Self-managing: Scrum’s most misunderstood phrase
According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum Teams are “self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.”It seems straightforward. And yet, this simple phrase is one of the most commonly misunderstood in the Scrum Guide. Self-managing doesn’t mean that the Scrum Team — or the Scrum Master — is all-powerful. (Sorry, not sorry!) It means that the organization gives the Scrum Team the mandate to deliver value according to the product vision and goal within a set of guardrails.
Self-managing does not mean that Scrum Teams:Have no managers or leadersHave to perform their own HR functionsDon’t need to comply with standardsCan override the organizational Definition of DoneCan modify the Scrum framework itselfCan run with scissors in the officeAre free to do whatever they want
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