Responsibilities of various Scrum roles in an organization

In the previous posts, we discussed the roles in Scrum, and their desired traits. Now let’s have a summary of the responsibilities of each role in a Scrum project. The table given below provides a crisp outline of responsibilities of the Scrum roles.

Role	Responsibilities
Scrum Guidance Body	Establishes overall guidelines and metrics for developing role descriptions for Scrum Team members Acts as a consultant to projects across organization at different levels Understands and defines appropriate levels of grouping, roles, and meetings for Scrum projects
Portfolio Product Owner	Defines the strategic objectives and priorities for portfolios
Portfolio Scrum Master	Solves problems and coordinates meetings for portfolios
Program Product Owner	Defines the strategic objectives and priorities for programs
Program Scrum Master	Solves problems and coordinates meetings for programs
Stakeholder(s)	Is a collective term that includes customers, users, and sponsors Frequently interfaces with the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Scrum Team to provide them inputs and facilitates creation of the Deliverables of the project.
Product Owner	Creates the project’s initial overall requirements and gets the project rolling Appoints appropriate people to the Scrum Master and Scrum Team roles Provides the initial and ongoing financial resources for the project Determines Product Vision Assesses the viability and ensures delivery of the product or service Ensures transparency and clarity of Prioritized Product Backlog Items Decides minimum marketable release content Provides Acceptance Criteria for the User Stories to be developed in a Sprint Inspects deliverables Decides Sprint duration
Scrum Master	Ensures that Scrum processes are correctly followed by all team members including the Product Owner Ensures that development of the product or service is progressing smoothly and the Scrum Team members have all the necessary tools to get the work done Oversees Release Planning Meeting and schedules other meetings
Scrum Team	Takes collective responsibility and ensures that the project deliverables are created per requirements Assures Product Owner and Scrum Master that the allocated work is being performed according to plan