Agile Coach - in an organizaion

·         Change Agent: Should work as a change agent as there will be plenty of changes while we transition into Agile world. 

·         Create / build agile framework while taking the current technology/methodology environment that is currently in place and ensure for smooth transition. 

·         Should think big and frame/execute agile methodology at program level. 

·         Facilitator: Facilitate the team with the knowledge so that team can start the project. 

·         Trainer: Provide training to the team on the agile process; training will continue all the time during the project execution on agile and continuous improvement on velocity, quality, processes etc. 

·         Help in preparing the overall planning of the project that means he will work as a consultant.

·         He will provide various ideas, suggestions, strategies. 

·         Make sure that team is following agile processes in each sprint at user story level as per the Definition of Done (DoD); However this is the responsibility of the Process Check Master but if project does not have a role of process check master, this activity should be handled by the agile coach. 

·         Help team to answer all the questions on the agile process during the project execution; that means agile coach need to be on the ground so that he can answer the questions immediately. 

·         Identify project risks and raise them immediately 

·         Make the winning strategy according to the ground conditions 

·         Mentor: Focusing on people and Continuous Improvement all the time; provide team a platform for improvement not only during the retro but all the time. Create a safe environment for healthy conflict and meaningful collaboration. 

·         Identify process issues and improve them 

·         Help product owner to write user stories 

·         Help team on the estimating of the user stories and prepare them for the same 

·         Help scrum master to plan meetings like 
o preplanning, 
o planning, 
o daily scrum, 
o Review & Retrospective 
Provide capacity calculator template for the team 
Provide the common tasking codes for the team for better tracking on technical front 

In an effort to reduce costs and risks and help deliver business value faster through expert, timely intervention and capability development , the purpose of this role is to enable teams to review situations, analyse issues and solve problems using Suncorp Agile Way of Working , customer based design and lean principles.