“Scrum Master” &
“Agile Project Manager”:
A Tale of Two Different Roles
Manohar Prasad, CSP®-SM, CSP®-PO, CSM®,
CSPO®, PSM I®, Agile Coach
Agenda
 Scrum Masters & Project Managers
 The Agile Project Manager
 Agile Adoption Implications
 Making It Work
Survey
Scrum Master / Agile Organization
Project Manager / Waterfall Org.
Agile PM / Mixed Org.
I don’t know what the hell I am!
Scrum Masters
Project Managers
&
Scrum Master
Responsibilities?
Qualities?
Scrum Guide
“The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring
Scrum is understood and enacted. Scrum
Masters do this by ensuring that the Scrum Team
adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and
rules.”
Scrum Guide
“The Scrum Master is a
servant-leader for the Scrum Team.”
Scrum Guide
“The Scrum Master helps those outside the
Scrum Team understand which of their
interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful
and which aren’t. The Scrum Master helps
everyone change these interactions to
maximize the value created by the Scrum
Team.”
Product Owner
Organization
Development
Team
Development Team
Team Self-Organization
Remove Impediments
Facilitate Events
Scrum Coach
Product Owner
Backlog Management
Empirical Planning
Maximize Value
Scrum Coach
Organization
Scrum Rollout
Scrum Coach
Foster Change
Increase Effectiveness
Collaborative Teams
Maximize
Product
Value
Maximize
Agile
Adoption
Maximize
Product
Delivery
Project Manager
Responsibilities?
Qualities?
PMBOK
“The person assigned by the performing
organization to lead the team that is
responsible for achieving the project
objectives.”
Common PM responsibilities
“Developing the
project plan”
“Managing the
project budget”
“Managing
Communication”
“Managing the project
stakeholders”
“Managing the
project team”
“Managing the
project schedule”
“Managing the
project conflicts”
“Managing the
project delivery”
“Managing the
project risk”
Holy
Crap!!
Other
Departments
Vendors
Functional
Manager
Organization
Business
Owner
Development
Team
Cooperative Teams
Maximize
Product
Value
Maximize
Process
Adoption
Maximize
Product
Delivery
Audit
Budget
Maintain
Servers
Business
Case
Allocate
Resources
Deliver
Services
Deliver
Features
The
Agile
Project
Manager
Agile Project Manager
Responsibilities?
Qualities?
Responsibilities?
Qualities?
How is the agile PM different?
Agile Waterfall
Waterfall Vs. Agile
Waterfall Vs. Agile
Command & Control Self-Organizing
Waterfall Vs. Agile
Waterfall Vs. Agile
Dictatorships gets stuff done Democracy is messy
Both agile & non-agile PM on a Project
Agile Waterfall
New Agile Team
What do
we do?
We’re supposed
to self organize,
I think.
What does
that mean?
This Agile
stuff is
kind of
stupid.
Agile & non-Agile Teams/One Product
Agile Inside Waterfall
Analyze Design Construction Deploy
Design
Develop
Test
Deploy
Analyze
Design
Develop
TestDeploy
Analyze
Design
Develop
TestDeploy
Analyze
Scrum-But
Our scope and
timeline are fixed.
We constantly
rearrange teams.
We create detailed
functional specs.
We have analysis,
design, & QA
sprints
We don’t have cross
functional teams.
We don’t self-
organize.
Our sprints are 4
months long.
We push tons of new
stuff into sprints.
Agile
Adoption
Implications
Agile Values & principles
Agile Values
Individuals and
Interactions
Processes and
Tools
Working
Software
Comprehensive
Documentation
Customer
Collaboration
Contract
Negotiation
Responding to
Change
Following a
Plan
Agile Values
Individuals and
Interactions
Processes and
Tools
Working
Software
Comprehensive
Documentation
Customer
Collaboration
Contract
Negotiation
Responding to
Change
Following a
Plan
Transition Vs. Dysfunction
We can’t do
Agile thing
XYZ.
We’ll do ABC
in the
meantime.
Here is our
plan to get to
XYZ.
We can’t do
Agile thing
XYZ.
We’ll do ABC
like we always
have done.
Mechanics Without the Values
Search Catalog
As a registered user I want the ability to
search the online catalog so that I can find
items to purchase.
Business Value: 600 Story
Points: 8
Story Points & Velocity
What are some others?
Waterfall Values Agile Practices
Setup for Failure
Poor
Agile
Practices
Poor
Waterfall
Values
Help!!!!
MAKING
IT
WORK
Know Which One Your Are
A man’s got
to know his
limitations.
Study the Agile Values & Principles
MechanismValue
Identify Your Values & Principles
On time and
on budget
Customer
value
Solving
Technology
Problems
Quality
Deliverables
Agile Adoption Backlog
Plan for Continuous Improvement
Assess Progress Frequently
Form Communities of Practice
Prioritize Areas of Concern
Make Incremental Improvements
Agile Maturity Models
Systems Thinking
Lean
Scrum
Kanban
XP
TDD…
Little ‘a’ Vs. Big ‘A’ Agile
agile
• Focus on
mechanics
• Local
optimization
• Engineering
focused
Agile
• Focus on
values
• Organizational
optimization
• Company
wide
What You Can Start Doing Tomorrow
Focus on Agile Values
Educate Everyone
Create an Agile Adoption Backlog
Inspection & Adapt
Questions?
Time for some questions?
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