February 4, 2012

BigVisible Blog

Coaching Services

BigVisible Services

Get the Agile knowledge you need and see results in record time. BigVisible offers intensive training, hands-on coaching, and expert consulting. Our services are available “as-is,” or can be customized to meet your unique needs.

Services for the Organizations

BigVisible has experience helping large, Fortune 1000 companies adopt Agile practices. These efforts often begin with small teams, but grow to encompass divisions and organizations. Rolling out a company-wide initiative is definitely tricky. We’ll make sure it’s also a rewarding experience for you.

Large Program Roll Out

Scaling an Agile project to span multiple teams, specialties, and geographies is challenging. BigVisible focuses on cross-team and cross-organizational coordination and communication. We’ll help you define key metrics and reporting mechanisms to maximize management visibility.

 

Enterprise Adoption Consulting

Want to optimize your portfolio, get more for your investment, go to market faster, and respond quicker to changes in the marketplace? Agile can help with all of these goals. Our coaches help senior exectuves and organizational leaders implement enterprise-wide adoption efforts. We’ll help you create strategic roadmaps and maturation plans that will support your transformation.

 

Agile Assessments

Get an agile gut check. BigVisible provides auditing and “check-in” services to help diagnose problem areas or offer ideas for process improvement. We’ve worked with companies experiencing the same issues you’re facing. We’ll give you options based on what’s worked well in the past.

 

Services for Teams

When your Agile team needs help, BigVisible comes running. Our coaches actually become members of your team, working side-by-side with you to solve tough problems. Every organization has its own challenges and culture; clearly a “one-size-fits-all” approach doesn’t work. Here are a few of our typical areas of focus. Need help with something else? We can customize a program for you.

Agile and Scrum Coaching

Scrum is one of the more popular Agile frameworks. BigVisible’s Scrum Alliance-certified professionals can help your team understand and implement these methods. Our coaches leverage proven techniques to accelerate adoption and improve processes that are already in place. We can help mitigate risks and guide your team members through change, so they become even more productive in less time.

 

Kanban and Lean Coaching

These methods are typically used in manufacturing, but they have been adapted to work in numerous industries, including software development. Our coaches will introduce you to the principles and explain popular techniques like Kanban systems and value stream mapping. You’ll learn to visualize processes, so you can eliminate waste and achieve greater levels of throughput and responsiveness.

 

Technical Practices Coaching

BigVisible can help you reduce technical risk, increase product quality, and build long-term maintainable products. Our coaches have advanced knowledge of design, development, testing, and configuration management. We can help you develop an architecture that will support Agile principles. Our technical services include implementing Continuous Integration (CI) processes, Test-Driven Development (TDD), infrastructure, and Team Workspace Setup.

 

Project Rescue

Sometimes a project—traditional or Agile—just goes wrong. But never fear. Our experienced coaches will work to identify root causes and use an adaptive framework to turn your project around.

 

Services for Individuals

Public Training Classes

In just two days, build your Agile skills and get certified as a ScrumMaster (CSM) or Scrum Product Owner (CSPO). BigVisible is a Registered Education Provider (REP) through the Scrum Alliance and the Project Management Institute®. We hold classes frequently in a number of cities. View our Public Training Schedule

 

Executive Coaching

Are you leading an agile effort for your organization? You don’t have to go it alone. BigVisible is standing by to deliver expert, one-on-one executive coaching. Our people will sit where you sit and help you work through challenges in real time.