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Number of Scrum Masters
Hi, I've this question:
Two members of a Scrum Team can have different Scrum Masters?
What do you think about it?
As per the Scrum Guide "The Scrum Team consists of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master. "
What would be the value in having multiple Scrum Masters for a single team? Your question makes me wonder if you are thinking of the Scrum Master like a functional manager? Scrum Masters are servant leaders for the team, and should not be thought of as a traditional manager whom team members answer to.
Yes, I thought there can't be many Scrum Masters for a Scrum Team too, but I encountered this question:
Two members of a Scrum Team can have different Scrum Masters.
a. true
b. false
And it says: The correct answer is 'True'.
So I'm a little bit confused, maybe the practice test is wrong.
> But can't it be that, because a PO can be of many Scrum Teams, he could have many Scrum Masters?
Yes, because that is a different assertion to the one stated in the question. There's nothing in Scrum which says that each member of a Scrum Team must uniquely belong to that team and to no other.
Furthermore, it is true to assert that each member of any given Scrum Team must share the same Scrum Master, irrespective of how many teams are involved. That fact alone could falsify the question.
Where did you find this question? Which practice test is it from?