Program and project managers get the responsibility to deliver in practice. It is often heavy. A competent coach makes the burden lighter. THe coach contributes with a complementing work experience, typically related to learning, leading people and building the organization.
We coach non-IT organizations to own their IT systems in the Agile way. In this way they may concentrate to their business domain and at the same time have transparency to the IT investment. In the founding phase we help to create trust and functional practices with the CEO, board and other stakeholders. As things proceed, we support the program for example by coaching the program manager.
Lean and Agile make any program easier to manage, even in the construction industry. On the other hand the program managers are in the key position in applying Lean and Agile. (Case Petri Taavila also on video) We help the program manager to create practices that a) are possible, based on our experience b) that combine different functional practices. For example:
The portfolio management and product decisions are dependent on the lead time and reliability of the R&D. A coordination chaos prevents the portfolio decisions from happening. (Blog) On the other hand well prepared product decisions are crucial in shortening the R&D lead times. We recommend a joint development project with the product management and R&D.
