Mike Cohn (born August 25, 1962) is one of the contributors to the Scrum software development method.

[4] Cohn began his career in the early 1980s as a programmer in APL and BASIC before moving on to C++ and Java and running development groups.

[5] Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm.

[10] Teams are encouraged to come up with their own rules for improving these meetings, for example fining people who are late to them.

A 2011 survey of tech employees from around the world found that 78% held daily stand-up-meetings.