COACHING
AGILE TEAMS
Dương Trọng Tấn
FPT University & HanoiScrum

About
• Full name: Dương Trọng Tấn
• Join AgileTour since 2011
• HanoiScrum/AgileVietnam/FPT University
• Interests: agile training/coaching, agile
education, agile mindset for life.

Principles #2
Amplify learning
“Agile Culture is about Collaboration and
Cultivation
>> Agile is about Learning
”

A common scenario
Problems
Searching for
new ways
Go for ‘Agile’
training course
Start ‘using‘
Agile
New problems
Loose the
direction
Rollback or
modify to
create Fr-Agile

Can
you
learn
ALL
in
1 WEEK?
Scrum
User stories
TDD ATDD BDD
Simple design
Agile modeling
Pair-programming
Continuous
Integration
• JIRA/TFS/Trello…
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Can you master just 1
simple thing in 1 WEEK?
SCRUM

Common sense ...
Because competency is constructed, the best
way to learn is learning-by-doing (aka. ‘onjob-learning’) and continuous improvement.

Training is not enough
• A continuous learning
and competency
development should be
implemented
• Individuals and team
should be coached to
reach next step of the
agile journey

How learning works in
constructive way?
Kolb Learning Cycle
http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/ldu/sddu_multimedia/kolb/static_version.php

IDEA: turn Scrum process
into a learning cycle

Coaching phases
Early
• Training
• Instructing
Middle
• Helping
• Mentoring
• Advising
End
• Retrospectiv
es

On-going shaping-fixing
Photo: Anh Tuan

Coaching strategy
SHU
Follow the rule
HA
Reflect on the rule
Break the rule
>> Think: 10.000 hours deliberate practices”
RI
Be the rule

“Solving the problem is not what
matters most; developing the
problem-solving skills in people
is what really matters.”

FEED
Your Team
EVERYDAY

You may need a good
COOKBOOK

SHARE YOUR THOUGHT

Stay Tuned..
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• www.hanoiscrum.net
• www.agilevietnam.org
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Dương Trọng Tấn
• duongtrongtan@gmail.com
• https://www.facebook.com/duongtrongtan
• http://vn.linkedin.com/in/tandt