Publication date : 06/07/2024

Course : Become an Agile Coach

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. CHL
Price : 1370 € E.T.

Become an Agile Coach




The role of an agile coach is to support the implementation of agility in projects. Drawing on his or her knowledge of agile values, ceremonies and tools, he or she helps the team to adopt behaviors and overcome obstacles encountered in practice. In this course, you will learn how to support the agile transformation process, to help the organization build its skills, and ultimately to enable it to find its own solutions to its problems.


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  2d - 14h00
1370 € E.T.




The role of an agile coach is to support the implementation of agility in projects. Drawing on his or her knowledge of agile values, ceremonies and tools, he or she helps the team to adopt behaviors and overcome obstacles encountered in practice. In this course, you will learn how to support the agile transformation process, to help the organization build its skills, and ultimately to enable it to find its own solutions to its problems.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understanding the role of an agile coach
Facilitate the implementation of agile practices such as retrospection
Using tools to promote teambuilding
Implement tools and practices for continuous improvement and problem-solving
Coaching a team to self-organize and respect agile values

Intended audience
Coaches, Scrum Masters, project managers, managers, facilitators. Anyone wishing to strengthen their skills in coaching and facilitating agile project teams.

Prerequisites
Knowledge of the agile approach. Completion of the equivalent of one of the MAG, MAO, RUM or CCA courses.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Workshops, role-playing, group reflection and debriefing.

Course schedule

1
Posture and activities of the agile coach

  • The 6 values of an agile organization.
  • Coaching activities: cultivating a mindset open to change, creating an environment that generates performance.
  • Coach values: aligning strategy and operations, producing quality, being transparent, fulfilling the contract.
  • Leading by example.
  • Reminders of the agile manifesto, the coach's guide.
Group discussion
Reflection on the application of an agile principle/transmission of agile leadership values in one's organization. Sharing.

2
Applying agile principles

  • Welcoming changes in requirements, even late in the project: backlog management.
  • Deliver value-added features, reduce unnecessary work. Sprint based on business value, prioritize.
  • Users and developers need to work together on a daily basis: face-to-face communication.
  • Operational software is the main measure of progress: the burn-down chart.
  • Frequent delivery of operational software with short cycle times: automation.
Role-playing
Unfolding a Sprint: prioritization of User Stories by Business Value, team estimations. Collective commitment, defining sprint objectives and risks. Vote of confidence. Debriefing.

3
Cultivating learning and continuous improvement

  • Implement the team's organization-wide Plan Do Check Act cycle to exploit every opportunity.
  • Inspect the quality of the solution: organize an Integration and Innovation Sprint.
  • Formalize team continuous improvement stories, reduce technical debt.
  • Reflect on ways to become more efficient and solve problems: retrospection, collective intelligence.
  • Agile retrospective brainstorming techniques (Speed boat, 4L, Starfish...)
Exercise
Identify waste and potential areas for improvement. Retrospective workshop, group brainstorming exercises.

4
Building an agile team (team building)

  • Team self-organization: definition of Done, Peer working.
  • Evaluate self-organization: instinctive task allocation, collective choice of actions following Retro.
  • Agile team cohesion: cultivating successes and not dwelling on failures.
  • Win/win conflict arbitration.
  • Supportive environment: redefining management roles (servant leader).
  • The best solutions emerge from self-organized teams. The team must have the power of realization.
  • Realization: the manager/coach must have the power to create a performance-generating environment.
  • Sustainable and constant rhythm: keep a "sustainable" rhythm to maintain motivation. Follow team velocity.

5
Setting up value chains

  • Plan the realization of the portfolio's value proposition.
  • Translation of strategic objectives into KPIs (differentiating/competitive elements).
  • Arbitration of priorities and budgets between value chains.
  • Notion d’EPIC, hypothèse de valeur.
  • Portfolio roadmap governance: translating a strategic objective into value chain EPICs.
  • Break down a strategic objective into small EPICs for projects/programs, and User Stories for teams.
Role-playing
Identify one or more strategic objectives. Check whether they provide [[differentiators]". Break down a strategic objective you've written into at least one EPIC.

6
Supporting agile transformation

  • Kotter's stages of change.
  • Use the existing hierarchical organization to legitimize your position.
  • Choice of leaders: influential, credible (certification...).
  • Vision development: prioritize EPICs to obtain quick-wins (proof of feasibility)
  • One step at a time: after the first quick-wins, aim higher.
  • Sustainability and dynamism: setting up an agile competence center.
Hands-on work
Write a statement of opportunity. Define the vision (strategic objectives) to lead your transformation.


Customer reviews
4,8 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
LAUREEN B.
04/12/25
5 / 5

Très instructif, formatrice pédagogue et engageante, merci !Idée d’amélioration pour les cas pratiques : prendre un contexte précis et présenter des personnages virtuels qu’on apprendrait à connaître au fur et à mesure de la formation pour mieux réaliser les exercices.
CLOTILDE J.
04/12/25
4 / 5

formation un peu trop dense dans le temps imparti
STEPHANIE G.
04/12/25
5 / 5

formatrice expérimentée et sachant partager son expérience avec beaucoup de pédagogie. La durée de la formation pourrait cependant être augmentée pour pouvoir traiter plus en profondeur certains points



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