When autonomous technical/product teams are actively capable of leveraging TPM’s help/skills, in those cases do you still see any/some need for SCRUM master kind of roles going forward? Thanks
Meta Director, Technical Program Management | Formerly Microsoft • May 5
I’ll try to answer this question to the best extent possible because I havent worked at a company that had formal SCRUM master roles. My understanding is that the SCRUM master focuses on ensuring the team and the individual team members are set up for success (via daily stand ups, educating on best practices, conflict resolution, project tracking etc). In today’s world, I believe these are skills that everyone should possess (PM, Technical PM, Engineering Lead et al). That’s how Meta operates and any of the aforementioned functional leaders could play that role. This could be a controversial thing to say, IMHO the SCRUM master role could be antiquated soon if not already, especially in fast paced tech companies and start ups.
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