Scrum and other agile methods focus on team roles and dynamics. Because of the emphasis on self-organizing teams, there’s sometimes a misconception that there’s no need for a manager. But good people management can help an agile team to get success. One thing that gives managers a bad reputation is micromanaging. Managers using old patterns can limit both the effectiveness of the team and the power of agile to help people grow and develop their skills. While managing in a way that builds self-organization can be a challenge, it is necessary because it yields great benefits. Managers and leaders have a number of roles in agile organizations, including setting product directions, making staffing decisions, and helping team members with professional development. Traditional management often relies more on command rather than influence.
Managerial Responsibilities:
People Management:
- Building team and define mission and vision for them
- Managing team across the enterprise like inter team transfers
- Hiring of Employee
- Grow Skills and careers of team member
- Counseling/ Mentoring/ Coaching up newly formed agile team
- Setting performance Objectives
- Review Performance and get Feedback
- Recognize exceptional Performance
- Manage / Fire Poor performers
- Motivate staff
- Build team spirit
- Administrative tasks like PTO approval, Hardware / Software request approval, Access approval etc.
Technical Management
- Support architects and ensuring team follows the architectural best practices
- Lead design reviews
- Focus on maintaining Quality of Product/Services
- Resolve technical disputes and eliminate impediments
- Research new technologies
- Serving as an Agile coach and advisor to Agile Teams along with scrum master
- Listening to and supporting teams for problem identification, root cause analysis, and decision-making
Project Team Support
- Direct Project activities
- Triage / Prioritize Bugs
- Responsible in Program Execution, help build Agile Milestones and Roadmaps
- Develop, implement, and communicate the economic framework
- Participate in Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshops
- support teams by helping them remove systemic impediments and implementing continuous improvement
- Assist the Release Train and Solution Train Engineers with PI Planning readiness and Pre- and Post-PI Planning activities
- Support infrastructure, culture, organization, and strategy for implementing DevOps and Release on Demand
