Wolfgang Steffens - Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) Trainer Interview

Send us a text

Wolfi is a passionate coach with more than 10 years of experience in large-scale Lean and Agile Product Development.

What did he do when Craig Larman and Bas Vodde arrived at his place of work in 2005?

He started learning.

Since coaching his first Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) adoption in 2007 he has continued to support several organizations within Nokia Siemens Networks, and in 2010 he coached a 1000+ people organization on their SAFe adoption.

With all this experience and expertise in project and programme management, it was always going to be another great interview to add to the list.

We of course covered the standard Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) trainer questions:

👟 What is your elevator pitch for LeSS?
👟 Did you choose LeSS or did LeSS choose you?
👟 What’s the one thing, above all others, you love about LeSS?
👟 What was your favourite LeSS adoption?
👟 If you could change one thing about LeSS what would it be?

Not only that by listening to this you will be able to:

🐶 Tell your friends what in Wolfi's opinion is the crucial element of LeSS
🐶 Save yourself time by being told what do you get when you google "Descaling"
🐶 Know forever how Wolfi describes the term "Descaling"
🐶 Still have no idea what apples have to do with descaling
🐶Know whether or not  Wolfi and Ben be opening a Kettle company.
🐶Finally know what was the big thing about LeSS that made sense to Wolfi's ex-Programme Manager's mind?
🐶Answer the question "Does Programme and Project Management ever have a role in a Large Scale Scrum environment?"
🐶 Know what is it about LeSS that Wolfi believes makes it rigorous?
🐶Describe Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) can help with your mould problem in your bathroom
🐶Explain what are

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/

Product Agility Podcast

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes

• Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56
• iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p

Want to come on the podcast?

Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80