Following is a description of the various Scrum Services that Gunther Verheyen, independent Scrum Caretaker and Scrum practitioner since 2003, offers. Gunther delivers the described Scrum Services via his business vehicle Ullizee-Inc, the one-person company that he founded in 2013.
1. Scrum Coaching & Consulting Services
Gunther Verheyen started practicing Scrum in 2003. Since then he has worked with a multitude of teams and organizations, has published two best-selling books about Scrum and has partnered with Ken Schwaber (co-creator of Scrum). His Scrum Consulting Services build on his accumulated experiences.
Ullizee-Inc offers, through Gunther acting as an Enterprise Scrum Coach, following Scrum Consulting Services to support organizations:
- Coaching and guiding teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters and their stakeholders in understanding and enacting Scrum and their specific accountabilities and involvement in its adoption.
- Kicking off and guiding specific Scrum development initiatives.
- Mentoring leadership and management teams, including the CxO level, towards an improved understanding of Agile and Scrum and the shifting role of management in it.
To optimize for flexibility and the value of the Scrum Consulting Services delivered when engaging with organizations, Ullizee-Inc typically foresees a maximum number of days to be spent and invoiced over an agreed period of time. Gunther plans and performs the agreed days in consultation and agreement with the organization and its people. Gunther thereby assures that the total of foreseen number of days is not exceeded over the agreed period.
The day rate that applies for Gunther’s Scrum consulting services is to be agreed and tuned to context and circumstances.
2. Scrum Training Services
Since he started with Scrum in 2003, Gunther has created and delivered various Scrum workshops and classes for diverse audiences and people with different levels of expertise. In 2011 he obtained his license as a Professional Scrum Trainer for Scrum.org from Ken Schwaber (co-creator of Scrum). His company, Ullizee-Inc, is a member of the Professional Training Network of Scrum.org. Complementary to his Professional Scrum classes, Gunther facilitates Scrum Pocket Classes, a series of proprietary half-day workshops based on his book Scrum – A Pocket Guide.
Ullizee-Inc offers, through Gunther acting as a Scrum Class Facilitator, following Scrum learning products and services:
- The facilitation of the 2-day Professional Scrum courses of Scrum.org: PSM (“Professional Scrum Master”), PSM-A (“Advanced Professional Scrum Master”), PSPO (“Professional Scrum Product Owner”) and PSPO-A (“Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner”). These are the official Scrum.org courses that include a voucher for the corresponding Professional Scrum certification assessments.
- The facilitation of the half-day Scrum Focus Classes (“SFC”): “The Scrum Values” and “Scrum in the Large”. They form a series of specific modular learning opportunities based on Gunther’s book Scrum – A Pocket Guide (“A Smart Travel Companion”) with a strong focus on a specific topic.
- The creation and facilitation of custom trainings and workshops to help teams, leadership and organizations (re-)imagine their Scrum. The duration and content is tuned to specific customer demands and circumstances.
The purpose of these learning products and services is to facilitate the learning, unlearning and understanding of the Scrum framework of people regardless of their role, level or seniority. All can be delivered in English or in Dutch, online or in-person and as a public or as a private (in-house) session, where:
- Public sessions are open to the general public and can be attended by anyone. All public sessions facilitated by Gunther can be found at our webshop, unless organized by external training organizations. Pricing is as indicated on the website, unless organized by external training organizations.
- Private (in-house) sessions are facilitated at the specific request by or organized for a specific organization. Facilities and logistics are arranged by the requestor. The price per student is typically the standard, public price as indicated on the website minus 20%. The final pricing can additionally be tuned to context and circumstances
3. Scrum Speaking Services
Upon his demonstrable experience with Scrum since 2003, Gunther became the inspiring force behind some large-scale enterprise transformations in 2010-2011. Since then, Gunther grew into the role of acclaimed speaker at events around the world. His independent position as a Scrum Caretaker since 2016 has contributed to his credibility to share his views, beliefs and observations of Scrum.
Gunther has delivered numerous keynotes at events around the world, has participated in a multitude of podcasts, meetups and panel conversations, and has facilitated many open conversations about Scrum. Gunther has done so online as well as in-person, privately as well as publicly, in English as well as in Dutch.
Following fixed fees apply for speaking engagements and subsequent discussions for a total time of 45-120 minutes:
| Format | Fee |
| Online session (anywhere) | 1 000 € |
| On-site session (Belgium-Netherlands) | 3000 € (all included) |
| On-site session (Europe) | 3 000 € (+ expenses for travel/lodging) |
| On-site session (World) | 5 000 € (+ expenses for travel/lodging) |
