The purpose of a Scrum Master « The Agile Forest. September 3, 2012 by Renee Troughton I have been pondering lately what the purpose of a Scrum Master or Iteration Manager is.
Many believe that it is a 100% full time role. Some are even concerned that there are formal positions springing up for this role. ScrumMaster_Checklist_09. Who Should Be the ScrumMaster? Who should be or become the ScrumMaster for your new team? That is, which role: project manager, lead developer, functional manager, or anyone but one of these roles? Although, understandably, most management wants a standard answer for who they should select to be the ScrumMaster in this new work paradigm, there is not a one-size-fits-all answer.
Essential Scrum Glossary - Innolution. Entries in this glossary are arranged alphabetically.
An entry may be a single word, such as Scrum, a phrase, such as acceptance criteria, or an acronym, such as TDD. If a term has more than one definition, the definitions are numbered. The following cross-references are used to show a term’s relationship to other terms in the glossary: See refers to a preferred term or to a term whose definition serves to define the term in question.