Presentations
Author and highly in-demand speaker and trainer Mike Cohn offers Scrum presentations and agile presentations around the world. A co-founder of the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance, Mike is an advocate of sharing Scrum and agile knowledge and information worldwide. Here, he offers a resource library of slides from Scrum and agile presentations dating back to 2002 and continuing up to the present.
From this page, you will have access to more than six dozen Scrum and agile presentations on a variety of topics. We add new presentations all the time, so check back often.
- Leading a Self-Organizing Team
Jun 19, 2009 - Prioritizing Your Product Backlog
Jun 19, 2009 - Getting Agile with Scrum
Jun 19, 2009 - User Stories
Jun 19, 2009 - Agile Estimating
Jun 19, 2009
- An Overview of Scrum
Jan 01, 2002 - Planning and Tracking on Agile Projects
Mar 20, 2007 - Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements
Sep 13, 2006 - Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements
Mar 20, 2007 - Planning and Tracking on Agile Projects
Nov 21, 2006
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User Stories (21 presentations)
Projects start with their requirements. How those requirements are expressed has a tremendous influence on the rest of the project. Putting requirements in the form of user stories is one of the most broadly applicable techniques introduced by Extreme Programming. However, user stories are an effective approach on all time-constrained projects. -
Estimating & Planning (33 presentations)
Planning is important even on agile projects. Unfortunately, we’ve all seen so many worthless plans that we’d like to throw them away altogether. The good news is that it is possible to create plans that can be accurate and useful. -
Transitioning to Agile (14 presentations)
Transitioning to an agile process from a traditional process is fraught with potential dangers. These articles will cover practices that have proven effective in helping organizations transition to an agile development process. Learn how to overcome resistance, communicate progress, deal with nay-sayers, get the project off on the right foot and select an appropriate first project. -
Presentations About Scrum (12 presentations)
Scrum has grown into the most popular agile process. This section features presentations related to Scrum. Included in this section is a redistributable introduction to Scrum in PowerPoint and Keynote format that you can use to present to your team.
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Other Topics (16 presentations)
Not everything fits neatly into a category. Here you’ll find a collection of presentations on a variety of additional topics including video game development, metrics and much more.
Additional Resources
In addition to offering free access to the slides of Mike’s public presentations, Mountain Goat Software’s Resource Library also includes an Articles section covering a broad range of Scrum and agile topics, as well as Mike’s Blog, a Book Reviews section, and a section on Our Books. You’ll notice we put Our Books last in this list. That’s because we offer our Library section in the spirit of true sharing of resources, not as a clever way for us to sell our own books…though of course we think they ARE a great resource in the field of of agile and Scrum.
Presentations by Mike Cohn
All the presentations on this page were created and presented by Mike Cohn, founder of Mountain Goat Software, co-founder of the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance, and author and co-author of numerous books, articles and a popular blog. Mike is a highly respected trainer and presenter, who offers public courses on Scrum and agile topics all over the world. To see a video of Mike presenting at Google, click here. If you’d like to read what attendees of Mike’s classes have to say about his teaching and presentation style, please visit our What They’re Saying About Us page.
What Makes Mike Cohn a Great Trainer?
For a detailed answer to that question, we invite you to visit our Why Us? page, but in case you don’t feel like clicking over there, here’s a convenient summary:
- Mike’s been an active participant on Scrum projects since 1995 at four different companies. That kind of hands-on experience makes his training and coaching 100% practical and relevant—not theoretical.
- More than a dozen years of experience in agile and Scrum is about as much experience as anyone in the industry can boast. And that experience ranges from tiny start-ups to companies with nearly half a million employees in fields as diverse as aerospace and video games.
- Mike’s a great teacher. He not only knows a ton about agile and Scrum, but he knows how to transfer knowledge in ways that are effective, interesting and lasting.
- Accessible style: Mike Cohn is the author of two very popular agile books: Agile Estimating and Planning, and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development. He has written numerous articles for magazines, journals, and websites. He has a highly informative blog and is is a frequent participant at various industry conferences throughout the year. You can check out any of these communications to get a sense of his straightforward style. If you’re thinking about scheduling Mike for a live presentation or attending one of his courses, you can get a sense of his in-person style at any number of conferences, or to get a first-hand look at how he relates to an audience, check out this video of Mike presenting at Google.
While we are happy to share the presentation slides with the public, nothing really takes the place of in-person training. Please check out the listing of our publicly-taught Scrum and agile courses and try to attend a few this year. We also offer on-site training on agile and Scrum topics if you prefer to train a whole team without the inconvenience and expense of travel; and we offer on-site coaching and mentoring as well.
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