Scrum Roles

Deepak T Gururaja

3 roles

• PO• SM• Development Team

Product Owner

• key stakeholder• Devices vision and shares with team• Responsible for the product backlog• Has complete understanding of what is required from the

product in terms of - Sales, Competition, Customer, Management, Users etc

• Is a decision maker• A proxy sustomer• May be a customer• Stakeholder/customer management• In certain projects - is also responsible for budgeting and funds

Responsible for -

• Backlog and its grooming

Scrum Master

• Makes sure the team is motivated• The team is delivering what is committed to• Enforces process adherence• Acts as a coach• Mostly a Process owner for the team• Also involved in stakeholder communication• Does whatever is required to keep the team performing at its peak potential• Facilitates all meetings and removes impediments• Is the primary point of contact for stakeholders or members outside the

team• Is a Servant Leader• Helps the team in its use of scrum, much like your gym trainer who helps

you achieve physical health

Responsible for -

• All Scrum ceremonies and artifacts

Development Team

• Consists of generalists• Is self sustained• Helps in decision making• always strive for excellence• The development team is a Manager• Cross Functional• Autonomous• The team is responsible for Estimation, Design, Development, Test,

Documentation, Execution and Delivery• Team always devises methods that make it achieve more and more sprint

on sprint• Team is accountable to itself, tracks its own process(with the help of the

SM) and delivers on its committment