True or False: A Scrum Master fulfills the same role as a traditional Project Manager.

A Scrum Master does not fulfill the same role as a traditional Project Manager. A Project Manager is typically responsible for planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing a project, as well as managing the scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and stakeholders of the project1. A Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team, who helps the team understand and enact Scrum values, principles, and practices, and removes impediments to the team’s progress2. A Scrum Master does not manage the project, the scope, the schedule, the budget, or the team, as these are either shared responsibilities or emergent outcomes of the Scrum framework[3][3]. A Scrum Master also does not have authority over the team or the stakeholders, but rather facilitates collaboration and empowerment among them4.

References:

1: What is Project Management?, Project Management Institute, accessed on December 16, 2023

2: The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 7

[3][3]: Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework, Scrum.org, accessed on December 16, 2023

4: Developing People and Teams, Scrum.org, accessed on December 16, 2023