Program Manager is the new Agile Coach (but better)
summary
A program manager with real authority drives change across dozens of projects, cancels redundant status meetings and frees 1.5 hours per person by decree, and combines directive decisions with empowerment lines like “you figure it out and tell me how.” The claim is that authority plus responsibility produces faster continuous improvement than advisory coaching alone; the approach uses managerial mandates, selective empowerment and pragmatic “done beats perfect” launches, and it demonstrably succeeds where coaches who only advise do not.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:08Agile coach role limits
- 2:56Program manager meetings
- 4:21Program managers drive change
- 6:50Agile coach change struggles
- 9:21Scrum masters authority
- 11:49Agile needs management
- 13:17Conclusion
