Product Owner

How does an organization know that a product built through Scrum is successful? (choose the best answer)

By releasing often, and updating key performance indicators (KPIs) on value after every release and feeding this information back into work on the Product Backlog Feedback: Scrum Teams deliver products iteratively and incrementally, maximizing opportunities for feedback. If a product isn't released, the opportunity to capture user and market feedback is lost.

When can the Product Backlog be updated? (choose the best answer)

At any time when done by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner's discretion 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 at the Product Owner's discretion.

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

It is a good practice, keeping in mind that market reception is the best measure of value. Feedback: Indications of value on Product Backlog are useful but are only a prediction until validated against users and market.

To what extent does technical debt limit the value a Product Owner can get from a product? (choose the best two answers)

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.

Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner? (choose the best answer)

Value Maximizer Feedback: The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product. How this is done will vary widely.

True or False: The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Product Backlog.

B) False Feedback: False, to ensure continuous improvement, the Sprint Backlog rather than the Product Backlog includes at least one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Sprint Retrospective meeting.

What two things should be done if the Product Owner is unavailable? (choose the best two answers)

Within the Sprint, the Development Team makes the best decisions possible to assure progress toward the Sprint Goal, re-aligning with the Product Owner once he/she is available again. In a permanent state of unavailability, a new Product Owner needs to be appointed. Development efforts without a Product Owner are not employing Scrum. Feedback: The Scrum framework consists of Scrum Teams and their associated roles, events, artifacts, and rules. Each component within the framework serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum's success and usage. The Scrum Team consists of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master. The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team. In the absence of a Product Owner, the latter accountability is not performed.

True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?

B) False Feedback: A traditional project manager is responsible for all aspects of a project; costs, resources, execution, release, planning, capacity. Scrum is a framework for complex product development, regardless of whether the work is organized in projects. The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work performed, a responsibility that is complemented by the specific accountabilities of the Development Team and the Scrum Master.

Which two statements explain why the definition of "Done" is important to the Product Owner? (choose the best two answers)

It assures the Increment reviewed at the Sprint review is usable so the Product Owner may choose to release it. It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team. 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 be useable, so a Product Owner may choose to immediately release it.

Must the Product Owner be present at the Sprint Retrospective? (choose the best answer)

It is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess its performance 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 best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders? (choose the best answer)

The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to process into the Product Backlog. Feedback: The Product Owner represents the stakeholders to the Scrum Team, which includes representing their desired requirements in the Product Backlog. The Product Owner has the final call over the Product Backlog.

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

The order of the Product Backlog Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases 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.

What pre-conditions must be fulfilled in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin? (choose the best answer)

There are no such pre-conditions Feedback: Sprint Planning serves to plan the work to be performed in the Sprint. This plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team. Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. What can be achieved in this time-box may be influenced by additional practices that are however not prescribed by Scrum.

How can a Product Owner use time-boxed Sprints to obtain feedback from users and the market? (choose the best answer)

Through frequent delivery of Increments of the product into the market. Feedback: The Product Owner manages Product Backlog against the assumption that value will be generated. This assumption remains invalidated when not checked against users and market. When a Sprint's horizon is too long, you increase the risk that what is being developed may no longer be desired. Sprints limit risk to one calendar month or less of work.

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

Work with the Development Team on Product Backlog refinement. Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts. Feedback: The Product Owner represents the stakeholders to the Scrum Team. 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 Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items.