PSPO 1, PSPO Mikhail, PSPO_2
What happens when a Sprint is cancelled? Select three.
- Any completed and "Done" Product Backlog items are reviewed - If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it - All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog
How can the Product Owner bring his product vision to life (select 3)?
- Articulating the product vision to the Scrum Team and the Key Stakeholders early and often - Via the Product Backlog and iterating towards that vision every Sprint - Utilizing the underlying empirical product planning features of Scrum
What are Product Backlog features? Select three.
- As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists -It is dynamic -It is never complete
The Scrum Team consists of
- Development Team - Scrum Master - Product Owner
Where Scrum can be used? Check all the applicable items.
- Development of software and hardware - Development and sustaining of Cloud and other operational environments - Development of almost everything we use in our daily lives as individuals and societies - Managing the operation of an organization - Development of products and enhancements - Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities
How does Definition of "Done" help the Scrum Team? Select three most applicable items.
- 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
What does Product Backlog management include? Select three most applicable items.
- Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next - Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions - Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs
Product Backlog Refinement ... Select the three most applicable sentence endings.
- Is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to Product Backlog items - Takes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team - Is an ongoing process
How does the Product Owner communicate his marketplace knowledge to the Scrum Team (select three)?
- Product Backlog Refinement - Sprint Reviews - Daily ad hoc interactions
What happens during the Sprint? Select three answers.
- Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned - Quality goals do not decrease - No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal
Who is allowed to make changes in the Product Backlog? Select two options.
- The Development Team, but with permission of the Product Owner - The Product Owner
Who are the typical Key Stakeholders (select three)?
- The human people who actually use the product under development - The people responsible for paying to use the product - The people responsible for making the funding decisions for the product development effort
What factors should be considered by the Product Owner in the release decision (select four)?
- The risk that the product's value can get out of line with the marketplace - Can customers actually absorb the new release? - The costs and benefits of the upgrade - The customers that will be constrained by the new release
Which KVA categories should the Product Owner consider to measure and track the creation and delivery of value to the market place (select three)?
- Time-to-Market - Current Value - Ability to Innovate
Technical debt ...
- is a real risk which can genuinely be incurred - compromises long-term quality of the Product - reflects some extra development work
Select the two focus areas that are not considered in executing Value Driven Development by the Product Owner.
-Coach of the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality -Remover of impediments to the Development Team's progress
Select the five Scrum Values.
-Courage -Openness -Respect -Commitment -Focus
The definitions of "Done" is used to: (Choose three answers)
-Create a shared understanding of when work is complete -Describe the work that must be done before the sprint is hallowed to end -increase transparency
Choose three responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team. Choose Three Answers
-DO the work planned in the Sprint Backlog -increase Velocity -Pull proudct backlog items for the Sprint
What two attributes are optional for a Product Backlog Item?
-Dependencies -Test descriptions that will prove PB Item completeness when "Done"
A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments. Which three techniques would be most helpful in this situation? Choose 3 answers
-Prioritize the list and work on them in order -Alert management to the impediments and their impact -consult with the development team
What are the Scrum Artifacts? Select all applicable items.
-Product Backlog -Sprint Backlog -Increment -The Sprint Goal
What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?
-Product Marketplace Expert -Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement - Product Value Maximizer
Who participates in the Sprint Review? Select all applicable variants.
-The Key Stakeholders -The Development Team -The Product Owner -The Scrum Master
Who participates in the Sprint Planning? Select three.
-The Product Owner -The Scrum Master -The Development Team
Select the two meetings in which people outside the Scrum Team are allowed to participate.
-The Sprint Review -The Sprint Planning
What two phrases best describe the relationship of the Product Owner and the Development Team?
-They collaborate often so the Product Owner can make informed decisions in balancing effort and value of Product Backlog items. -They collaborate often so the Development Team builds Increments keeping end-user and stakeholder concerns in mind.
How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select the three most appropriate answers.
-Understanding product planning in an empirical environment -Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management -Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption -Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed
What are the characteristics of a Product Backlog Item that is "Ready" for selection in a Sprint Planning? Select three.
-Well refined -Somewhere at the top of the Product Backlog -Can be "Done" within one Sprint
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A framework within which complex products in complex enviornments are developed
What is the essence of Scrum? Select the most appropriate option.
A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive
An organization has decided to adopt SCRUM, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if it is done?
All Answers Apply -Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of change, very little change may actually happen -Management may feel less anxious -The Organization may not understand what had changed within Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost
What is the Increment?
All items in the Sprint Backlog that could be released regardless of whether the Product Owner decides to actually do it
Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool because they show:
An estimate of the total work remaining for the Sprint
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
What technique should be used for representing Product Backlog Items?
Any technique, even a mix of several techniques
When is the Scrum Team allowed to interact with the Key Stakeholders (select the most applicable option)?
Any time where it's valuable to have the Stakeholder input
As the Development Team starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected too much work to finish in the Sprint. What should it do?
As soon as possible the Sprint, work with the Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items
A scrum master is introducing scrum a new development team. The development team has decided that a retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take?
Being facilitating productive and useful retrospectives
What does the word "development" mean in the context of Scrum? Select the best option.
Complex work that can include all the suggested options and even more
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
When is the sprint backlog created?
During the Sprint Planning meeting
How frequently the Product Owner should communicate and re-iterate his product vision to the Scrum Team and the Key Stakeholders?
Early and often
Upon what kind of process control is SCRUM based?
Empirical
All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.
False
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
If an item in the Sprint Backlog cannot be finished by the end of the Sprint (it turned out there is a lot more work to do than was estimated), the Sprint is cancelled.
False
It is a good practice to have at least two Product Owners on big projects
False
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 Scrum Master should not allow the Product Owner to attend the Sprint Planning if the PO is not ready with a Sprint Goal. Is this true or false?
False
The Sprint Backlog is created at the Sprint Planning. It is prohibited to add new work into the Sprint Backlog later by the Development Team.
False
The product owner should have a complete and exhaustive product backlog before the first sprint can start?
False
True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?
False
True or False: The Sprint Review is the only time at which stakeholder feedback is taken into account.
False
True or False: The value delivered by a product can only be determined by revenue.
False
When something about Scrum frustrates the Product Owner, the PO can delegate some responsibilities to the Scrum Master.
False
How frequently product releases should occur?
Frequently enough to eliminate the risk that the product's value will get out of line with the marketplace
What does Cone of Uncertainty show?
How much is known about the Product over time
What does Burn-down Chart show?
How much work remains till the end of the Sprint
Who should do the legwork of gathering the marketplace data for the Product Owner?
It does not matter who does the legwork
What is the order of items in the Product Backlog?
Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom
Imagine the following situation. At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do? Select the best option.
Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement.
A Development Team is waiting for a specific software component that they need to integrate and use. The component should be ready in a month. The Backlog Items with highest priorities depend on this specific component. What should the Product Owner do?
Make sure the dependency is visible in the Product Backlog and the Development Team has enough independent Items for the next Sprint.
When a product grows, it is quite possible that the PO will get help from other Product Managers and others in the organization who interact regarding the customer facing activities and knowledge of the product marketplace. Is it a good idea for the PO to proxy or outsource some of their PO Scrum Team duties to these people (for example, Scrum Team facing duties)?
No
The Sprint Review is just a demo of the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint. Do you agree?
No, the Sprint Review contains much more activities
What part of the capacity of the Development Team does Product Backlog refinement usually consume?
Not more than 10%
Sort Scrum events in the right order.
Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective
Who is allowed to change the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint?
The Development Team
Who is allowed to participate in the Daily Scrum?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for creation of the Definition of "Done"?
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 could be a source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product?
The Product Backlog
Who decides whether to release the latest increment of the product?
The Product Owner
Who has the authority to cancel the Sprint?
The Product Owner
Who has the last say on the order of the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner
Who identifies the Key Stakeholders for the Product?
The Product Owner
Who is allowed to tell the Development Team to work from a set of requirements?
The Product Owner
Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner
Who is responsible for monitoring progress toward high-level goals?
The Product Owner
Who is responsible for the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner
Who is the chief product visionary?
The Product Owner
Who is the leader in terms of getting feedback from the Key Stakeholders in the Sprint Review?
The Product Owner
What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders?
The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to process into the Product Backlog.
Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum? Select the best choice.
The Scrum Master
Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning?
The Scrum Team
What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment?
The Sprint Goal
Who determines how work is performed during the sprint?
The development Team
All Development Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog.
True
Product Backlog Refinement practice focuses on Items for upcoming Sprints, not the current Sprint in progress. True or false?
True
The Development Team should be able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment.
True
The Product Owner should be expertly aware of the marketplace for the product.
True
True or False: A first Sprint can start before the Product Owner has a complete and exhaustive Product Backlog in place.
True
When is a Product Backlog item considered complete?
When all work in the Sprint Backlog related to the item is finished
How long does the Product Backlog exists?
While the Product exists
If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?
Work remaining across time
Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master be a part of the Development Team?
Yes
The Product Owner makes sure the team selects enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to Satisfy the stakeholders
false
What is the Sprint Backlog?
the Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them
The product owner must release each Increment to production
when it makes sense