Yet another misstep taken in many organizations is that the managers are imposing Scrum on their teams. Scrum provides an environment and the tools that a team needs to become self-organizing; hence, a dictatorial management style is not compatible with Scrum. It is much more helpful for the team to learn about Scrum from a peer or manager and then make its own decisions as a team. The developers can follow the Scrum practices and, after a period of time, evaluate their experience. Depending on the results, the team and the organization can decide whether it makes sense to continue. One way to avoid the mistakes that I just outlined is for a team to have a Scrum Master. That is why you are here! A Scrum Master will coach and support the development team. The Scrum Master will also help the team deal with any weaknesses and obstacles it may face. Scrum Masters can help to identify both the good and the bad issues with a project; they can provide the team members with options when adaptation is needed. Please be aware that Scrum can be very challenging in the first sprint, but the benefits of using the scrum model tend to become obvious by the end of it. After the first sprint, the team has learned how they perform as a team and this knowledge will enable them to deliver better results. Also be aware that there are some myths about Scrum. For example, some people say that Scrum requires no documentation and the scrum team consists only of developers. As you have seen, this is not true. I will discuss myths about the scrum model in more detail later in this audio course.
AGILE MANIFESTO Welcome to the Agile Manifesto section! In this section, I will introduce the basis of the Agile methodologies. In two thousand one, a group of software developers created and published a manifesto with the Agile principles. Scrum uses this manifesto as a base. The Agile Manifesto says that individuals and interactions are more important than processes and tools. Working software is also more important than comprehensive documentation. Understand that this does not mean
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