In addition to these three roles, there are other important contributors to the success of the project: Perhaps the most important of these are Managers. While their role evolves in Scrum, they remain critically important – they support the team by respecting the rules and spirit of Scrum, they help remove impediments that the team identifies, and they make their expertise and experience available to the team. In Scrum, these individuals replace the time they previously spent “playing nanny” (assigning tasks, getting status reports, and other forms of micromanagement) with more time “playing guru” (mentoring, coaching, helping remove obstacles, helping.
