Ralph Jocham

Ralph is a German citizen who spent the last 20 years collecting professional software and product development experience in France, the UK, the USA and now Switzerland.  He became an agile evangelist in 2000, and perfected his approach at ThoughtWorks.

Ralph also is Europe’s first trainer with Scrum.org  as well as a Management 3.0 facilitator and taught thousands of professionals around the globe. When not busy running his company Effective Agile or helping all kinds of enterprises in Europe, he enjoys teaching at universities. He worked or consulted at Oracle, Siemens, Google, Life Technologies, Swisscom, PostFinance and Roche, to name a few. 

He co-wrote a book with Don Mc Greal “The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage“.

Ralph nevertheless finds time to spend quality time with his family on a regular basis, treating them to home-cooked international fine cuisine, and going on long walks with the family dog.

Upcoming courses

Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM 1)

Learn all the skills you need to become a Professional Scrum Master. Get your Scrum.org PSM 1 certificate now!

Jesse Houwing

Scrum.org
2 days
In Person

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19 – 20 Mar, 2026

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€1625

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Professional Agile Leadership Essentials (PAL-E)

Master Agile leadership and boost your Scrum Team’s and organization’s performance with our PAL-E training.

Evelien Roos

Agile Leadership
Scrum.org
2 days
In Person

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23 – 24 Mar, 2026

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€1825

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Professional Scrum Master – Advanced (PSM-A) (former PSM 2)

Maximize your impact with our Professional Scrum Master 2 (PSM 2) training. Gain expert scrum master skills and unlock your potential.

Jesse Houwing

Scrum.org
2 days
In Person

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9 – 10 Apr, 2026

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Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development (APS-SD)

Master Agile professional software development with our APS-SD training. Turn product requirements into business value. Get certified as a PSD!

Jesse Houwing

Scrum
Scrum.org
3 days
In Person

Next:

3 Jun, 2026

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€2095

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Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBMS)

The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team.

Sander Dur

Agile
Product Owner
Scrum
Scrum Master
Scrum.org
1 day
In Person

Next:

8 Jun, 2026

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€895

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