Major Changes To the Scrum Master Responsibilities Left Many Confused
The Evolution Of the Scrum Master: From Manager To Coach (or is it Leader?)
Scrum has been around for years. Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber presented it in 1995. They based it on “The New New Product Development Game“ (1986) by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. Many things have evolved since then.
A great example is the ScrumMaster. The accountabilities of the Scrum Master changed drastically over the years. So much there’s little left of the original. It is no wonder many are confused about it. As an example: only ten years ago the Scrum Master assigned who would become the Product Owner.
In this article, I will discuss the evolution of the Scrum Master.
1998 — The birth of the Scrum Master
The first mention of the Scrum Master was in the 1998 paper SCRUM: An extension pattern language for hyperproductive software development. This paper was created by Mike Beedle, Martine Devos, Yonat Sharon, Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber. It was inspired by James Coplien’s Organisational Patterns. This is the only statement about the ScrumMaster:
“The ScrumMaster is a team leader role responsible for resolving the Blocks.” — SCRUM…
