Scrum Master Job Description

Scrum Master Job Description:

• Is accountable for meeting Sprint objectives along with scrum team.
• Ensure meeting of sprint commitment.
• Own and help resolve impediments of the team.
• Help PO adopt Scrum Process properly and ensure PO availability.
• Support the PO in maintaining the Product Backlog, defining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria.
• Facilitate estimation, backlog refinement and all planning ceremonies.
• Ensure that DOR, DOD, Acceptance criteria is available and adhered to.
• Ensure MoSCoW adherence of Sprint Backlog at the Sprint level.
• Accountable for the correct implementation of the Agile Process.
• Protect the team from external interference.
• Facilitate technical assistance to the team and enables clear communication amongst the team members.
• Participate in Scrum of Scrum across teams and highlights impediments.
• Provide feedback on the team members performance to the Agile Line manager and Agile Program Leader.
• Facilitate all the Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Daily Standup, Grooming, Demo, Retrospection) and ensure correct adoption.
• Ensure updating of all Scrum artifacts.
• Ensure ALM tool is updated on a daily basis.
• Update key Scrum metrics into internal tool on a Sprint-by-Sprint basis.
• Analyze key Scrum metrics and take corrective actions.
• Create competency improvement and cross-skilling plan for the team (by the start of the project).
• Review monthly and ensure improvement in competency score. Ensure multiskilling for at least 50%of the team.
• Help team attain stable velocity within 6-8 sprints (allowing for 10% variation either way).
• Train team on the proper adoption of Agile processes (Scrum /XP / Kanban).
• Help in adoption of engineering practices like ATDD, TDD, CI,CD, Refactoring.
• Record and own the retrospection actions.
• Participate in community of practice initiatives.
• Provide inputs to the Line manager for internal quality forums(QIC / APR / QBR / MBR etc.)".

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