PAOLO SAMMICHELI
BUSINESS COACH - SCRUM TRAINER - AI EXPERT
AGILE BUSINESS COACH
Welcome! My name is Paolo.
I am a Business Coach and expert in Business Agility and Scrum, Design Thinking, Business Resilience, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Transformation. I help companies around the world discover better ways to craft beautiful products. Registered Scrum Trainer and Coach by Scrum Inc, Certified Scrum@Scale Trainer, Lean-Agile Procurement Trainer, and Management 3.0 Facilitator.
I am passionate about Technology, Innovation, Mobile, Online Communities, Free Software, Events, Communication, Design, Marketing, Startups, and Entrepreneurship.My first book: "Scrum for Hardware"
I'm the author of Scrum for Hardware, the world's first significant publication of the topic. It contains the stories of the pioneers of SCRUM for HARDWARE: from Wikispeed to the first "Global Scrum for Hardware Gathering" and the "Agile Product Charter." It's divided into three parts: the first contains the stories, the second presents the method with many practical examples, and the third contains case studies implemented by the author.
The book, released under the Creative Commons license BY-SA, is sold worldwide on Leanpub and Amazon. It includes a foreword by Joe Justice, founder of Wikispeed and inventor of eXtreme Manufacturing. Jeff Sutherland, co-author of Scrum, has endorsed it twice on Twitter.
By buying this book, you'll support WIKISPEED: 50% of the fees go to the project.
My second book: "Scrum in AI"
Artificial Intelligence Agile Development with Scrum and MLOps
Discover how to develop an AI-based application with Agile and Scrum. The book comprises Agility's foundations, a detailed description of the methods, engineering practices, and case studies with real examples and suggestions on how to implement them in your company. Foreword by Jeff Sutherland, co-author of Scrum.
The book is released with the Creative Commons License BY-SA so you can freely distribute and reuse it.
My third book: "Scrum for Hardware Explained"
Achieving Industrial Agility
"Scrum for Hardware Explained - Achieving Industrial Agility" is your ultimate guide to Agile and Scrum, specially tailored for the manufacturing industry. This comprehensive guide takes you from the basics of Agile and Scrum through detailed Scrum patterns to practical applications for your industry. Whether starting your transformation journey, managing multiple teams, or preparing for production, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to navigate confidently. Foreword by Henrik Kniberg, author of the Spotify Model, Product Owner in a Nutshell, and many other publications.
As an "Ultimate Edition," your purchase is not just a book but a lifetime of learning; with this special edition, you'll receive all future updates and free access to "Scrum for Hardware," the first significant publication in the world on the topic. Twice the reading at half the price!
Agile Education
powered by Scrum Inc.
Developed by Dr. Jeff Sutherland, the co-creator of Scrum, the Agile Education Program includes real examples and techniques to reduce waste and continuously improve across all industries. Learners walk away knowing how to improve performance immediately. Available on multiple continents and testing in different languages, the Scrum Inc. Training Program aims to improve work worldwide. Our trainer community has a proven record of improving team and organization performance. Their continued learning requirement allows each trainer to understand the latest insights and share them back with the learners.
Business Resiliency
BRIeF (Business Resilience and Innovation enhancement Framework) offers an Agile approach to building business resilience and disruptive innovation.
By focusing on systemic perspectives, AI-assisted responses, crisis simulations, and leadership and culture, organizations can better prepare for and navigate the uncertainties of the future. Adopting the BRIeF Framework is a proactive step towards ensuring long-term sustainability and success in an ever-changing business landscape in a cooperative way.
Skills
Things I've picked up over the years
AGILE for SOFTWARE
Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, DevOps, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development.
TANGIBLE PRODUCTS
Scrum for Hardware, Extreme Manufacturing, Lean, Industrial Agility.
BUSINESS AGILITY
Scrum@Scale, BRIeF, LeSS - Large Scale Scrum, Agile Organization, Lean Startup, Lean Change Management, Popcorn Flow, Management 3.0.
COACHING
NLP, Business Coaching, Executive Coaching, Team Building, Experiential Learning, Kinesthetic Coaching, LEGO® Serious Play®.
PRODUCT DESIGN
Product Envisioning, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, User Centered Design, Interaction Design, Usability Testing.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus, Security, Digital Signature, Encryption, Unix, Linux, Ubuntu, Android.
Recommendations
From Linkedin
Augusto Pucci
Product Owner
Online Banking SpecialistPaolo is definitely a natural born coach, a professional able to bridge the gap between business and technical domain. Paolo enjoys a deep knowledge of agile methodologies and the ability to easily communicate their core principles and help organizations in figuring out how to apply agile to their business, maximizing value.
Anna Russo
Transition Owner
Program ManagerPaolo as Agile Coach has given an important contribution to our Organization during the Lean and Agile transformation. I appreciated a lot his smartness, commitment, passion, support. His various professional experiences, his wide specialties and interests, his kind approach with people, made Paolo a valuable person to work with.
Marcio Lima
Product Owner
Business Operation Manager BrazilPaolo is a great person and coach with deep knowledge of Agile and Lean methodologies that brilliantly supported us during our company Lean-Agile transition. Being always committed, available, direct and valuable, without any doubt, Paolo is the right professional to coach your team!
Pietro Tricarico
CTO
Paolo is firstly a great person. As Agile Coach during our company Lean-Agile transition, I have always appreciated his approach: always available, direct and valuable.
Luigino Ianni
Product Owner
Paolo has deep knowledge of the agile methodologies. In addition to this he has important soft and analytical skills that help him to accurately manage the change. Being always updated on any new organizational and tech trend he is able also to introduce important process innovation.
Massimiliano Gaudenzi
Technical Director
Paolo is a passionate teacher and a great coach! I met him at a course on Agile software development and Lean Management. It was very interesting and definitely a mind-opening experience. Paolo teaches by example and games, so learning is very fun and easy. Moreover he is a technology enthusiast, he cultivates different interests with an entrepreneurial spirit and he is involved in different initiatives.
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