What is The Agile Coach Main Tasks?
How to Become An Agile Coach AC
1- AC's should Start by Learning Scrum:
Starting with Scrum will provide the leader with a reliable basis for comprehending the basics of Agility mindset and the Agile values. It also teaches them the Agile principles and codes.
2- AC's should Learn about Kanban Framework:
Kanban is a fundamental component of Agile Program Management and Lean Portfolio Management. These two are essential methods for scaling Agile influence across the organization.
3-AC's should Connect with Other Agile Coaches:
One way to grow their horizons while seeking to become agile coaches is to connect with other, possibly more experienced, Agile coaches.
Those might be Agile bloggers, authors, or speakers. Agile Coaches are also encouraged to attend some virtual gatherings and participate in webinars to grow their Agile network.
Targeted Audience for this Agile Coaching Course
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SCRUM Masters.
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Scrum Coach
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Intermediate to advanced agile team members.
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Product Managers.
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Project Managers.
Targeted Organizational Departments of The Agile Coaching Course
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Research and Development Department.
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Project Management Office.
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The SCRUM Team.
Learning Impact and Outcomes of The Agile Coaching Course
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
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Understanding the Agile mindset.
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Coach Agile Teams.
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Adopt the Agility with SCRUM.
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Practice Kanban.
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Practice Extreme Programming.
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Scale Agile For The Enterprise.
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Understand the Large Scale SCRUM (LeSS).
Training Method:
This training program combines theoretical and practical approaches to enhance participants' knowledge. It will tackle Agile coaching and equip them with the right tools to use when practising Agile SCRUM.
Course Toolbox
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Simple-Lean-Agile-Mindmap-(SLAM)
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Reading Material.
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Product Development Mind-maps.
Course Agenda:
Day (1) Agile Vs Scrum Vs Lean
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SCRUM Theory and Skelton.
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Self Managing Teams & Lean.
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SCRUM
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Team Accountability.
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SCRUM Events Time-boxes.
Day (2) Scrum Artifacts
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Sprint Backlog.
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Scrum Artifacts.
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Managing Flow with Kanban.
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Extreme Programming.
Day (3) Becoming a Scrum Coach
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Scaling SRUM
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Enterprise Scaling Framework.
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Large Scale SCRUM (LeSS).
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SCRUM Mega Pack.
Day (4) Agile Product Management Training
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An Agile Organization
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The Product Flow.
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Creating A Lean Enterprise.
Day (5) Coaching Agile Team (Practical Session)
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Sprint Planning (1).
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Sprint Planning (2).
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The Agile Coach Questions
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Case Studies.
Agile Vs Scrum Vs Kanban Vs Lean
Since the release of the Agile Manifesto in 2001, The term is becoming very popular in the management world. Agile doctrine is a thinking mindset that focuses on enabling teams. This will help them to be creative and develop fast responses to changing factors and requirements. The Agility mindset focuses on mitigating risks and flexibly dealing with issues.
Scrum, Kanban, and Lean are examples of frameworks that enable organizations to be agile.
1- Scrum Approach:
Scrum is an agile method that handles projects. Projects vary from software development to product development. Some professionals think of Scrum as a methodology. However, the right way to think of SCRUM is to consider it more as a framework for managing the process.
2- Kanban Approach
Kanban is the Japanese synonym for (visual signal). Some Japanese manufacturers (Especially in the automotive industry) use a Kanban to signal actional steps in their operations process.
The Kanban nature of being very visual allows units to intercommunicate more efficiently. The tool shows what work needs "to be done" and at which deadline.
Kanban organizes lines and developed processes. Kanban helps to waste reduction and value maximization. Kanban tracks (to do), (In progress), and (done) activities.
3- Lean Approach:
A lean organization understands what is valuable to its' customer. It focuses its core activities on increasing this value continuously. The top goal of A lean organization is to provide the maximum value to the customer through a perfect value creation process (PVCP). The PVCP will always take into consideration a zero waste target.
Some Additional hints to Agile Coaches AC's:
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AC's Thinks Beyond the Level of their Teams:
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An Ac must be able to have an impact and create a difference.
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This impact should not be exclusive to individual teams. The change should be upscaled to accommodate the organizational context as a whole.
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AC's do not Seek to Be Indispensable:
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AC's play an extraordinarily vital role in an Agile change. It is significant to keep in mind that the main motive to transform is achieving better outcomes. Agile Coaches will face resistance along the journey. Agile Coaches will always deal with resistance wisely as they know that it is all part of the process.
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This course will cover many of the concepts of the agile mindset. It starts by running over how software development was treated the same way as manufacturing.
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These evolved to be the foundational concepts for the agile manifesto. Then over 20 years organizations expanded and embraced these agile concepts. Many organizations have begun to use these agile ideas to update the entire organization.
