What is the role of the Scrum Master?

Question

Options

• ATo coordinate Portfolio Epics through the Portfolio Kanban system
• BTo act as a servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver using ^
• CTo be a stakeholder who has the primary business and technical responsibility for fitness for u use
• DTo facilitate Agile Release Train processes and Solution Train execution

• A
  6% (1)
• B
  89% (16)
• C
  6% (1)

Explanation

Option B is correct because the Scrum Master is defined in the Scrum Guide as a servant leader - someone who serves the team by removing impediments, facilitating events, and coaching the team toward self-organization and continuous improvement, never directing or commanding.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A describes a Portfolio-level role (often a Business Owner or Lean Portfolio Manager) managing Portfolio Epics via Portfolio Kanban - this operates several levels above a Scrum Team.
• C describes the Product Owner, who holds business and technical responsibility for the product's fitness for use and owns the Product Backlog.
• D describes the Release Train Engineer (RTE) in SAFe, who facilitates Agile Release Train (ART) processes - a scaled coordination role, not a team-level Scrum role.

Memory tip: Think of the Scrum Master as a "coach, not a boss" - the acronym SL (Servant Leader) maps directly to SM (Scrum Master). If an answer choice mentions portfolios, trains, or stakeholder authority, it's describing a different role entirely.

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