My Role as an Agile Manager

When software development teams move to Agile methods, managers often wonder what their new roles and responsibilities will entail within an Agile environment. Self-organizing Agile teams still need guidance and assistance in achieving goals, however, and managers must support these teams by providing direction, assisting ScrumMasters to remove impediments, and helping program management and business needs fit in to the iterative cycle.

This introductory session begins by focusing on Agile values identified in the Agile Manifesto so that participants can understand how these values change the project management paradigm when shifting from a predictive/plan-driven to an adaptive/value-driven way of working. At a high level, managers will learn how to help teams become Agile and identify the most pressing constraints preventing agility.