner 19-20 May 2008 London
Lean Thinking 21 May 2008 London
Certified ScrumMaster 23-24 Jun 2008 München
Certified Scrum Product Owner 26-27 Jun 2008 München
Certified Scrum Product Owner 16-17 Jul 2008 London
Certified Scrum Product Owner 17-18 Sep 2008 London
Lean Thinking 19 Sep 2008 London
Certified Scrum Product Owner 6-7 Nov 2008 Köln/Bonn
Certified ScrumMaster 17-18 Nov 2008 London
Lean Thinking 19 Nov 2008 London
Certified ScrumMaster 9-10 Dec 2008 München
Certified Scrum Product Owner 18-19 Dec 2008 London

Recent Articles by Roman

Being an Effective Product Owner 23 Apr 07
Have you ever asked yourself what it takes to be an effective product owner on a Scrum project? This article explains the key responsibilities of the product owner and provides insights into how to perform the role well.
Prepped for Success: Eight pre-sprint activities that will help get your Scrum project off on the right foot 05 Mar 07
Your project has to be done yesterday. You need to kick off your first sprint as soon as possible. But before you take that leap, spend a little bit of time getting ready. This article describes four activities that should be completed before the first sprint is kicked off and four activiites that should take place prior to each sprint planning meeting.
Effective Collaboration through Standardization 26 Jun 06
Let’s face it: for most of us, the term standardization has a negative connotation. We think of rules that are strictly enforced, procedures that must be followed, no matter what. This article tries to put a different perspective on standard...

Resources by Roman

Being an Effective Product Owner - Color version
2007 Fall Scrum Gathering: London Wednesday, 14 November, 13.30-15.00 “Being an Effective Product Owner” (Color version) Presenter: Roman Pichler, CST, Pichler Consulting, United Kingdom The product owner plays a crucia...
Being an Effective Product Owner - B&W version
2007 Fall Scrum Gathering: London Wednesday, 14 November, 13.30-15.00 “Being an Effective Product Owner” (Black and white version) Presenter: Roman Pichler, CST, Pichler Consulting, United Kingdom The product owner play...