Mike Cohn’s Blog

Scrum teams know they need to be potentially releasable at the end of the sprint. But do they know …

It’s important for most agile teams to estimate both their product and sprint backlogs. But why?

This new video series is the perfect primer for Scrum. It’s great prep for the Certified Scrum …

An agile product backlog should evolve over time, with product backlog items and user stories …

Succeeding with Scrum is easier when you know when and why to conduct each ceremony during the sprint.

Are you struggling to find a catchy name for your agile team? Use this fun, mostly silly, generator …

Telling a stakeholder you can’t work on their feature is difficult. Here are ways to make that …

There are things leaders can do that will influence how a team self organizes.

Want to become an even better Scrum Master? Follow these 10 easy-to-remember practices.

Product owners often sacrifice progress toward important goals to put out short-term fires. There’s …

Agile team leaders often need to gauge or achieve consensus. Learn four of the best ways of doing that.