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Title: Product Owner Open

Percentage: 66.7%

Duration: 00:13:57

Date started: Sun 19 Jan 2020 02:56

Date finished: Sun 19 Jan 2020 03:10

Feedback
Thank you for taking the Product Owner Open assessment. Please review The Scrum Guide on Scrum.org and take
this assessment again to improve your score.

Ken Schwaber

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Question 1 of 15

True or False: A first Sprint can start before the Product Owner has a complete and exhaustive
Product Backlog in place.

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)

A) True

  B) False

Feedback
A first Sprint requires no more than a Product Owner, a team, and enough ideas to potentially complete a full
Sprint.

Question 2 of 15

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What two phrases best describe the relationship of the Product Owner and the Development
Team?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: A) B)
You chose: A) B)
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A) They collaborate often so the Product Owner can make informed decisions in balancing
effort and value of Product Backlog items.
B) They collaborate often so the Development Team builds Increments keeping end-user and
stakeholder concerns in mind.
  C) The Product Owner should be with the Development Team full-time to grow a deep
understanding of the technology being used.
  D) They should work apart as much as possible in order to keep the concerns of business and
technology separated.
  E) They should share no more than the Sprint Planning and the Sprint Review meeting.

Feedback
The Product owner clearly expresses Product Backlog items, ensuring the Development Team understands
items in the Product Backlog to the level needed for developing them and creating the value the Product Owner
envisions. Scope may be re-negotiated if the effort grows much higher than anticipated.

Question 3 of 15

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.

Correct answer: B)
You chose: A)

A) True

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.

Question 4 of 15

Who creates the definition of "Done"?

(choose the best answer)

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Correct answer: B)
You chose: C)
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  A) The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team's productivity

B) The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the
development organization)
C) The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product's success

  D) The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of
all members' definitions

Feedback
If the definition of "done" is part of the conventions, standards or guidelines of the development organization,
all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. The Development Team of the Scrum Team can complement it
with elements specific for the product or context.
If "done" for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the
Scrum Team must define a definition of "done" appropriate for the product.

Question 5 of 15

What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
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A) Whatever is most appropriate for the Product Owner to achieve the product's goals and to
optimize the value received
  B) Lowest development cost in order to maximize ROI

  C) Effort first, then value

  D) The availability of resources and skills for implementation

  E) Development cohesion as indicated by the Development Team

Feedback
The Product Owner is responsible for ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and
missions, thereby optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs. How this is done, and
what value means, may vary widely across organizations.

Question 6 of 15

The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to
complete the Product Backlog items?
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(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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  A) The Product Owner. The Product Owner is required to commit on delivery to the users and
the stakeholders.
  B) The PMO. They have all the history on projects delivered, and this enables the IT
department to make delivery commitments.
C) The Development Team. As a collective, they have a complete view of the work needed to
transform Product Backlog items into Increments of product.

Feedback
The Development Team is responsible for all estimates. The people who will perform the work make the final
estimate.

Question 7 of 15

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

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)

  A) True

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.

Question 8 of 15

When can the Product Backlog be updated?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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  A) Never, unless agreed to by the change request 

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  B) Only after a Sprint Review if agreed to by the stakeholders

  C) Only during Product Backlog refinement sessions if the Product Owner is present

D) 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.

Question 9 of 15

The Development Team finds out during the Sprint that they aren't likely to build everything they
forecast. What would you expect a Product Owner to do?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: A)
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A) Change the Sprint Goal.

  B) Inform management that more resources are needed.

  C) Cancel the Sprint.

D) Re-negotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Development Team to meet the
Sprint Goal.
  E) Skip Product Backlog refinement activities.

Feedback
During the Sprint scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development
Team as more is learned.

Question 10 of 15

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?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A)
You chose: B)
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A) All investments required to conceive, develop, operate and maintain the product
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B) The accumulated cost over the earned value of the product

  C) The money spent on development of the product, often a fixed cost per Sprint multiplied by
the Sprints required

Feedback
The owner of a product is not only accountable for development and release of a product, but also the cost of
maintaining and operating the product. If a person 'owns' the product, he/she can be expected to be
responsible for the complete lifecycle of a product.

Question 11 of 15

What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: B) D)
You chose: B) D)
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  A) Setting value on individual Product Backlog items using Value Poker

B) Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases
  C) Devising a formula for a neutral calculation of value
D) The order of the Product Backlog

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.

Question 12 of 15

What two things should be done if the Product Owner is unavailable?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: C) D)
You chose: C) D)
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  A) There should be a Product Owner team to allow a different person from that team to
instantly take over the role of Product Owner.
  B) Development of functional requirements stops until the Product Owner is available again. 
C) In a permanent state of unavailability, a new Product Owner needs to be appointed.
Development efforts without a Product Owner are not employing Scrum.

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D) 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.

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.

Question 13 of 15

How does an organization know that a product built through Scrum is successful?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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  A) By measuring that velocity has increased since the last release

  B) By the Product Owner and stakeholders accepting the Increment at the Sprint Review

C) 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
  D) By measuring the actual time spent on development versus the time estimated for
development

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.

Question 14 of 15

True or False: The Sprint Review is the only time at which stakeholder feedback is taken into
account.

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)

  A) True

B) False

Feedback
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A Product Owner engages actively and regularly with stakeholders. However, to limit the disturbance to the
development progress and keep focus high, the stakeholders have a formal role in the process at the Sprint
Review only.

Question 15 of 15

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: F)
You chose: E)

  A) A fully refined Product Backlog

  B) Formal budget approval to conduct another Sprint

  C) A clear and non-negotiable Sprint Goal

  D) A clear but negotiable business objective for the Sprint

E) Enough "Ready" Product Backlog to fill the Sprint

F) 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.

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