what is a scrum master?
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What is a Scrum Master?
@ivopeksens, Agile Day Riga 2015
Who has been a Scrum Master in the past or still is?
Who plans to be a Scrum Master in the future?
Who has problems being or with a Scrum Master?
Scrum
Other Masters?
Scrum Scrum Master, Developer, Product Owner
XP Coach, Customer, Programmer, Tracker
Lean Sw Dev.
Customer, Development team
FDDProject manager, Chief architect, Development manager, Chief programmer, Class owner, Domain expert, Tester, Deployer, Technical writer
AUP No roles - least Agile, process centric
Crystal Clear: Sponsor, Senior designer, Programmer
DSDM Atern: Many + Atern Coach
Kanban No roles (Change Agent / Agile Coach)
http://www.devx.com/architect/Article/32761
● is responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted.
● ensures that the Scrum Team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and rules.
scrumguides.org
The Scrum Master
ProductOwner Development
Team Organization
The Scrum Master
as a servant-leader
A servant-leader focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the
communities to which they belong.
The servant-leader shares power, puts the needs of others first and helps people
develop and perform as highly as possible.
greenleaf.org
What is a Scrum Master?
Likes serving others!
What the world says
is a Scrum Master?https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/52030-5995666453381074945?goback=%2Egna_52030
A Scrum Master is NOT the team lead! I had to repeat this at least once a day.
A Scrum Master is NOT the communicator for the team. Any team member can talk to
any stakeholder if they desire.
A Scrum Master is NOT the decision maker for the team.
New York, USA
Scrum Master is the one who drives the Agility within team and creates a sense of trust and transparency. He is like a Sheep dog or a servant leader acting as a wall to
prevent the team from any deviation or interference.
Gurgaon, India
Anju Gahlawat
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Karen Fernandez
Seattle, USA
arbiter
cheerleader
coach
facilitator
teacher
servant leader
standup comedian
Timothy Mickol
Monitoring and nudging the team towards teamspirit and collaboration, functioning
software and team self management.
Central Region, Denmark
Thomas AC Kofoed
Greater Boston Area, USA
Dennis Lindenberg
...people relax and tell their truth....
...large audience simpler than grooming...
When I've played the role, I have played it as one who is responsible for continuous
improvement.
So there is the dull bits of calling meetings and the more material contribution of
removing obstacles and identifying non-value-adding wastes. It's partly practical
work and partly culture work. It even gets into personal interaction coaching
sometimes. But all-in-all, about helping the team improve value/effort ratio.
Greater Chicago Area, USA
Tim Ottinger
Scrum Master’s checklistAll stakeholders needs in backlog? Is backlog visible to everybody?Is it in manageable size?Does PO knows what is technical debt?...
Focus and concentrationLike each other?Challenge each other?Variation in Retrospectives?Is focus on Sprint Goal stable?Is board up-to-date?...
Do you have automated tests?Pair programming?Constant refactoring?...
Inter-team communication?Org.impediments at director’s office door? Dead=UselessIs your organization recognized as one of the best places to work?...SM
http://www.scrummasterchecklist.org/pdf/ScrumMaster_Checklist_12_unbranded.pdf
PO
Team
Org
Engineering
What is a Scrum Master?
Likes serving others!
My wayto a
Scrum Master
2001 - Team member
2005 - Project/team coord.
2007 - Team Lead (QA)
2010 - Student (again)
2011 - Process guy
2012 - Process quality guy
Emerged, not hired!2013 - Scrum Master
www.opuscapita.com
Sets new standard for financial processes Purchase-to-Pay
Order-to-Cash
Combining software, outsourcing and services
9 countries2300 professionals11,000 customers50 countries
2011: Process guy
InvisibleScatteredTools
Backlogs
Scrum
2012: Process quality guy
Scrum
Software Development Unit
?Agile Manifesto
2012: Process quality guy
2013: Process quality guy → Scrum Master
Scrum
My own knowledge of Scrum
New project started...
Visual Studio Scrum process
template
What happened next ?
Backlog in a single place+
web access to it
R1
- 3 teams in 3 countries - component based (backend).- 1 Scrum Master.- Scrum events - not all, people frustrated, too short cycle.- Poor groomings.- Reviews just with PO.- Huge amount of impediments (infra).- Me and PM @CSM course (met fantastic CST).
R2
- Invited Agile Coach. Backlog improved, Teams re-structured.- 1.5 Scrum Masters (PM in transition).- Scrum events - all. Delivery of Scrum workshop (Rugby; all roles).- Groomings appear to be better.- Pipeline, automation, infra - improves.- Emphasis on Retrospectives.- Reviews expand.- Impediments analyzed.- Frontend starts shining.
R3
- 2 teams in 3 countries – almost independent.- 1.9 Scrum Masters.- Management support in Scrum, UI mockups beforehand.- Monitoring, conflicts, coaching, Retrospective variations.- Reviews better.- Teamspirit. Co-location.- Feels like we start flowing…
I just wanted to comment from product management point of view that I saw the demo of configuration UI
last week for the first time and I was positively impressed where we are at the moment. In my mind this company is now closer than ever in
the history to run the product and implement the customer how those supposed to be
implemented in 21st century (regarding one of our core historic product) – thanks for that. You have gone a long way and I am sure you will be able to
deliver continuing like that.
Where we are?
What is a Scrum Master?
Likes serving others!
Cares&
doesn’tgive up!
Advices to a Scrum MasterMission, not a position - like it!
Independent Scrum Master (M.James, LinkedIn survey)
It’s PO, Team and Organization.
Get feedback from people you work with - your Review!
Learn from somebody cooler than you.
Learn coaching - it helps in growing others.
Mentor someone.
Read books, blogs, articles, LinkedIn discussions...
Since I am a Scrum Master
A business that makes nothing, but money is a
poor business.Henry Ford
Poor Rich
What about your business?
T H A N K Y O U !
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