This is a chance to ask Chris Sims your questions and get free advice and coaching.

9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pacific Time Each Day Scrum teams move too fast for traditional product management. Learn the skills and techniques that successful scrum product owners use to guide their teams and build successful products at agile speed. This online Certified Scrum Product Owner workshop leads to certification through the Scrum Alliance. Enjoy […]

It’s no surprise: Subject matter skills alone aren't enough for successful career development. Transitioning up in your career requires building new skills and learning to navigate tricky interpersonal situations. In this highly interactive simulation, you’ll step into the shoes of Sam T. Rasa, a high-performing engineer recently promoted to lead a mega project. But Sam […]

This is a chance to ask Chris Sims your questions and get free advice and coaching.

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm attending and sponsoring Agile Open Northern California. I love open space conferences and this one was my first back in 2007 and it's still my favorite. As a sponsor, I'm thrilled to offer you 20% off your conference ticket. Use Agile Learning Labs' registration link to get your discounted […]

This is a chance to ask Chris Sims your questions and get free advice and coaching.

Most teams don’t struggle because people aren’t working hard enough. They struggle because the system they’re working in is quietly shaping behavior, decisions, and outcomes, often in ways no one can see. In this highly interactive session, Emilia Breton invites participants to experience their organization as a living system that amplifies both joy and dysfunction. […]

I'll be leading Your Stories Are Too Big! at the Project World / Business Analyst World conference in Toronto on May 11. Here's a link to register for the conference.

In this interactive session you will join a team, solve problems, optimize systems, and learn-by-doing. Then we’ll explore the theory behind self-organization and the scrum framework, so that you can apply it in your own environment. You will be prepared to be more effective in organizations using scrum or other agile methods. You will also […]

I'm excited to be presenting Your User Stories Are Too Big! at Project Summit * Business Analyst World Washington DC.

Ever feel like every feature requires alignment with five other teams before you can ship? The session tackles the all-too-common frustration of cross-team dependencies that bring product work to a crawl. We'll explore typical failure patterns like unclear ownership, serial dependencies, and hidden coupling between services. More importantly, I'll share practical structures and approaches—including value-stream […]

I'll be leading Your Stories Are Too Big! at Scrum Day Madison on October 15.