Product Owner Open (Practice) pt 2
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.
Who creates the definition of "Done"?
The organization (or the Scrum Team if none is available from the organization)..
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 an organization know that a product built using Scrum is successful?
By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users experience.
A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?
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
The value delivered by a product can only be determined by revenue.
False
Which two statements explain why the Definition of Done is important to the Product Owner?
It establishes the expected quality of the Increment reviewed at the Sprint Review. It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team.
What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?
Maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.
What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders?
The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to incorporate into the Product Backlog.
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 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 manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to complete the Product Backlog items?
The developers
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.
Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?
Value Maximizer.
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.