Scrum Master

The Scrum team member responsible for ensuring the team understands and enacts Scrum theory, practices, and rules. The Scrum Master serves the team by removing impediments, facilitating ceremonies, and coaching the team in self-organization. They also serve the product owner by finding techniques for effective backlog management and helping the team understand the need for clear product backlog items. The Scrum Master is not a project manager and does not assign tasks. Their job is to create the conditions for the team to be highly effective — shielding them from external interruptions, coaching the organization on Scrum, and facilitating retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.