====== Why Do We Have the Scrum Master Role? ======

The Scrum Master role was created to address challenges that Agile Teams had when working in Products and Projects where the urgent always overcame the important. Traditionally Teams are on a relentless drive to deliver the next Feature resulting in an inability to improve the way they work. Further Teams often have to respond to the current crisis-de-jour resulting in an inability to meet planned commitments. The Scrum Master role is thus:

  * Sheep dog: Protecting the Team from outside interference,
  * Coach: Coaching the Team to improve, and
  * Facilitator: To assist the Team in making decisions, etc.

Without a Scrum Master organizations often have a number of problems:

  * Teams do not become effective at working together
  * Teams do not take the time to improve their work practice
  * Teams do not understand what kinds of opportunities are “out there” to improve
  * Interruptions to the work happens as stakeholders (managers, support, etc.) go directly to Team members to get their issue addressed
  * Teams do not appear to meet commitments they have made, as the interruptions and lack of priority result in churn

====== Want to Know More? ======

  * [[do_we_really_need_a_full-time_product_owner_or_scrum_master|Do We Really Need a Full-time Product Owner or Scrum Master]]
  * [[what_does_a_scrum_master_do_all_day|What Does a Scrum Master Do All Day?]]

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