Fixing Your Scrum

The Rotating Scrum Master

Scrum masters have hectic days. In the morning, you could work with the development team by facilitating a difficult decision, de-escalating a growing conflict between team members, or providing some guidance on technical excellence in an agile world. In the afternoon, you could help the product owner craft the vision for their product, understand how to write clear product backlog items, or grasp what value means in the product owner’s context. Your day could wrap up in a meeting with HR as you discuss team-based incentives instead of individual performance reviews as a means to improve agility.

Clearly, the Scrum master is a busy person who needs a specialized skill set to succeed. The Scrum master is an observer. ...