Scrum Master
The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted. Scrum Masters do this by ensuring that the Scrum Team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and rules.
List of Responsibilities: (Details to follow)
- Process Oriented
- Acts as Change Agent
- Service to the Organization
- Serves the Product Owner
- Serves the development team
- Protects the Team
- Coaches Product Owner and Team
- Removes Impediments (aka Blockers or Obstacles)
- Guides the Team
Scrum Master Authority
- No authority to make decisions on behalf of the Team, and cannot commit to dates or delivery, or scope.
- Cannot estimate increments (aka user story or backlog item)
- Has ability to enforce the Scrum process.
- Mostly indirect and comes mainly from a deep knowledge of Scrum principles and practices. Experiment with new ideas;
- Leading through influence requires buy-in;
- Team trust is based on shared experience;
- Individuals feel more comfortable sharing unpopular opinions.