Software development teams are under immense pressure: tightening budgets, the need to do more with less, the threat and promise of AI, and the imperative to deliver faster, with higher quality.
I’ve talked to teams that believe that agile can help them navigate these challenges, but they find themselves frustrated. They attend meetings, follow Scrum practices, and yet, they aren’t seeing the promised improvements in predictability, collaboration, and efficiency.
What I see is a fundamental challenge: How do we ensure that everyone on the team truly understands and applies Scrum in a way that leads to high performance?
Scrum training has traditionally been geared toward two individual roles—Scrum Masters or product owners. But a lone, well-trained Scrum Master will face challenges in creating an aligned, high-performing agile team on their own.
That’s why Mountain Goat Software is excited to announce that Working on a Scrum Team is now available as a public course, open to individuals and entire teams for the first time.
Why this course—and why now?
We recently surveyed hundreds of Scrum teams, and the challenges they’re facing today, including:
- Misalignment, with team members having different understandings of Scrum practices.
- Role confusion, with ambiguity about responsibilities between developers, Scrum Masters, and product owners.
- Overcommitting to sprints and missing deadlines, leading to frustration and burnout.
- Stalled agile transformations because teams lacked a shared understanding of how to work effectively together.
Scrum Masters and leaders told us they wanted to get everyone on the same page, working in a shared, effective way. That’s exactly what this course delivers.
What teams get from this course
This course offers an opportunity to bring whole teams together from day one. Instead of learning in silos, your team aligns on a shared approach, practicing real-world scenarios to ensure consistency.
Key benefits:
- Train together, work better together. Everyone on your team hears the same lessons, asks questions, and aligns on how Scrum should work for your team.
- Tackle real challenges. This course isn’t just theory—we workshop solutions to the problems your team is actually facing.
- Avoid costly misalignment. When everyone understands Scrum in the same way, you eliminate confusion, reduce wasted effort, and improve predictability.
- Create lasting change. Teams leave with practical tools and a shared framework they can implement immediately.
- Private breakout rooms for teams of four or more. Your team can work through real-world scenarios together, and ask questions specific to your team’s daily challenges.
Because this course is now publicly available, smaller or distributed teams that couldn’t previously justify private training now have an affordable way to get the same high-impact experience.
What individuals get from Scrum team training
For years, Working on a Scrum Team has helped teams level up their collaboration and effectiveness. But we know that not everyone can bring their whole team to training. That shouldn’t stop you from learning how to work better in Scrum.
This course is just as valuable for individuals—whether you’re a designer, marketer, tester, business analyst, programmer, or any other role working on a Scrum team.
If you’ve been looking for a Scrum class that doesn’t focus on a specific role, or you want techniques you can use to improve your team’s effectiveness, this course is for you.
As an individual, you get:
- Practical techniques you can bring back to your team. Walk away with actionable strategies to help your team collaborate better and deliver more effectively.
- Confidence in navigating Scrum. See how your role can contribute to a high-performing team.
- A chance to connect with like-minded professionals. You’ll engage in exercises and discussions with other individuals facing similar challenges.
- Expert facilitation—and practical answers to your questions.
You don’t need to bring your team to get value from this course.
Whether you want to improve your ability to work within Scrum or influence positive change on your team, this training gives you the tools to make it happen.
What you’ll learn
This immersive, two-day course covers practical techniques to apply Scrum effectively:
- Scrum roles & responsibilities: Who does what, when, and how to ensure seamless collaboration.
- Sprint planning & execution: How to make commitments you can actually keep.
- Effective estimating: Using story points and planning poker to improve predictability.
- Improving sprint reviews & retrospectives: Ensuring these meetings drive real improvement.
- Breaking down work effectively: Writing and splitting user stories that lead to valuable increments.
With 18 hands-on breakout sessions, your team will not only learn Scrum but practice it—solving real problems in real-time with expert facilitation.
Join the first public class—spaces are limited
The first public session of Working on a Scrum Team runs March 25-26, live and online. With demand already high, spots are limited—so if you want your team to be among the first to benefit, reserve your seats now.
Special offer: Register before March 11 to join an exclusive follow-up coaching session with Mike available only to those who register before the deadline.
Don’t just do Scrum—do Scrum right
If your team has struggled with Scrum, if you’ve seen misalignment slow you down, or if you’re ready to take your agile transformation to the next level—this is your chance to make a real change.
Train together. Succeed together. Learn more about Working on a Scrum Team and sign up today.
