Useful Resources for Agile Coaches
From Agile Coaches Gathering
Please add books, articles, and blogs that you have found useful for Agile Coaches to this page. Lists ordered alphabetically not by preference.
Blogs
- http://www.agilecoach.ca/2010/01/08/the-agile-coach-manifesto/
- http://www.agilecoach.net/blog/
- http://agilecoach.typepad.com/
- http://agiledesign.co.uk/
- http://agilejournal.com/articles/columns/column-articles/1917-the-role-of-the-agile-coach
- http://agilethinking.net/
- http://www.agilitrix.com/blog/
- http://anarchycreek.com/2009/08/20/coaching-how-to-get-better/
- http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2010/04/08/the-invisible-agile-coach-mack-adams/
- http://blog.connexxo.com/2009/07/what-is-an-agile-coach-really.html
- http://blog.xebia.com/2008/04/10/do-we-really-need-an-agile-coach/
- http://bradapp.blogspot.com/2009/06/resources-on-self-organizing-teams-for.html
- http://coachingagileteams.com/
- http://delicious.com/ipreuss/coaching
- http://michaelfeathers.typepad.com/
- http://paultyma.blogspot.com/2006/08/agile-coach-agile-secret-police.html
- http://peterprovost.org/blog/post/On-Becoming-an-Agile-Coach.aspx
- http://scrumology.net/2010/02/25/its-an-agile-sabotage/
- http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2009/05/agile-coach-cod.php
- http://www.xqa.com.ar/visualmanagement/
Books
- "Agile Coaching" by Rachel Davies and LizSedley
- "Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams" by Jutta Eckstein [1]
- Amazon Listmania list on Agile Facilitation Favourites [2]
- "Are Your Lights On? How to Figure Out What the Problem REALLY Is" by Donald Gause and Gerald Weinberg
- "Co-Active Coaching"
- "Coaching Agile Teams" by Lyssa Adkins
- "Coaching for Performance" by Sir John Whitmore (4th Ed)
- "Do More Great Work" by Michael Bungay Stanier
- "Effective Coaching: Lessons from the Coach's Coach" by Myles Downey
- "Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas" by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising [3]
- "Getting Past No" by William Ury
- "Mastery" by George Leonard
- "Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations" by Robert Austin
- "Mentoring" by Huang and Lynch
- "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware" by Andy Hunt
- "Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency" by Tom DeMarco
- "Software for Your Head" by Jim McCarthy and Michele McCarthy
- "Solving Tough Problems" by Adam Kahane
- "The Art of Agile Development" by James Shore
- "The Dip" by Seth Godin [4]
- "The Life We Are Given" by George Leonard
- "The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator" by Jon & Maureen Jenkins
- "The Way of Aikido" by George Leonard
- "What Did You Say? The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback" By Charles Seashore, Edith Seashore, and Gerald Weinberg
- "Yes! 50 secrets from the science of persuasion" by Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin, and Robert Cialdini
Discussion Lists
- lonely-coaches-sodality yahoo group
Events
Tools for Teams
- Belbin Team Inventory [5]
- Cognitive Bias [6]
- Cultural Dimensions [7]
- Dreyfus Model of Skills Acquisition [8]
- Kiersey Sorter (MBTI-alike) [9]
- Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)[10]
- Oblique Strategies [11]
- Pomodoro Technique [12]
- Shu-Ha-Ri [13]
- Social Styles (Wilson Learning) [14]
- Strengthsfinder (Gallup / Buckingham / Clifton) [15]
- Thomas Kilman Instrument [16]
Talks and Videos
- http://www.xpday.org/files/People_vs_Process_XPDay2007.pdf
- http://www.odd-e.com/material/2010/scrum_shanghai/culture.pdf
- David Hussman Coaching Agility [17]
Websites
