ScrumMaster primary responsibility is to eliminate impediments

Five Tips for Impediment Resolution with Scrum

https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2011/september/five-tips-for-impediment-resolution-with-scrum.aspx

 

1. make the impediments visible
    -attach them to  wall
    -update impediment status and properly prioritised
2.Search for impediments
    - no movement on taskboard
    - more task "in process" than developer on the team
    - what things that would help team accomplish task faster
3.Limit the number of impediments
    - limit the time
    - limit the number(top 4)
4. Differentiate between local and global impediments
    - resolve global impediments with top4
    - attach red sticky notes to the stories for localimpediments
5. Help the team to resolve impediments
    - work together with the team to determine which impediments it may resolve itself and whatsupport it needs

 

http://scrummethodology.com/scrum-impediments/