Scrum Coaching For Better Productivity

By Kristen Baird


Software development through the scrum method requires that five to seven members dedicate their time and effort towards delivery of a common goal. This goal is set by the product owner with strict standards and timeline. For a team to produce the best results, scrum coaching is necessary.

Coaching helps the sprinting team to capture the demands of the work at hand and develop a delivery strategy. The sessions help to create teamwork which is essential for the work at hand. Members can easily identify with engagement limits, rules and requirements of their project. They also understand the standards that must be met.

The coach will equip teams with necessary operational skills and tools so that they can set norms and rules to be followed during the operation. The sprint session is timed and all work is to be delivered within certain limits. Norms and rules are meant to prevent laxity that might delay the work or lower its quality.

There are hierarchies within every team. It takes time to understand the abilities, talents and temperaments of colleagues and begin to work together. The sessions help to create awareness on the need for respect among team players. Respect makes it easier to give instructions that are necessary for the successful completion of all projects.

Coaches must understand that peak performance takes time. Each team goes through several stages namely Tuckman-model, Foaming, Storming, Norming and finally performing. On average, most teams will take three sprint sessions to deliver satisfactory results. This knowledge makes it easier to handle the teams.

The defining characteristics of a scrum include norms and rules that apply equally to all members. This is a factor that is aimed at leveling the field so that none of the members is under pressure from a superior. The rules are best set as the team is being formed. They can be revised as time goes by depending on the demand of each project.

The client or his intermediary must provide all the support required for successful completion of the intended project. Part of empowerment involves assessment of skills required for each project and assigning the right personnel. Balancing the skills helps to avoid unhealthy competition and duplication of skills.

Scrum teams must be provided with all the autonomy they deserve. It comes during the planning stage. All demands are valuated and whatever resources the team requires provided. Each team should be allowed to organize itself in terms of schedules and roles to be played by each individual. External interference is likely to deflate their team spirit and interfere with workflow.

Membership to scrumming teams is limited and requires full participation by each individual. This explains why the teams are usually small without sub-teams. These teams determine their daily meeting schedule as well as location. Other decisions to be made include coding rules, tools required for the project and what it will take for work to be labeled as Complete. It is the responsibility of every member to ensure that each project is delivered successfully.




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