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The Scrum Master (SM) is a member of the Agile Team. The Scrum Master is the coach and facilitator of the team. He / she works to improves the productivity of the Team. He / she always has a training plan for the Team. The Scrum Master controls the continuous improvement cycles of Lean-Agile. The Scrum Master protects the Team and works with the Product Owner to maximize the return on investment. He / she ensures that the Lean-Agile ideals are understood and respected by all stakeholders.
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:
Without a Scrum Master organizations often have a number of problems:
The main responsibilities of a Scrum Master are:
“Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them!” - Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
The basic answer is that the person is a person who likes working with people and that can provide leadership for the team(s). Characteristics include:
Notes:
The Scrum Master is involved in the following events:
The Scrum Master is typically sourced from a leadership positions in the organization they are working in. This doesn’t have to be a management position, and in fact that is often a detriment since people sourced this way will often user their command and control power instead of influencing the Team.
Potential sources include:
Here are some tips and tricks to help you become a successful Scrum Master:
The primary measure that a Scrum Master is being successful is
Thats it: it’s all about the Team.
A Scrum Master is not operating successfully when they: