Summary of how some major frameworks describe the Scrum Master Role
The sections below show the Scrum Master description from several sources.
The Scrum Primer v2.0
The Scrum Primer is a compendium written by Pete Deemer, Gabrielle Benefield, Craig Larman, and Bas Vodde. The guide refers to the Scrum Guide and wishes to be a lightweight guide or compendium.
“The ScrumMaster helps the product group learn and apply Scrum to achieve business value. The ScrumMaster does whatever is in their power to help the Team, Product Owner and organization be successful. The ScrumMaster is not the manager of the Team members, nor are they a project manager, team lead, or team representative. Instead, the ScrumMaster serves the Team; he or she helps to remove impediments, protects the Team from outside interference, and helps the Team to adopt modern development practices. He or she educates, coaches and guides the Product Owner, Team and the rest of the organization in the skillful use of Scrum. The ScrumMaster is a coach and teacher. The ScrumMaster makes sure everyone (including the Product Owner, and those in management) understands the principles and practices of Scrum, and they help lead the organization through the often difficult change required to achieve success with agile development. Since Scrum makes visible many impediments and threats…
