The Scrum Master Roles


Scrum Master Represents the management to the team.
The Scrum Master Role Responsible for:

  1. Protecting the team from distractions and focusing it on the goal of the Sprint.
  2. Ensuring that the Scrum process is followed as intended by the team.
  3. Ensuring complete cooperation between all roles and functions in the organization and the team.

The Scrum Master Role Accountable for:

  • Removing impediments preventing the team from delivering value.

The Scrum Master Role Consulted for:

  1. Any impediments hampering the team.
  2. Any doubts with the Scrum process and its interpretation.
  3. Owner of the process and practices followed by the team.
In Brief about Scrum Master Role
  1. Be a team player. The best Scrum Masters are real team players, who receive as much satisfaction from facilitating others’ success as their own.
  2. Remove impediments.the Scrum Master should do everything in his or her power to remove obstacles that are preventing the team from accomplishing its sprint goals. for EX: If developers are complaining about the high temperature in the team room, the Scrum Master must find a way to cool it down.
  3. Radiate information. Scrum Master’s primary responsibilities is to radiate information or ensure that a team’s progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders, including the team itself. These radiators may take the form of various Scrum artifacts, from backlogs to burn down charts.
  4. Support the Product Owner. Just as the Scrum Master removes impediments for the team, he or she also works to assist the Product Owner with various activities. These include communicating updates and impediments as well as assisting with backlog and release plan maintenance.
  5. Facilitate creativity and empowerment for the development team. he should perform up to its potential if its members feel they have the support and confidence of the Scrum Master and Product Owner behind them.
  6. Improve the team’s engineering practices and tools as needed. To fully facilitate productivity, the Scrum Master must make sure teams have the tools and know-how they need to succeed.
  7. Communicate, communicate, communicate. Yes, communication is integral to each of the above points, but it’s so essential that it’s worth mentioning again. Scrum’s success hinges on clear and frequent communication among all stakeholders. 
  8. The Scrum Master acts as a hub for all of that communication, ensuring that everyone—the Product Owner, the team, and various other stakeholders—are always up-to-speed.

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