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What is the role of a manager in Agile Scrum?

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Srikana Ray
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IT Project Manager
Hi PM Community -
I am learning about Agile Scrum and work on traditional/waterfall model development. Would like to understand what role a Manager plays in Agile. Any thoughts on this topic will be helpful.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Srikana -

I would never say that managers aren't required to support agile delivery, but as the others have stated, their mindset and approach in working with team members might need to be adjusted.

While small projects might be successfully delivered with only a Scrum Master, more complex projects or those run in larger organizations will still need a project manager to orchestrate work between sub-teams, engage stakeholders outside of the agile teams, manage risks, financials and all the other fun stuff they would have done on a project following a deterministic approach. The key difference will be that they will not be directly engaging in the individual agile teams' activities - those are the responsibility of the teams themselves and the PM will work within an "umbrella" layer to support those teams...

Kiron
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Joshua Render Product Owner| Cognizant Harrisville, Ny, United States
Scrum Guide: https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum

Scrum.org also has practice assessments you can take that can help test your knowledge of Scrum. You can join for free and there is a very active community there as well.

DSDM Overview: https://www.agilebusiness.org/what-is-dsdm
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I fully agree with my fellow colleagues comments, there is nothing much for me to add.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
May 21, 2018 6:14 AM
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Hi Sante - Do they take up the role of Scrum Master in Agile projects then?
They might but generally not. The Scrum Master is a specialized role. I've always said that the Product Owner is the closest thing to a PM, moreso than the Scrum Master.
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Anonymous
Great question!
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May 22, 2018 1:39 AM
Srikana Ray
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Thank you.
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Srikana Ray
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IT Project Manager
Thank you all. Now I have a better understanding about agile roles. I work in a large organization wherein waterfall is the primary methodology practiced and very few agile. Since there was many Technical manager roles I was curious to know how their role fits in if agile is adopted.
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Srikana Ray
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Thank you.
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