Scrum Alliance Becoming an Agile Coach Micro-credential

As an agile coach, you'll adopt many stances depending on the situation. In this context, a coaching 'stance' is the position you take—whether facilitating, teaching, leading, etc.—to guide people through the situation and toward improvement as an agile team. This course will take you through these stances so that you can coach teams and leaders through agile adoption roadblocks and hesitancy, everyday conflicts, and other organizational challenges on the road to continuous improvement.

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Learn to identify and implement facilitation techniques
• Identify differences between formal and informal learning methods
• Learn about mentor traits, mentoring individuals vs. groups, and creating effective mentorship plans.
• Practice fostering an advising mindset, emotional intelligence and sharing agile insights
• Understand different coaching definitions, mindset, key skills, and differences between team and individual coaching.

There are no formal prerequisites are required for this course. Familiarity with Scrum or other agile methodologies is recommended to maximise understanding.

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

• Anyone who wants to become an agile coach
• Leaders who want to support agile adoption
• Leaders who want to increase the ROI on their agile efforts
• Anyone who wants to be better at the stances of a coach, including facilitating and leading
• Scrum Masters ready to supercharge their coaching toolkit
• Agilists and professionals who want to grow their team coaching abilities

Module 1: Facilitating

In this module, you will learn to identify and implement facilitation techniques enabling collaborative decision-making and shared goals.

Module 2: Teaching

In this module, you will explore teacher traits and the differences between formal and informal learning methods

Module 3: Mentoring

In this module, you will learn about mentor traits, mentoring individuals vs. groups, and creating effective mentorship plans.

Module 4: Advising

In this module, you will practice fostering an advising mindset, emotional intelligence and sharing agile insights

Module 5: Leading

In this module, you will focus on encouraging continuous learning and growth while applying agile principles.

Module 6: Coaching

In this module, you will explore coaching definitions, mindset, key skills, and differences between team and individual coaching.

Module 7: Case Study

In this module, you will apply what you have learned using real-world scenarios to apply agile skills in diverse fields.

Exams and Assessments

There are no formal exams for this micro-credential.

Hands-On Learning

• Live, instructor-led sessions with Scrum Alliance-accredited trainers
• Collaborative workshops and scenario-based exercises
• Real-world examples
• Templates and practical guides for immediate application