Mike Cohn's Blog – Succeeding With Agile

• 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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• Are We Really Bad at Estimating? October 6, 2020
  Are We Really Bad at Estimating? The topic of estimating can be a contentious one. Teams may be reluctant to estimate for fear of creating something stakeholders will use against them. Clients and stakeholders will always want to know what will be delivered and when, but how do you predict this if the work is […]
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• A European Time Zone Virtual CSM Course in October September 29, 2020
  A new CSM course being offered during Europe-friendly hours
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• Are Estimates Ever Helpful to Developers? September 22, 2020
  Team members often think estimates are only useful for stakeholders and managers. Here’s how they can help the team itself.
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• Use a Pre-Mortem to Identify Project Risks Before They Occur September 8, 2020
  Talking about problems after they occur is too late. A pre-mortem can help a team avoid problems. 
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• Can There Be Too Much Transparency? August 18, 2020
  Transparency is a good thing. It’s often referred to as one of the three pillars of agile, along with the abilities to inspect and adapt. But can a team be harmed by too much transparency? Yes, I think that’s possible. Let me explain. Quantitative and Qualitative Transparency To start, let’s define transparency as visibility into […]
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• Is 2020 a Gold Rush Year for New Scrum Masters? August 11, 2020
  Scrum Master jobs are on the rise and so are their salaries. But is everything as it seems?
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