Welcome to the first video of the Scrum Master series by KnowledgeHut
Who is a Scrum Master?
Apart from the Product Owner and the Development Team, Scrum Master is one of the three key
roles in the Scrum Framework.
Scrum Master is a leader of the Scrum team.
Scrum Master guides the team and the Product Owner and ensures that the team members are
implementing all the Agile practices properly.
The Scrum Master is not only responsible for addressing all the issues encountered in the
Agile development process, but also helps the business, the product owner, the team,
and individuals to achieve a target, in many ways at different levels.
At the Business level, Scrum Master creates a creative, productive, and supportive development
environment and enables bi-directional collaboration.
At the Product Owner level, Scrum Master facilitates planning and helps product owners to stick
to Scrum practices.
At the Team level, Scrum master provides guidance, support, and helps to remove all possible
operational barriers.
At an Individual level, Scrum Master supports individual efforts, addresses any raised issues,
and removes impediments to help individuals be focused and more productive
A Scrum Master plays many more different roles like, as a facilitator for the Agile teams,
a Scrum Master facilitates Scrum ceremonies
for the team members, carries out a conversation between team members and the Stakeholders,
uses different Agile techniques to achieve the targets of the project, and agrees on
the "definition-of-done"
As a coach or a guide, a Scrum Master mentors teams on scrum practices, promotes ways for
continuous improvements, promotes standardized processes, provides feedback and helps to
remove obstacles.
As a protector of the team, a scrum master protects teams from external interruptions,
plays a key role in resolving conflicts team members and promotes collaboration.
As a motivator, a scrum master carries out face to face communication, fosters team collaboration,
brings adaptability to change and resolves problems without waiting for anyone to fix
them.
As a servant leader, a scrum master serves others, helps team members to develop and
perform better, selflessly manages team members and promotes team ownership.
As a Catalyst for change, a scrum master provides coaching in Scrum adoption, plans the Scrum
implementation in an in-house organization, and work with other Scrum Masters to increase
the productivity of the Scrum team.
So now that a lot of ground has been covered on what a Scrum Master “is”, it is equally
essential for us to learn what all he or she “is not”.
This will help in eliminating any opacity and ambiguity about his roles.
First, a Scrum Master is not a Project Manager.
Project Manager is a leader, a decision maker.
Project Manager manages the project and the teams to accomplish the project target.
Scrum Master, on the other hand, acts as a coach, a facilitator and Scrum Master acts
as a mediator between the project and the customer.
Scrum Master is also not a Product Owner.
Product Owners have the huge responsibility of a project.
A Product Owner maintains the product backlog.
Product Owner has to manage and re-prioritize the backlog to fit these changes and drive
the project.
The role of the Scrum Master is still a matter of discourse.
Organizations consider Scrum Masters as the voice of the Scrum framework.
Usually, people see the Scrum Master as a facilitator only, but firstly he/she is a
coach.
The world domination of Agile is clearly happening.
But despite all your struggles, there is that glass-ceiling that is limiting your potential
to perform as a Scrum Master.
Break this limit and take a step ahead to get laser-focused on the key Scrum Master
roles.
Certifications like CSM and other related training and courses can be the best way to
do it.