Agile Coach

Responsibilities:
Team Coaching: Guide teams in self-organization and self-management to improve effectiveness within the SAFe framework.

Agile Release Trains (ARTs): Coordinate and participate in ART events to enhance SAFe implementation across the organization.

Scrum Mastery: Demonstrate a strong passion for Agile frameworks and improve Scrum maturity by applying Scrum techniques and artifacts, including user story refinement and backlog management.

Empathy and Support: Show authentic concern for team members beliefs and feelings, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.

Conflict Resolution: Aid in resolving interpersonal conflicts, promoting effective problem-solving and decision-making within the team.

Servant Leadership: Focus on the needs of team members and those they serve, using persuasion to align with organizational values and business objectives.

Mentoring: Support personal development and encourage a continuous learning mindset, guiding teams to independently solve problems.

Transparency: Ensure transparency by inspecting artifacts, identifying discrepancies, and detecting anti-patterns.

Agile Education: Educate teams on methods beyond Scrum, such as SAFe, Kanban, and Built-in Quality.

PI Planning Preparation: Prepare teams for PI Planning by briefing them on upcoming features and identifying local stories, maintenance, defects, and tech debt.

PI Plan Drafting: Facilitate the creation of draft PI plans, objectives, and identification of ART risks and issues.

Objective Setting: Assist teams in creating and finalizing PI objectives with a mix of committed and uncommitted goals.

Plan Review: Ensure PI objectives are SMART and facilitate collaboration between Business Owners and teams during business value assignments.

Event Facilitation: Coordinate cadence-based events to sync efforts and hold retrospectives for continuous improvement.