As a UX Designer, What Is My Place In Scrum?
Scrum and the stakeholders, episode 6
The ‘Scrum and the stakeholders’ series discusses the place of several stakeholders in Scrum. All its articles have this theme and can be read on their own.
Many organisations have a special place for UX designers. They operate as advisors for multiple Scrum Teams. They interact with the Scrum Team during refinement, elaborating on how they envision the UX of the product. They are also present at the Sprint Review to inspect the Increment and discuss further developments with the team and other stakeholders.
Does this sound familiar to you? If so, then your Scrum adoption may need some tweaking. Here’s a pivotal snippet of the Scrum Guide to elaborate:
“The Scrum Team consists of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master. Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional. […]. Cross-functional teams have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team.” — Scrum Guide 2017
For Scrum Teams to be successful all skills to produce and increment must be within a team. If a UX designer works outside the team, then this impedes them. If a Scrum Team wishes to be effective, then the UX designer should be part of that team too.
