Hi folks. In the past six months I have met several senior leaders from well known companies who asked me, "do they even need a Scrum Master or an Agile Coach to make their company agile?". These senior leaders understand the need for their company to be agile or to be nimble, responsive and competitive in the market, but they're wondering if additional roles like Scrum Master or Agile Coach is necessary. Some of these senior leaders even don't find the value from their Scrum Masters or Agile Coaches. In this podcast episode, I share my responses to these senior leaders. My answer might surprise you. Hopefully this podcast episode can be your company for your weekend and you will have a different perspective about agile, Scrum, agility, Scrum Master or even Agile Coach after listening to this podcast episode. Have a great weekend folks.
[Podcast] Do we really need a Scrum Master or even an Agile Coach
What did you think about this post?
Share with your network
Comments (2)
You are right on your analysis that
companies do not need external scrum masters. Changes can be actualised within the organisation if there is motive and a drive to do so.
However, most companies are incapable of delivering this because of fear of change itself. We are creatures of habits and often require unbiased perspectives to actualise any true change. This is where the role of scrum masters come in and I would argue that this role needs to be fulfilled by an external and totally independent candidate from the hiring company.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts @Abi. What you mentioned is as what I said at the end. That external and independent expert is a Mentor. The mentor will groom more leaders who servein the company - these internal leaders who serve can be called as the Scrum Master. I hope this makes sense.