Facilitating Collaboration

3 Things Virtual Teams Need from a Scrum Master

Things every Scrum Master can focus on to support their virtual teams.

Stephanie Ockerman

Jun 01, 2020 • 3 min read

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Summary

As Scrum Masters working in virtual teams, it can be easy to spend most of our time facilitating meetings, jumping in to help the Product Owner and Developers with parts of their work. None of these things are wrong, however, be mindful of what your Scrum Team needs from you. Read this text to get a deeper insight on how to help your virtual Scrum team mitigate the challenges highlighted in the "Takeaways".

Takeaways

As organizations continue to leverage Online workspaces in the post-pandemic period, Scrum Teams are facing complex problems, unpredictability, uncertainty, and change.
Scrum Team members do not have enough space and time in the virtual environment to address internal conflicts.
There is a lack of better transparency in the Virtual environment. Scrum Teams have challenges getting enough information such as the organizational goals, progress, output, etc. This derails effective connection and adaptation among the team members.
Virtual Scrum Team members are finding it difficult to bring their challenges during group working sessions. This makes them feel less appreciated and understood by their Scrum Masters.