…a private Scrum & agile training session with their coworkers. Each has its advantages. Quick Overview Course Offerings Before I dive into the differences between public and private, I want to give you some context around the types of courses Mountain Goat offers. We offer both private and public Scrum…

…takes to be truly agile. Listen in as Ryan Gottfredson sits down with Brian to explore the four common fears that hinder agility. In this episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast, Ryan Gottfredson, an expert on the psychology of agility and author of the bestselling book “Success Mindsets,” sits down…

…teams try to “do Agile” by adding layers of process before they understand the problem they’re trying to solve. In this episode, Brian Milner and Cort Sharp discuss how to start Agile simply, avoid unnecessary complexity, and build practices that actually fit your team. Overview When organizations first adopt Agile,…

How do agile teams achieve cross-functionality? Hint: Contrary to what you might have heard, cross-functional does not mean everyone on the team must know how to do everything. Every sandwich shop in the world has figured out how to work cross-functionally. So it's surprising to me that so many agile…

…Scrum Trainer (CST), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and a traditional Project Management Professional (PMP). Today on the show, Julie joins Brian to discuss the most valuable books they’ve read, the lessons they’ve learned from them, and the best ones for giving to the Scrum Master in your life this…

…this episode of the Agile Mentors podcast, Brian Milner and Scott Dunn share their real-world experience on what to do from your side to earn the right to influence up. They discuss what bosses, managers, leadership, stakeholders, and other higher-ups in the organization want and tools you can use to…

…a secret to transformative Agile teams. Discover how one-on-one conversations can redefine team dynamics and even scaled organizational culture. Overview In this episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast, Avipaul Bhandari, a seasoned Agile coach, takes us through the critical role of one-on-one meetings in nurturing agile teams. Avipaul sheds light…

…looking to sharpen their Agile skills and understand the nuanced demands of a product owner. Overview In this insightful episode, Brian and Mike Cohn explore the multifaceted role of product owners in Agile development, discussing everything from market analysis and vision creation to the nuts and bolts of sprint planning…

…this episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast, Brian Milner sits down with veteran Agile coach and trainer Jim York for a deep dive into what makes real teamwork tick. They unpack what separates a group of coworkers from a high-functioning team, explore the role of shared goals in driving motivation,…

…is the risk that agile leaders should be paying the closest attention to. AI doesn’t eliminate teams; it increases the need for great ones. The faster a team moves, the more collaboration it requires. The more productive individual contributors become, the more their work needs to be coordinated. And the…

…regarding transitioning to the agile process has been to start with a pilot project, learn from it, and then spread agile throughout the organization. This approach is the frequently used Start Small pattern in which an organization selects typically one to three teams (of five to ten people each), gets…

Agile Teamwork: How Great Teams Deliver Learn about agile teams and agile teamwork—central components of any agile framework, including Scrum. What Is Agile Teamwork? Agile teamwork is when a small group of people work together to solve a compelling problem. Hackman’s 2011 study “Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard…

…these days for scaling agile. I really like how intellectually compatible LeSS is with Scrum itself. One of the tenets of Larman and Vodde’s Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS is to scale Scrum using Scrum. The authors write that LeSS is “not Scrum at the bottom for each team, and…