Keynote: The 8 Stances of a Scrum Master
summary
Claims eight concrete stances for a Scrum Master — from scrum police and hero fixer to chair, secretary, coach, mentor and change agent — each with distinct behaviors and consequences. Uses simple tools: sticky-note fix boards and an impediment board, strict timeboxed daily scrum and visible sprint reviews to make increments transparent. Shows exercises run with teams from 2 up to 700 people, shares cases where being the fixer creates dependency and where coaching/mentoring shifts teams to self-organization and better sprint outcomes.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction and warm-up
- 3:19Scrum Master role reconsidered
- 6:33Scrum Police stance
- 8:19Hero stance explained
- 10:07Team captain stance
- 11:10Chairman stance
- 12:58Impairments fixer stance
- 15:11Secretary stance
- 16:39Coffee fetcher stance
- 17:46Process manager stance
- 18:52Zombie Scrum stance
- 19:57Transparency coach stance
- 24:34Scrum rituals facilitator
- 26:20Mentor stance
- 27:43Manager stance
- 29:50Change agent stance
- 33:48Culture influencer stance
- 36:14Cheerleader stance
- 39:12Q&A and closing
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