Mar·tin Hin·shel·wood.

CEO, Principal Consultant & Trainer

Focus on maximising value delivery for software products ✪ Award-winning Tech Leader, Author, & Speaker with 20+ yrs in DevOps, Lean, Agile ✪ EBMgt & HDD Champion ✪ Exec Tech Advisor ✪ Scrum (PST) & Kanban (PKT) Trainer

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Transforming Software Development with Agile and DevOps Expertise

Martin Hinshelwood is a leading expert in Agile and DevOps, renowned for his ability to drive successful transformations in organizations of all sizes. With a wealth of experience in coaching, training, and consulting, Martin empowers teams to adopt modern software development practices, optimize processes, and achieve continuous improvement. His comprehensive approach integrates Agile methodologies, Scrum mastery, DevOps automation, certified training, change management, and Lean principles, making him a pivotal figure in advancing software delivery excellence.

Bio

Martin Hinshelwood  is a passionate agile leader with a track record of inspiring, encouraging, and igniting momentum. Featured speaker, author, and industry thought leader, Martin has a strong track record of helping organizations build a vision and execute evolutionary and revolutionary change. His deep technical knowledge, business insight, and experience drive impactful change for organizations.

Technologist turned agilist, Martin successfully helped organisations decentralise, democratise, and evolve their way of work to build extraordinary processes and drive organizational change through culture, technology, and teamwork. Martin is a Professional Scrum Trainer  . Professional Kanban Trainer  and Microsoft MVP: Development Technologies 

Specialists: DevOps, Lean and Agile Methodology, Organizational Transformation

Courses that Martin Teaches

Practicing Kanban Using Azure Boards

All software development teams aim to enhance flow and throughput. This one-day course combines Kanban principles with Azure Boards, showing agile teams how to configure and effectively use the platform for Kanban practices. Participants will collaborate in teams on a shared project and case study to maximize learning.
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Assuring Quality Using Azure Test Plans Training

Azure DevOps provides a set of cloud-hosted tools that software teams can use as an end-to-end solution to plan, develop, test, and deliver value in the form of working software.
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Continuous Delivery Using Azure DevOps Services Training

This two-day course provides students with the DevOps principles and related hands-on practices to work better as a team, scale their agility, share and integrate their work, and deliver working software continuously in order to enable faster delivery of value and receive early and valuable feedback.
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Managing Projects Using Azure Boards Training

Azure DevOps Services provide a set of cloud-hosted tools that software teams can use as an end-to-end solution to plan, develop, test, and deliver value in the form of working software. Azure Boards enable an agile team to plan, track, and discuss work across the entire development effort. This one day course will demonstrate how an agile team can configure and use Azure Boards effectively. To maximize learning, students will work in teams, in a common team project, on a common case study.
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Managing Projects Using Visual Studio and Scrum Training

This three‐day course will help take your team and project to the next level. Using a combination of lecture, demonstrations, hands‐on activities, and team‐based exercises, attendees will experience how to deliver software using the Scrum framework and the corresponding tools and practices in Visual Studio.
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Mastering Azure Repos Training

Azure DevOps Services provide a set of cloud-hosted tools that software teams can use to quickly plan, develop, test, and deliver value in the form of working software. Azure Repos provide public or private Git repositories that enable better collaboration and cleaner code. To maximize learning, students will work in teams, in a common team project, on a common codebase.
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Scrum for Executives Training

What is Scrum? Why should I care? and What will be expected of me to properly adopt Scrum? Through presentation and discussion, attendees will learn the answers to these questions.
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Scrum for Product Owners Training

This instructor-led class is intended to help Product Owners be more effective in their role. Through a combination of presentation, discussion, and hands-on activities, attendees will learn the responsibilities and preferred practices of being the member of the Scrum Team who drives the value.
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Scrum for Stakeholders Training

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Agile Kata Professional

Transform your agile journey with our 1-day Agile Kata course, designed to overcome the common challenges in agile transformations. Learn through a mix of instructor-led and hands-on activities, tailoring the Agile Kata pattern to fit your team’s unique needs and drive real organizational change.
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Agile Requirements Workshop

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Engineering Practices Workshop

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Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum

Elevate Your Scrum Mastery with ‘Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum’: Transform your Agile practices with our immersive, hands-on course. Dive deep into the world of flow metrics and emerge with the skills to enhance your team’s efficiency and delivery. Join us for a journey of practical learning and real-world application – it’s time to turn data into action!
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Applying Metrics for Predictability

Join our immersive 8-week course to become an expert in agile metrics and forecasting. Gain the skills to predict project outcomes, reduce uncertainty, and improve your decision-making, all while learning at your own pace.
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Applying Professional Kanban (APK) Course with Certification

Revolutionize Your Team’s Performance with Kanban: Join our Immersion Training Course for a deep, practical dive into Kanban principles, designed to seamlessly integrate into your work life and foster continuous improvement and real-world application. Transform the way you deliver value today!
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Applying Scaled Portfolio Kanban

Discover the transformative ‘Applying Scaled Portfolio Kanban’ course, equipping you with the tools to positively influence your organization. From setting up transparent systems to managing portfolios effectively, gain actionable skills for real-world impact.
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Applying Professional Scrum (APS) Course with Certification

Enables all members of the Scrum Team to learn Scrum while doing it, experiencing what it is like to deliver products using the Scrum framework
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Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development (APS-SD) with Certification

Experience APS-SD: Hands-on Scrum training for delivering quality software. Gain practical skills in Agile, DevOps, and Scrum principles. Free PSD I certification exam included. Enhance your software development expertise.
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Professional Agile Leadership Essentials (PAL-e) with Certification

Professional Agile Leadership (PAL) Essentials is a 14h workshop, delivered over four half-days that provides a foundation of the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation.
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Professional Agile Leadership - Evidence-Based Management (PAL-EBM)

Scrum.org created the Evidence-Based Management™ (EBM) framework which is an Agile approach to help leaders guide their teams toward continuously improving customer outcomes, organizational capabilities, and business results. EBM focuses on customer value and intentional experimentation to systematically improve an organization’s performance and achieve its strategic goals.
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Professional Product Discovery and Validation Skills (PPDV)

This one-day course on product discovery and validation equips participants with essential hands-on skills to enhance value creation in product development. It covers key techniques for both new product development and improving existing products, focusing on experimentation, evidence collection, and risk control. Through an ongoing case study, students will learn practical methods to apply in their workplace, helping Product Owners, Managers, and teams drive customer outcomes, improve ROI, and adopt an iterative, user-centric approach to product development.
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Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) with Certification

Develop proficiency in facilitation skills to help your Scrum Team better solve problems, create a shared understanding, and foster transparency. Learn how to become a better facilitator to improve Scrum Team, stakeholder and customer interactions.
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Professional Scrum Master

Our Professional Scrum Master Training Program features PSM Training from Scrum.org, delivered as an Immersive Learning Experience. It combines live, instructor-led sessions with additional offline exercises, covering the principles of the Scrum framework and the Scrum Master role. This multi-week format integrates real-world applications, encouraging continuous improvement through practical assignments.
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Professional Scrum Master Advanced (PSM-A) with Certification

Professional Scrum MasterTM II (PSM II) course is a 14h advanced Scrum Master class designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development. The PSM II course is intended for Scrum Masters with at least one year of experience who are looking to grow their knowledge and abilities as a Scrum Master. This course is one step in that journey.
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Professional Scrum Master and Product Owner (PSMPO) with Certification

Scrum Teams flourish when the Scrum Master and Product Owner accountabilities are well fulfilled. The 3-day Professional Scrum Master and Product Owner (PSMPO) course combines the key learning objectives from both the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master (PSM) and Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) courses.
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Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBMS) Course with Certification

Step into the dynamic world of Scrum with our ‘Professional Scrum Product Backlog Mastery’ course. Unlock the secrets of effective backlog management, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven decision-making. Whether you’re a seasoned Scrum Master or an aspiring Product Owner, this course promises to elevate your skills, offering a blend of theory and real-world application. Dive in, and let’s turn your Scrum visions into actionable strategies.
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Professional Scrum Product Owner

Our Professional Scrum Product Owner course helps students master the Product Owner role with real-world scenarios and practical exercises, enabling participants to drive product success using Agile principles and Scrum.
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Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO-A) Course with Certification

Mastering the Product Owner Stances: Professional Scrum Product Owner™ - Advanced (PSPO-A) is a hands-on, activity-based course that focuses on helping experienced Product Owners and Product Managers expand their ability to establish a vision, validate their hypotheses, and ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders.
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Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) with Certification

Professional ScrumTM with Kanban (PSK) is a 2-day course that teaches Scrum practitioners how to apply Kanban practices to their work. Through theory, case studies, and hands-on exercises, participants will understand the importance of transparency and flow as it pertains to the Scrum framework."
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Professional Scrum with User Experience (PSU) with Certification

Professional Scrum with User Experience (PSU) is a 14h hands-on course, delivered over 4 half-days, where students who already have a fundamental understanding of Scrum and some experience using it will learn how to integrate modern UX practices into the way they are working in Scrum and how to work most effectively within Scrum Teams.
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Scaled Professional Scrum with Nexus (SPS) with Certification

Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) with Nexus is a course that is designed as an experiential workshop where students learn how to scale Scrum using the Nexus Framework.
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What Martins Customers Say

Martin Hinshelwood helps organisations to deliver better software faster by adopting DevOps & Agility using Visual Studio, TFS/VSTS, Azure, & Scrum. Martin has been a consultant for 7 years and previously had 10 years’ experience in engineering software solutions.

Martin founded naked Agility Limited, when he returned to the UK in 2013, with the belief that every company deserves high quality working software delivered on a regular cadence that meets its customer’s needs.

He uses DevOps & Agile practices, learned through many years working with industry leaders, like Brian Harry and Ken Schwaber, to make sure that your development team can achieve it.

Martin has been awarded as a Microsoft MVP every year since 2008 in the ALM & DevOps category and has been a Visual Studio ALM Ranger since 2010. He attained his MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management in 2012. In 2014 Martin co-authored Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 and was often called upon by Microsoft to present to customers and at events on ALM, DevOps, & Agility. Martin also became a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org, Ken Schwaber’s organisation, in 2010 and currently teaches public and private courses; Professional Scrum Foundations (PSF), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Professional Scrum Developer (PSD), & Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS). In 2013 he became an Evidence-based Management Consultant (EBM) with Scrum.org and used Evidence-based Management techniques to help the customer understand where to make improvements. In 2020 Martin became a Professional Kanban Trainer (PKT) with ProKanban.org, Daniel Vacanti’s organisation, and currently teaches the Applying Professional Kanban (APK) training class.

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