Product Owner Open (Practice) 32 Questions with Verified Answers
What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum? - CORRECT ANSWER Maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.
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Product Owner Open (Practice) 32 Questions with Verified Answers
What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum? - CORRECT ANSWER Maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.
Adaptation requires regular inspection. In what ways does the Product Owner contribute to the results achieved by inspection?
(choose the best two answers) - CORRECT ANSWER 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 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.
What phrases best describe the relationship of the Product Owner and the Developers? (choose the best two answers) - CORRECT ANSWER 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 Developers build Increments keeping end-user and stakeholder concerns in mind.
What is the principal value of releasing an Increment? - CORRECT ANSWER To validate assumptions made when developing the product.
(Releasing the Increment to customers/users is the only way to validate assumptions about value.)
What are typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint?
(choose the best two answers) - CORRECT ANSWER Work with the Developers on Product Backlog refinement.
Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts.
How does an organization know that a product built using Scrum is successful? - CORRECT ANSWER By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users experience.
(Scrum Teams deliver products iteratively and incrementally, maximizing opportunities for feedback. If a product is not released, the opportunity to capture user and market feedback is lost.)
When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint? - CORRECT ANSWER Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
Which two statements explain why the Definition of Done is important to the Product Owner?
(choose the best two answers) - CORRECT ANSWER It establishes the expected quality of the Increment reviewed at the Sprint Review.
It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team.
(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 meet the Definition of Done.)
Who creates the Definition of Done? - CORRECT ANSWER The organization (or the Scrum Team if none is available from the organization).
(If the Definition of Done for an Increment is part of the standards of the organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.)
Is the Product Owner required to be present at the Sprint Retrospective? - CORRECT ANSWER Their attendance is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess and improve itself.
True or False: The value delivered by a product can only be determined by revenue. - CORRECT ANSWER False
(Value is likely to vary across products and organizations.)
What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog? - CORRECT ANSWER Anything that informs them to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value delivered.
(The Product Owner is responsible for ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve the Product Goal, thereby optimizing the value of the work the Developers perform. How this is done, and what value means, may vary widely across organizations.)
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? - CORRECT ANSWER All investments required to conceive, develop, operate and maintain the product.
(The Product Owner is not only accountable for development and release of a product, but also the cost of maintaining and operating the product over its lifetime.)
Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner? - CORRECT ANSWER Value Maximizer.
A Product Owner is entitled to postpone the start of a new Sprint after the conclusion of a previous Sprint for the following reason: - CORRECT ANSWER There is no acceptable reason. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
How important is it for a Product Owner to order Product Backlog items by using value points? - CORRECT ANSWER The Product Owner may order the Product Backlog by using value points or select another technique, the decision is up to them.
(The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product backlog, regardless of the techniques they may utilize to define that order. Indications of value on Product Backlog items may be useful but are only a prediction until validated by users and the market.)
Which of the following are needed in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin?
(choose the best two answers) - CORRECT ANSWER A Product Goal communicated by the Product Owner.
A Product Backlog with the most important items ready for discussion.
(Sprint Planning initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint. This resulting plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team. The Product Owner ensures that attendees are prepared to discuss the most important Product Backlog items and how they map to the Product Goal.)
How do timeboxes help the Product Owner and the other members of the Scrum Team validate assumptions, adapt, and maximize the value of their product? - CORRECT ANSWER Timeboxes help minimize risk by creating the opportunity to validate assumptions using feedback from users and the market; allowing Scrum Teams to inspect progress toward the Product Goal and decide whether to pivot or persevere.
What should Developers do if the Product Owner is unavailable? - CORRECT ANSWER 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.
To what extent does technical debt limit the value a Product Owner can get from a product?
(choose the best two answers) - CORRECT ANSWER 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.
True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager? - CORRECT ANSWER False
(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 accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the work performed, this is complemented by the specific accountabilities of the Developers and the Scrum Master.)
True or 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. - CORRECT ANSWER False
(An earlier version of the Scrum Guide prescribed the practice of placing one improvement in the Sprint Backlog. This was removed in the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide because it was felt to be too prescriptive. However, if this practice provides value to you then you should adopt it. It is simply not prescribed anymore, but can still be valuable.)
What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product? - CORRECT ANSWER The order of the Product Backlog.
Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases.
The Product Owner's authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for: - CORRECT ANSWER There are no exceptions; the entire organization must respect a Product Owner's decisions.
True or False: A first Sprint can start before the Product Owner has a complete and exhaustive Product Backlog in place. - CORRECT ANSWER True
(A first Sprint requires no more than a Scrum Team and enough ideas to potentially complete a full Sprint.)
It is mandatory for the Product Owner to monitor and share progress of the Product Backlog by using which method? - CORRECT ANSWER Any practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work.
When can the Product Backlog be updated? - CORRECT ANSWER At any time when done by the Product Owner or a delegate.
What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders? - CORRECT ANSWER The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to incorporate into the Product Backlog.
The Developers find out during the Sprint that they are not likely to build everything they forecast. What would you expect a Product Owner to do? - CORRECT ANSWER Re-negotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Developers.
What is a Product Backlog? - CORRECT ANSWER The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product.
The Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything that might be needed in the product and it is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team. The Product Backlog evolves as the product and the environment in which it will be used evolves. As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists.
Which of the following are needed in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin? - CORRECT ANSWER * A Product Goal communicated by the Product Owner.
* A Product Backlog with the most important items ready for discussion.
Sprint Planning initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint. This resulting plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team. The Product Owner ensures that attendees are prepared to discuss the most important Product Backlog items and how they map to the Product Goal.
Adaptation requires regular inspection. In what ways does the Product Owner contribute to the results achieved by inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER * 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.
* 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.
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