Roles

There are 3 Main groups of people involved in Scrum Roles: Product Owner, Dev Team, and Scrum Master. The defining point of Scrum is that a project is done in a series of short busts known as Sprints. More about all of this below:

The Product Owner leads the development effort by conveying his or her vision to the team, outlining work in the Product Backlog, and prioritizing it based on business value. The PO is ultimately the one person responsible for a project’s failure or success.

The Dev Team is the group that builds the functional product. In Scrum, teams typically include seven members, plus or minus two.

The Scrum Master is, in many ways, the team coach. Ideally, a Scrum Master schedules meetings, makes sure that everyone is able to work to their fullest extent, and corrects any issues that may cause a roadblock in the development process.

Lastly, Sprints are short bursts of work on a project. During each sprint, a team creates a shippable product, no matter how basic that product is, so that the PO can see how the product development is progressing. Sprints can last anywhere from a week to a month, and are repeated until an MVP(minimum viable product) is created.