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Michael James

Michael James

Michael James

Certified Scrum Trainer (CST®︎) certified by the co-creator of Scrum

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Based in Seattle, Scrum expert Michael James (MJ) was certified as a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) in 2006 by Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of Scrum.
As shown by the over a hundred recommendations on his LinkedIn profile, MJ has supported numerous organizations across many countries.
MJ created the world's most popular online learning resource for Scrum , the Scrum Reference Card that diagrams the definition of Scrum , and the ScrumMaster Checklist .
These have been translated into Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, Polish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Turkish.
He is a software process mentor, team coach, and Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) with skills spanning product ownership (business), Scrum mastery (facilitation), and development team engineering practices (TDD, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming) to make Scrum truly work.
He is the longest-serving LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) practitioner on the US West Coast.
Programming since the late 1970s, he is a software architect of critical, high-quality systems, including control systems for aircraft and spacecraft.
If you have ever flown on an airplane, you have likely already used MJ's software.
MJ is highly sought after by private companies, making opportunities to attend his public training sessions exceptionally rare compared to other trainers.
Furthermore, MJ's training is highly practical, focusing primarily on hands-on activities with minimal time spent on lectures and slides.
Testimonials

Scrum is often described as 'easy to understand but difficult to master.' The greatest highlight of MJ's training is that it offers a comprehensive wealth of knowledge that helps Scrum Masters make Scrum much more approachable when teams and Product Owners put it into practice. Through engaging workshops and deep dialogue, you can truly internalize the meaning and purpose behind each and every rule and concept, big or small. To ensure a solid understanding for every Scrum Master, the room was packed with various workshop contents and worksheets; the process of co-creating solutions while brainstorming with table peers and engaging in full-group discussions was genuinely fun and highly rewarding. Furthermore, the core workshop materials were entirely in Japanese, and all explanations were accompanied by Japanese interpretation, so there were absolutely no language barriers despite having an English-speaking instructor. A huge thank you to MJ and Enomoto-san!!

  • Feedback from a participant of MJ's highly-rated CSM course held in July 2018.
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