2021 State of Agile Coaching

Scrum Alliance and Business Agility Institute have collaborated on the first-ever State of Agile Coaching Report. We have attached the copy and direct link to download. What do you think about this report? Please comment. Bookmark this page for direct access to more reports from Industry.

Here are the key take aways!

About Respondents:

1. The vast majority of people who consider themselves agile coaches do not hold master-level agile or coaching certifications.

2. Coaches with the same experience and certifications can expect to make less at companies new to agile than they can at companies who are further along on their agile journey.

3. Experienced coaches and those holding master-level certifications are most often contract hires or consultants rather than full-time employees.

4. Most agile coaches invest in a lifelong learning journey

5. Clients select coaches based on their experience and reputation, as well as for their ability to provide specific services, such as agile coaching and agile transformation.

6. Agile coaches make an impact by helping organizations improve in 5 areas:

   1. Agility across the organization

   2. Communication, collaboration, and transparency

   3. Delivery, speed, and quality

   4. Individual, team, and organizational metrics

   5. Management mindset

7. An agile coach’s success is often measured based on the performance of those they coached rather than by specific coaching metrics.

8. What is value of an Agile Coach? (Most commonly mentioned to least mentioned)

   1. Improving agility across the organization

   2. Improving communication, collaboration & transparency

   3. Improving delivery speed and quality

   4. Improving individual, team, and organization metrics

   5. Improving management mindsets

9. There are some information about learning investments and compensation details for Agile Coaches

10. What challenges do Agile Coaches face?

    1. Leadership as a barrier to implementing agility

    2. Lack of understanding about agile

    3. Resistance to change from legacy structures, culture, and mindsets

    4. Remote working and COVID-19

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Ref: The 2021 State of Agile Coaching and Scrum Alliance and Business Agility Institute

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