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Why Your Scrum Team Still Works Like Individuals
Many organizations have Scrum teams in name, but not yet in behavior. The people attend sprint…
Leading Agile Initiatives: How Leaders Help Agile Change Succeed
An agile initiative is not mainly a one-time rollout of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Jira, new job titles, or a different meeting calendar.
Focusing Where We Can Have the Most Impact
Mountain Goat Software is shifting its training and coaching focus to private client work, where teams and leaders can apply agile to their real challenges.
We Tried Agile and It Didn’t Work
“We tried agile and it didn’t work” is one of the most revealing things a leader can hear.
Why Scrum Isn’t Working Even Though You’re Doing Scrum
Story splitting helps teams turn large user stories into smaller, valuable pieces they can finish within a sprint without turning them into tasks.
When Planning Should Become A Shared Problem
Turn planning pressure into a shared conversation about options and tradeoffs.
How the Story Critic AI Skill Helps Teams Write Better Backlog Items
See how AI coaching can help teams write clearer, smaller, more testable backlog items.
Why Smart Teams Overcommit And How Leaders Make It Worse
Understand how leader pressure can push smart teams into unrealistic commitments.
The Cost of Change Curve Is Outdated
The cost-of-change curve isn’t what it used to be—modern tools, agile practices, and AI have dramatically flattened it.
Estimating and Planning in Agile: Why They Still Matter in 2026
By 2026, most agile practitioners have plenty of scar tissue when it comes to estimating and planning.
Why Soft Skills Outlast Technical Skills on Product Development Teams
Soft skills are the ones that can lead to lasting success.
How to Use AI for Product Discovery and Writing Better User Stories
Use AI to support product discovery, user interviews, and writing better user stories.