Becoming an Agile Coach

Discover the skills you need to become an agile coach: a special role tasked with helping organizations transition to agile.

Agile coaches are a vital part of helping organizations transition to agile. This course teaches the key concepts behind agile coaching and identifies the skills and mindset potential coaches need to successfully lead teams through agile adoption. Instructor Kelley O’Connell explains how a coach is different from a scrum master and reviews the various roles a coach plays: teacher, mentor, detective, and mediator. By the end of the course, you should have the information you need to select a coach for your organization—or even embark on a new coaching career path.

Introduction

• Becoming an agile coach
• What is agile coaching?

1. Scrum Master or Coach

• Scrum master as an agile coach
• Agile coaching is different
• Coach without intruding

2. Coach to Teach and Mentor

• Agile coach as teacher
• Agile coach as mentor
• Agile coaching individuals and teams
• Agile coaching the roles

3. Detect Problems and Mediate Conflict

• Agile coach: Detect and resolve issues
• Agile coach: Conflict facilitation
• Agile coaching through unresolvable conflicts

4. Coaching Skills and Mindset

• Key skills for agile coaches
• Agile coaching mindset
• Agile coaching: Inquiry over direction

Conclusion

• Next steps