Mary Iqbal

Being a great Scrum Master is all about balance. The Scrum Master coaches the team in self-management, but they also are responsible for helping the team focus on value by improving the adoption of the Scrum framework and removing organizational impediments. They ensure that the Scrum events are positive, productive and kept within the time box, but they don't have to attend every meeting.

A strong Product Owner can successfully work with multiple Scrum teams—especially when those teams are truly cross-functional and aligned around a shared product or value stream.

If your Product Backlog contains hundreds of items - many that are years old - and even the Product Owner isn’t sure what all is in there, it may be time to do some clean-up.