Agile Coach | Glossary

Definition

An Agile Coach is the individual responsible for helping individuals, or teams adopt and improve Agile methods. His/her responsibility is to help people rethink and change the way they go about the process of development. The Coach’s role involves both training and consulting. He/She is involved with the organization in transformation after the training is over, as well.

The Coach’s responsibility is also to help the teams apply Agile/ Lean thinking to context specific environments and challenges, and eventually adapt methodology towards challenging the existing environment. All of this taken together, makes the Coach into an effective change agent.

Further Reading

  •  “Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn))”(book), by Lyssa Adkins.

Certified LeSS Practitioner course with Venkatesh Krishnamurthy

INNOVATION ROOTS is proud to announce its association with Mr. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy’s company Empirical Coach Pt. Ltd. to deliver the Certified LeSS Practitioner workshop in India. The course will be conducted by Venkatesh Krishnamurthy and will be held on 20, 21 & 22 April, 2018 at Bangalore.

This three-day course covers Large- Scale Scrum (LeSS) in an in- depth format, with its corresponding principles, frameworks and rules. It delivers essential information for the adoption and improvement of LeSS for the existing Product Development Group. Large- Scale Scrum (LeSS) knowledge is essential for the application of Scrum principles in a large-scale context.

This three-day course will teach Participants essential Scrum principles, as well as structural rules and guidelines on how to adopt it during development. Participants will learn LeSS overview, stories on LeSS adoptions, exercises and Q & As. The Course will help participants to enhance the knowledge and applicability of existing Scrum and Agile methods, and sharpen their skills as Scrum Master and Agile Coach. They will eventually gain an understanding on how to manage cross-functional, self-managing teams and play the role of Scrum Master in LeSS.

Mr. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy is an esteemed thought leader and published author, who’s specialized in applying Lean and Agile principles into major corporations and work programs. He’s been personally mentored by luminaries such as Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, and has held leadership positions across Australia, USA, Europe and Asia regarding Agile methods that include: Scrum, XP, Kanban, SAFe and Systems Thinking towards delivering outcomes for customers. He was also involved in the hundreds of experiments, that led to the birth of LeSS. The participants will also get a rare insight into them, during the course.

Register for the workshop at www.innovationroots.com