The key point I try to teach in my courses is that, for a high performing agile team, you usually need someone like a Scrum Master. Doesn’t really matter what you call the role though. Sometimes it’s useful to stick with the official terminology (especially when getting started), while in other cases it’s better to call things whatever makes sense in the local context.
Now, as for companies saying “we don’t have Scrum Masters because ING/Spotify don’t”…. that’s just silly. Copy/Paste/Adapt is a fine pattern, but it also needs to involve actual thinking, and not just blind copying.
我在课堂讲授的关键点是，对于高绩效的敏捷团队，通常应该存在类似Scrum Master的人。这个角色的称呼并不重要。有时采用官方术语也是有帮助的（特别是在起步时），其他时候最好采用在上下文中有意义的名号。于是现在，那些声称“我们没有Scrum Master，是因为ING/Spotify也没有”…的公司都是愚蠢的。拷贝/粘贴/调整是一个不错的模式，但也需要真正的思考，而不是盲目的复制。
