International SCRUM Master Foundation (Scrum Guideline 2020)

Steen Lerche-Jensen

4.1 Developers

Developers are the people in the Scrum Team that are committed to creating any aspect of a usable Increment each Sprint.

The specific skills needed by the Developers are often broad and will vary with the domain of work – Cross-functional. The definition of a cross-functional team as: “A group of people with different functional expertise working toward a common goal. 

Scrum Team

Developers: Cross-functional team

However, the Developers are always accountable for:

Developers are accountable for

The Sprint Backlog

(creating a plan for the Sprint)

Definition of Done

(Instilling quality by adhering to a DoD)

Sprint Goal

(Adapting their plan each day toward the Spring goal)

Team accountability

(Holding each other accountable as professionals)