Scrum Master vs. Agile Coach | What's the difference?

Amy & Ben discuss these two key Agile roles. What's the difference between a Scrum Master and an Agile Coach? How are they different and how do they work together? How do you progress between the roles?
00:00 Introduction
01:32 What is a Scrum Master?
02:30 What does an Agile Coach do?
07:53 Using data and insights to show tangible results as a Scrum Master
11:00 Showing value as an Agile Coach
17:28 Progressing from Scrum Master to Agile Coach: what to focus on
22:46 Aligning with other Agile Coaches in your organisation
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[@pradeep_dd]

Thank you Amy & Ben

[@harrydye8172]

Lovely Chat you two, Very useful :)

[@agileavengers250]

Thanks Harry!

[@TheDiveO]

scrum and agile unisono: you're holding it wrong! otherwise, this nontent is a waste of storage.

[@jamesodeleye2165]

Hi Guys
Found this video really help and a great breakdown of the two roles
For me it helped me as I’m looking to move into the work of coaching

[@agileavengers250]

Glad to hear it was useful!

[@killingtime8612]

So an Agile coach is a more experience SM plus self assessing the “so what” more regularly?

[@agileavengers250]

For the most part, yes, but not always 🙂
You may have an experienced Scrum Master who is also assessing the "so what" in their wider organisation, mentoring other Scrum Masters and coaching stakeholders. It just so happens that their primary role is to be the Scrum Master for certain team(s).
In contrast you may have an Agile Coach who has less experience as a Scrum Master, but has broad experience coaching Kanban, being a product owner, applying SAFe and other Agile frameworks. They could have the same quality of experience as the Scrum Master, just in a broader range of scenarios.

[@b.a9891]

A Scrum master needs to master Jira !!!! 🤭
Oh my god
Why are you talking about Jira and velocity when talking about Scrum
Your explanation of a SM is very shallow and tactical
For a coach a bit better ..

[@Mark1Mach2]

Yep I agree. SMs don't decide on the How.

[@anythingelseplease123]

There are a lot of terminology errors, roles and accountability errors, and other theoretical errors in this discussion.