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I think the OP is missing the point of scrum. The scrum master isn't supposed to tell you what the rules are. The rules are whatever the team decides they are. The scrum master is not the boss, they're supposed to be a facilitator...

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That sounds like typical scrum-enthusiast double-speak to me! :D

https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum

"This Guide contains the definition of Scrum. This definition consists of Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts, and the rules that bind them together."

Definitions, Rules, Roles, Artifacts etc. Sounds pretty authoritative to me. If it wasn't authoritative, how would you even know what SCRUM "really" is? You cannot say both that SCRUM is not authoritative and lets you do what you want, and then also say "you're not doing scrum correctly".

All of the rules say the team is allowed to change anything that doesn’t work for them. Scrum is a set of suggestions for organizing a team, it’s not Moses coming down with tablets from on high.

Why not try to find a perspective that will make things easier for you? You can look at any suggestion and shoot it down for reasons X, Y and Z - that's easy. Try to invest some time in finding out what works for you and focus on that.

Exactly. It's meant to be collaborative, not authoritative.

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