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    <title><![CDATA[Mike Cohn's Blog - Succeeding With Agile]]></title>
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    <dc:creator>mikecohn@mountaingoatsoftware.com</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2026</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2026-05-05T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[When Planning Should Become A Shared Problem]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When a leader asks for a set of features by a given date, that should be the start of a conversation, not the end of one.]]></description>
      <author>Mike Cohn</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Course Gear from Our In-Person Classes — Now Available]]></title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For years, we gave out a handful of items to people attending our in-person courses. Things like notebooks, Planning Poker cards, and a few bits of Mountain Goat gear.</p>

<p>We always liked seeing how much people enjoyed them. And now that we no longer run public in-person classes, we&rsquo;ve made some of those items available to buy directly.</p>

<p>We&rsquo;ve priced everything to make it easy to pick up a few, whether that&rsquo;s for yourself or your team.</p>

<h2>What&rsquo;s Available</h2>

<p>Here are a few of the items currently in stock:</p>

<h3>Stainless Steel Tumblers</h3>

<p>We have both 30 oz and 20 oz insulated tumblers.</p>

<p>The 30 oz navy blue versions were originally used in our Advanced CSM&reg; and Advanced CSPO&reg; classes. They&rsquo;re made by RTIC, keep drinks hot or cold for hours, and tend to stick around on desks (and Zoom calls) long after the course ends.</p>

<p>The 16 oz Mountain Goat version is a smaller RTIC in black, more portable option, still great for keeping your drink at the right temperature throughout the day.</p>

<h3>Soft Cover Notebooks</h3>

<p>These were always a favourite in our classes.</p>

<p>They&rsquo;re 120 pages, printed on high-quality 100 GSM paper, and include useful agile reference material printed inside the covers.</p>

<p>They&rsquo;re available in Scrum Master, Product Owner, and general agile versions.</p>

<h3>Planning Poker Cards</h3>

<p>We&rsquo;ve printed over 100,000 decks of these over the years. Once the remaining decks are gone, that&rsquo;s it. We won&rsquo;t be making or selling Planning Poker cards again.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/uploads/blog/Planning_Poker_deck_w-cards_hiRez.png" style="width: 597px; height: 603px;" /></p>

<h3>A Few Extras</h3>

<p>We also have sticker packs and a small number of other items from past events.</p>

<h4>Limited Availability</h4>

<p>Some items are close to selling out, and we&rsquo;re not restocking anything.</p>

<p><strong>What&rsquo;s available now is all we have. As items sell out, they won&rsquo;t be replaced.</strong></p>

<h4>Take a Look</h4>

<p>If you took a course with us in the past, or just want a few practical (and slightly fun) agile tools,<br />
you can browse everything that&rsquo;s currently available here:</p>

<p><a href="https://merch.mountaingoatsoftware.com">https://merch.mountaingoatsoftware.com</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Story Critic AI Skill Helps Teams Write Better Backlog Items]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[See how the Story Critic skill coaches teams toward clearer, more testable backlog items and better refinement conversations, using examples of a simple story, a story with acceptance criteria, and a batch review of one Zoom backlog.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-28T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Smart Teams Overcommit And How Leaders Make It Worse]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article is for leaders who want honest plans from teams without pressuring them into false certainty.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-14T14:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Which Agile Leadership Archetype Are You?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This playful quiz helps readers identify the leadership instinct they default to under pressure, then connects those patterns to the real conditions agile teams need to succeed.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Product Backlog Refinement: A Practical Guide to Doing It Right]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Product backlog refinement should create confidence, not certainty. Learn how to improve Sprint Planning, reduce surprises, and stop refining when work will fit in a sprint.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-03-17T14:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cost of Change Curve Is Outdated]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The cost-of-change curve isn&rsquo;t what it used to be&mdash;modern tools, agile practices, and AI have dramatically flattened it.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Estimating and Planning in Agile: Why They Still Matter in 2026]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[By 2026, most agile practitioners have plenty of scar tissue when it comes to estimating and planning.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Soft Skills Outlast Technical Skills on Product Development Teams]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Soft skills are the ones that can lead to lasting success.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Use AI for Product Discovery and Writing Better User Stories]]></title>
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