ScrumMaster Can Be A Blocker
by Kelly Waters, 27 February 2008 | Scrum
I was intrigued by this article from InfoQ about the role of ScrumMaster as a blocker.
Personally, I hate office politics.
I think they’re are complete waste of time. They zap my energy and leave me feeling frustrated and angry.
I guess there’s an argument here that playing political games protects the team from people that don’t buy into the team’s approach.
I can kind of see their point. But encouraging such a political approach seems to be a bad idea to me. If you can’t debate the pros and cons of an approach – and win or lose the argument on an open and professional basis – I don’t think this is the answer.
Kelly.
Scott Ambler seems to get about; he’s recently spoken at a Games Developer Conference, talking about how Agile might work in a game-development environment. Who knew that working with Agile could move us all towards the dream of making video games?