PSPO I - Professional Scrum Product Owner I
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
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
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
The process of regular inspection and adaptation employs knowledgeable and skilled inspectors. What are two ways in which the Product Owner takes the lead in the inspection process?
-At the Sprint Review the Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment, leads to an updated Product Backlog. -The Product Owner invites stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most valuable thing to do next.
Product Backlog management includes:
-Clearly expressing Product Backlog items; -Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions; -Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs; -Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next; and, -Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.
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
What two attributes are optional for a Product Backlog Item?
-Dependencies -Test descriptions that will prove PB Item completeness when "Done"
Which two statements explain why the definition of "Done" is important to the Product Owner?
-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.
What are the Scrum Artifacts? Select all applicable items.
-Product Backlog -Sprint Backlog -Increment
What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?
-Product Marketplace Expert -Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement - Product Value Maximizer
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 when you have technical debt.
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 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
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 -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
What two things should be done if the Product Owner is unavailable?
-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.
What are two typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint?
-Work with the Development Team on Product Backlog refinement. -Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts.
What is the essence of Scrum? Select the most appropriate option.
A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive
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
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
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
When can the Product Backlog be updated?
At any time when done by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner's discretion
How does an organization know that a product built through Scrum is successful?
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
What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?
Clearly expressing a Product Backlog that maximizes value and represents the needs of the stakeholders
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
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 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
True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?
False
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.
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
How important is it for a Product Owner to order Product Backlog items by value points?
It is a good practice, keeping in mind that market reception is the best measure of value.
What is a Product Backlog?
It is a living artifact of product requirements that exists and evolves as long as a product exists.
Must the Product Owner be present at the Sprint Retrospective?
It is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess its performance and improve itself.
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%
The Product Owner's authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for:
Nothing. The entire organization must respect a Product Owner's decisions.
Learning turns into 'validated learning' when assumptions and goals can be assessed through results. What is a key way for a Product Owner to apply validated learning?
Release an Increment to the market to learn about the business assumptions built into the product.
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
The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to complete the Product Backlog items?
The Development Team. As a collective, they have a complete view of the work needed to transform Product Backlog items into Increments of product.
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 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
In which meetings the Key Stakeholders are allowed to participate?
The Sprint Review
Who creates the definition of "Done"?
The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)
What is the Increment?
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints
What pre-conditions must be fulfilled in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin?
There are no such pre-conditions
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.
How can a Product Owner use time-boxed Sprints to obtain feedback from users and the market?
Through frequent delivery of Increments of the product into the market.
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
Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?
Value Maximizer
What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?
Whatever is most appropriate for the Product Owner to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value received
How long does the Product Backlog exists?
While the Product exists
