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How does the Scrum Master serve the Development Team? Select the three most appropriate answers.

- Helping the Development Team to create high-value products - Removing impediments to the Development Team's progress - Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality

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.

Who is responsible for coping with incomplete artifact transparency?

The Scrum Master

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 are the two essential features a Scrum Team should possess?

- It should choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the team - It should have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team

What is the input to the Sprint Planning? Select four

- Past performance of the Development Team - Projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint - The latest product Increment - The Product Backlog

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

1. Alerting management to the impediments and their impact 2. Prioritizing the list and working on them in order 3. Consulting with the Development team

What is the result of the Sprint Review?

A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint

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

Check all formal opportunities to inspect and adapt:

Daily scrum, sprint retrospective, sprint planning, sprint review

A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?

False

All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.

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

It is a good practice to have from time to time a special technical Sprint that consists only of tasks removing the technical debt without implementing any new functionality.

False (It is prohibited. The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver Increments of potentially releasable functionality that adhere to the Scrum Team's current definition of "Done.")

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, 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 does Cone of Uncertainty show?

How much is known about the Product over time

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 pre-conditions must be fulfilled in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin?

There are no such pre-conditions

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 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.

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

Imagine you are a Scrum Master in a small Organization that tries to adopt Scrum. There are 10 developers and the Product Owner. How can they be divided into teams? Choose all applicable options:

- 2 teams of 6 and 4 people (after a short meeting the developers decided this is the best option) - 3 teams of 4, 3 and 3 people (each team is cross-functional)

The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to (select three):

- Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work - Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools - Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements

What should be taken into account for the Definition of "Done"? Select the two most appropriate items.

- Definition of "Done" of other Scrum Teams working on the same Product - Conventions, standards and guidelines of the Organization

How does Definition of "Done" help the Scrum Team? Select three most applicable items

- DoD 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 - DoD ensures artifact transparency

How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner?

- Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible; - Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management; - Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items; - Understanding product planning in an empirical environment; - Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value; - Understanding and practicing agility; and, - Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.

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 - Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs - Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions

What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers? Select two.

- How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved? - How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?

What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?

Clearly expressing a Product Backlog that maximizes value and represents the needs of the stakeholders

The Scrum Master is focused primarily on the Scrum Team and usually does not care about those outside the Scrum Team.

False (The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which aren't. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.)

The structure of the Daily Scrum is well-defined and constant. Every team member should answer the three main questions: What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? Do I see any impediment?

False. (The structure of the Daily Scrum is set by the Development Team and can be conducted in different ways if it focuses on progress toward the Sprint Goal.)

The Daily Scrum always should take exactly 15 minutes. For example, if your team managed doing it in 5 minutes, you should spend 10 more minutes on some useful team activity like Product Backlog refinement, but not more.

False; it can take less.

What are the three main qualities the team model in Scrum is designed to optimize?

Flexibility, Creativity, Productivity

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.

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 comprises Scrum (select four)?

Roles, Events, Artifacts, Rules

Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning?

Scrum Team

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.

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.

Could the Sprint Planning be finished if only work planned for the first days of the Sprint is decomposed to units of one day or less?

Yes, if the remaining work is also estimated, maybe in bigger units. (The Scrum Guide requires only the work planned for the first days of the Sprint is decomposed by the end of the Sprint Planning, often to units of one day or less. However, 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.)