Is the Agile Coach role related to Project Management?
Stelian ROMANProject Manager| MicroSafetyCarlingford, New South Wales, Australia
Many organisations are at implementing Agile. One of the new roles is the Agile Coach. In some places the Project Managers report to the new Agile Coach role, with the Scrum Masters reporting to PMs. Please comment, Saving Changes...
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Anton OosthuizenSenior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self EmployedPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
As far as reporting structure I do not believe that a coach should have such a direct line to the PM. The role of coach is to coach not manage and therefore they should not have people reporting into them. Saving Changes...
A coach is independent of the delivery structure and focuses on elevating capability within and outside of the project team. As such, they should remain unbiased and not come under the influence of any role which reports in to the project structure.
In my current contract, I'm supporting multiple teams as an agile coach, and report into an agile CoE which is independent of delivery organizations like PMOs...
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Usually a coach is with the organization as a consultant, thus reporting would not be altered, at least as specified. The coach is there for primarily for influence and thought leadership. Saving Changes...
Lenka PincotChief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management InstituteParis, France
There might be confusion and different interpretations of the Agile Coach role at companies, in general job titles do not always correspond 100% with the job itself.
Do you know Spotify model? That’s one way how to organize agile teams with a role of a coach. Saving Changes...
"In some places the Project Managers report to the new Agile Coach role..." wooow Stelian, your comments made me headache...without pretending to be rude I don't want to see or experience that Saving Changes...
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