Scrum Roles : Scrum Master | Product Owner |Team

The Scrum Roles
Saket Bansal
PMP , PMI-ACP, CSM

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The Chicken & Pig
3 Core Scrum Roles ( Pigs)
2 Ancillary Scrum Roles (Chickens)


Product
Owner

Development
Scrum Master
Team

Core Roles- The Pig
Roles committed towards project development in scrum
process. They are responsible for product delivery.


I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the
conditions in which they can learn. —Albert Einstein


 He is the one who observes
the development team and
ensures that the entire
team is adhering to the
project rules and
regulations.
 Responsible for enacting
Scrum values and practices
 Introduces Scrum Roles to
the team and make sure
that every member
comprehends all the roles
and functions.


 Ensures the productivity
and smooth functioning of
the time
 Acts as a team moderator-
send daily scrum invites,
plans & reviews sprints,
product backlog
management.
 The Facilitation of daily
Scrum


 Remove hurdles or any other
external interference hampering
the smooth functioning of the
team.
 Coach & Manage Team Members
 Shield the team from external
interferences


 Remove the barriers between
development and the Product
Owner so that the Product Owner
directly drives development.
 Teach the Product Owner how to
maximize ROI and meet his or
her objectives through Scrum.
 Improve the lives of the
development team by facilitating
creativity and empowerment.


 Enable close cooperation across
all roles and functions.
 Improve the engineering practices
and tools so that each increment
of functionality is potentially
shippable.
 Keep information about the
team’s progress up-to-date and
visible to all parties.


 Bulldozer: Helps the team bulldoze impediments to get them
out of the way (Cohn 2005)
 Shepherd: Guides the team back to agile practices and
principles when they stray (adapted from Schwaber 2004)
 Servant leader: Serves the team rather than the team
serving you(Cohn and Schwaber 2003)
 Guardian of quality and performance: Examines both what
theteam produces and how they produce it to offer
observations that help them tune the human system they are
(Douglas 2007)


Dos Don’ts
Guides and facilitates Direct or drive
Keeps everyone focused on Stick to deadlines and
delivering approaches that
business value no longer work
Has a keen interest in the Become attached to
team’s overall specific outcomes
performance from the team
Coaches the team for high Get involved in task-level
performance direction
Promotes the skills and Become the only voice of
growth of every team the team
member


Hence, Scrum Master protects and shields the team
from any negative influence and keep it focused to
attain sprint objective


 Mouthpiece of stakeholders
and customers. Facilitate the
scrum financing.
 Ensures profit returns from
the product development and
its launch in the market (ROI).


 Visualizes the conception,
management, outcome, and
launch of the product.
 Decide on release date and
content
 Prioritize features according to
market value


 Controls the right use of
backlog.
 Has right to accept or reject
the outcome of the project.
 Adjust features and priority
every iteration, as needed
 Accept or reject work
results


An effective product owner is Committed,
Responsible, Authorized, Collaborative, and
Knowledgeable CRACK. (Boehm and Turner 2003):

 Committed to the work and
engaged in it fully
 Responsible for the outcome
 Authorized by the person paying
the bills to make decisions about
the product under development
and to know which decisions can
be made solo and which require
consultation with others
 Collaborative as a normal mode of
interacting with people
 Knowledgeable about the business
purposes of the endeavor and the
business domain itself


Dos Don’ts
Say “what” needs to get done. Say “how” the work will get done or
“how much” effort the work will
take.

Challenge the team Bully the team.

Demonstrate a commitment to Focus on short-term deliveries only.
building a high-performance team.

Practice business-value-driven Stick to the original scope and
thinking approach “no matter what.”

Protect the team from outside noise Worry the team about changes until
they become real.


Hence, the product owner is the
real motive behind the project
development.


 Responsible for product
quality, estimation, and
delivery.
 Responsible for converting
product backlog into
shippable product
 Responsible for managing
their day to day tasks


 Makes Rules for living
together
 Identifies missing items in
Product Backlog
 Prepares Sprint Backlog
 Prepares definition of Done


 It is right sized i.e. 7 +/-2
 Unlike traditional project
teams the scrum
development team is self
dependent which means it
is self managed and self
organized.
 It is also multifunctional.
Other than deciding sprint
goals and product
development strategy it can
also aid in analysis,
estimation, technical
requirements,
documentation, et al.


 Interlaces with customers,
end users, PO, and even
PMOs (project management
organizations)


Team is set at the onset of project planning
and is committed towards quality
deliverance of the end product.


Ancillary Roles- The Chicken
No formal equation in the project development process
or scrum yet taken into account for feedback.


 Constitutes the area of responsibility
 They comprise of end users, customers, marketing
officials, even top management.
 Have no direct involvement in the scrum.
 Are actually the people for whom product reaps benefits.
 Aids in collaboration, offers suggestion, and give feedback.


 Organizational change artist
 Boundary keeper: Reinforces healthy role boundaries
 Value maximize: Manages the portfolio of projects
 Lean manager: Uses lean thinking to improve organizational
flow
 Organizational impediment remover
 Team champion: Offers observations from the team boundary


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