training is not enough - coaching your agile team

COACHINGAGILE TEAMS

Dương Trọng TấnFPT University & HanoiScrum

About

• Full name: Dương Trọng Tấn

• Join AgileTour since 2011

• HanoiScrum/AgileVietnam/FPT University

• Interests: agile training/coaching, agile

education, agile mindset for life.

>> Agile is about Learning

Principles #2

Amplify learning

“Agile Culture is about Collaboration and

Cultivation”

A common scenario

ProblemsSearching for

new ways

Go for ‘Agile’

training course

Start ‘using‘

AgileNew problems

Loose the

direction

Rollback or

modify to

create Fr-Agile

Can

you

learn

ALL

in

1 WEEK?

• Scrum

• User stories

• TDD \ ATDD \ BDD

• Simple design

• Agile modeling

• Pair-programming

• Continuous

Integration

• JIRA/TFS/Trello…

Can you master just 1

simple thing in 1 WEEK?

SCRUM

Common sense ...

Because competency is constructed, the best

way to learn is learning-by-doing (aka. ‘on-

job-learning’) and continuous improvement.

Training is not enough

• A continuous learning

and competency

development should be

implemented

• Individuals and team

should be coached to

reach next step of the

agile journey

How learning works in

constructive way?

Kolb Learning Cyclehttp://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/ldu/sddu_multimedia/kolb/static_version.php

IDEA: turn Scrum process

into a learning cycle

Coaching phases

Early

• Training

• Instructing

Middle

• Helping

• Mentoring

• Advising

End

• Retrospectiv

es

On-going shaping-fixing

Photo: Anh Tuan

Coaching strategy

SHU

Follow the rule

HA

Reflect on the rule

Break the rule

RI

Be the rule

>> Think: 10.000 hours deliberate practices”

“Solving the problem is not what

matters most; developing the

problem-solving skills in people

is what really matters.”

FEEDYour Team

EVERYDAY

You may need a good

COOKBOOK

SHARE YOUR THOUGHT

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• http://vn.linkedin.com/in/tandt