Agile Coaching

An Agile Coach supports the introduction and optimization of Agile working methods and organizational structures to promote collaboration. It’s best if this approach extends beyond software development to the entire organization. A shift towards Agile means redefining processes, roles and hierarchies, and thus benefits from sustainable change management.

Agile Coaching ideally starts with the selection of the framework (e.g. Scrum/SAFe, Kanban, Lean UX…) in order to find and adapt the best model for the organization. Additional to traditional trainings for individuals and teams, an Agile Coach accompanies the organization as a mentor and facilitator: They moderate exchange formats to ensure good communication, and intervene in difficult cases and conflict situations. Accompanying the change management in this way leads to sustainable transformation.

A sustainably Agile company is more flexible and thus adapts quickly to changes in the market. Other advantages are:

• Accelerated product development cycles
• Higher quality of work via continuous improvement
• Flexible team structures that allow and encourage strategic decisions by experts
• More employee satisfaction based on healthier communication

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A good Agile Coaches aims to make themself superfluous. Since they enable their teams to work in effective, self-organized processes, they eventually learn to cover all roles without external help. A culture of sustainable, continuous improvement further promotes this self-reliance.