What do you do when your Scrum Master’s understanding of their role seems to be less about acting as a servant leader to the Scrum Team and more about making the team to work in a way that is most convenient for them? In this episode of the podcast, Jeff Howey joins me to talk through the real-life case of a Scrum Master who seems to have lost their way.

Here are some of the concerns shared in the podcast:

- Dev Team is offshore and holds a Daily Scrum before 8 AM in Scrum Master’s time zone. Scrum Master requires that they hold a second Daily Scrum to provide status to Scrum Master.

- SM does not attend Sprint Planning. They require the PO to run it.

- SM requires the PO to run the Retrospective. All topics must be submitted in advance of the meeting and must be positive comments (not negative).

- Scrum Master does not like the way the Developers have set up their Task Board and requires that they change it to a format that works better for the Scrum Master.

During the conversation, Jeff and I unpack these and a number of additional concerns, talk through how they are out of alignment with Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master, and discuss suggestions we'd offer to help reset the understanding of what it means to be a Scrum Master who acts as a servant leader for a Scrum Team.

If you’d like to contact Jeff Howey.

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