As an integral member of Agile development teams working on software, firmware, or hardware products, the Scrum Master has responsibility for coaching the team on Agility and accountability for the effectiveness of the team. Responsibilities include using Agile frameworks and practices to effectively achieve team goals. Depending on team/organization, this may include Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Helps team to self-organize and self-manage while understanding, teaching and coaching Agile and/or Lean principles. Creates an environment for continued learning and continuous improvement. Helps Agile teams identify, mitigate and/or eliminate dependencies with other teams and communicates the status of these dependencies as needed. Facilitates team events and helps remove impediments. Collaborates with other Scrum Masters to identify, promote, and adopt best practices and lessons learned to optimize team and program performance through communities of practice.