The Project Manager role could be filled by the scrum Master?
Sanjay RajpootSanjay Kumar| saracasolutionsPVTNew Delhi, India, India
The Project Manager role could be filled by the ScrumMaster, but have elected to maintain the role modified for projects with several development teams. Saving Changes...
If a Scrum Master only has Scrum training and no Project Management training or experience, it might be difficult to fill the role of Project Manager, unless it is a small project. Not impossible, but if it is a new Scrum Master with limited exposure to Project Management, it could be a steep learning curve. Saving Changes...
In the project i have managed, scrum methodology applies mainly in IT work (project or thread). Project management, in most cases, is much broader, IT is one of the several components PM has to deal with, e.g. product, marketing, financials, etc. Saving Changes...
Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
The Project Manager role and Scrum Master role are not related.
Scrum is a framework for product development and support. Products are not projects.
There is no PM in Scrum; the teams are self-managing. A SM is more of a "coach" than a manager, and will resist any effort to add a PM role to the scrum framework.
The closest thing to a PM in Scrum is the Product Owner (PO), but the PO is not a PM. The PO's role in scrum is well defined and focused on the product. A PO does not follow the knowledge areas or processes described in our PMBOK.
It's perfectly fine to be competent in both disciplines, but they are not related. A great scrum master might fail as a project manager, and a great project manager might not know the first thing about Scrum. Organizations that refuse to recognize this risk failure. Saving Changes...
John TiesoAuthor, Lecturer in Business Management| The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business & EconomicsArlington, Va, United States
One of the significant problems in Project Managment is the arcane way it evolved. I used to get into al ot of difficulty with the various titles and practices until I simply decided that agile means flexible, and eating a roadmap for success means finding the things which work for you.
In many cases, that means taking simple agile principles, adopting them, and not worrying about the titles that often go with it. What does it really matter if you have a project manager or a 'scrum manager'? What matters is the ability of the leader to do the work needed for project success. Saving Changes...
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