What an Agile coach does
The Agile coach performs many activities when working with a transition. The table below lists the most common activities. Junior coaches would be responsible for a subset of these activities.
| Category |
Coaching practices include… |
| Consulting and Deliverables |
Presentations to executives, management, and teams
Working with trainers to customize courses for the client’s context
Developing Agile process
Defining / Refining the Agile glossary
Helping the Business learn to write definitions of value for features
Refining the coaching statement of work |
| Transition |
Executing the Agile Roadmap and transition plan
Moving the Agile implementation plan forward
Adapting the transition based on Agile proficiency assessments
Developing the organizational model, job descriptions for the roles, and definitions of standard work by role
Using the Inflection Point System to choose approaches |
| Sponsors and Leaders |
Managing the actionable issues list, including:
- CRM reports
- Action items – assigned
- Progress tracking
Organizing and facilitating working sessions |
| Project Management |
Facilitating the team to decompose requirements into Capabilities, MBIs, features, stories, and tasks.
- Refining templates
- Creating artifacts
- Visual controls
Facilitating pilot projects, attending to
- Objectives for the pilot, including what the organization wants to learn from the pilot
- Criteria
- Roles / skills
- Deliverables / metrics
- Implementation, ongoing coaching, and proficiency plan
- Success criteria
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| Reporting |
Progress reporting
- Pilots
- Agile rollout
- Self-sufficiency
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