Impediment 

An impediment is something that makes it hard for the team to do their work well. For example, an impediment could be:

• A team member is sick or quits the team

• The team has trouble with their tools or software

• The team does not know how to do something

• The team has a lot of old or bad code

• The team has problems with other people or companies

• The Product Owner is not around or does not make decisions

• The management bothers the team or does not like Scrum

• The team does not get along or agree with each other

• The team has to go to many meetings that are not useful

• The team does not have a good place to work

As a Scrum Master, you should help the team fix or avoid or navigate these impediments by teaching, helping, guiding, and sometimes doing things yourself. But you as Scrum Master should also let the team do things their own way and solve their own problems as much as they can. You should not fix impediments that the team can fix by themselves, because this would make them less independent and smart. You should also not make new impediments by telling the team what to do, getting in their way, or giving them your own solutions. You should always listen to the team and help them reach their goals.