Here is the Visual Note (see earlier blog) of Alistair Cockburn’ Keynote talk at Agile 2009.  His main intent is that as Agile is becoming mainstream we need to look at some of the larger issues of software development such as large teams, distributed, etc.

Alistair followed on Last Years Key note speaker Bob Martin in talking about Craftsmanship as a key approach in considering all the different skills needed in software development.  He also spoke of developmental learning levels Shu-Ha-Ri that are key to a mentoring approach.  This is also very relevant for coaching.

I strongly encourage you to watch the video or check out the slides.

This was a great talk by Stevie Borne at Agile 2009.  It really was one of the best that I attended.  I liked it because she talked about how to mess things up and how not to.   This was backed up with interesting real life stories.  As well, her delivery was really great – Stevie is very passionate about being a great coach.

Anyway, here is the mindmap I drew up for the session.  Red = bad.  Green = good.  (Click on it for large image)

I haven’t transcribed the session, but there is a text version of the above on Adam Goucher’s blog if that works better for you.