Scrum Framework - 3 Roles In Agile Scrum

Today, we will learn Scrum Roles in Agile Scrum Framework.

There are three main roles in Agile Scrum Framework.

(Figure: Roles and responsibilities of a Scrum Team from The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook by Stacia Viscardi)

Product Owner is the one who has product vision. He or she is the voice of the customer/stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Owns Product Backlog
• Ensures product backlog is transparent, visible, and clear.
• Closely works with Development Team and Scrum Master.
• Available to the team to answer any issues or queries and provide feedback.
• Has authority to cancel a sprint.
• Accept/Reject development team's work.
• Participates in Scrum events as needed.

Scrum Master is the person who is responsible for the Process and facilitates Scrum events as needed in the project.

Responsibilities - Service to Development Team

• Teaches development team to be self-organized and collaborative.
• Ensures that team will understand and follow the Scrum practice and rules.
• Helps development team to reflect and improve as a team.
• Resolves conflicts; acts as a mentor to the development team.

Service to Product Owner

• Teaches Scrum process and theory to the Product Owner so that the owner can understand the rules.
• Helps to create a product backlog.
• Removes impedimentations or dependencies.
• Helps to order/prioritize the product backlog to maximize the value.
• Helps Product Owner to write clear user stories for Product Backlog.

Service to the Organization

• Coaches organization on Scrum
• Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the performance.
• Creates a culture where teams can work on the incremental/empirical product development.

Responsibilities

• They are self-organized and know what the sprint goal is and what to do for achieving the same.
• Cross-functional teamwork and collaboration
• Owns Sprint backlog and responsible for the design and quality of the product.
• Participates in Scrum Events.
• Estimate items in the backlog.
• Update Sprint Burndown chart.
• Help in product backlog refinement.