What is an agile coach? Lyssa Adkins lyssaadkins@cricketwing.com Twitter: @lyssaadkins Copyright 2008 -2010 Cricketwing Consulting Radical thoughts… Be detached from outcomes Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Take it to the team 4 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Be a mirror 5 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Master your face 6 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Let there be silence 7 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Model being outrageous 8 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Let the team fail 9 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Be their biggest fan 10 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting 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) Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting 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. Copyright 2008 -2010Cricketwing Consulting An agile coach is… Bulldozer Shepherd Servant Leader Quality Guardian Performance 15 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Performance Shepherd Servant Leader Bulldozer 16 Guardian of Quality and Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Copyright 2008 Lyssa Adkins 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 17 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting 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 Agile Agile Collaboration Conductor CoachMentor Agile Conflict Navigator Agile Agile Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting 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 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting 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 22 Highly-collaborative characteristics from Collaboration Explained, Jean Tabaka Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Pop quiz! Promote or inhibit? 23 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Bulldozer Shepherd Servant Leader Quality Guardian Performance 24 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting 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 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting 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. 26 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Last words… Don’t go it alone 28 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting Get your own coach and look for the book: Coaching Agile Teams Spring 2010 lyssaadkins@cricketwing.com @lyssaadkins 29 Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cricketwing Consulting