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Facilitate daily standups (or the daily scrum) as needed.
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Participate in the meeting and capture feedback.
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Note areas for improvement and action items for future sprints.
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Work as the administrator of the scrum board. Ensure that cards are up to date and the scrum tool, is working well.
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Meet individually with team members and stakeholders as needed. Iron out team disagreements about process and work styles. While many scrum practitioners are anti-1on1, as they believe these communications should happen during standups, some teams, particularly for new teams, prefer to have these regular face-to-face interactions with specific team members. The scrum master may decide that these individual interactions are crucial for team development and getting to know one another.
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The scrum master aids the team by eliminating external blockers and managing internal roadblocks through process or workflow improvements.