Agile Coach Competencies
When thinking about how I could further improve my skills and knowledge as an Agile Coach, I came to the question of ‘How does an Agile Coach differ from a Scrum Master?’ Both provide coaching and work in agile, hence…
When thinking about how I could further improve my skills and knowledge as an Agile Coach, I came to the question of ‘How does an Agile Coach differ from a Scrum Master?’ Both provide coaching and work in agile, hence…
Kanban is easy to set up, maintaining and improving is harder! When I visit a kanban team, I use these questions to check they know what they are doing. They are helpful since they are not tool focused, rather verifies…
In organisations that are resistant to change, I introduce change incrementally and iteratively. I use a Plan Do Check Act approach to rollout changes step by step. This blog describes that approach and what I think about as I attempt…
Every successful implementation of Lean or Agile I have seen has an ingredient that is almost a contradiction. A leader who has low ego (not interested in putting himself first) is present (he/she has active conversations with teams and other…
A.k.a. How separating implementation from outcome can lead to better resultsFlexible Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters and Change Agents have a greater impact. Flexibility in how their goals are achieved; allows them to deliver more changes and more effective changes. Overall this…
I am ...a teacher - providing people with new knowledge.a trainer - running people through exercises and giving them feedback, so they can improve their skills.a networker - connecting people so that they can help each other.a mentor - encouraging…
In my coaching work, I find that any effort I put into coaching Scrum Masters pays itself back many times over. The Scrum Master is able to take their improved knowledge and apply it to their team which has a…