The scrum master role explained

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[PJ-resl]

YouTube next video ads are blocking the visual, very annoying! Great video though.

[Voxie]

There is an enormous amount of wrong interpretation and explanation of Scrum and the Scrum Master role in this video! As a Professional Scrum Trainer it hurts to see this happening because interpreting Scrum like this will hurt your product and the people developing it.
Scrum is not a defined process. It's a framework that enables empirical process control to enable the Scrum Team to find what works for them. The Scrum Master is guardian of empiricism and helps everyone understand. The Scrum Master most definitely has no say in what needs to be on the Product Backlog or Sprint Backlog. That up to respectively the Product Owner and Development Team. I could go on a bit more but the best advice is read the Scrum guide first. 😎

[MashiroRedo]

This sounds like a Program Manager with JIRA responsibilities.

[DABA]

Do scrum masters need to know how to code or have any software development experience? Or is it mainly a management/communicator role?

[jakefin]

Scrum master is BS term. Its just another way of saying manager/supervisor/team lead. It's just a trend used by trendy "start ups". Scrum master originates from the word Scrum, which is a word used in rugby. Rugby players huddle around as a team, which is known as a scrum. When I worked in the tech industry, we would have "scrums"(quick stand up meetings) in the morning to delegate what we were working on for the day, and discuss deadlines. Scrum masters were also known as POC (Point of Contact) but I guess that term never took off because it wasn't trendy enough. So next time someone says they are a "scrum Master" just know they are a team leader aka a middle man/woman.

[theadjuster]

I still don't know WTF a scrum master is. Sounds like the manager ain't doing his/her job!!!

[thepilot]

How does a team member call out blockers when using a Kanban process?

[rightside]

If Dev says that 2 weeks is not enough and they need 2 months..what will be done? whats the use of sprint when the decision is given to Dev instead of management

[ransu]

in reality, Scrum master is the one who types some ill-defined backlogs on some project management tool and thought they are the ones that make things happened

[foodsgood]

new voice would make this easier to listen too