Hello and welcome to this session of Scrum Master Certification course!
The Scrum Master is the 'supporting-leader' of the Scrum Team,
who moderates and facilitates team interactions as team's coach and motivator.
The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring that
the team has a productive work environment,
by guarding the team from external influences
removing any obstacles, and enforcing Scrum principles, aspects and processes.
The Scrum Master responsibilities are many,
and they change depending on which process is being conducted at the time.
For example, during the Develop Epics process,
the Scrum Master facilitates creation of epics and Personas.
Likewise, during the create user stories process,
the Scrum Master assists the Product Owner in creating user stories
and their acceptance criteria
And during the create deliverables process,
the Scrum Master supports the Scrum Team in creating the deliverables
agreed to for the sprint
and helps update the Scrumboard and impediment log.
From these examples you should be able to see
why we refer to the Scrum Master as a supporting-leader.
That role is really there to lead by supporting the Scrum Team.
Thank you for learning with us.