Product Owner Open

Adaptation requires regular inspection. In what ways does the Product Owner contribute to the results achieved by inspection ?

A. 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 invited stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most valuable thing to do next. Feedback: Scrum users must frequently inspect Scrum artifacts and progress to detect undesirable variances. The primary tool for the Product Owner to uphold transparency is the Product Backlog. Product Backlog is a living artifact that is actively maintained and updated to reflect reality. At the Sprint Review, attendees collaborate on the next things that could be done to optimize value, which is processed into an updated Product Backlog.

What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product?(choose the best two answers)

A. Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases. C . The order of the Product Backlog. Feedback: The Product Owner manages Product Backlog against the assumption that value will be generated. Indications of value on Product Backlog are useful but are only a prediction until validated against users and market.

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. Feedback: The Product Owner is not only accountable for development and release of a product, but also the cost of maintaining and operating the product over its lifetime.

When can the Product Backlog be updated?

At any time when done by the Product Owner or a delegate. Feedback: The Product Backlog is dynamic; it constantly changes to identify what the product needs in order to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. Product Backlog items can be updated at any time by the Product Owner or a delegate. Even if the responsibility is delegated the Product Owner remains accountable for the Product Backlog.

To create focus which of the following are most important to have ready when Sprint Planning begins?

B. A Product Goal communicated by the Product Owner. D. A Product Backlog with the most important items ready for discussion. Feedback: Sprint Planning initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint. This resulting plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team. The Product Owner ensures that attendees are prepared to discuss the most important Product Backlog items and how they map to the Product Goal.

Which two statements explain why the Definition of Done is important to the Product Owner?

B. It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team. D. It establishes the expected quality of the Increment reviewed at the Sprint Review. Feedback: All Scrum Team members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency. This is the Definition of Done for the Scrum Team and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. The Increment reviewed at the Sprint Review must meet the Definition of Done.

What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?

B. Maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team. Feedback: In addition to being accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Scrum Team, the Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog management, communicating the Product Goal, ordering the Product Backlog, and making the Product Backlog transparent. The Product Owner may do these things or may delegate the responsibility to others. Even if the responsibility is delegated the Product Owner remains accountable.

The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to complete the Product Backlog items?

B. PMO Feedback: The Developers are responsible for all estimates. The people who will perform the work make the final estimate.

What is the principal value of releasing an Increment?

B. The validate assumptions made when developing the product. Feedback: Releasing the Increment to customers/users is the only way to validate assumptions about value.

To what extent does technical debt limit the value a Product Owner can get from a product?

B. The velocity at which new functionality can be created is reduced when you have technical debt. C. Technical debt causes a greater percentage of the product's budget to be spent on maintenance of the product.

What phrases best describe the relationship of the Product Owner and the Developers?

B. They collaborate often so the Developers build Increments keeping end-user and stakeholder concerns in mind. C. They collaborate often so the Product Owner can make informed decisions in balancing effort and value of Product Backlog items. Feedback: The Product owner clearly expresses Product Backlog items, ensuring the Developers understand items in the Product Backlog to the level needed for developing them and creating the value the Product Owner envisions. Scope may be re-negotiated if the effort grows much higher than anticipated.

Is the Product Owner required to be present at the Sprint Retrospective?

C. Their attendance is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess and improve itself. Feedback: The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.

What are typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint?(choose the best two answers)

C. Work with the Developers on Product Backlog refinement. D. Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts. Feedback: The Product Owner represents the needs of many stakeholders in the Product Backlog. This typically requires active interaction in order to be able to represent stakeholders and their needs. Product Backlog refinement is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Developers may collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items.

How does an organization know that a product built using Scrum is successful?

D. By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users experience. Feedback: Scrum Teams deliver products iteratively and incrementally, maximizing opportunities for feedback. If a product is not released, the opportunity to capture user and market feedback is lost.

What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?

D. Anything that informs them to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value delivered. Feedback: The Product Owner is responsible for ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve the Product Goal, thereby optimizing the value of the work the Developers perform. How this is done, and what value means, may vary widely across organizations.

True or False: The Sprint Review is the only time at which stakeholder feedback is taken into account.

False Feedback: A Product Owner engages actively and regularly with stakeholders. However, to limit the disturbance to the development progress and keep focus high, the stakeholders have a formal role in the process at the Sprint Review only.

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 Feedback: An earlier version of the Scrum Guide prescribed the practice of placing one improvement in the Sprint Backlog. This was removed in the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide because it was felt to be too prescriptive. However, if this practice provides value to you then you should adopt it. It is simply not prescribed anymore, but can still be valuable.

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. Feedback: All members of the Scrum Team share in the accountability for creating value every Sprint.

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?

Skip Product Backlog refinement activities. Feedback: During the Sprint, scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Developers as more is learned.

How important is it for a Product Owner to order Product Backlog items by using value points?(choose the best answer)

The Product Owner may order the Product Backlog by using value points or select another technique, the decision is up to them. Feedback: The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product backlog, regardless of the techniques they may utilize to define that order. Indications of value on Product Backlog items may be useful but are only a prediction until validated by users and the market.

A Product Owner is entitled to postpone the start of a new Sprint after the conclusion of a previous Sprint for the following reason:

There is no acceptable reason A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. Feedback: A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?

Value Maximizer Feedback: The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product.