PSPO I Certification
Which KVA categories should the Product Owner consider to measure and track the creation and delivery value to the market place?
- Ability to innovate - Time to Market - Current Value
In order to make investment decisions, the Product Owner is likely to look at the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the product being built. What costs will a Product Owner take into account?
- All investments required to conceive, develop, operate, and maintain the product
How does the Product Owner communicate his marketplace knowledge to the Scrum Team?
- Daily ad hoc interactions - Product Backlog Refinement - Sprint Reviews
What two attributes are optional for a Product Backlog item?
- Dependencies - Test descriptions that will prove Product Backlog completeness when "Done"
How does Definition of "Done" help the Scrum Team?
- DoD ensures artifact transparency - Guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning - DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product increment
Select the five Scrum Values.
- Focus - Respect - Openness - Commitment - Courage
How does the Definition of "Done" help the Scrum team?
- Guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning - DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product increment - DoD ensures artifact transparency
Product Backlog Refinement... Select the three most applicable sentence endings
- Takes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team - Is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to Product Backlog items - Is an ongoing process
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 wen you have technical debt
What factors should be considered by the Product Owner in the release decision?
- The risk the product's value can get out of line with the marketplace - Can customers actually absorb the release? - The customers that will be constrained by the new release - The costs and benefits of the upgrade
What are the characteristics of a Product Backlog Item that is "Ready" for selection in a Sprint Planning?
- Well refined - Somewhere at the top of the Product Backlog - Can be "done" within one Sprint
What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product?
1) The order of the Product Backlog 2) Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases
The Product Owner wants to apply some non-functional requirements to the Product. What is the best way to proceed?
Add the non-functional requirements to the DoD and check every increment against these criteria
When is the Scrum Team allowed to interact with the Key Stakeholders?
Any time where it's valuable to have Stakeholder input
How does an organization know that a product backlog built through Scrum is successful?
By releasing often, and updating key performance indicators on value after every release, feeding this information back into work on the Product Backlog
If multiple Stakeholders have varied interests in the product and different viewpoints what is the best strategy for the Product Owner?
Do an intelligent balancing of interests and try to maximize the value of the Product as a whole
Every Product Backlog Item should be created by the Product Owner personally and only then the Development Team can add details to it at the PO's discretion.
False - The Product Owner is solely responsible and accountable for the decisions in the Product Backlog. However, the legwork of managing the Product Backlog might be fully delegated to the Development Team, so it is quite possible that the Product Owner might not ever create or write a User Story or Product Backlog Item.
When something about Scrum frustrates the Product Owner, the PO can delegate some responsibilities to the Scrum Master.
False - it is not acceptable for the PO to attempt to proxy or outsource their PO Scrum team duties
Once the Product Owner gained his Product Vision and defined the tactics of bringing this vision to life, it is a bad idea to change them before the next Product Release.
False: the PO should never be afraid to change the vision or tactics based on marketplace changes. Being able to strategically re-pivot and capture value in new and different ways is one of the key benefits of an Agile mindset.
Who should do the legwork of gathering marketplace data for the Product Owner?
It does not matter who does the legwork
How important is it for a Product Owner to order the Product Backlog items by value points?
It is a good practice, keeping in mind that market reception is the best measure of value
How long should Sprint planning be?
Not more than 8 hours
What are the Scrum Artifacts
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Increment
Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal?
The Development Team
What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it's building the increment?
The Sprint Backlog
What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment?
The Sprint Goal
What pre-conditions must be fulfilled in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin?
There are no such preconditions
Product Backlog Refinement practice focuses on Items for upcoming Sprints, not the current Sprint in progress. True or false?
True - Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. The Items in the current Sprint are no longer on the Product Backlog, because they are now on the Sprint Backlog
What is the Sprint Backlog?
the Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them
