Developers

In traditional software development, a business analyst is responsible for gathering the users’ requirements, translating them into other formats like requirement specifications or user stories, and requesting the developers to commence the development work. When a team adopts Scrum, they often feel unsure of where to start. In most cases, the business analyst will assume the role of the Product Owner. This decision is based on the intuitive similarity between the responsibilities of a business analyst and those of a Product Owner. ...

In 2020, the Scrum Guide changed “Scrum Roles” to “Scrum Accountabilities”. This implies that a member of a Scrum Team is not tied to a role. A Scrum Team member takes accountability to work towards the same Product Goal. It also implies that a single member may take multiple Scrum Accountabilities. But is it recommended? Despite the influential people at Scrum.org not recommending us to take multiple Scrum Accountabilities, I had no choice but to take all three accountabilities since my team’s establishment. The team works quite smoothly most of the time, but there are unnoticed risks. ...