Agile Coach
A practitioner with strong agile experience who teaches, mentors, and guides teams and organizations as they adopt and improve agile ways of working.
Key Points
- Helps teams and leaders understand and apply agile principles and practices.
- Provides training, mentoring, and facilitation to build internal capability.
- Supports organizational change and continuous improvement across teams.
- Acts as a neutral guide focused on outcomes, not as a command-and-control manager.
Example
A company shifting from waterfall to Scrum hires an Agile Coach. The coach runs foundational workshops, observes sprint events, mentors Scrum Masters and Product Owners, and partners with leadership to remove systemic impediments, define a transformation roadmap, and establish flow and value metrics.
PMP Example Question
An organization with several new agile teams wants consistent practices, coaching, and help addressing cross-team impediments. Which role should they engage?
- Scrum Master for each team
- Product Owner
- Agile Coach
- Project Sponsor
Correct Answer: C — Agile Coach
Explanation: An Agile Coach guides teams and the organization through agile adoption, provides training and mentoring, and helps remove systemic impediments across teams.