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Scrum Masters are not managers of teams. They are managers of Scrum and manage helping the organisation adopt and apply Scrum. Note that "manage" by dictionary definition is not limited to people. e.g. I manage my finances. Ken Schwaber runs scrum.org and I am a independent Professional Scrum Trainer. I have been in Face-to-face conversa…
Scrum Masters are not managers of teams. They are managers of Scrum and manage helping the organisation adopt and apply Scrum. Note that "manage" by dictionary definition is not limited to people. e.g. I manage my finances.
Ken Schwaber runs scrum.org and I am a independent Professional Scrum Trainer. I have been in Face-to-face conversations where Ken has been present.
Years ago Ken was concerned that Scrum Masters are disempowered and became team workers; effectively not being able to help organisations use Scrum correctly. The term became "True Leader" without using the word manager. However to get the point across, the PSM I assessment has the question
Is a Scrum Master a manager (True / False). The correct answer is True.
Ken has been very explicit about this question to the Trainer Community and it has been debated in depth. As trainers we help people understandand the distinction between a management position versus a manager of people and leadership style.
I chose my wordings in my post very carefully