Understanding the role of the scrum master and why do they work most effectively with an offshore development team

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Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read

Enterprises are increasingly realizing the benefits of Agile Software Development Methodology. The top 2 reasons for its popularity are since it boosts collaboration and productivity. It also helps to discover issues early in the development cycle rather than later when the cost of correcting them increases multi-fold.

In an Agile Software Development project, there’s a common confusion regarding if the scrum master should be located offshore with the team or on-shore. Before I start giving you the answer to that, first to lay the foundation and give you the ground-level definitions. Some of the common benefits of following the scrum methodology are increased productivity and quality, reduced time to market, better stakeholder satisfaction and improved team dynamics. Scrum team, scrum master, product owner, sprint, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint review, and retrospective are terms that you will hear if you’re working on a scrum agile scrum methodology. The role of scrum master is fundamental to agile methodology (besides the scrum team and product owner).

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The responsibilities of the scrum master involve supporting and overseeing the activities of the project, enabling communication and connection between the scrum team and product owner. The scrum master will not commit to completion of the development work (and therefore has limited authority and management in that respect). The scrum master must provide the tools and resources that can help developers to achieve their tasks. The Scrum Master should coach the product owner and the development team as well. The person champions a project, guides the team members and product owner, and ensures that all agile project management practices are followed in the project.

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