What is an Enterprise Agile Coach, the main differences to "Agile Coach" and a list of skills, responsibilities and helpful resources

1. What is an Enterprise Agile Coach
and how to prepare for that role
Vasco Duarte
Agile Business Coach
CEO, Author, Speaker
Vasco.Duarte@oikosofy.com

2. Main differences to Agile Coach
Agile Coach
• Focuses on cross-team
collaboration
• Works with Scrum Masters to
establish collaboration and
coordinate organization-wide
changes
• Participates in the organization-
wide change management
• Facilitates cross team events such
as Big Room Planning or Scrum of
Scrums
Enterprise Agile Coach
• Focuses on Portfolio using
techniques such as Agile Portfolio
Management
• Main concern is business agility
• Works with executives / directors /
VP’s.
• Works with PMO to facilitate the
Portfolio processes
• Works with Agile Coaches to help
drive the Agile adoption in the
organization
• Can be the Scrum Master for the
Executive team

3. Main skills to develop
• Coaching executives, and managers
• Change Management (e.g. Lean Change Management)
• Business analysis and planning (Portfolio Management,
Business Value Equation, Business models, Lean Startup)
• Public speaking and presentation skills
• Mentoring

4. Resources and helpful books
• NoEstimates Book (in your Oikosofy library)
• The Bungsu (in your Oikosofy library)
• Upcoming book: Agile Portfolio Management by Maarit
Laanti
• Turn the Ship Around! – David Marquet (on the Scrum
Master Toolbox podcast)
• Lean Enterprise – Humble, Molesky, O’Reilly (video
introduction, on the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast)
• Lean Software Development – Poppendieck (on the
Scrum Master Toolbox podcast)