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Core Roles- The Pig

Product Owner

Development Team

Scrum Master

Scrum Roles

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Scrum Master

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. —Albert Einstein

Scrum Master

Ri / Advising

Shu / Teaching

Scrum Master Style

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Observes the team and ensures adherence to scrum rules

Responsible for enacting Scrum values and practices

Introduces Scrum Roles to the team

Coach & Manage Team Members

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Create productivity team Acts as a team moderator. The Facilitation of daily

Scrum Remove hurdles or any

other external interference

Improve the engineering practices and tools.

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Remove the barriers between development and the Product Owner.

Teach the Product Owner how to maximize ROI.

Improve the lives of the development team by facilitating creativity and empowerment.

Shield the team from external interferences

Keep information about the team’s progress up-to-date and visible to all parties.

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Bulldozer: Helps the team bulldoze impediments to get them out of the way (Cohn 2005)

Shepherd: Guides the team back to agile practices and principles when they stray (adapted from Schwaber 2004)

Servant leader: Serves the team rather than the team serving you(Cohn and Schwaber 2003)

Guardian of quality and performance: Examines both what the team produces and how they produce it to offer observations that help them tune the human system they are (Douglas 2007)

Scrum Master is

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Dos Don’ts

Guides and facilitates Direct or drive

Keeps everyone focused on delivering business value

Stick to deadlines and approaches that no longer work

Has a keen interest in the team’s overall Performance

Become attached to specific outcomes from the team

Coaches the team for high performance

Get involved in task-level direction

Promotes the skills and growth of every team member

Become the only voice of the team

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Hence, Scrum Master protects and shields the team from any negative influence and keep it focused to attain sprint objective

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Product Owner

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Mouthpiece of stakeholders and customers. Facilitate the scrum financing.

Ensures profit returns from the product development and its launch in the market (ROI).

Product Owner

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Visualizes the conception, management, outcome, and launch of the product.

Decide on release date and content

Prioritize features according to market value

Product Owner

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Controls the right use of backlog.

Has right to accept or reject the outcome of the project.

Adjust features and priority every iteration, as needed 

Accept or reject work results

Product Owner

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Committed to the work and engaged in it fully

Responsible for the outcome Authorized by the person paying

the bills to make decisions about the product under development and to know which decisions can be made solo and which require consultation with others

Collaborative as a normal mode of interacting with people

Knowledgeable about the business purposes of the endeavor and the business domain itself

Product Owner is CRACK:

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Product Owner Behaviors

Dos Don’ts

Say “what” needs to get done. Say “how” the work will get done or “how much” effort the work will take.

Challenge the team Bully the team.

Demonstrate a commitment to building a high-performance team.

Focus on short-term deliveries only.

Practice business-value-driven thinking

Stick to the original scope and approach “no matter what.”

Protect the team from outside noise

Worry the team about changes until they become real.

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Hence, the product owner is the real motive behind the project development.

Product Owner Behaviors

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Development Team

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Responsible for product quality, estimation, and delivery.

Responsible for converting product backlog into shippable product

Responsible for managing their day to day tasks

Development Team

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Makes Rules for living together

Identifies missing items in Product Backlog

Prepares Sprint Backlog Prepares definition of Done

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It is right sized i.e. 7 +/-2 It is self dependent

which means it is self managed and self organized.

It is also multifunctional. Interlaces with

customers, end users, PO, and even PMOs (project management organizations)

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Team is set at the onset of project planning and is committed towards quality deliverance of the end product.

Development Team

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Core Roles- The Pig

Product Owner

Development Team

Scrum Master

Scrum Roles

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