I often hear discussions who is doing the "traditional" project leader tasks in Scrum. This is in general an excuse to state that Scrum alone cannot work and classical project leaders are still needed.
Below a list of tasks you do NOT need anymore to do in Scrum.
- Make commitments on behalf of the team about how much they can get done by a certain date or estimate effort for the team,
- Coerce the team that the commitments made on their behalf are attainable,
- Coerce the team to change their estimates,
- Give direction to the team on how to implement the work,
- Monitor the team's progress to make sure they stay on schedule,
- Step in and determine the solution,
- Conduct weekly status update and face to face meetings with the team to surface issues and provide direction,
- Provide motivation and push the team to work harder than they might want to using carrots and sticks,
