What is an agile coach, really?

More and more frequently, ScrumMasters and project managers are being asked to coach agile teams. But it’s a challenging role. It requires new skills – as well as a subtle understanding of when to step in and when to step back. Migrating from “command and control” to agile coaching requires a whole new mind-set.

This leaves many wondering, “What is my role in a self-organized team? How do I help the team yet stay hands-off?” Many respond by going too far to either extreme. This session turns these questions into answers, and answers into action by offering provocative views into coaching done well and practical ways to get there by adapting skills from professional coaching, conflict management, teaching, collaboration and more.

In this session, we will explore these topics:

• Key mindset shifts successful agile coaches achieve
• What skills from allied disciplines do agile coaches bring to their teams?
• Ways to measure your success and improvement as a coach

As an agile coach, you can help project teams become outstanding at agile, creating products that make them proud and helping organizations reap the powerful benefits of teams that deliver both innovation and excellence. Come see how.

Lean and Kanban conference in Belgium

Join us for the first annual Lean and Kanban software and systems conference in Belgium. The conference, which will be held over two days from 23 through to 24 September brings together the leading innovators, practitioners, and influential thought leaders in Lean software and systems management.

Understand how established industrial engineering theory can apply to software development process.

Apply Lean Thinking

- to reliably deliver business value
- adapt to changing market conditions
- manage risk
- improve predictability
- increase flexibility
- reduce variability
- increase the ROI of your software investment.

The conference will assist organizations that depend on software – from start-ups to those that build complex, software intensive products, systems & services – with the application of Lean Thinking throughout the enterprise.

Call for Sessions

You have until May 1st 2010 to submit session proposals. See the conference site.

Benefits of Business process Analysis

The Brussels IIBA chapter organizes a free event about Business Process Analysis.

See the event page for detailed program and registration.