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  • December 20, 2024

    The Challenge of Finding True Agile Experts

    The Challenge of Finding True Agile Experts

    A long time ago, when I was a junior Scrum Master, my Chief Agile Coach posed a thought-provoking question:“If you had a limited budget, would you hire a Scrum Master or a Software Engineer?” At the time, I replied, “A Software Engineer, because they produce measurable output.” Now, years later, I reflect on that conversation… Continue reading

    Business Updates & Status Reports, Industry Trends & Personal Reports
    Acceptance Criteria, Agile, Agile Challenges, Agile Coach, Agile Expertise, Agile Market, Agile Methodologies, Agile Practices, Agile Transformation, Azure DevOps, Coaching, Conflict Resolution, Confluence, Cost of Delay, Definition of Done, Definition of Ready, DevOps, Effort Estimation, Jira, Kanban, Mediation, Mission, Nexus, OKRs, Prioritization, Product Owner, Retrospectives, SAFe, Scaled Agile, Scrum, Scrum Master, Spotify Model, Strategy, Team Topologies, Value Estimation, Vision, Waterfall vs Agile
  • December 3, 2024

    Rede Manuskript für die Kandidatur für die Landesliste zur Bundestagswahl von Volt am 2024-11-24

    Rede Manuskript für die Kandidatur für die Landesliste zur Bundestagswahl von Volt am 2024-11-24

    Liebe Mitmenschen, Freund*innen und Mitstreitende, liebe Voltis, mein Name ist Kevin Veen-Birkenbach, ich bin 31 Jahre alt und lebe in einer WG im Wedding. Ich bin ausgebildeter Kaufmann, sowie Fachinformatiker und besitze keinen akademischen Abschluss. Als Freiberufler unterstütze ich Unternehmen, Teams und Menschen dabei, sich weiterzuentwickeln. Zudem bin ich als Schiffsführer weltweit unterwegs und erlebe… Continue reading

    Political Reflections & Activism
    Antifaschismus, Awareness-Arbeit, Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen, Bildungspolitik, Bundestagswahl, Diversität und Inklusion, Ehrenamt, Fortschrittliche Bewegung, Freiberufler, Gewaltprävention, Inklusion, Interdisziplinäre Erfahrungen, Kevin Veen-Birkenbach, Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Politische Bildung, Pragmatismus, Pro-Europäische Politik, Psychische Gesundheit, Schiffsführer, Solidarität, Soziale Gerechtigkeit, Volt Deutschland, Wahlkampf
  • November 20, 2024

    Adventure Talks – São Miguel

    Hey everyone! It’s been on my bucket list forever, but the time has come—I’m finally doing it! Introducing “Adventure Talks”: a chill hangout where I invite friends and fellow adventurers (on-site or remotely) to chat about our wild, hilarious, and sometimes downright ridiculous escapades. The vibe? Super relaxed, unscripted, and just a tad chaotic—because life’s… Continue reading

    Adventure Talks
  • June 15, 2024

    Fall Tour’24 🏍️⛵️✈️🛳️

    Fall Tour’24 🏍️⛵️✈️🛳️

    The following tables include the draft plan for my Fall-Tour’24 Continue reading

    Travel & Adventures
    Adventure, BMW GS 1200, Brazil, Coastal Tour, Croatia, Europe, Fall Tour, France, Germany, International Travel, Italy, Motorbike Tour, Motorcycle Adventure, Motorcycle Travel, Road Trip, Skipper, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tour Planning, Travel Route
  • June 14, 2024

    Overview and Outlook for 2024/25

    Overview and Outlook for 2024/25

    This article contains a brief update from my side concerning my plans and the milestones which I want to archive in 2024/25. Also you will find a overview of some of my current routines, hobbies and activities. If you want to participate in some of the listed activities or adventures, accompany me to some of… Continue reading

    Personal Status Reports, Travel & Adventures
    Abendroutinen, Abenteuer, Abenteuerstammtisch, Agile Week, Aktivitäten und Hobbys, Bachata, Berlin, Brandenburg, Brüssel, Dänische Südsee, Eventplanung, Hack’n Tell, Kalender 2024/25, Krav Maga, Kunden Onboarding, Latin Dance, Meilensteine, Motorradfahren, Planung 2024/25, PPL(A) Prüfung, Raversbeuren, Reisen, Segeln, Sportseeschifferschein, Team Coaching, Wildlife Awareness, Wochenendaktivitäten, Workation, Yoga
  • January 13, 2024

    Welcome on the new Galaxy Server✨

    Welcome on the new Galaxy Server✨

    Hey folks, I want to inform you that I moved my services from my old server aka. World Server🌐 to my new server aka. Galaxy Server✨. Continue reading

    Installation & Configuration, Personal Status Reports
  • October 20, 2021

    Agile-Coach.World: Agile Solutions for the World

    I’m glad to announce that with Agile-Coach.World I started a new platform to promote and provide agile solutions. On this website I inform you about my experiences and solutions concerning Agility, Scrum, Business Mediation and Extreme Programming approaches. Any feedback is warmly welcome and high appreciated! Continue reading

    Agile & Project Management
    Agile Solutions, Agile-Coach.World, Agility, Business Mediation, Extreme Programming, Scrum, Scrum Master
  • January 29, 2021

    Why should one mount Linux /home/?

    Why should one mount Linux /home/?

    Why should one the instead of using a ? Simple answer from my side: The and I assume also other package managers may delete the symbolic link during the update process and create a new home directory instead. If you need to store your home data on another storage then your root partition, consider to… Continue reading

    Linux & System Administration, Server Management, Storage Encryption & Mounting
    /home, fstab, Linux, mount, package manager, pacman, symbolic link
  • January 28, 2021

    PHP and Symfony Solutions

    PHP and Symfony Solutions

    I offer the development of applications with a technology stack based on . Since 2011 I use this language and it’s my programming mother thong. With PHP I programmed insurance calculators for Dionera, human resource platforms for Neue Werte and applications for Rootcoonect. As back-end framework I use . It’s based on the concept and… Continue reading

    Linux & System Administration, Programming & Development
    Agile, Clean Code, CRUD, CSS, Facebook, Functional-Testing, HTML, Integration-Testing, Javascript, JQuery, Kanban, MariaDB, MySQL, php, PHPUnit, Refactoring, REST, Scenario-Testing, Scrum, SOLID, Symfony, Unit-Testing
  • January 28, 2021

    I’m available in a Suit

    I’m available in a Suit

    Due to some requests I feel the need to mention that I also feel very comfortable in a suit and I’m open to wear it if’s important for a client. But a suit doesn’t have any effect on the quality of my work. Continue reading

    Uncategorized
    Kevin Veen-Birkenbach, suit
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Recent Posts

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