INTRODUCTION TO SCRUM
WHO IS A SCRUM MASTER?
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ROLE OF A SCRUM MASTER
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SCRUM MASTER
QUALITIES OF A GOOD SCRUM MASTER
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Vision
User Stories
Product
Backlog
Chosen
Product
Backlog
Sprint
Backlog
Product
Increment
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
2-4 Week
Sprint
24
hours
Daily
Scrum
Sprint Planning
New Functionality
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The Product Owner is key stakeholder who represents the client side and is
responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the
Team
The Scrum
Master is the
team’s resident
facilitator,
responsible for
helping all
team members
follow Scrum’s
theories, rules,
and practices
The Development Team consists
of professionals who do the
work of delivering a potentially
releasable Product Increment at
the end of each Sprint
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Lighthouse
(helps sailors navigate easily through
areas of danger)
Scrum Master
( helps the team overcome impediments and
guides them to achieve the best result)
Scrum
Master
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“ A Scrum Master is a facilitator for the team and the product owner. Rather than
manage the team, the Scrum Master works to assist both the scrum team and the product
owner.”
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Product Owner
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Scrum Master Serves
The Scrum Master has several roles in the project. He/she
collaborates with all the members of the team, and for
each specific role, he has a different set of
responsibilities.
Development
Team
Organization
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Product
Owner
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Development
Team
Organization
The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in multiple
ways, like:
➢ Finds effective product backlog management
techniques
➢ Understanding & practicing agility
➢ Facilitating scrum events as requested
➢ Help product manager arrange product
backlog
➢ Understanding product planning in empirical
environment
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Product
Owner
Development
Team
Organization
The Scrum Master serves the Development Team in multiple
ways, like:
➢ Removes obstacles & impediments
➢ Helps create high-value products
➢ Facilitate scrum events when needed
➢ Coach development team when scrum not
fully adopted
➢ Help team boost their productivity &
performance
➢ Coaches team in self-organization & cross-
functionality
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Product
Owner
Development
Team
Organization
The Scrum Master serves the Organization multiple ways,
like:
➢ Helps employees and stakeholders
understand and implement Scrum practices.
➢ Leading and coaching organization on scrum
adoption
➢ Causing changes that increases the
productive of the scrum team
➢ Working with other scrum masters to
increase the effectiveness
➢ Plan scrum implementation within
organization
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Scrum Master Removes
Impediments
Scrum Master is Team’s
Facilitator
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Scrum Master is Servant
Leader of the Team
Scrum Master Addresses Team
Dynamics
Servant Leader Checklist
Self-Aware
Humble
Integrity
Result-Oriented
Foresight
Listen &
Observe
Doesn’t abuse
Authority
Intellectual
Authority
Collaborative
Trusting
Coach & Guide
Resolve Conflict
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Scrum Master is Interference
Shield of the Team
Scrum Master Coaches the
Team in Scrum
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Knowledgeable
Influential
Collaborative
Leadership Observant
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Traits of a Good Scrum Master
Scrum Master
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