Gene and James discuss why agile roles are being eliminated in some companies.

In order to understand the situation in full, from organizational design and systemic implications perspective, these decisions need to be well researched and analyzed. Things to consider, while analyzing:

• Understanding the real purpose of agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Large Scale Scrum)
• Funding/budgeting that are aligned to products (not projects, programs, portfolios)
• HR norms/policies, supporting career path, compensation and promotion of agile roles
• Understanding the differences between job security and role security

Have you been impacted by what is described herein? Do you feel that soon you might be impacted by similar decisions of your  company?  Is your company at the point of decision-making, such as:

• Should Scrum Master role be discontinued in favor of an ‘agile lead’ (or similar) role?
• Should Agile lead role be eliminated, as next step in agile maturity journey?