I start with my clients' current approach and, from there, we work together to change the way they work. This creates a process that is tailored to the people and situation in each environment. I am thrilled when I can help teams enjoy their work, achieve good results and surpass themselves.
To achieve this, I always treat everyone involved with radical openness and absolute honesty. I bring all my experience from over 20 years of software projects in a wide variety of roles to the table. My focus has always been on good interpersonal relationships and optimising the interface between people, organisations and technology, whether I was a team leader, software architect, project manager or agile coach.
I prefer to help with challenging projects where clarity is needed at all levels in order to move forward. Whether at team or C-level, I will be fully involved and address the issues, even if no one else dares to do so.
"Given the big change in the company before and after Falk joined I would really recommend him for any company looking for a skilled Scrum Master and Agile Team Coach."
"Falk is a skilled Agile Coach, who made significant improvements to the processes and efficiency of our team. He pushed our team to test more, to write cleaner code and made sure we had the time to do it. In our case he also managed the relationship with the client. When faced with a difficult client, Falk remained professional and ensured that the client's requirements were clearly defined and documented, and that they were achievable within the project timeline and budget."
"I had the pleasure of working with Falk as our Agile Coach for over a year, and he is exceptional. He has very deep knowledge, experience and expertise in Agile methodologies.
Falk is very proactive and his ability to identify areas for improvement and offer actionable advice was second to none.
What sets Falk apart is his mastery to tailor his approach to our team's specific needs.
I highly recommend Falk to any team looking for a top-notch Agile Coach who understands how to help teams succeed!"
"It was a pleasure working and having Falk as a Scrum master. He always tries to unhide any potential issue in order to have it fixed. His experience of development helps a lot in understanding and working with us. I learned a lot from him. Looks like his approaches of keeping a team united and productive are very efficient."
"Falk Appel is a great addition to the team. His methods are easily understandable and he makes a big impact on the team with his techniques. Because of him our products got better, work became really a lot more fun and we also learned a lot of new stuff on how teams should operate more efficiently. I definitely recommend others to work with him. if the chance arises."
"It's my honor to work with a successful man like Falk. I can remember our system before him and the wonderful improvements that he has made to our system and our structure. I think the first step for any company to succeed is to communicate with this professional man to improve their system and their internal communication, and I also want to thank him for his wonderful communication skills and his funny character that make people love him and easily communicate with him."
"I appreciate a lot of what Falk did throughout the past year. Everyone on the team felt that the environment was safe and friendly and that they could reach out to Falk at any time for support or even just guidance. Falk kept introducing incremental changes over
the past year making the workflow better every day. Falk has a solid experience in scaling teams' operation, structure, communication across teams, planning and estimations.
I highly recommend Falk as an agile coach to software teams."
"Exceptionally versatile engineer. Excels at everything from software development to project management. Understands software development cycles and all project requirements. Highly recommended."
"Falk is an amazing person, dealing with him almost everyday for a year is such a pure joy, his expertise in helping people to improve, helping teams to be more cooperative is absolutely incredible and we really saw his touch on our daily workflow, it was a pleasure to work with him honestly."
"I had the pleasure of working with a highly skilled and experienced Professional who demonstrated exceptional leadership and coaching abilities.
He has a talent for identifying and addressing any impediments and his strong communication skills ensured that all stakeholders were kept informed and engaged throughout the project.
I would highly recommend Falk to any organization, his expertise and dedication to his work make him an invaluable asset to any team."
"Falk had a great impact on our project. During the year of working with him, the project went from "Oh shit! What is going on? Who is responsible for this? Who are all these people?" to "Wow! I can plan things! I know what to do! We are finishing things in time!
Wow!"
Jokes aside, Falk is the first PM/Agile coach in my experience who made agile really work. And not just abstract "work", but work for the team, improving developing tempo, team communication and so on.
I really recommend him"
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