Scrum Roles
Important Definitions
Considering the personnel and their strengths on every sprint team is crucial for team success. Designated individual roles will help teams stay organized and will establish clear, individual responsibilities. The three roles on a scrum team are product owner, scrum master, and development team.
Product Owners: expert of the product, have a focused understanding of consumer needs, domain applications, and business specifications. This person provides detailed explanation of product applications and tells the development team what is important to deliver. They set clear directions for the team, balance stakeholder expectations, and understand customer needs.
Scrum Master: expert of scrum, leader of any scrum effort within a scrum team including trainings, performing scrum ceremonies, and removing inefficiencies.
The final role within a scrum team is the scrum master. This role ensures that scrum is running smoothly and effectively. They are the bridge between product owners and the development team by coordinating valuable product updates with product owners and ensuring work gets completed by the development team. Scrum masters ensure transparency between all team members, create defined sprint schedules, teach sprint values, and most importantly, serve the scrum team to allow for smooth development.
Development Team: experts on project development, deep expertise on applications for the product and will deploy their knowledge together to accomplish sprint increments
The development team is comprised of the team members that will do the work. These team members take ownership of tasks made by the product owner and establish these tasks as a part of their sprint. Great development teams have a broad background of experiences and use their strengths to swiftly complete tasks. Their main responsibilities include delivering work throughout the sprint and ensuring transparency in their development.
Roles in The Data Mine
The Data Mine has a natural definition of who takes on what roles within a scrum team.
Corporate partner mentors take on the role of product owner because of their direct connection to the business. They are the leader of a project and will be the decision maker for project scope and direction.
TAs perform the work of a scrum master and are the bridge between Corporate Partner Mentors and Purdue students. They establish agile management and teach scrum to the team. TAs also help Corporate Partner Mentors with project management.
The Data Mine students make up the development team and are the owners of any project development tasks. Students are the primary contributors to projects and perform the actions necessary to work towards the project goal.
Scrum Roles Cartoon
Cartoon illustrated by Marija Hajnal