Ken Schwaber is able to express a lot in few words. His take on the Project Manager versus Scrum Master debate is a case in point:
“The Project Manager, less his or her responsibilities that the Product Owner (business value management) and Team (self management) perform, is now the Scrum Master, who has the additional duties of making Scrum work within the Team and the enterprise through leadership, coaching, and facilitation.”
Even so, in some environments where management determines that Teams are not yet able to self-manage, the Project Manager role is left in place. This ‘ScrumBut’ tactic causes confusion; even in an Agile work place working for two bosses is still never a good idea. [click to continue…]
