Agile Coaching...discuss
What do you think about Agile Coaching?
Previous company did it, was fun but company didn't implement correctly afterwards so it was shit after the coaching engagement
I think the whole Agile thing is like the nutritional supplements section at your supermarket. Yes, healthier teams are agile but not by force. All these Standups and metrics measurement come automatically to motivated teams. They don’t even call it standups, just gather round for a chat. Agile coaching is just some management guy who observed how efficient teams work, documented it well and thought the cause is the effect. Motivation causes agility. Forcibly doing these agile things won’t change anything. IMHO.
Could not agree more! When leaders fail, endless meetings prevail.
If I had to boil down the success some teams find working in the agile model to one thing, it’d be autonomy. Swirl abounds when there are 30+ people from 7 different teams at the table with no direct ability to see any one thing through. Agile is also dependent on org structure. A vertical product model doesn’t work in a large corporation. An agile team acting as a gate keeper to a product that other teams depend on for success is a recipe for frustration and inaction. What’s the point in working in the agile model if you’re constantly vetting and prioritizing outside teams’ requests and never iterate? If autonomy and the right org structure are not in place, agile won’t increase efficiency. It will increase conflict.
Good luck!