Mentor
From OpenAgile
Mentors help individuals acquire team, process and growth capacities.
People who are serving teams in this capacity can record their insights in the Reflection Repository under the section Reflections from people serving as Mentors. When you have learned something, add it to the Learning Repository in one of the following sections:
Mentoring Process Facilitators
What do you need to learn, know, read, or understand to mentor an OpenAgile Team? Add your insights below:
Reading:
- Agile Software Development
- Six Thinking Hats
- Agile Coaching
- PMBoK Guide
- Beyond the Culture of Contest
- Peter Block about consulting
- something about coaching
- something about agile teamwork
Writing: Essay on applying "Beyond the Culture of Contest" to Mentoring
Training: 2-Day Mentor Training
Training: DSA ???
100% on Mentor exam
Co-mentorship with two other recognized Mentors through at least one Cycle each
Submit documentation of improvement in OpenAgile rules adoption
Submit case study or academic article on OpenAgile wiki
Endorsement from two recognized Team Members
Endorsement from one each of recognized Process Facilitator and Growth Facilitator
Endorsement from one external stakeholder
Must be completed no more than 1 year after obtaining/renewing both PF and GF recognitions.
Maintenance: participation in OpenAgile community cycles
Note about an idea: - Mentors can work with Tutors to have a 1-day Cycle with an in-house team that has just been trained so that they have the 1 Cycle of mentoring needed for Team Member cert
