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WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL AGILE COACHING?

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Agile is a Software Development methodology that's been created to be able to respond to change. Software, and much of IT, is inherently uncertain. A group of 17 individuals from different, lean, light weighted practices came together to discuss what the common thread across all of their practices was. They came up with, no matter which of their practices was used, a common set of priorities that was required for all to be success. Out of this, Agile, and the Agile Manifesto was created. Read more on the Scrum Alliance website
An Agile team is one that can deliver despite change. They are able to adapt to quick changes, pivots and design changes efficiently. An Agile team is a self-organizing, cross-functional team that's built to deliver over anything else. At a high level, they do this by lowering management and overhead while increasing communication and collaboration.
Many teams and organizations fail at Agile. The largest reason these fail is they don't truly understand the value that each "part" of Agile provides. It's just different than what they are used to doing it. It's quite easy to learn Agile, it's incredibly hard to master it. Simply taking a class isn't enough, it doesn't give you the right tools to tackle problems when they come up. Agile's built to highlight issues, without the right tools to handle them and stay on the Agile path, people instinctively revert back to what they know. Pushing more away from Agile, and ultimately away from the values it's supposed to provide
Learning the methodology is easy, it's adapting it and staying true to the value it provides that is difficult. In order to sustain a positive transformation, your people, culture and behavior need to adapt to the new methodology. Your culture might ask for status reports or stage-gates, your people may have "always done it this way" and their behavior might be to do it how they always have. Transformations in People, Culture, and Behavior are fundamental pillars to a realizing the best return.
Your going to Agile for a reason. The "other" way simply isn't working. You need to be able to make decisions quickly, and you need your team to be able to adapt to those. You can't stop your business for a process, your process should be able to adapt to your business. Realize your full potential by doing Agile right - and we can get you there
In order to make changes, we need to understand where you are in your transformation. Once done, we will lay out a roadmap to success. However, we don't simply hand this over with an invoice, our plans stay engage with you to help drive positive changes. Where things might not work out in your environment, we'll work with you to adjust the roadmap and move forward (sounds very Agile doesn't it?)

How we do it

No matter the size and length of the program, here's our high level steps to success. The details change with each customers needs.
Where are you in your Agile transformation? You may not have started, or you may be struggling to see the value. We'll do an in-depth analysis of where you are, what you're staff think, what's going well, and what needs to change
We'll identify the changes required to align, or re-align to the value you're trying to get from Agile. We'll also highlight where things are going right, so we don't mess with what's working
We'll setup regular meetings to retrospect on how things are going, and to adjust the roadmap as needed. We can also sit in (in person or virtually) on some of your Agile ceremonies or meetings to provide feedback.
Of course outside of the regular meetings and checkpoints we setup with you, we'll be available for adhoc questions, comments, or concerns.

WHY CHOOSE EPIC GRASP

We are experienced, we are proven, and we enjoy when you're successful

Free Consultations

It doesn't cost anything to have a chat. Tell us where you would like to be, how your journey has gone so far, and we'll help identify where we can help, how, and how much it will cost

Budget Friendly

A full time coach is a diminishing return. Most fill extra roles to justify the cost long term. Our program's are built with up front time for analysis and roamapping, then move into a part time coaching model for support and evolution.

1 to 1 coaching

In order to truly promote change, there has to be a personal touch. For when transformation is required, 1 to 1 coaching is the best course of action.

Experienced Coaches

Our Coaches must have successfully coached Agile in 3 or more organizations. Why? Because not every organization is the same. Someone who's done it once or twice doesn't mean they can do it successfully everywhere.

Longer Terms

With longer term, budget friendly programs, we stay engaged through your roadmap transformation; guiding, coaching, adjusting, and ensuring success.

Groups or Events

Not sure you need 1 to 1 coaching, or you have a larger group or event? We have coaches with experience talking to larger groups; Public Speaking, Group Events, Classes

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