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What is an agile coach?
Lyssa Adkins [email protected] Twitter: @lyssaadkins
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Radical thoughts…
Be detached from outcomes
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Take it to the team
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Be
a
mirror
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Master your face
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Let there be silence
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Model being outrageous
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Let the team fail
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Be their biggest fan
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Who is Lyssa?
After Scrum
Before Scrum
15-year career in
project and program
management
PMO director
PMP
Six Sigma Green Belt
All that + Certified
Scrum Trainer
and
a belief that teams really
do know what’s best
a rabid focus on delivering
business value
Scrum Coach
Co-active coach
Author: Coaching Agile
Teams (Spring 2010)
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Many journeys…all are OK
Agile Coach
ScrumMaster
The team gets it yet
there’s still more to get.
XP Coach
Uh oh, the
people stuff matters.
ScrumMaster
This is amazing!
Tech Lead
XP is the way!
Team Member
I love Scrum!
Solid Developer
Craftsmanship matters. Period.
Project Manager
Sounds nice, but it isn’t
real world.
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An agile coach is…
Bulldozer
Shepherd
Servant Leader
Quality
Guardian Performance
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Performance
Shepherd
Servant Leader
Bulldozer
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Guardian of Quality and
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An agile coach…
Coordinating individual
contributions
Coaching for
collaboration
Being a subject
matter expert
Being a facilitator
for the team
Being invested in
specific outcomes
Being invested in
overall performance
Knowing the
answer
Asking the team for
the answer
Directing
Letting the team find
their own way
Driving
Guiding
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That’s a lot of stuff…how?
Bring in the allied disciplines
Agile
Agile
Agile
Facilitator
Your
Favorite
Goes Here
Agile
Teacher
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Problem
Solver
Agile
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Agile Collaboration
Conductor
CoachMentor
Agile
Conflict
Navigator
Agile
Agile
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Bring in the allied disciplines
Agile
Agile
Your Favorite
Goes Here
Agile
Facilitator
Agile
Teacher
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Problem
Solver
Agile
Agile
Agile Collaboration
Conductor
CoachMentor
Agile
Conflict
Navigator
Agile
Agile
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How am I doing?
The yardstick…
Self-organizing
Consensus-driven
Team success
Trust
Team believes they
can solve
any problem
Empowered
Constructive Disagreement
Owns Decisions & Commitments
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Highly-collaborative characteristics from Collaboration Explained, Jean Tabaka
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Pop quiz!
Promote or inhibit?
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Bulldozer
Shepherd
Servant Leader
Quality
Guardian Performance
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Bring in the allied disciplines
Agile
Agile
Agile
Facilitator
Your
Favorite
Goes Here
Agile
Teacher
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Agile
Problem
Solver
Agile
Agile
Agile Collaboration
Conductor
CoachMentor
Agile
Conflict
Navigator
Agile
Agile
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Agile coaching is…
40% doing
60% being
As an agile coach you model the key behaviors of a good agilist.
You ARE what you’re trying to teach them to BE.
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Last words…
Don’t
go
it
alone
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Get your own coach
and
look for the book:
Coaching Agile Teams
Spring 2010
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