Abstract: As a startup, we felt so strongly about XP and Scrum that we implemented them from a rather command and control perspective. Team dissatisfaction emerged. We dramatically changed our approach. What resulted was the development of a culture based on autonomy, team building and trust. We grew from having a dedicated ScrumMaster into a group of Internal coaches supporting self-organizing teams that choose how they work. In this experience report I will share the ScrumMaster's perspective in particular, and how we organize our Internal Agile Coaching Group.
Learning Outcomes:
- -Participants will…
- -see why you might hire a ScrumMaster at a startup to remove company level impediments beyond engineering
- -be exposed to the concept of Anzeneering and focusing on the needs and feelings of the team as a guiding force
- -understand the value of retrospectives and qualitative research for guiding the evolution of Agile at a company
- -gain an awareness of different schools of professional coaching for application in team building
- -get an example of how an internal agile coaching group with a professional coaching approach is structured
