Scrum Master Criticism

The cluster focuses on debates and criticisms of the Scrum Master role, common Scrum implementations as bureaucratic or ineffective, and arguments over whether poor experiences represent 'true' Scrum.

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Kepler-131b Dec 19, 2016 View on HN

You must not be doing scrum right if you feel about it that way

Scrum Masters are basically secretaries with more steps

catchnear4321 Aug 31, 2023 View on HN

what does scrum have to do with anything?

mmcnl May 27, 2019 View on HN

There is no manager role in scrum, so not sure if this has anything to do with scrum.

ebbv Apr 21, 2018 View on HN

My team does SCRUM at work and almost none of these apply to us. Sounds like the author works in a bad company.

fergie Apr 7, 2021 View on HN

+1 for scrum master. Their mere existence is a strong signal that you are in an environment with a high tolerance for bureaucracy and low expectations for delivery.

replyifuagree Aug 28, 2023 View on HN

Yep, Scrum can't fix bad management!

wild_egg Sep 15, 2024 View on HN

None of those things are part of scrum as described by the actual guide

coredog64 Dec 9, 2017 View on HN

Can we please call this the "No true Scrum Master" fallacy?

stunt Mar 5, 2021 View on HN

Have you heard about DarkScrum?The Agile manifesto doesn't talk about roles or how the process should be, but Scrum does it.Agile itself was introduced by bunch of software engineers came up with the Agile manifesto. It's simple, abstract, and effective. There are many successful tech companies that already have something more extensive than Agile. Agile manifesto is just a good starting point if you don't have anything in place.But somehow Scrum became the recipe to impl