The Agile Coaching Learning Path articulates the skills, knowledge and mindsets of agile coaches at three levels of development.
Level 1: Agile Team Facilitator. Think of an Agile Team Facilitator as a ScrumMaster, Kanban Coach or Iteration Manager who helps one or a few teams use agile practices well. At this level, Facilitation is the key skill that unlocks self-organisation, empowerment and creativity in a team. Even if one has progressed past this level, it is never too late to get Facilitation skills. They make the difference between ho-hum “participation” to true team ownership and momentum.
Level 2: Agile Coach. An Agile Coach operates at the multi-team level, engaging the forces within and outside teams that hinder agile’s full promise. At this level, honing one’s skill in all four allied disciplines becomes paramount: teaching, mentoring, facilitating, professional coaching. Many people will focus on becoming a great Agile Coach. This is an absolutely legitimate place to “stop” — if we had more skilled Agile Coaches, agile would be much healthier. We need comparatively fewer Enterprise Agile Coaches, so only some coaches are needed to take the next big leaps toward that level.
Level 3: Enterprise Agile Coach. An Enterprise Agile Coach can come into an organisation with the knowledge, credibility and deep coaching skill needed to directly coach the leadership team in what it means to have agile be a force for good in the organisation and what it means to be agile leaders. Enterprise Agile Coaches have deep experience in agile as well as organisational development, change, and culture and can work at all levels in an organisation.
Level 1: Agile Team Facilitator. Think of an Agile Team Facilitator as a ScrumMaster, Kanban Coach or Iteration Manager who helps one or a few teams use agile practices well. At this level, Facilitation is the key skill that unlocks self-organisation, empowerment and creativity in a team. Even if one has progressed past this level, it is never too late to get Facilitation skills. They make the difference between ho-hum “participation” to true team ownership and momentum.
Level 2: Agile Coach. An Agile Coach operates at the multi-team level, engaging the forces within and outside teams that hinder agile’s full promise. At this level, honing one’s skill in all four allied disciplines becomes paramount: teaching, mentoring, facilitating, professional coaching. Many people will focus on becoming a great Agile Coach. This is an absolutely legitimate place to “stop” — if we had more skilled Agile Coaches, agile would be much healthier. We need comparatively fewer Enterprise Agile Coaches, so only some coaches are needed to take the next big leaps toward that level.
Level 3: Enterprise Agile Coach. An Enterprise Agile Coach can come into an organisation with the knowledge, credibility and deep coaching skill needed to directly coach the leadership team in what it means to have agile be a force for good in the organisation and what it means to be agile leaders. Enterprise Agile Coaches have deep experience in agile as well as organisational development, change, and culture and can work at all levels in an organisation.
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