Explores Scrum Team effectiveness, emphasising that consistent delivery is essential and highlighting the Scrum Master’s accountability for enabling successful outcomes.
Let’s be blunt—if a Scrum Team isn’t delivering, is it effective?
Scrum exists to deliver usable increments. Without that, everything else—standups, retros, sprints—is just theatre.
So if a team isn’t delivering, what happens? Who gets held accountable?
The Scrum Master.
Not because they write the code, but because their job is to enable the system that produces working product every sprint.
If a team is stuck, their job is to unstick it.
If delivery is failing, they must ensure the system is fixed to enable delivery.
No delivery? No effectiveness.
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Lean SA
Jack Links
Philips
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Healthgrades
Lockheed Martin
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Boxit Document Solutions
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Hubtel Ghana
Sage
Trayport
Genus Breeding Ltd
Royal Air Force
Department of Work and Pensions (UK)
Washington Department of Enterprise Services
Washington Department of Transport
Ghana Police Service
Nottingham County Council
Teleplan
Kongsberg Maritime
Brandes Investment Partners L.P.
Workday
Emerson Process Management
Boeing
