The document outlines the key responsibilities of a Scrum Master which include facilitating transparent communication and self-organization within the team. The Scrum Master aims to help the team adapt quickly to changes, solve problems independently, and create visual reporting tools. Some of the Scrum Master's other responsibilities are to reflect on meetings and ceremonies, ensure definition of done is agreed upon, protect the team from obstacles, and celebrate the team's successes.

1. Team, I am your Scrum Master
Scrum
Master
· Face to Face Communication
· Team’s Self-Organization & Accountability
· Transparency & Openness in Standups, Planning,
Reviews and Retrospectives.
· Adaptability to Change
· Fixing of Problems without waiting to find Who
broke it, or Who should fix it
Encourage
· Help the team to create visual reporting
(Burndown Charts, Kanban, Task Boards
· Help the team in communicate to leadership
· Help the team to practice Kaizen
· Help the team evolve their Scrum tools
· Help the team understand external observations
Relect
· Meetings and Scrum Ceremonies
· Team’s collaboration with the stakeholders
· Team’s Release Planning
· Agreement of Definition of Done
· Maintaining sustainable velocity
· Use of Agile techniques (Paired Programming,
Test Driven Development)
Facilitate
· Promote continuous improvement methods
· Commit to continued self learning of Agile
· Coach and mentor team on Scrum practices
· Support the organizations Scrum community
· Yokoten (share across the organization your
improved processes)
· Promote standardized repeatable processes
· Observe, listen, evaluate and provide feedback
Improve
· Protect the team from outside interruptions and
obstacles
· Play the key role in resolving impediments
· Mediate conflicts, and promote collaboration
Protect· Show appreciation when the team does well
· Show your pride in the good work done
· Celebrate with the team, and promote externally
the successes to make the moments memorable
Reward
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Prepared by: Nigel Thurlow
Last Updated: April 10th
2015
Version: 3