Who we are
Pichler Consulting is an independent management consultancy specialised in Scrum and agile product management. Founder and director Roman Pichler is a leading Scrum expert and Certified Scrum Trainer. He is the author of the bestselling Scrum book in Germany called Scrum - Agiles Projektmanagement erfolgreich einsetzen ("Scrum - Applying Agile Project Management Successfully"). His new book Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products that Customers Love due to be published in spring 2010 is the product owner's essential guide to developing successful products with Scrum. It is also the first book solely devoted to agile product management. Product ownership and agile product management form a focal point of his work.
Roman has more than eight years experience in helping companies transition to agile, and he has guided Scrum roll-outs in several companies. Roman has worked with product owners and agile product managers for a decade, and he has five years experience in teaching and coaching Scrum Product Owners and ScrumMasters. Roman is the founder of the London Scrum User Group, an active contributor to the Scrum Alliance, and a regular speaker at international conferences. He speaks English and German.
When Roman is not busy working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, or he rides his bikes in the local hills. Roman is a keen mountain biker and road cyclist.
Our Clients
Our clients are large global players, fast growing small and mid-size companies, and charities. They include Allianz, Bank of England, Borland, Cancer Research UK, Capital One, Easy Jet, Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens.
Testimonials
“Roman is a great Agile practitioner. He has a wealth of theory and experience in Agile and Lean and has the ability to apply this with great results. Roman also has strong integrity which is demonstrated in his method of working. I found him to always give good consistent advice. On a personal level he's a great guy to work with.”
Andrew Briggs, Capital One
“Roman is a great Scrum expert and trainer - I noted this when I had my own Scrum training with him, as well from the reactions I got after the training for my colleagues and managers I organized with him. What I really love is his book on Scrum - in German - you can give it to anybody and he will understand the basic principles and can start to apply it.”
Andrea Heck, Siemens Healthcare
“Roman is one of the thought leaders in Product Ownership in Scrum and runs an excellent, interactive class that is a great way to get a grasp of how to start becoming an effective Product Owner. I work with him whenever I can and am always impressed.”
Geoff Watts, Inspect and Adapt
“Roman is an expert on lean and agile methods. Romans teaching skills are great, his knowledge is deep and his dedication towards Product Owner makes him a perfect trainer who understands how to get the message to the students. I highly recommend Roman both as a Scrum trainer and as a Scrum/Lean consultant.”
Stig Efsen, Trifork
“I found the contents of the product owner course just right. I am pleased that I have already worked as a Scrum Product Owner at my company as this course has answered many questions for me. Roman is a good teacher. He’s very approachable and has a good sense of humour.”
Paul Blewett, Yell.com on our Certified Scrum Product Owner course
“Thanks a lot for a fascinating course. I've taken away many new ideas. Seeing you use flipcharts instead of slides was very refreshing.”
Rainer Grau, Zuehlke on our Certified Scrum Product Owner course
“I had the pleasure of being on one of Roman's courses and found it to be very insightful. Roman has a a deep understanding of his subject matter and one of the few people I've come across who understands the importance of some of the wider issues, for example, architecture in the overall process. The fact that Roman has several 'real' years experience was certainly evident.”
Stuart Kerrigan, Ericsson on our Certified Scrum Product Owner course
“I really enjoyed the training. It was really inspiring and a great eye-opener.”
Betina Yde-Christensen, TV 2 NET on our Certified Scrum Product Owner course
“We completed a 12 month roadmap of work using Scrum/XP last year – big success, and I managed to apply a lot of the things learnt on Roman's course directly.”
Tim Gallagher, UBS Investment Bank on our Certified ScrumMaster course
“Excellent course – great content and delivery, very beneficial!”
Nick Mercer, Computers in Personnel Ltd on our Certified ScrumMaster course
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