Technical Skills Essential for Scrum Masters
Highlights the importance of technical knowledge for Scrum Masters, arguing that understanding team-specific skills is essential to effectively …
Scrum Masters need technical expertise to effectively support teams, understand best practices, and bridge gaps between process and real-world technical challenges.
Would you trust a coach who doesn’t understand your sport?
Then why do we think a Scrum Master can be effective without understanding the technical work of their team?
Technical mastery doesn’t mean Scrum Masters need to be coders, but they do have to have worked as developers. But it does mean they need to understand what “good” looks like.
For software teams, that means knowing:
For finance teams, it means understanding:
Scrum Masters don’t do the work, but they need technical expertise in the work to help teams get better.
Where do we draw the line between enabling and doing?
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