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Importance of a coach

published March 23, 2010

During yesterday’s morning exercise I once again realized importance of a coach. When you feel like giving up, you will need someone to kick your fat ass forward because you definitely can do one more. And then one after that. While sweating with weights, trainer kept pushing me forward. And push I did.

In IT projects we encounter same challenges. We have a defined process in place and we know what we should do but it is easy to cut corners and start slipping. To keep a team on a track, the process must be followed. If the process does not work, it must be redesigned. In addition, we must always try to move forward towards greater value and better productivity because if we are not moving forward, we are sliding backwards.

I know some teams that are doing “Scrum” but without daily scrums. I believe that this is a first sign of a lazy team. I also believe that a lazy team is not building a great product. If the team does not have a discipline to follow a simple process, can you realistically expect that the team is writing good unit tests and actively sparring a product owner? I do not think so.

So whose job it is to see that process is followed in Scrum? Thats right, it is yours, dear Scrum Master. You are the coach who is pushing team forward. It is your job to cheer for the team and keep pushing them forward.

Samuli @ 22:58 (No Comments)

tags: Process, Quality, Scrum