What Are You Doing All Day, Scrum Master?

Rumor says that a great Scrum Master supports one team at a time. If that is true, how do you spend your time with the team members, helping them become self-managing? Moreover, what about stakeholders and the organization?

Let’s gather some data on Scrum Master tasks anonymously and answer the question!

📈 Please join the 2024 survey on Scrum Master tasks here.

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Scrum Master Tasks: The Questionnaire

I kept the anonymous survey as simple as possible; it comprises the following questions on Scrum Master Tasks:

1. What Is the Size of the Organization You Are Working for?
2. What Is Your Organization’s Industry Sector?
3. How Many People Are on Your Scrum Team?
4. For How Long Has the Team Been Together?
5. What Is Your Sprint Length?
6. How Much Time Do You Spend Per Sprint on Sprint Planning?
7. How Much Time Do You Spend on Daily Scrums per Sprint? (Please sum up all your participation.)
8. How Much Time Do You Spend on the Sprint Review Per Sprint?
9. How Much Time Do You Spend on Product Backlog Refinement Sessions Per Sprint? (Please sum up all your participation.)
10. How Much Time Do You Spend Weekly Educating or Supporting Individual Team Members?
11. How Much Time Do You Spend Weekly Educating or Supporting Stakeholders from Your Organization?
12. How Much Time Do You Spend Weekly Addressing Impediments?
13. How Much Time Do You Spend Weekly Learning from Books, Blogs, Newsletters, Podcasts, etc., or Other Scrum Masters, for example, in Communities?
14. Do You Have Any Comments?

👉 If you can spend three minutes of your time, the community will be grateful for your contribution: Please join the 2024 survey on Scrum Master tasks now!

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