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itch Lacey & Associates offers a wide variety of private and public training courses as well as private team coaching and consulting. Services range from baselining your organization through our introduction workshops to taking your company to the next level with our advanced courses like Agile Requirements Management, targeted at seasoned teams. We also do on site evaluations and company analysis, creating targeted training solutions for your company.

Why would you want to use Mitch Lacey & Associates? Simple. We focus on emerging trends in software development and project management so you don't have to. Our network is huge, with ties and insights ranging from Amazon to Microsoft to Yahoo. Regardless of your needs, we can help.

Certified ScrumMaster

Certified ScrumMaster LogoThe Certified ScrumMaster Course is a two-day course which introduces the concepts of Agile project leadership using the Scrum methodology. Successful participants will become Certified ScrumMasters, a first step in the journey towards this more adaptive form of project leadership.

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Certified Scrum Product Owner

Certified Scrum Product OwnerThe Certified Scrum Product Owner Course is a two-day course which introduces the concepts of agile product management using the Scrum methodology. Students will learn tried & true methods for building, managing and prioritizing the Product Backlog and ways to build a product roadmap for release planning.

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Agile Estimation & Planning

Mountain Goat SoftwareThis course isĀ in partnership with Mike Cohn and Mountain Goat Software. We are one of a handful of companies that has been authorized by Mountain Goat Software to provide training classes based on Mike Cohn's books and training materials.

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Agile Requirements Management

Software projects start with functionality and requirements. The clarity and quality of the requirements drive the deliverables of the project and set the expectations of customers. Managing requirements can be a challenge because we have been taught to capture all requirements up front, and achieve customer sign off. This process does not allow for change, and all software projects have change.

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Intro to Scrum & Agile

The word "Agile" and "Scrum" seem to be huge buzzwords as of late. Unfortunately, application of these words to managing projects that are truly not agile or using Scrum cause tons of confusion. In this presentation, we will go through the basics of what agile is and the mindset needed to adopt it.

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Onsite Training & Team Coaching

All training courses you see above can be customized to suit your business needs. Additionally, let us help you with your transition to Scrum and agile. We are available for team coaching and have a large coaching network. Please contact us directly for custom training and onsite coaching requests.