Technical Coaching: a Side-Quest for Architects

Technical coaches are often part-time architects with a desire to help software developers to adopt better coding practices. The smart insight is that if you improve the code and the way it is being written, then the rest of your architectural goals become easier to achieve. Technical coaches encourage for example Test-Driven Development, Refactoring and the use of Design Patterns. They contribute to the success of an individual or team through facilitating, mentoring and teaching, and they do not usually write production code or tests directly.

Perhaps you work in an organization where you’d like to encourage better technical practices and are unsure how to get started, or have already begun some technical coaching activities and would like to find out how to take the next steps. This talk will outline some common activities in technical coaching, what benefits you could expect, and where you can get help and support in your journey.