Coaching

The best way to grow people into new roles is to lead by example. To accelerate the implementation of a new method like Scrum we recommend coaching.

We have real world experience managing software development teams using Agile techniques and will offer the ideal way to help people adopt their new Agile roles.

• Role based coaching
  Due to many successful projects, we’ve had the opportunity to develop a large body of knowledge and experience that we are now able to coach senior managers, business analysts, project managers, developers, team leaders, technical architects and testers. We offer a comprehensive approach applying effective practices to adapt the new way of working effectively.
  
  
• Story workshops
  Whether you are just starting to build your product backlog or you have an established backlog that has grown out of control, we can help your organization to write better stories and be more effective. Well size and written stories can have a very positive impact on your pointing session and sprint planning. Establishing a renewed culture around capturing business needs across the organization is a very essential step in improving your customer satisfaction and improving your internal collaboration. We are committed to improve your story writing and product backlog management because we fully understand the greatly positive effects of having a healthy product backlog.
  
  
• Team coaching
  Scrum teams are self organizing and stand for high-performance. They are building software using agile best practices that differ from traditional development approaches. We evaluate the agile potential of an existing team, provide recommendations on roles and team structures. We coach your teams on interdisciplinary agile skills to improve their performance as well as on agile development practices like Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration.
  
  

• A written questionnaire to begin the process
  
• A 2-3 hour session -- by phone or in person (depending on where you are located) -- to design and review coaching materials
  
• Clarification of values
  
• A written plan with desired outcomes and action steps
  
• Weekly calls, usually 30-60 minutes in length, to maintain focus and momentum and to celebrate wins
  
• Email check-ins between calls