Use this page to learn about the components of skills and practices that make up your agile coaching abilities, and learn about the differences between them.
Agile coaches should be ready to continuously self-reflect and reflect with others as they gain abilities in their practices and skills. Here are the resources you can follow to do so:
Assessing Readiness, Progress, and Success as an Agile Coach
Assessments for Agile Coaching
How Do I Know I’m Ready to Be a Coach?
A great agile coach knows how to generate buy-in and pitch the “why” to the room before moving ahead with the “how”. They can scaffold and educate on the agile methods like Scrum and Kanban that apply the agile philosophies. They are able to teach teams about how to self-commit and develop shared outcomes as part of the daily responsibilities. They live and teach the cross-functional lifestyle of working, and apply the agile development lifecycle in everything they do.
All About Agile Coaching Skills
Agile coaches are not dictators. They are champions of growth and experimentation. They empower everyone in the room to find meaning in the work, and own it to the fullest extent. They are quick to remind people when they are afraid of failure that failure is a part of the growth they are going through. Agile coaches transfer ownership to everyone around them and may contribute to work by owning it themselves. They should never give the answer. They should always look for opportunities to set the team up for their own success: “What do you think?” “What’s your plan?”. They foster psychological safety when they transfer their own power and decision making to the team itself.