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This past week I’ve shared free online video training to help tackle some of the most common problems teams face when estimating with story points. If you’ve enjoyed the training, I’d like to now introduce you to...

Today’s post introduces the final installment in a free series of training videos tackling common problems teams face when estimating with story points. The training will be available until Wednesday October 28, at 9...

Today’s post introduces the second installment in a series of free training videos tackling common problems teams face when estimating with story points. The training will be available until Wednesday, October 28. In...

Today’s post introduces the first installment in a free series of training videos to help teams use story points to create estimates. The training will be available until Wednesday October 28 at 9pm Pacific. To watch...

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...

You’ve asked for it and we’re doing it: A Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course held virtually in a time zone that is suitable for all our friends in Europe. The course will be held on 19–20 October (Monday and...

“Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” We’ve all heard the sentiment behind Murphy’s Law. Many of us have said it at some point. But few of us actually act as though we’re worried about it. A useful technique...

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...

Today’s post is from one of our Certified Scrum Trainers: Lance Dacy. I’ve known Lance for years and am always interested in his insights pertaining to Scrum and agile today. With Mountain Goat Software, he delivers...

In about half the conversations about agile, I hear someone make the point that “teams should focus on outcomes rather than outputs.” It’s gotten to the point that I’m tired of hearing it, especially because I...

Recently I held a live ask-me-anything session on Facebook along with Brian Milner, the latest trainer to join Mountain Goat Software. Brian and I took questions for an hour and I wanted to share some highlights in...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has certainly disrupted everything, including our business. That will happen when a large portion of your business requires being together in person, and much of our training and coaching...

We say agile teams are self-organizing. But how far does that go? Should team members have the right to vote someone off the team? Since the debut of the Survivor television show back in 1997, this is often referred to...

Before I dive into today’s post I want to pause and thank everyone who got in touch after last week’s blog to show their support for the new trainers joining the Mountain Goat Software family. Many people knew of or...

Before I dive into today’s post I want to pause and thank everyone who got in touch after last week’s blog to show their support for the new trainers joining the Mountain Goat Software family. Many people knew of or...

Today’s post is a bit different to what we normally publish here. It’s part confession, and part announcement of a new era at Mountain Goat Software (that I’m very excited about). It’s no secret that I’m...

Suppose you’re working on a project that has a major deadline a year from now. You’re agile, so you might release every couple of weeks if that’s appropriate for your customers and the product. But the big...