From Scrum Master to Manager: A Dangerous Metamorphosis

Nima has years of experience in coaching teams and championing continuous improvement. He applies double-loop agile to coach teams and help them build up flexible cultures. Nima has worked with a wide range of clients from small start-ups to big corporations. Previously, Nima worked as a Scrum Master and as a Product Owner, and successfully launched a vast array of products from light iPad apps to giant enterprise solutions.

  Agile   Scrum  

There is a difference between a ScrumMaster and an agile project manager: A ScrumMaster is a team facilitator. She is on the team side, tries to remove impediments and pushes back the product owner when his demands exceed the team’s capacity.

On the other hand, an agile project manager is still a project manager who applies agile concepts and technics. The Project Management Institute defines project management as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements” (PMI, 2013). Based on this definition, a project manager makes sure the scope gets done on budget and on time; the project must meet scope, resource and time requirements.

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