Does anybody have these people walking around their office?
In addition to the hideous name for this “profession” (imagine introducing yourself at parties as an…*AHEM*…“Scrum Master”), I can’t help but think that this is yet another operations management fad for do-nothings to try and remain relevant.
Thoughts?
I saw title as: Scrotum Master
My point exactly. And I suspect that anyone who works for a living would see the same.
Scrum is just an agile approach to software development (meaning it’s an iterative process instead of the old waterfall approach). I don’t think it’s really a fad because it has been around for a number of years and agile development has become more of a norm in most competent organizations.
That said, most techy concepts have pretty silly names. “Scrum Master” is pretty stupid. But such a person, if not a complete nerd, would probably introduce himself as a software developer, software architect, or something along those lines. Scrum isn’t a profession, but a methodology.
Scrum master, lean six sigma black belt, agile. All people I have zero interest in conversing with.
I thought this thread was about rugby!
Scrum master > social media specialist?
Points taken. At my organization, the people walking around doing this “scrum” all are very confident about the process and have their noses up in the air, directing people around as they do…well, whatever the hell it is that they do. But they don’t take the time to understand the end user or client’s actual business. The problem is that they forget we are an investments organization, not an IT organization. They are there to support ME, not the other way around.
community organizer > Scrum master > social media specialist?
I’ve taught courses for the PMP (Project Management Professional) designation – risk management, cost management, quality management – and have consulted in project risk management for a number of years, so I’ve been exposed to quite a few holders (or incipient holders) of these designations.
Some have their feet firmly planted on the ground; others . . . do not.
I call them pimps.
Fortunately, I don’t hold the designation.
Thank God no
What the hell, i googled and there is actually a scrum master designation???
http://www.scrumalliance.org/certifications/practitioners/certified-scrummaster-%28csm%29
I work with some solid scrum masters.
Agile is is dope but sometimes I have to f**k up their sprints because s**t needs done.
In their defense, it is a very rigorous program, including a two day course and 34-question test.
^ I hope that was sarcasm.
Ditto
scrum is a project management process that was born out of agile software development. It can be used for almost anything not just software.
That said, scrum master is a terrible, terrible, name.