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all about clearing road blocks so the team can shine and be successful.
\paragraph{}
all about clearing road blocks so the team can shine and be successful.
\paragraph{}
-The ScrumMaster is supposed to be knowledgeable in Scrum rules and use his or her
-knowledge to coach and direct the team into maintaining those in check. He or she
-also works together with the Product Owner on task prioritization targetting good
-quality and early delivery of the end product.
+The ScrumMaster is supposed to be knowledgeable in Scrum rules and use his or
+her knowledge to coach and direct the team in applying Scrum practices in their
+work flow. He or she also works together with the Product Owner on task
+prioritization targeting good quality and early delivery of the end product.
+
+\paragraph{}
+The ScrumMaster is not responsible for assigning tasks to team members, but
+is instead a coach of the team meant to help guide their efforts and enable
+their work. For more information see section \ref{sec:the-team}.
\section{Product Owner}
\label{sec:product-owner}
\section{Product Owner}
\label{sec:product-owner}
the Product Backlog is a living entity which can change at any time as long it
doesn't touch the sprint.
the Product Backlog is a living entity which can change at any time as long it
doesn't touch the sprint.
+\paragraph{}
+The product owner seeks to maximize the 'bang for buck' by making sure that the
+highest priority backlog items deliver the greatest value for the amount of
+development effort. Within \textit{LCPD} this may entail prioritizing the
+upstreaming of a feature over the development of a new feature because the
+technical debt of missing that window is greater than the value of the new
+feature.
+
\section{The Team}
\label{sec:the-team}
\paragraph{}
Composed of everyone doing actual engineering work, the Scrum team is
\section{The Team}
\label{sec:the-team}
\paragraph{}
Composed of everyone doing actual engineering work, the Scrum team is
-responsible for estimating and delivering implementations.
+responsible for estimating and delivering implementations. The team members
+are part of a self-directed team and sign up for the tasks they feel they
+can accomplish within the Sprint. The team as a whole acts together to
+deliver as much \textit{'done'} functionality in a Sprint as possible. This
+inherently means that a large amount of trust and responsibility for the
+product resides within the Scrum teams.
\paragraph{}
Whenever a roadblock shows up, the team is required to notify their ScrumMaster
\paragraph{}
Whenever a roadblock shows up, the team is required to notify their ScrumMaster
-about the issues so it can be solved at the earliest possibility.
+about the issues so it can be solved as soon as possible.