Help! I’m the Impediment
As a new Scrum master, you’ll likely struggle with a hard truth about the role: It’s not about you.
Your focus as a Scrum master is on helping the Scrum team successfully deliver valuable software by the end of each sprint. Your commitment is to put the needs of your team and the organization ahead of your own needs, wants, and agendas.
Not everyone is meant to be a Scrum master. If you understand Scrum well, you can perform the role. But the gap between a Scrum master fixated on only the mechanics of Scrum, and a Scrum master who lives the Scrum values, favors self-organization, and leads with a servant’s heart, is vast and wide.
If you’re transitioning to the Scrum master role from a project management background, ...
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