Manager as Scrum Master

Abstract

Manager as Scrum Master? You can not do that! It goes against the conventional wisdom, which assumes command and control managers cannot lead and coach as Scrum Masters. However, as an important aspect in Agile change, self-managing means a management transformation from command and control to leading and coaching. This experience report will explain how one large-scale organization adopted Agile over three years, with the focus on the evolution of Scrum Master and manager role and the way they work together. It describes how the change regarding self-management was introduced and adapted, then how we have tried to sustain the change by creating consistency between the values and principles behind Agile into the organization and the management capability to practice them.