Role: ScrumMaster

The ScrumMaster is responsible for making sure a Scrum team lives by the values and practices of Scrum. The ScrumMaster protects the team by making sure they do not overcommit themselves to what they can achieve during a sprint.

The ScrumMaster facilitates the daily scrum and becomes responsible for removing any obstacles that are brought up by the team during those meetings.

Role Sets: Scrum Roles

Relationships


Additionally Performs	Release Planning Sprint Planning Meeting Sprint Retrospective Sprint Review Meeting The Daily Scrum

Main Description

The ScrumMaster:

Represents management to the project (liaison);
Is responsible for enacting Scrum values and practices;
Runs The Daily Scrum meetings;
Removes impediments;
Shields the team from external interferences;
Ensures that the team is fully functional and productive; and
Enables close cooperation across all roles and functions.

Staffing

Assignment Approaches	The ScrumMaster role is typically filled by a project manager or a technical team leader but can be anyone.

Key Considerations

The ScrumMaster:

is not the project manager but a facilitative team leader and Scrum process manager
monitors sprint tasks to ensure sprint success but does not create/assign tasks (the team creates/assigns tasks)
is part of the team: he shares responsibility with the other team members
must regularly, physically meet the other team members

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