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Does a Scrum Master Coach the Product Owner?

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Naveen Singh
Does a Scrum Master Coach the Product Owner?

Who is a Scrum Master?

Scrum Master is a role within the Scrum Team, and scrum masters accountable for upholding the Scrum. Scrum masters provide services to the scrum teams, product owners, and organization. They do it through facilitation, teaching, mentoring, coaching, and causing the removal of impediments.

What kind of services a Scrum Master provides?

A Scrum Master provides services to the Scrum Team, Product Owner, and Organization to effectively implement Scrum.

Service to the Scrum Team:

  • Coaching towards self-management and cross-functionality
  • Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the Definition of Done
  • Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
  • Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox

Service to the Product Owner

  • Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items
  • Helping establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
  • Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.

Service to the Organization

  • Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
  • Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work.
  • Remove barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams.

Does a Scrum Master coach the Product Owner?

Yes is the most common answer, but coaching is missing in service to the product owner for a Scrum Master’s role when you look at the Scrum Guide. However, it is there for service to the Scrum Team and Organization. If you look at it again, you will see that the product owner is a part of the Scrum Team and a Scrum Master coaches the Scrum Team members so that it is true.

To view the full blog and this blog "Does a Scrum Master Coach the Product Owner?" is originally published on Agilemania website.

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