Closing

In this chapter I described the role of functional managers within a Scrum organization. I grouped managerial responsibilities into the categories of fashioning teams, nurturing teams, aligning and adapting the environment, and managing the value-creation flow.

Table 13.4 summarizes the responsibilities of functional managers in a traditional organization and those of functional managers in a Scrum organization.

Table 13.4. Comparison of Functional Manager in Traditional and Scrum Environments

Although the majority of this chapter was focused on the role of functional manager, I ended with a discussion of the role of project manager. I focused on both how the traditional responsibilities of this role are shared among the three Scrum team roles and how on complex development efforts some organizations find it helpful to have one or more project managers in addition to the three Scrum roles.