Name: Better User Stories Live Online
Price: 599 USD

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This one-day, live, online class is based on the popular Better User Stories video course. You'll learn advanced techniques for working with user, job, and technical stories including splitting, adding appropriate amounts of detail, story mapping, and adding acceptance criteria.

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Improve collaboration with a process for creating consistent, well-written stories

Spend less time writing, refining and splitting stories

Satisfy stakeholders by more predictably and consistently delivering value every sprint

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The ‘definitive authority’ is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Mike Cohn and User Stories. As an agile trainer, I frequently refer my clients to Mike’s Better User Stories course as a cost-effective, high-value way to significantly improve their personnel’s user story writing skills. Take this course and learn from the best!

Ken Rubin, Agile trainer, coach, and author of the #1 bestseller: Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process

I think learning from someone who wrote the book on the topic is priceless... Great course. I will definitely be referencing it over and over again.

Aaron Corcoran

As a lifelong learner, and someone who has to reach many diverse audiences, it is important that I constantly add 'new arrows to my quiver'. The tidbits and anecdotes are great 'mental thumbtacks' for recalling important elements on the path to success writing, using and managing work using User Stories.

Travis Reed

Mike is an amazing story teller with the unique ability of making esoteric topics such as user stories magically come to life.

Eugene Nikomba

Upcoming Live Online Training

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Feb 12

2025-02-12T09:30:00-07:00–2025-02-12T16:30:00-07:00

with Mike Cohn

2025-02-12T09:30:00-07:00–2025-02-12T16:30:00-07:00

$599

All courses include:: Money-back guarantee; Training recording provided; 12 months follow-on support in the Agile Mentors Community

Our Instructor

Mountain Goat has handpicked instructors that share our training values. These are people with deep experience, who are leading teams with agile today and can give you real-world answers about what does and doesn’t work.

Mike Cohn

With 20+ years of agile training experience, Mike has honed a talent for explaining agile concepts with clear illustrations and real-life examples. Participants enjoy his passion for teaching the agile methodologies in a relatable and digestible way.

Course Outline

1. Common User Story Problems

2. Story-Writing Workshops

Four Times to Write Stories
Focus on a Single, Significant Objective
Agenda and Participants

3. Backlog Refinement

How Much Should Be Known and When
Adding Detail to Stories
Disagreements after a Story Is Done
The Problems with Too Much Detail
Sub-Stories and Acceptance Criteria
The Full Lifecycle of a Story

4. Job and Tech Stories

When Job Stories Are Appropriate
Differences Between Job and User Stories
Technical Stories

5. Story Mapping

Common Story Map Problems
Sub Maps Improve Readability
Creating a Story Map
Roadmaps

6. Splitting Stories

The Goal in Splitting Stories
SPIDR

7. Non-Functional Requirements and Bugs

Non-functionals and the Definition of Done
Bugs

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General

What payment methods do you accept?

You can register on our site and pay with a Visa, MasterCard or American Express card. For a group of 10 or more, contact Laura Cohn if you wish to be invoiced.

How do I pay for a course for someone else?

During the checkout process, use your own payment details, your name and your email address to make the purchase. On completion of the purchase, you can then assign the course to your chosen recipient.

Are your courses only for software developers?

Not necessarily. Each course has attendees from a variety of backgrounds, including from non-software fields. Mike’s passion is product development of all sorts, so many examples are software related, but no software development experience is required.

Live Online

What is your refund policy for Live Online courses?

If you cancel or reschedule a Live Online course more than 7 days before the first day of the class you will receive a full refund. If you cancel or reschedule within 7 days of the first day of class, a 50% fee will be charged, and the remaining 50% can be used as a credit toward a class to be taken within 6 months from the date of the canceled class. All cancellation requests must be made via email. Refunds or credits will not be issued for no shows, partial attendance or cancellations within 24 business hours.

We want you to feel confident about enrolling in our live, online courses. If after watching the pre-course videos and participating in the live sessions you don’t find the course valuable, email us within 7 days for a full refund.

Note that this refund policy applies only to Live Online courses.

Will my certificate say virtual if I take the certification online?

No, your certificate will not mention the course was held virtually. It will look the same as the in person certificates.

Do you offer Live Online course discounts?

Our certified Live Online classes include volume discounts:

Save $100 per person when you register 10 or more people for a certified course.

Do I get a Scrum Alliance membership with my course?

All CSM, CSPO, A-CSM, and A-CSPO classes include a 2-year Scrum Alliance membership

Are there any exam fees to pay?

The only course that includes an exam is the Certified ScrumMaster class. There is no additional fee to pay in order to take the exam. The course registration fee is the full and final price.

If I have an expired certification, can I still take an advanced class?

Your CSM or CSPO certificate doesn't need to be current to be eligible for the advanced courses. Once you complete your Advanced course, you will need to add 1 year of relevant work experience to your profiles to receive your certification.

If your certificate is expired, there is no cut-off date that requires you to take that certification course again. (You may want to retake it if a lot of time has passed, or if you want to renew it by re-taking the class rather than going through the renewal process of submitting enough SEUs and paying the renewal fee.)

When it comes to taking an advanced class, if your foundational (CSM / CSPO) certification has expired you can still take the course. Assuming you meet the experience requirement on completion of the advanced class, your foundational certification will be renewed, and include new renewal deadlines.

How do I claim my SEUs and PDUs once my course is completed?

After completing your course, you'll receive an email with instructions for claiming continuing education units from Scrum Alliance and Project Management Institute.