Agile Estimating and Planning

Agile Estimating & Planning shows you how to create reliable estimates that give teams the freedom to deliver while keeping stakeholders confident and informed.

You’ll build a planning process that’s transparent, collaborative, and safe, where teams don’t feel pressured to pad or hide their estimates.

Learn how to balance flexibility with accountability, accelerate planning meetings, and improve the quality of every conversation about time and scope.

Plan realistically, forecast confidently, and deliver with trust instead of tension.

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Estimating With Story Points

Cut through the confusion and make story points actually work for your team.

This course shows you how to explain story points clearly to both developers and stakeholders, create consistent estimates across different skill levels, and plan fixed-date or fixed-scope projects with confidence. You’ll uncover and correct the most common mistakes that derail estimation, use practical worksheets to apply lessons immediately, and get access to two exclusive bonus modules on stakeholder communication and agile planning.

Whether you’re new to story points or repairing old habits, this course turns estimation from frustration into focus.

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Better Retrospectives

Turn retrospectives from routine meetings into real engines of improvement.

After this course, you’ll design and facilitate retros that spark honest discussion, engagement, and change. You’ll use frameworks like the Diamond Model of Participation and the Retrospective Menu to keep sessions fresh, focused, and productive. You’ll know how to draw out quieter voices, adapt to different team personalities, and build trust so feedback turns into action.

No more same issues, different sprint. Instead, you’ll leave with the confidence and tools to make every retrospective meaningful.

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Retrospectives Repair Guide

This course shows you how to fix retrospectives that have lost their spark.

In just over an hour, you’ll tackle 10 of the most common retrospective challenges, from quiet teams and surface-level discussions to remote disengagement and weak follow-through. You’ll learn how to spot the real issues behind recurring problems and apply practical techniques that rebuild trust, energy, and safety.

Retrospectives Repair Guide is your field-tested troubleshooting kit for restoring focus, momentum, and genuine value to every sprint review.

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Scrum Repair Guide

When Scrum starts to slip, this course helps you set it right.

With lifetime access to seven focused modules, you’ll get practical, bite-sized lessons that help you spot and solve the issues slowing your team down. You’ll learn how to pinpoint problems before they hurt productivity, manage stakeholder pressure without derailing your sprint, and rebuild focus and energy so your team collaborates at full strength.

Whether you’re new to Scrum or have years of experience, Scrum Repair Guide gives you the tools to restore flow, protect your team, and get back to delivering high-quality products fast.

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Let Go of Knowing

Challenge what you think you know about agile.

Based on Mike's popular keynote, Let Go of Knowing helps you spot the assumptions and biases that quietly hold teams back. Through personal stories and real examples, Mike shows how rethinking long-held beliefs can open the door to better teamwork, smarter decisions, and genuine agility. You’ll discover how to stay curious without over-questioning, and how to create a culture where learning and adaptation come naturally.

Short, honest, and thought-provoking, it’s a reminder that sometimes the biggest breakthroughs start with letting go.

Scrum Foundations

Scrum Foundations gives you a clear, practical introduction to how Scrum really works. In this short course, Mike walks you through the essentials, from the five Scrum values to the roles, events, and artifacts that bring agility to life.

You’ll see how sprint planning, daily scrums, and backlog refinement connect to deliver potentially shippable increments every iteration. You’ll also understand how timeboxing, a clear Definition of Done, and an organized product backlog improve both speed and quality.

It’s the perfect starting point for newcomers,  or a quick, confidence-boosting refresher for experienced practitioners.

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