Agile and Scrum Videos

Watch Mountain Goat Software videos on agile, Scrum, product ownership, estimation, planning, and teamwork.

Let Go of Knowing

You undoubtedly have a firmly held set of convictions about what is necessary to do agile well. These convictions have served you well—your teams have delivered better products more quickly and more economically than before they were agile. But could some of your firmly held convictions be holding you back? And have you ever wondered why some of your most agile friends are similarly firm in their own opinions—even ones that are the exact opposite of your own?

Learning from an Experiment in Estimating

Changing Our Minds

Early Scrum as Waterfall, But...

Admitting I Was Wrong About Retrospectives

A Mind Is Like a Parachute

Question Your Assumptions

Confirmation Bias

Hindsight Bias

Intellectual Humility and the Dunning-Kruger Effect

Quality After 6 and 24 Months

Avoid Brand Loyalty

Scrum Rules

Practices

That's a Really Good Argument: My Position Is Mistaken

Scrum Foundations

As an agile framework, Scrum is deceptively simple. Yet those who implement it successfully know that simple doesn’t always mean easy. To help you on your agile journey, I have created an introductory Scrum Foundations video course. This series of short videos introduces you to the terminology and concepts associated with Scrum--from Scrum as a framework to sprint planning to potentially releasable product increments.

Why Scrum Won't Tell You How to Work

Empirical vs Defined Process

Three Core Elements You Need to Start Using Scrum*

The Five Values of Scrum

The Product Owner, SM, and Developers

How A Scrum Team Differs

Implications of Shared Roles

Getting Started with Sprint Planning*

The Heart of Scrum: The Sprint

Team Collaboration wth the Daily Scrum

The Sprint Review: Why It's More than a Product Demo

The Sprint Retrospective: The Scrum Team

The Product Backlog - A Prioritized Features List*

The Sprint Backlog – A Plan for Delivering the Work of the Sprint*

The Product Increment*

Timboxes: Maintaining a Sense of Urgency

Product Backlog Refinement: Getting Work Ready

All Videos

Can Scrum Work Without a Product Owner? Someone Will Step Up to Fill the Role

Scrum Master: Essential for Team Success in Scrum

Enhance Team Success with Daily Scrum Meetings

Scrum Success: Estimating Product and Sprint Backlogs in Teams

Why Sprints are Essential in Scrum: Avoiding Student Syndrome and Maintaining Focus

Scrum Without Story Points: Efficient Estimation Alternatives

Doing Scrum but Not Getting Results? Start Here

Three Tips for Successful Story Mapping in a Story-Writing Workshop