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The Scrum Master Role

publish date: 2026/06/04 11:34:9.866073 UTC

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What is the role of the Scrum master, and how does Scrum's approach differ from traditional project management?

The Scrum master is a facilitator who arranges daily meetings, tracks the backlog, records decisions, measures progress, and communicates with customers and management — the term 'project manager' is deliberately avoided as the whole team should be empowered to make decisions

The Scrum master is a technical architect who designs the system architecture for each sprint

The Scrum master is responsible for writing all user stories and converting them to tasks before each sprint begins

The Scrum master is the project manager who assigns tasks top-down to team members and monitors individual performance

Correct Answer

Explanation

The Scrum master is a facilitator who arranges daily meetings, tracks the backlog of work to be done, records decisions, measures progress against the backlog, and communicates with customers and management outside the team. The idea behind Scrum is that the whole team should be empowered to make decisions — so the term 'project manager' has been deliberately avoided.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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