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Scrum Mythbusters: The Scrum Master Must Be Present At The Daily Scrum

The Liberators Podcast·The Liberators·20 July 2026·8 min

About this episode

Are you always joining the Daily Scrum as a Scrum Master? Does the Development Team require the presence of the Scrum Master? In this episode, we tackle the myth that Scrum Masters must be present at the Daily Scrum. We explain why this is not the case. We also offer some tips to make your Daily Scrum more effective. We love to share our materials. Please help us by supporting our work. You can do so by giving us a thumbs-up on the platform you're listening on. Or follow us on Twitter, Medium or LinkedIn (Barry & Christiaan). This podcast is an audio recording of this post on Medium: http://bit.ly/2YSlS2M Follow us on Medium: https://medium.com/the-liberators Or check out our upcoming events at: https://theliberators.com/events Donate to support our work https://bit.ly/supportheliberatorsSupport the showWe're building Columinity to help teams improve continuously based on scientific insights: https://columinity.com Check out our webshop for tons of powerful exercises and workshops to run with your team(s): https://shop.theliberators.com The music for episodes 91 and onward was written and produced for us by Basanite. The music for episodes 1-90 was acquired through Yummy Sounds. Post-production by Jasper Huiskamp.