Scrum has a role called “Project Manager”.

The Scrum framework does not define a role called “Project Manager.” The official Scrum Guide specifies that a Scrum Team is composed of three distinct accountabilities: the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and the Developers. The responsibilities and tasks traditionally handled by a Project Manager in other methodologies are intentionally distributed among these three accountabilities to foster self-management, collaboration, and collective ownership within the team.

The statement "True" is incorrect because the Scrum Guide, which is the definitive body of knowledge for the framework, explicitly outlines the composition of the Scrum Team and does not include a Project Manager. The principles of Scrum emphasize a move away from the command-and-control structure often associated with a traditional Project Manager role.

1. Schwaber

K.

& Sutherland

J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. Scrum.org.

Reference: Page 5

Section: "The Scrum Team".

Quote: "The fundamental unit of Scrum is a small team of people

a Scrum Team. The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master

one Product Owner

and Developers. Within a Scrum Team

there are no sub-teams or hierarchies. It is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time

the Product Goal." This section explicitly lists the three accountabilities and confirms the absence of any other roles

including a Project Manager.

2. Verwijs

C.

& Russo

D. (2022). A Theory of Scrum Team Effectiveness. In: Stray

V.

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P. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops. XP 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

vol 445. Springer

Cham.

Reference: Page 158

Section 2.1 "Scrum".

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08169-913

Content: This academic paper

in its review of the Scrum framework

defines the Scrum Team as consisting of "one Product Owner

one Scrum Master

and Developers

" reinforcing the official definition from the Scrum Guide and the exclusion of a Project Manager role.

3. MIT OpenCourseWare. (2016). 15.S56 Special Seminar in Management: The Software Business. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Reference: Lecture 4: "Agile Development".

Content: Course materials from reputable institutions like MIT that cover Agile and Scrum consistently describe the framework's roles as the Product Owner

Scrum Master

and the Development Team (now Developers). They often explicitly contrast this structure with traditional models that include a Project Manager

highlighting how Scrum redistributes project management responsibilities.