Agile Coaching: Where to Start?

Written by Dmitri Iarandine

Narrated by Dmitri Iarandine

Agile Coaching remains a prominent career progression trend for many Agile practitioners, such as Scrum Masters and Agile Project Managers who feel like they outgrew the shoes of their Digital Delivery roles.
This book is my attempt to summarize the learnings and observations from inside the Agile professional space, explaining in simple terms what an Agile Coach is really supposed to do, how they are different from Agile Delivery roles such as Scrum Master, and ultimately how to properly transition into a Coaching role - having basic knowledge, plan of attack and a simple Coaching Framework at your disposal.
While the majority of the other books on Agile Coaching cover the role and this professional sphere as a "Destination", I try and present it to you as a "Journey" - that has its specifics, insider tricks, and might not be for everyone.
My goal as an author of this book was to create that extra angle - a viewpoint helping you obtain a more all-rounded perspective on what being an Agile Coach is really going to be like, should you step into a typical scenario of helping some company with their Agile Transformation at a medium to large scale.
YOU WILL LEARN:
- What makes Agile Coaching different and unique;
- Differences in methods from those of Scrum Masters and Trainers;
- Typical Coaching Journey outline within a Transforming organization;
- How to ensure you are set up for Success as an Agile Coach;
- What Tools to use and when? Your Basic Coaching Framework;
- How to measure Agile Adoption progress;
- What is Coaching Definition of Done, and why do you need one.
And a lot of related things that are both personal experience-based and relying on facts you could cross-check with other sources of information.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Aug 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781982770341

Dmitri Iarandine

Dmitri is a Business Transformation Leader and Agile Career Coach, passionate about the New Ways of Working and Digital Disruption, helping companies define and implement the new operating models and optimization strategies to remain competitive and Customer-focused in the modern business landscape. Pragmatic and hands-on Lean-Agile practitioner, Dmitri introduces all the necessary concepts and hybrid models with the required blend of the elements that set the foundation for a longer-term digital transformation, enabling faster feedback loops, empirical planning, reduction of risk, and more sustainable pace of value delivery to the Customer. Dmitri is a published author and the founder of JoinAgile Initiative, helping the aspiring Agile practitioners grow professionally, and the recruiters to find the right Lean-Agile talent, using the new and advanced professional competency testing system.

Reviews for Agile Coaching

[iryna · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Didn't get enough perspective about Agile Coach, as a job(

[Mehul Shah · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book provides an exceptional and pragmatic approach to becoming an Agile Coach and steps one might take.
It covers many aspects of the Agile Team and the Transformation Coach and provides excellent pointers to make one's unique coaching journey.