Product Owner Scrum
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.
Event: Sprint Planning Addresses which three Questions?
Addresses the topic: Why is this Sprint valuable? Addresses the topic: What can be Done this Sprint? Addresses the topic: How will the chosen work get done?
When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?
All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
It is mandatory for the Product Owner to monitor and share progress of the Product Backlog by using which method?
Any practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work.
When should the Developers on a Scrum Team be replaced?
As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams?
By facilitating Developer decision-making. By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team.
How does an organization know that a product built using Scrum is successful?
By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users experience.
Who are the people in the Scrum Team that are committed to creating any aspect of a usable Increment each Sprint?
Developers
Who creates a plan for the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog?
Developers
Who is responsible for sizing the work to be done?
Developers
Who will adapt their plan each day toward the Sprint Goal?
Developers
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
Empirical
Focuses on progress toward the Sprint Goal and produces an actionable plan for the next day of work. During this event?
Event: Daily Scrum
The purpose is to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary
Event: Daily Scrum
This event Improves communications, identify impediments, promotes quick decision-making, eliminates other meetings:
Event: Daily Scrum
This event is for the Developers of the Scrum Team?
Event: Daily Scrum
Timeboxed to 15 minutes
Event: Daily Scrum
Fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency
Event: Sprint
The purpose of this event is to turn ideas into value:
Event: Sprint
For each selected PBI, the Developers plan the work necessary to create an Increment that meets the Definition of Done during this event?
Event: Sprint Planning
The first event of a Sprint?
Event: Sprint Planning
The whole Scrum Team collaborates to define a Sprint Goal that communicates why the Sprint is valuable to Stakeholders during this event:
Event: Sprint Planning
Through discussions with the Product Owner, the Developers select items from the Product Backlog to include in the current Sprint during this event?
Event: Sprint Planning
An opportunity for the Scrum Team to identify the most helpful changes to improve its effectiveness
Event: Sprint Retrospective
During this event the Scrum Team discusses what went well during the Sprint, what problems it encountered, and how those problems were (or were not) solved?
Event: Sprint Retrospective
Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and their Definition of Done during this event?
Event: Sprint Retrospective
The purpose is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness
Event: Sprint Retrospective
Timeboxed to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint
Event: Sprint Retrospective
Is a working session and the Scrum Team should avoid limiting it to a presentation
Event: Sprint Review
The Scrum Team and stakeholders review what was accomplished, what has changed, and collaborate on what to do next
Event: Sprint Review
The purpose is to inspect the outcome of the Sprint and determine future adaptations
Event: Sprint Review
Each of these can be considered a short project
Event:Sprint
True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?
False
True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
False
True or False: Scrum has a role called "project manager."
False
True or False: The Scrum Team must choose at least one high priority process improvement item, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Sprint Backlog.
False
True or False: When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
False
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum.
Who creates the Definition of Done?
If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.
When does the next Sprint begin?
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
The CEO asks the Developers to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Developers do?
Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
The three pillars of empiricism are:
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.
When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint?
Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
What is the Product Owner's responsibility primary responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does.
Who develops and explicitly communicates the Product Goal?
Product Owner
Who has the Final say on the content and ordering of the Product Backlog?
Product Owner
Who has the authority to cancel the Sprint
Product Owner
Who is responsible to ensure that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood
Product Owner
The Developers find out during the Sprint that they are not likely to build everything they forecast. What would you expect a Product Owner to do?
Re-negotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Developers.
Creates transparency by providing everyone a shared understanding of what work was completed as part of the Increment
Scrum Artifacts: Definition of Done
If there are multiple Scrum Teams working together on a product, they must mutually define and comply with the same version of this
Scrum Artifacts: Definition of Done
Is a concrete stepping stone toward the Product Goal
Scrum Artifacts: Increment
Is additive to all prior ones and thoroughly verified, ensuring that all of these work together
Scrum Artifacts: Increment
Multiple of these may be created within a Sprint
Scrum Artifacts: Increment
The sum of these are presented at the Sprint Review thus supporting empiricism In order to provide value, this must be usable
Scrum Artifacts: Increment
Work cannot be considered part of this unless it meets the Definition of Done
Scrum Artifacts: Increment
An emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product.
Scrum Artifacts: Product Backlog
Refinement is an ongoing activity to add details, such as a description, order, and size to items on this artifact
Scrum Artifacts: Product Backlog
Refinement is the act of breaking down and further defining items on this artifact into smaller more precise items
Scrum Artifacts: Product Backlog
Describes a future state of the product which can serve as a target for the Scrum Team to plan against
Scrum Artifacts: Product Goal
The Scrum Team must fulfill (or abandon) this before taking on the next
Scrum Artifacts: Product Goal
The rest of the Product Backlog emerges to define "what" will fulfill this commitment (Artifact)
Scrum Artifacts: Product Goal
A commitment by the Developers, it provides flexibility in terms of the exact work needed to achieve it
Scrum Artifacts: Sprint Backlog
A highly visible, real-time picture of the work that the Developers plan to accomplish during the Sprint in order to achieve the Sprint Goal
Scrum Artifacts: Sprint Backlog
Is composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint (what), as well as an actionable plan for delivering the Increment (how)
Scrum Artifacts: Sprint Backlog
Should have enough detail that they can inspect their progress in the Daily Scrum found in this artifact?
Scrum Artifacts: Sprint Backlog
This is updated throughout the Sprint as more is learned
Scrum Artifacts: Sprint Backlog
Creates coherence and focus, encouraging the Scrum Team to work together rather than on separate initiatives
Scrum Artifacts: Sprint Goal
If the work turns out to be different than expected, Developers collaborate with the Product Owner to negotiate scope without affecting this
Scrum Artifacts: Sprint Goal
Are true leaders who serve the Scrum Team and the larger organization?
Scrum Master
Who coaches the team members in self-management and cross-functionality?
Scrum Master
Who is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide?
Scrum Master
Has no sub-teams or hierarchies?
Scrum Team
What consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers?
Scrum Team
What is cross-functional - they have all the skills necessary to create value each Sprint.
Scrum Team
What is self-managing, they internally decide who does what, when, and how?
Scrum Team
Who is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint?
Scrum Team
Event: Sprint Review
Should never be considered a gate to releasing value
What is the role of Management in Scrum?
Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-management, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent product delivery.
What is a service that is appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.
To what extent does technical debt limit the value a Product Owner can get from a product?
Technical debt causes a greater percentage of the product's budget to be spent on maintenance of the product. The velocity at which new functionality can be created is reduced when you have technical debt.
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
The Developers.
Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
The Product Owner
During a Sprint, a Developer determines that the Scrum Team will not be able to complete the items in their forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Product Backlog items selected?
The Product Owner and the Developers.
Adaptation requires regular inspection. In what ways does the Product Owner contribute to the results achieved by inspection ?
The Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog at the Sprint Review, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment, leads to an updated Product Backlog. The Product Owner invites stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most valuable thing to do next.
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
The consistency reduces complexity.
What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.
What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product?
The order of the Product Backlog. Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases.
The Product Owner's authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for:
There are no exceptions; the entire organization must respect a Product Owner's decisions.
How do timeboxes help the Product Owner and the other members of the Scrum Team validate assumptions, adapt, and maximize the value of their product?
Timeboxes help minimize risk by creating the opportunity to validate assumptions using feedback from users and the market; allowing Scrum Teams to inspect progress toward the Product Goal and decide whether to pivot or persevere.
True or False: A first Sprint can start before the Product Owner has a complete and exhaustive Product Backlog in place.
True
The Developers should have all the skills needed to:
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
What is the recommended size for a Scrum Team?
Typically 10 or fewer people.
Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?
Value Maximizer.
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
When is a Sprint over?
When the timebox expires.
What should Developers do if the Product Owner is unavailable?
Within the Sprint, the Developers make the best decisions possible to assure progress toward the Sprint Goal, re-aligning with the Product Owner once they are available again.
What are typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint?
Work with the Developers on Product Backlog refinement. Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts.
