Mike Cohn's Blog – Succeeding With Agile

• My Favorite Resource for Agile Advice, Support, and Answers February 17, 2021
  If I could make only one recommendation for an agile resource to have in 2021, this would be it…
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• The Three Types of Requirements on Any Project February 2, 2021
  In discussing requirements on any project, it’s important to realize there are really three different types of requirements. First are the known requirements. These are the requirements users tell us about. Analysts have honed good techniques over the years for gathering a project’s known requirements: interviews, story-writing workshops, open-ended questions, and more. But we’re fallible. […]
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• A New Appointment Means New Agile Training Options January 26, 2021
  This time last year, I’d just finished teaching one of my last in-person classes for the year. Of course, at the time I didn’t know it would be one of my last. Back then I couldn’t have predicted the changes we’d see in 2020 or the changes we’d make at Mountain Goat Software. I’ve been […]
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• My Most Popular Blog Posts from 2020 January 19, 2021
  I wrote 26 blog posts during 2020. In case you missed some of them, here are the most popular.
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• What Happens When You Use Agile for the Wrong Reasons? January 5, 2021
  Today’s post is from one of our Certified Scrum Trainers: Julie Chickering. I’ve known Julie for 15 years. I always love hearing or reading her views on Scrum and agile. With Mountain Goat Software, she delivers both our CSM and CSPO courses. Interested in Training with Julie? Click here to see her upcoming certified Scrum […]
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• Should Your Team Adopt No-Meeting Weeks? December 8, 2020
  It can be very tempting to schedule a week without any meetings. But there are better ideas.
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• Brand New Estimating with Story Points Video Course Now Available October 21, 2020
  Doors are now open (for a limited time only) to my new course: Estimating with Story Points.
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• VIDEO: Overcoming People Problems to Get Good Estimates October 19, 2020
  In this final video on creating estimates with story points, I help you overcome one of the biggest challenges: people problems.
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• VIDEO: How Teams and Stakeholders Get Hung Up on Perfect Estimates October 15, 2020
  This video helps you align stakeholder and team expectations when creating estimates (and those estimates don’t have to be perfect)
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• VIDEO: Coaching Tips to Stop Teams Equating Points to Hours October 13, 2020
  Just released: Free videos to help teams solve problems when creating estimates with story points.
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