About Obvious Works GmbH

About us

Team

Michael Mey

Problem solver & trainer

Michael has many years of experience in software development in large international companies in the financial industry. His specialty is the processing of large amounts of data. Requirements engineering and agility have accompanied him in various roles as a developer, business analyst, technical manager, product manager and department head.

Christoph Schmiedt

Complexity Un-Winder & Trainer

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Christoph is an agile coach with many years of experience in supporting and shaping agile organizational transitions. His methodological background in IT and its processes as well as his experience in agile key roles, in teams and in scaling environments enrich any transition project.

Matthias Herbert

All-rounder & IT ninja

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Matthias is a certified and experienced Scrum Master. He has also gained some experience as a product owner and supplemented this with ITIL and ISO 27001 certifications. As an agile IT project manager, he gained many years of experience in large agile projects. His focus is on Scrum and ITIL.

Murat Ortak

Agile Adaption & Learning Catalyst

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Murat is Dipl. Ing. techn. cybernetics and experienced Lead Field Auditor. He is a co-founder of the CloudCert certification body and has spent the last 15 years working intensively on the agile transition of organizations as a project lead, change manager and servant leader.

Dr. Joerg Storm

Executive Director & AI expert

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Joerg has been working in the management of a German premium car manufacturer for over 20 years.
In addition, Joerg is an advisor in several startups & publisher of an AI newsletter with over 80,000 subscribers. He has ~600,000 followers and has been ranked as Germany's #1 Linkedin Tech Influencer and Global 100 Thought Leader.

Sebastian Friedsam

Naive questioner & trainer

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Sebastian is an expert in the introduction of SAFe and setting up Agile Release Trains. He coaches teams, middle management & product management and brings a lot of experience in project hybrids, classic projects and agile projects through his previous work in IT crisis project management.

Marco Tommasone

Leanifier & Trainer

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Marco is a certified and experienced Scrum Master, Product Owner and SAFe Trainer (SPC). As an agile coach and trainer, he helps IT organizations with the introduction of new agile software development methods. His focus is on Scrum, scaling Scrum (including SAFe and LeSS), lean software development, Kanban, introducing agile methods/frameworks and taking on roles in the Scrum environment, including as Scrum Master and Product Owner.

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In the spirit of agility, our aim is to create transparency, analyze situations and continuously derive improvements from them. This is also reflected in the feedback we receive from our customers.

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"I highly recommend Michael! His expertise and teaching style made learning about IREB not only manageable, but truly enjoyable. He has an incredible ability to break down complex concepts into clear, understandable components, making everyone in the session feel confident and well prepared. Michael's passion for the subject shines through in every aspect of his teaching. He is patient, approachable and always willing to answer questions or clarify doubts. His real-world examples and practical insights made the material come alive and gave me a deeper understanding of the IREB framework. Thanks to Michael's guidance, I now feel well equipped to apply what I have learned in my professional role. If you are considering a course or workshop with Obvious Works, don't hesitate - you are in the best hands."

Yancza I. from Zurich

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"Very likeable and good lecturer and trainer. Michael explains the content with incredible calm and composure. He engages individually with his course participants and answers questions in a practical way. Bravo. Please keep it up."

Sven S. from Bern

"Michael understood how to address our different employee groups and how to tailor a digital workshop to our specific needs. We were impressed by the mixture of theory and practical examples with which he addressed the tasks of our foundation. The uncomplicated, professional collaboration resulted in an interesting webinar in a pleasant atmosphere."

Head of Human Resources at a large charitable foundation

"The work with the participants was very interactive, not just frontal teaching. Good mix between lecture, discussion, practical exercises and gamification. The content of the course was conveyed in a great and understandable way."

Ulrike L. from Zurich

"Good organization of the course, understandable content. In my opinion, the trainer managed to address everyone in their own way despite the very different levels of knowledge of the participants."

Goia K. from Basel

"Very good documentation and examples, Michael was very competent and conveyed the rather dry material with humor - was great - thank you very much!"

Daniel H. from Heilbronn

"I enjoyed the course and found the combination of theory and practice very valuable. Thank you very much for 3 intensive days of knowledge transfer."

Alfred P. from Frankfurt a. M.

"The trainer was well prepared and gave a clear and understandable presentation and involved the participants. I particularly enjoyed the personal/professional exchange with other participants and trainers (especially with regard to practical examples and experience)."

Jasmina D. from Zurich

"The trainer created a pleasant atmosphere and learning environment. He responded flexibly to all participants and the hybrid setup of the course worked very well."

Oliver K. from Munich

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Customers

With our many years of experience we quickly find our way around all kinds of environments. From SMEs to large corporations. From car manufacturers to magazine publishers. Find an extract of our client portfolio below.

Partner

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

We work according to this motto and have therefore built up a large network of strong partners.

The AKROS Academy is a training service provider for professional further education. We are part of the Noser Group and focus on both internal training for our employees and external participants.

Digicomp is the leading independent partner for the development of digital skills in the corporate environment. We create a place for practical training and combine personal presence with digital excellence.

SCRUMevents enables you to get to know very special personalities and luminaries in the field of Scrum and Agile. Be it at one of our seminars or one of our conferences.

AgileQ supports companies with targeted consulting on their path through agile transformations. Our aim is to increase agility and innovative capacity and to promote sustainable positive change in the corporate culture.

AgileMinds specializes in supporting companies in the implementation and optimization of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) through targeted training and comprehensive support that promotes the company-wide scaling of agile methods.

DIGITAL STORM Weekly is a rapidly growing, free AI newsletter with 80,000+ subscribers. The readership includes C-levels, decision makers, founders and investors e.g. at Google, Meta, Amazon and Mercedes-Benz.

The Agile Requirements Engineering Institute offers certification programs for requirements engineering experts in the agile environment. Our certifications set standards and support professionals in expanding their skills and knowledge in agile requirements engineering. We have our finger on the pulse of the times and prepare our participants for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

IREB is a non-profit organization and developer of the CPRE (Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering) certification concept. This certification sets global standards in the field of requirements engineering and helps professionals to expand their skills and knowledge. We are also actively involved in the Special Interest Group #AIREB to promote innovative approaches in requirements engineering.

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is the leading system for scaling agile, used by thousands of organizations worldwide. SAFe offers a proven methodology to effectively implement agile principles in large organizations. With its clearly structured approach, it enables companies to react flexibly and quickly to changes without losing control of their processes.

Evrlearn is an official partner of orellfüssli and the place for your access to the global learning universe. We have brought together thousands of learners, over 120 of the best training providers and many industry-leading companies on one platform.

The Impact Hub Zurich is a vibrant innovation space and community for entrepreneurs, creatives and innovators committed to positive social and economic change. As part of the global Impact Hub network, it offers coworking spaces, events and networking opportunities.

Linkomat is the leading Cashback portal in the German-speaking region. In addition to cashback solutions in the field of affiliate marketing, we also offer marketing, hosting and technical implementation services.

KImpact is an association for artificial intelligence (AI) in Switzerland that is characterized by knowledge exchange, networking, projects and practical experience, public relations, community and support, as well as exclusive resources for its members. Its goal is to take away the fear of AI and help to use it profitably.

TWIRE builds customized Web3 solutions for customers with its strong community of Web3 experts. Everything from a single source.

ri:level specializes in visual product development. We are passionate about products that inspire the user.

The KEGON Switzerland opens up new horizons with customers in the world of agile transformation and steers them in the right direction together.