A journeyman Agile coach should have hands-on experience working in agile roles like being part of a Scrum development team or playing the Scrum Master role. They should be capable of working independently without relying solely on the organization they work for. The document discusses the importance of a journeyman coach having experience with challenges like failed projects, distributed teams, new tools, and situations where the team is struggling rather than just certifications. It also suggests that product owners could potentially become coaches.

1. Kamal Tejnani,
Agile Coach @ Agile Practice,
Cognizant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamalt
ejnani
kamal.Tejnani@gmail.com
From Servant Leadership to Journeyman -
the next wave of Agile Coaching

2. Journeyman ?
Journeymen were paid each day, and this is where the word ‘journey’ derived from-
journée meaning ‘a day’ in French. Each individualguildgenerally recognized three
ranks of workers; apprentices, journeymen, and masters.
A journeyman, as a qualified tradesman could become a master, runningtheir own
businessalthough most continued workingas employees.
i.e. A Journeyman Agile Coach should be CAPABLE of working on his own without
DEPENDING upon the organizationhe works at.
A "journeyman"is a skilledworker who has successfully completed an official
apprenticeshipqualification ina buildingtrade or craft. They are considered
competent and authorized to work in that field as a fully qualifiedemployee

3. A Strictly Personal View
Disclaimer:
• Just a perspective that I have on this topic
given my Agile Coaching experience in the last
couple of years
• I respect your disagreeing with me

4. A Small exercice
• Anil Kumble or Ravi Shastri as the Team India’s
head coach – why ?
More
recently
hands-on?
Bowler versus
Batsman as
Coach?
Eagerness
to do the
job ?
Connect with
the Current
Generation?

5. Active Hands-on ?
• Both Anil Kumble and Ravi Shastri have retired
Should an Agile Coach be a
PRACTISING hands-on
practitioneror should he be
doing only Coaching and
Training

6. Seeds…
• Performance of Agile Coaches in the
organization with respect to Agile Deliveries
• Analysis of failed Agile Projects
• A Meetup discussion topic
• Books

7. A Journeyman Agile Coach
• Been part of the Scrum Development Team ?
• Played the Scrum Master Role ?
• Been part of some projects that did not fare
well ?
• Grown bottom up and not Certified top down
Thought:
What about Product Owners becoming Agile
Coaches?

8. Scope of Agile Coaching ?
• Engineering ?
• People Issues
• Facilitator
• Training

9. Who is an Agile Coach
Certified Agile Coach ?
Versus
 Person who has worked as a developer/tester
in an Agile Team, Scrum Master, Coached
one/two teams, conducted Agile training

10. The Benjamin Franklin Story
• From Apprentice to Journeyman to Partner:
Benjamin Franklin Workers and the Growth of
the Early American Printing Trade
• With the growth of the printing trade, most
journeymen had little trouble securing work
• Lineman training with steel poles is essential to helping students, apprentices, and veteran
linemen gain valuable skills they will use right away on the job.
• How to Become a Journeyman Electrician (US)

11. Journeyman Software Developer
• Are you are a person that LOVES to coach and
help others produce excellent
code/applications?
• Skills required:
• 5+ years strong Java background
• Comfortable working with multiple languages that are materially different
• Hands on experience working in an emerging agile development
environment which mustinclude: Test Driven Development (TDD),
Continuous Integration, Pair Programming, Clean Code, refactoring, source
control, automateddeployment and iterative development
• Excellent communication skills with client and teams

12. Journeyman Agile Coach
• Do and show
• Write BDD using Cucumber
• TDD for legacy ? Don’t believe you
• Shell Scripts for Jenkins ?
• Empowerment cannot be done in Indian IT Services
organization – the Client PO is ALWAYS right 
What if the team says
• Transparency exists only in the clear waters of
Australia
• The Phoenix Project is fiction – don’t talk about it

13. Journeyman Agile Coach
Scenario:
Agile Coach leaves engineering practices to the
technical team
Team has never done CI before
Solutions:
1. Do and show versus Tell
2. Involve the DevOps team versus DIY

14. Journeyman Agile Coach
Scenario:
The onsite Agile Coach has NEVER worked with
offshore (Indian) teams in a Distributed Agile
Mode (in an Indian offshore model)
The Agile Transformationfailed twice before.

15. Journeyman Agile Coach
Scenario:
Program is moving from Clearcase to Git and
you have never workedon either ClearCase or
Git.
Solution:
1. First learn Clearcase and Git
2. Participate in one Clearcase to Git migration
3. Help by doing for other teams

16. Journeyman Agile Coach
Scenarios:
• Team is not speaking up during Grooming
• No transparency during Standup and
Retrospectives
What if the Agile Coach has never been in such
a situation himself but has read a lot about it
and done a lot of certifications

17. Journeyman Agile Coach
Scenario
ContinuousLearning
e.g.
Automated Build Process
Make -> Ant -> Maven -> Gradle
CVS -> SVN -> Git

18. Journeyman Agile Coach
Scenario:
Team is not meeting its Sprint commitments
Sprint after Sprint
Has the Agile Coach been in such a situation
before ?
Can he/she talk from experience how to fix this
?

19. Journeyman Agile Coach
Scenario:
Scaling Agile