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ScrumMaster Cheat Sheet
This cheat sheet provides a quick list of the actions a ScrumMaster performs.
1 Every Day
Do these things every day.
1.1 Start of Day
1. Update and review the current Burndown chart for the current Sprint, for each Team of interest.
a. If a Team is running behind schedule, investigate, and try to help bring it back on track.
Make sure that tasks that been have completed have a Completed status, so they
contribute to the progress.
2. Review the Sprint Backlog items and their associated tasks.
a. Check to see if any tasks have missing information.
Missing Estimates for Backlog items
Missing Detail Estimates for tasks
Missing To-Do values for tasks
Missing Owners for tasks that are In Progress or Complete
b. Look for inconsistencies.
Backlog Items with status values that can be selected in the tracking tool, but
which we have decided not to use.
Tasks marked as Complete, which have non-zero To-Do values
Tasks with zero To-Do values, which are not marked as Complete
Backlog Items marked as Complete, which have any tasks not marked as
Complete
Backlog Items that have been finished (all of their tasks have been marked as
Complete), and should be marked as Complete, but are not
c. Follow up with appropriate Team members, to ensure they supply missing information,
and correct inconsistencies
1.2 Throughout the Day
1. Assist Team members to resolve issues, as needed.
a. Protect Team members from interference
b. Teach them to solve problems first, and come to you when they can’t solve them
2. Facilitate the Daily Scrum meeting.
a. Show the Burndown chart
b. Listen to answers to the standard three questions
c. Ensure follow-up actions and participants are defined
d. Provide any additional information the Team should know
3. Review new User Stories, Technical Stories, and Defects added to the Product Backlog, for clarity
and completeness
a. Make sure new Product Backlog items are assigned to the right Teams
