the team is not enough: a leap to become an agile coach

THE TEAMIS NOT ENOUGH:

A LEAP TO BECOMEAN AGILE COACH

@caiocestari

@elabor8

Thanks for coming!My name is Caio :)

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Michael Spayd and Lyssa Adkins

WHO IS HERE TODAY? :)Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Iteration Managers …?

Mechanics of this session:

▷ Support sheets

▷ Peer work

▷ Hands up = time's up!

"What did I come here for?"

▷ 1 minute (total time)▷ Find your peer▷ Introduce yourself▷ Share (briefly!) your expectations

THE FIRST LEAPON MY JOURNEY

Back to 2012, at Buscapé


Agile Coach

2010-2012

Scrum Master

2010-2012

Scrum Master

2010-2012

● Work transparency● High team engagement● Tripled productivity

Scrum Master

2010-2012


X 20

2010-2012

X 20

How do they feel about agility?

Is management supporting this change?

Is the vision of each product clear and aligned?

Is Scrum the best way?


Scrum Master

Agile Coach

2010-2012

X 20


? ? ?

Scrum Master

I had 20 teams to help.And you?

▷ What is your current challenge to develop agility?

▷ Write it on your support sheet▷ Share it with your peer!▷ 3 minutes (total time)

THE QUESTION WE SHOULDN'T ASK:

WHAT IS ANAGILE COACH?

THE QUESTION WE SHOULDN'T MUST ASK:

WHAT IS ANAGILE COACH?

Agile CoachRole that guides individuals, teams and organisations one step ahead on their journeys towards agility.

Image by: Ahmed Sidky

Agility is high performance!

▷ High delivery efficiency▷ Highly effective products▷ High adaptability▷ Antifragility▷ Fast time-to-market▷ and... revenue as well!

Three universes of the Agile Coach

Team

collaboration

cross-functionality

conflict resolution

dependencies

Team Organisation

management

governance

strategy/funding

structure


collaboration

cross-functionality

conflict resolution

dependencies

TeamIndividual Organisation

motivation

discipline

resistance

career


management

governance

strategy/funding

structure

collaboration

cross-functionality

conflict resolution

dependencies

OK CAIO, BUT…WHAT ABOUT

THE SCRUM MASTER?

Scrum Guide - 2016

Team

▷ Goal of role is implementing Scrum▷ Does not cover broad organisational view▷ Does not cover view on the individual

However, an Agile Coach can also play the role of a Scrum Master :)

Scrum Guide - 2016

Team

Scrum Guide - 2016

▷ Goal of role is implementing Scrum▷ Does not cover broad organisational view▷ Does not cover view on the individual

However, an Agile Coach can also play the role of a Scrum Master :)

I WANNA MAKE THAT LEAP!

WHERE DO I START?

THE AGILE COACHING COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK

“Essentially, all models are

wrong, but some are useful

George Box, statistic

From: Coaching Agile Teams - Lyssa Adkins, 2010

A model for competencies:

▷ K = conhecimento (saber)○ Livros, artigos, treinamentos, conferências

▷ A = habilidade (saber fazer)○ Prática, experiência

▷ W = atitude (querer fazer)○ Motivação, propósito, buscar C e H

▷ K = knowledge (know)○ Books, articles, courses, conferences

▷ A = ability (know how to do)○ Practice, experience

▷ W = will (want to do)○ Motivation, purpose, ignition for K and A

A model for competencies:

Agile Coaching Competency Framework

by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd, 2013

Living values andprinciples

Guidingpeople

Sharingcontent

Masteringdomains

Living values andprinciples

Agile/Lean Practitioner

Knowledge

▷ Agile Manifesto▷ Implementing Lean Software

Development - Mary & Tom Poppendieck

Will

▷ 40% doing, 60% being▷ Walk the talk, model

the change

▷ Delivering the thing right

Guidingpeople

Professional Coaching

▷ 1 on 1, or with the team▷ Candour▷ Foster reflection▷ Conduct your coachee to a B state▷ Coachee's agenda, not yours

Knowledge

▷ Powerful Questions Cards

▷ The Coaching Institute

Ability

▷ Active Listening▷ Arc of Coaching

Arc of Coaching - by Lyssa Adkins

Facilitation

Knowledge

▷ Hard conversations▷ Decision-making▷ Divergence or exploration topics▷ Candour

Sharingcontent

Teaching

Knowledge Ability

▷ Oratory

▷ Teacher's agenda▷ 3 R's:

○ Right content○ At the Right time○ In the Right way

Mentoring

Ability

▷ Non-Violent Communication▷ Arc of Mentoring

▷ Mentor > Mentee▷ Mentee's agenda▷ Sharing experiences▷ Focus on mentee's professional growth

Arc of Mentoring - by Lyssa Adkins

Masteringdomains

Technical Mastery

Knowledge

▷ Software craftsmanship○ Architecture○ Design○ Test

▷ Hands-on▷ Most of Agile Manifesto creators

Business Mastery

Knowledge

▷ Delivering the right thing▷ Customer-centric approaches▷ Strategies for rapid learning: prototypes, MVP▷ Innovation and time-to-market reduction▷ Hypothesis validation

Transformation Mastery

Knowledge Will

▷ Personal Stylist

▷ Systems thinking and holistic vision▷ Organisational structure and culture▷ Management▷ Change Management (Kotter, Deming, Jason Little)▷ Behavioral Sciences

Agile Coaching Competency Framework

by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd, 2013

HOW TO APPLYTHIS FRAMEWORK TO

MY OWN CAREER?

"Now, you've got 20 teamsto reach the same results"

Do they know anything about agility?


Do POs understand about agile product management?



Do POs understand about agile product management?

Is the product vision clear?Do they know anything about agility?


Action Plan

▷ Find new reasons to underpin and justify the need for agility

▷ Study frameworks, methods and practices other than Scrum

▷ Learn Inception techniques▷ Build a training session focusing on the

Product Owner role▷ Try different facilitation techniques for

each product

"Create awareness on the C-level about the need to change management style"


What is the degree of consciousness from the C-level about the organisation?

What is my influence power over the C-level?



Action Plan

▷ Participate on sessions about Executive Coaching at the Agile Conference

▷ Read about Professional Coaching and practice with my own family and friends

▷ Watch people from the C-level and tailor my speech based on their speech

▷ Hire a personal stylist to generate good first impressions

TIME FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT :)

▷ 2 min (total time)

▷ To overcome this challenge,

▷ which competencies do you need

▷ and what is your action plan to develop them?

Share it and help your peer!

▷ Common competencies to develop?▷ Ideas for new/different actions?▷ 2 minutes (total time)

TAKEAWAYS

WHY SHOULD I TALK ABOUT MY CAREER

AND NOT ABOUT WORK?

Your Work

▷ Owned by the company

▷ Company decides what needs to be done

▷ Company decides which competencies are necessary for it

Your Work Your Career

▷ You own it

▷ You decide what to do with it

▷ You decide which competencies to develop for it

▷ Owned by the company

▷ Company decides what needs to be done

▷ Company decides which competencies are necessary for it

“Frame the work as a learning

problem, not an execution problem.

Ameet Ranadive

Some advice :)

▷ Don't feel better or worse than your peer or any other Agile Coach: your paths were different, we can't compare!

▷ Share as much as you can with other Agile Coaches and the community

▷ Stay humble: each context is unique. You will never know enough about them

Some advice :)

▷ Don't feel better or worse than your peer or any other Agile Coach: your paths were different, we can't compare!

▷ Share as much as you can with other Agile Coaches and the community

▷ Stay humble: each context is unique. You will never know enough about them

Yes, it's a never ending leap :)

Thank you!Do we have time for questions? :)

This presentation is available on SlideShare! @caiocestari

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the team is not enough: a leap to become an agile coach

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