In our first #AsktheAgileCoach post, we answer Megan's question about how she can (or maybe cannot) justify 2 roles for Scrum Master and Agile Coach. Lyssa is "up at bat" in this video answer and she offers some thinking tools and a more complete definition of these...
If we Agilists value individuals and interactions over processes and tools, why do processes and tools so often run the show? In this keynote, Lyssa offers two good reasons why she thinks this is so and shows the way out with some solid, but not...
Today, we announced that ACI has been acquired by Accenture. ACI’s new home within Accenture will allow us to fully realize our mission: defining and developing the Agile coaching profession so that Agile coaches become powerful change agents. As many of you know ACI has been...
What do you call a deeply skilled agile coach and trainer who has also spent hundreds of hours honing their skills as a professional coach? We call that a good start. We are building ACI’s delivery capability. The demand for our industry-leading agile coaching course curriculum has continued...
From the desk of our Agile friend and Coach, Deborah Preuss...
This past week, I (Lyssa) was honored to be part of the Scrum Gathering's final TED-talk-style-mashup closing keynote. Part of a 5-person team each delivering a 15 minute no slides message, I got to deliver the final words on this Gathering. Thought you'd like to...
Most companies that transition to Agile do so because they want the speed and innovation that Agile promises. However, to realize that organizations need solid Agile Coaches to help establish the deep, institutional capability required to become a truly agile organization. Team agility is a first step, but ultimately withers without...
One key environment design practice is to cultivate relationships with, and empower agile 'champions' within your organization. Agile champions are individuals, from different parts (and levels) of your organization, who may or may not be on agile teams, who are passionate about the transformational potential of agile, and have some particular skill or set of connections to bring agile thinking and capability to their particular area of work.
When we started teaching the Coaching Agile Teams class back in 2010, the field was different: it was more about teaching teams the basics of Agile, then standing back to watch the magic. Now, teams (and their coaches and ScrumMasters) are faced with pressures and...
Let's say you've been a Project Manager for many years and moved on to the next "job" in project management to become a Agile PM/ScrumMaster. But, instead of a "job" you found a calling and you not only like the agile world, you love it....