Who is absolutely necessary for one of these meetings?

What does the Scrum Guide say about attendance at these events? When it mentions "Scrum Team", which roles do you think are thereby referenced?

Scrum Team = {Product Owner, Dev Team, Scrum Master}

So, I think it's important to note that Scrum Team != Development Team.

Thank you for the advice. Sprint plannung meeting was wrong. Backlog Refinement Meeting, I am not sure:

Sprint Review: The Scrum Team and stakeholders

Sprint Plannung Meeting: The Scrum Team

Sprint Retrospective: The Scrum Team

Daily Scrum Meeting: Dev. Team

Backlog Refinement Meeting: The Scrum Team

I'm wondering about Backlog Refinement because of:

Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done.

So does this mean PO and Dev team should be there, or the whole Scrum Team (so also the Scrum Master)?

Bouke, what role does the Scrum Master play in these meetings?  Does the Scrum Master have any stake or ownership over the backlogs?  If not, are there other things the Scrum Master could facilitate with, such as rituals or tools support backlog refinement?  And lastly, would the meeting be just as effective without the Scrum Master present?

From the context, it sounds as though the Scrum Master is required to be present for the planning of when refinement happens, but not necessarily for the refinement itself.  Those are two separate items.

But you specifically asked whether the whole scrum team should be there, to which I'd say yes.  The Scrum Master as a facilitator and coach is valuable in every Scrum event, even if they aren't required to be there.

Thank you for your reply Jason :)

Hi Folks,

I have re-read the thread completely. I am still confused, whether scrum master needs to be available for

backlog refinement when it happens?

From the context of the answers, i feel yes, he should be present? Is it?

Have you considered that the Scrum Master might need to use discretion, and be present in Product Backlog refinement in some cases, and not in others?

What sort of things do you think a Scrum Master might assist with in refinement? Under what circumstances might he or she let the Development Team and Product Owner just get on with the event by themselves?

The Scrum Guide states that the Scrum Master serves the PO/DevTeam/Organization in several ways, including :

• Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.

And

• Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption;