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 fifteen 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 User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile. 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.