Stelian ROMANProject Manager| MicroSafetyCarlingford, New South Wales, Australia
In a traditional project management methodology the Project Manager is the ultimate responsible for the delivery of the project scope.
What is your experience with Agile projects? Who takes the responsibility if there is a failure? Saving Changes...
RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
As per scrum guide, responsibility for failure is equally shared by Development Team, PO and Scrum master.
In reality, onus will be on PO. Saving Changes...
Stelian ROMANProject Manager| MicroSafetyCarlingford, New South Wales, Australia
Rajesh, that's what written in the book. I haven't seen (yet) a PO fired. The Development Team is pretty hard to be fired in block, especially if they are permanent staff.
What will be the next role on the line? :) Saving Changes...
Other than in true product-centric organizations where the PO and SM roles fully absorb the work of a PM, the PM is still needed and will usually be the main point of delivery accountability.
Kiron Saving Changes...
Justus NScrum Master| BCBSTXArlington, Tx, United States
Delivery = Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the Development Team.
Ownership = Product Owner & Scrum Master Saving Changes...
Pench BattaEnterprise Lean Agile DevOps Coach /SAFe Program Consultant (SPC6)| Capgemini, Inc.Bentonville, Ar, United States
In Agile, it is completely delivery responsibility of the Team. Product Owner owns it and Scrum Master facilitates. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Although I agree with Kiron's point of view, In my opinion, the Whole Team is responsible for the delivery and ownership too ! Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Agree with Kiron, you might have a PM and if it only is to have someone to blame for failures (which happens quite often that a scapegoat is established).
Otherwise, in agile, most responsibility and risk is shifted to business, and in person the PO. The PO obtains the funding, has to observe deadlines (both of which are constraints to team size and number of sprints) and is to blame if the scope does not deliver benefits.
The Scrummasters responsibilities are to make the team efficient, if the cause for failure is here, the Scrummaster is to blame. Saving Changes...
Stelian ROMANProject Manager| MicroSafetyCarlingford, New South Wales, Australia
@kiron, I agree with you. In a product centric organisation the PO is basically the Sponsor and the PM responsibilities can be covered by the PO and SM. In other kind of organisations, like Government there will always be a need for a PM that has the responsibility for delivery Saving Changes...
Stelian ROMANProject Manager| MicroSafetyCarlingford, New South Wales, Australia
@Pench. That's what the book says. Do you know any real situation when the whole Scrum Team (PO, SM, Dev) was fired on failure? Saving Changes...
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