Promote and live the Scrum Values
The Scrum Values play an integral part in a Scrum Master’s and Scrum Team’s road to effectiveness. Daily, the Scrum Master should help the Scrum Team live and act on the values of focus, openness, respect, courage, and commitment because the values establish conditions in which teams can share trust, curiosity, autonomy, and purpose.
When a Scrum Team embraces the Scrum Values and fosters psychological safety within their team, team members are more honest with themselves and each other. They curiously reflect on their own actions to redirect themselves when necessary. Openness and courage create the space necessary to conceive innovative ideas that teams own, yet also allow them to respectfully disagree and challenge different ideas while focused on their Sprint and Product Goals. A Scrum Team living the Scrum Values commits to doing the best they can and can find different ways to exercise them as mentioned in “Applying the Scrum Values.”
Sometimes Scrum Teams do not know why they are using the framework. This is one reason teams can end up going through the motions of using Scrum without really living the Scrum Values or being effective as an empowered, cohesive, and self-managing unit. Scrum Masters play an essential role in helping teams avoid falling into the trap of mechanical Scrum, and should encourage teams to move toward Professional Scrum. Professional Scrum recognizes that Scrum’s foundation is built on values and principles of people who work together to optimize value, build discipline, and influence culture.
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