The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring the correct use of the Scrum process. Because the Scrum Master is usually the most well read on Scrum, always trying to improve […]
Scrum Rules: Your Scrum Master Knows Scrum Well and Can Explain It Both Quickly and in Detail
It is crucial for the Scrum Master to be fluent in all things Scrum. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader of the team and needs to be able to provide […]
Scrum Rules: Your Scrum Master Has No Duties Outside of Scrum Master Duties
The Scrum Master duties make up a full-time job on a Scrum Team. The Scrum Master should not be a manager, a developer or have any other partial duties outside […]
Scrum Rules: Your Scrum Master Works With Only One Scrum Team
The Scrum Team needs a great deal of help from their Scrum Master. This help includes: removal of obstacles, advancement and reminders of the Scrum principles and practices, ongoing facilitation […]
Scrum Rules: Your Scrum Master Uses the Retrospective to Help Your Team Improve
The Sprint Retrospective is a key meeting where the team discusses how to improve. Like the other meetings in Scrum, the Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring it occurs and […]
Scrum Rules: Your Scrum Master Believes That Scrum Will Help the Team Improve
The primary job of the Scrum Master is to remove impediments for the productivity of the team. If the Scrum Master truly believes that Scrum is not helping the team, […]
Scrum Rules: Your Scrum Master is Truthful About the Condition of the Team and the Scrum Process
Scrum relies on the Scrum Master to be truthful and transparent about the reality of the team and how it is progressing in the use of Scrum. The condition of […]
Scrum Rules: The Scrum Master Role
Everyone on a Scrum Team participates in the greater productivity and the fantastic work environment. The Scrum Master has a special duty to the team to maximize that second outcome […]
Scrum Rules: As a Team Member I Do Not Track My Hours or My ‘Actual’ Time on Tasks
Scrum considers tracking the time individuals spend on individual tasks to be wasteful effort. Scrum is only concerned about time when it comes to the time-boxes of the Sprint and […]
Scrum Rules: As a Team Member No Member of My Team Reports to Me
Inside the Scrum Team, including the Product Owner and the Scrum Master, no individual should report to any other individual. The team reporting structure should be flat. This does not […]