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AI-powered guidance when you’re stuck
The MGS AI Toolkit for coaching, story splitting, and backlog creation
MGS Essentials
Stop Getting Stuck
When you hit a wall, ask Mike. For Free.
MGS Essentials is a free agile platform that brings together an AI-powered toolkit trained on Mike Cohn’s teachings, with practical tools, downloadable resources, and real-world coaching insights.
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Once you start using it, you’ll wonder how you worked without it.
“I always have it open while I’m working, it’s my go-to tab for agile questions”
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Practical tools and resources you can apply immediately
7 practical agile tools, including Planning Poker® for up to 7 players
Downloads and templates to save time
Learn
Real-world experience from real teams
- 100+ real coaching call recordings
- 30+ expert webinars
- Live Lean Coffee events
The MGS AI Toolkit
The AI Toolkit inside MGS Essentials is the ONLY AI trained on all of Mike’s materials.
- Ask complex agile questions and get answers that solve problems
- Split features into sprint-ready stories in minutes
- Create actionable backlog items your team can deliver
Online Tools for estimating, planning, and prioritising
Practical utilities you can open when the team needs a clearer estimate, a more realistic plan, or a better way to talk through trade-offs.
Tool
Best For
How Teams Use It
Planning Poker®
Best For
Live estimation sessions
How Teams Use It
Reveal estimates quickly, keep the conversation focused, and avoid the usual back-and-forth. Supports up to 7 players.
Plan Visualizer
Best For
Checking scope against time
How Teams Use It
Test whether a delivery plan fits available capacity before you commit to dates or promise too much.
Project Success Sliders
Best For
Stakeholder trade-offs
How Teams Use It
Make tensions between scope, schedule, cost, and quality visible so decisions happen earlier and with less confusion.
Theme Scoring and Prioritisation
Best For
Ordering larger initiatives
How Teams Use It
Compare themes more objectively and focus the roadmap on the work most likely to deliver meaningful value.
Elements of Agile Assessment
Best For
Inspecting team health
How Teams Use It
Spot gaps in agile practice, discuss what is working, and decide what to improve next without turning it into a sales pitch.
Templates and Downloads That Save Time
Resources you can use immediately, including:
- 200 user story examples
- Sprint Review and Agile Kickoff agendas
- Story mapping cheat sheets
- CSM practice tests and question banks
- Glossary of agile and Scrum terms
- AI prompt guides for Scrum Masters and Product Owners
- And more
Answers From The Field
Learn from real situations, not theory.
MGS Essentials includes:
- 100+ real coaching call recordings
- 30+ expert webinars and guest interviews
- Insights from leaders like Roman Pichler, Ken Rubin, Jeff Patton, and more
Listen to real questions from real Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and agile leaders and get clear, experience-backed answers for solving real-world problems.
