Subject: Software Engineering

Topic: Agile Software Development

Difficulty: High

Roles on a Scrum team

There are three main roles involved in Scrum project management:

The Product Owner serves as the customer proxy and is responsible for representing the interests of the stakeholders and ensuring that the product backlog remains prioritized.

The Scrum-Master is responsible for implementing the Scrum. A Scrum-Master differs from a traditional project manager in many key ways, including that the Scrum-Master does not provide day-to-day direction to the team and does not assign tasks to individuals. A key part of this role is to remove impediments or issues that might slow the team down or stop activity that moves the project forward.

The Team is made up of a cross-functional group of 5-9 members who are responsible for developing the product. Scrum teams are self-organized will all members collectively responsible for getting the work done.