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		skeeter2020 on Dec 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Development slowness in big and legacy application... >> No manager should allow any team member to attend meetings... I say this as a manager: who do you think is scheduling many (or even most) of these meetings?

Sharlin on Dec 21, 2023 [–]

Indeed. That’s why the role of the scrum master exists – the thinking goes that because managers can’t be trusted to protect the team from unproductivity due to complicated conflicting interests, you need a "neutral party" to do it instead.

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