I think the biggest problem is the naming. When I heard the title Scrum Master, I envisaged someone that was a master, someone with training - and yes, someone

I think the biggest problem is the naming. When I heard the title Scrum Master, I envisaged someone that was a master, someone with training - and yes, someone who runs the project. I recently read Succeeding with Agile by Mike Cohn and now understand it's just a role title - it's the person tasked with making sure scrum practices are used - regardless of how much scrum experience that person has - and is distinct from the project manager role. It really needs to be renamed - it's like a bad variable name.