Agile User Stories Training in Silicon Valley, CA on May 23, 2011 with Agile Expert Mike Cohn

March 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Silicon Valley, March 11, 2011 - Agile expert and author, Mike Cohn is bringing Agile User Stories training to Santa Clara in the Silicon Valley of California on May 23, 2011.  Register before April 24 and save $100.00.

Creating effective user stories for planning agile projects, http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/user-stories-training is an important first step in managing any project using agile methodology. Some liken it to creating "personas" in marketing. This process helps the development team understand who their target audience is and what they want. Creating user stories can help teams stay on task especially with time-constrained projects.

According to Mike Cohn lead trainer for Mountain Goat Software, "(This) class explores how user role modeling can help when gathering a project's initial stories. During this hands-on course, all participants will have the opportunity to practice identifying user roles and writing stories on a case study."

At the end of this course, participants will have learned skills for creating useful plans that lead to reliable decision-making and will have a solid understanding of agile release and iteration planning.  Mountain Goat Software is a registered education provider through the Project Management Institute (PMI), this Agile training class counts for 7.5 Professional Development Units (PDUs).

According to one of Mike Cohn's students, Clinton Keith, CTO of High Moon Studios, "Mike has been High Moon Studio’s agile coach and teacher for several years. He is equally great at one-on-one coaching as he is with teaching entire classes on how to be ScrumMasters, how to write user stories or how to plan on an agile project."

Mike Cohn's Agile training classes include an appropriate mix of lecture, small-group discussion and hands-on exercises. Class participants benefit by learning new ways of working and practical skills that can be immediately applied.

Agile User Stories training will be held in May 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in beautiful Santa Clara, California. For additional information on Agile and Scrum training, visit the Mountain Goat Software website http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/training-available and learn more about certified scrum and Agile training courses and register.

About Mountain Goat Software and Mike Cohn

A veteran of Agile projects since 1995, Mike Cohn teaches classes for both new and current team agile members. Mike is the author of numerous articles for magazines, journals, and websites and three respected books on Agile. His blog, http://blog.mountaingoatsoftware.com, is a popular agile and scrum resource and he is a frequent participant in agile and scrum discussion groups.

Contact:

Mike Cohn, CEO and Lead Trainer
Mountain Goat Software
(720) 890-6110
mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com
http://www.MountainGoatSoftware.com

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