10 irrefutable laws of agile coaching
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This slide was presented at the LAST(Lean Agile Systems Thinking) conference 2014 in Melbourne. Agile coaching is one of sought after skills in the IT industry and many experienced coaches are doing extremely well. However some change agents are struggling to make an impact, not because, they don't know Agile but because, they don't know some ground rules dealing with the coaching teams and leaders. Whether you are a novice or an experienced coach, there are irrefutable laws governing Agile coaches. Based on my own personal experiences coaching teams/leaders since the last several years, I have come to realize the 10 secrets. Irrespective of where you are in the journey as an Agile coach, practicing these 10 laws will help you to become a successful Agile coach. These handy rules can help you anywhere in Agile coaching journey.TRANSCRIPT
10 Irrefutable laws of Agile Coaching
Venkatesh Krishnamurthy
http://agileworld.blogspot.com
@ venky_nk
Venkatesh Krishnamurthy
Author, Advisor and Speaker
Co-Author:
Who is Agile in Australia and New Zealand
https://leanpub.com/whoisagileAustralia
1. Knowing Agile, Kanban and Lean
won’t make you an Agile coach
Conflict
Managemen
t
Planning
Team
Building
Decision
Making
Empath
y
Persuasio
n Influencing Motivational
2. Be an Alien when you start with a new team
http://lunatractor.com/2011/05/13/great-agile-workspaces-how-we-
communicate/
3. Have the ability to have two opposing
ideas in mind
4. Be within the system to change the
system
• Systems are like Russian Dolls. One
is nested in another.
• Teams are nested within a large group.
The group is nested under a larger
portfolio
• Each of the nested systems interact
and impact all the time
• Trying to change one area without
understanding the impact or the
influence will be futile
• One cannot create a new system from
scratch. New system should be built
on the existing system
5. Build Trust and Relationship before
Stand Up and Retrospective skills
Deterrence based
Knowledge based
Identity based
6. Work directly with Stakeholder who pays
money
7. Don’t escalate against your own team
8. If you can’t change the system, you
will end up becoming part of the system
9. You are a doctor and listen to the
symptoms and prescribe the medicine
10. Practices are context dependent
Practices that
could work for one
team may not
work for the others