Summary
The
Scrum Master will be responsible for developing and maintaining an agile SDLC
for a development organization for a project team spread over multiple
geographies, time zones and mix of multiple vendors (contractors) and
employees. Scrum Master will also be responsible for the coaching/mentoring of
existing development managers/leads on Scrum methodology as it is implemented
and used during the project development life cycle.
As Scrum Master you must act like "Glue" or
"Lubricant" depending on what the situation requires.
Role and Responsibilities
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Develop and maintain agile SDLC for a software development
organization, creating necessary standards, tools and best practices.
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Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values
to delight customers
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Guiding the
team on how to get the most, out of self-organization
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Champion
values of self-organization across organization
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Assessing
the Scrum maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher
levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team
and organization
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Removing
impediments and/or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right
personnel to remove the impediment.
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Building a
trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of
blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem
solving.
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Facilitating
getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
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Act as
protector of team and moderator to resolve issues within team if arise.
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Helps team to focus on current Sprint, achieve sprint
goals and value optimization
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Strive to help team to become high performance team with
transparency, self-organization, business value focus, cooperation with
competition
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Helps Team to learn from its experiences
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Supporting
and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and
maintaining the product backlog.
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Educating
Product Owner on benefits of sustained velocity and setting up cadence of
delivery
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Providing
all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and
leading by example
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Ensures a
proper power balance between PO, Team, and Management
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Addresses
needs efficiently and effectively
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Detects
hidden problems and strives to solve them
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Facilitating
discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
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Assisting
with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating
information
Required Skills
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CSM certification from Scrum Alliance
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The ability
to distinguish between what "is Scrum" what is "not Scrum"
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Knowledge of
other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, TDD, etc.
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Understanding
of technologies used by team
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Must
understand evolution of Scrum Master role in team over time period
Optional Skills
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CSP
certification from Scrum Alliance
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