do you really need an agile coach

DO YOU REALLY NEED AN AGILE COACH?

Sunil Mundra

“WE ARE ADOPTING AGILE”

“WHY DO WE NEED AN AGILE COACH?”

“WE CAN GET CERTIFICATIONS DONE”

“WE CAN LEARN BY READING BOOKS”

“SOME OF US KNOW AGILE”

“IT’S AN AVOIDABLE EXPENSE”

“DO WE REALLY NEED AN AGILE COACH?”

WHAT IS

COACHING?

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Coaching is a process with the goal

of maximizing an individual or group’s

performance, increasing positive

results through methodologies, tools

and techniques that are scientifically

proven, applied by a trained

professional (the coach), partnering

with the client (the coachee).

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Nowadays the entrance criteria to become an

Agile Coach is whether you can facilitate a

retrospective in few different ways and are able

to find your way around some Agile tracking

tool...

Oh yes, if you can pretend to listen while

nodding your head every sooften and saying "I

hear you. What do YOU think YOU should do

now?" then that is also a bonus 11

AGILE COACHING DIMENSIONS

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

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DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Context Sensitive

Advice

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Challenge

Status Quo

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Encourage Diversity

of Thought

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Keep Things Simple

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Courage To

Tell The Truth

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Balance Between

Advising and

Discovery

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Herd ‘Cats’

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

‘Sniff’ Problems

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Build Informal

Relationships

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Know When To

Stay Away

SUCCESS CRITERIA

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SUCCESS CRITERIA

Grooming

‘Torch Bearers’

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Mindset Change

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Progress Towards

Target State

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Become Redundant

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Happy Customers

“DO WE REALLY NEED AN AGILE COACH?”

MY ANSWER

BECAUSE AGILE IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND

BUT DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT

THANK YOU

sunilrm@thoughtworks.com

QUESTIONS?

sunilrm@thoughtworks.com