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Agile Coaching: A Key Factor in Adoption Success

Posted November 19, 2009 | Leadership |

Many enterprises interested in agile adoption believe that their strategy should consist of sending a technical leader or manager to a training course and then having him or her take over a project (of course, there are also those who try to "save" money and buy a book on agile in replacement of training). But if you were to ask executives from companies that have succeeded in migrating to agile, the feedback would be not to cut corners, but to take the necessary training and get coaching.

About The Author
Masa Maeda
Masa K. Maeda is a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network. Dr. Maeda, a long-standing Agilist and member of the leading community on high collaboration frameworks, is a pioneer of XSCALE and Kanban for knowledge work. He is also founder of Valueinnova LLC. Dr. Maeda has 26 years’ international experience providing consulting, coaching, and training services to companies from Fortune 500 to startups in four continents. He is a… Read More
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