The Influence of Practices Adopted by Agile Coaching and Training to Foster Interaction and Knowledge Sharing in Organizational Practices

Corporate environments have acknowledged the role of agile coaches in agile methods implementation. An agile coach focuses on developing the potential of people and its application to obtain valuable results faster. This paper analyzes the influence of the practices adopted by an agile consultant for enhancing overall interactions and knowledge sharing, such as Open Space and Lightning Talks sessions. We analyze the influence of these practices in organizational practices, as a way to foster organizational learning. We found significant associations between practices and purposes, and also crossed the level of adoption and barriers for adoption of the practices by company experience on agile methods. Results show that the participants recognize the positive impacts of the practices, but they are not sufficient to change the organizational practices. Few participants continue to adopt them in their organizations. Most of them report obstacles regarding organizational conditions, such as culture and top management/leadership support.