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Title: Product Owner Open

Percentage: 80%

Duration: 00:06:30

Date started: Thu 28 Jan 2021 16:51

Date finished: Thu 28 Jan 2021 16:58

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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All Questions 12 Correct 3 Incorrect

Question 1 of 15

Is the Product Owner required to be present at the Sprint Retrospective?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
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A) Their attendance is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum
Team to assess and improve itself.

B) They are optional. Attendance is only required when the Product Owner gets invited by the
Scrum Master.

C) They are not allowed. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Developers to
improve.

Feedback
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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.

Question 2 of 15

Which two statements explain why the Definition of Done is important to the Product Owner?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: C) D)
You chose: C) D)
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A) It identifies undone work that can be addressed in a separate Sprint.

B) It helps the Product Owner track the open work during a Sprint.
C) It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team.
D) It establishes the expected quality of the Increment reviewed at the Sprint Review.

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 meet the Definition
of Done.

Question 3 of 15

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: B)
You chose: A)

A) True

B) False

Feedback
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.

Question 4 of 15
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The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to
complete the Product Backlog items?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) The PMO.

B) The Product Owner.

C) The Developers.

Feedback
The Developers are responsible for all estimates. The people who will perform the work make the final
estimate.

Question 5 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: B)
You chose: C)
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A) The money spent on development and delivery of the product.

B) All investments required to conceive, develop, operate and maintain the product.

C) The accumulated cost over the earned value of the product.

Feedback
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.

Question 6 of 15

To what extent does technical debt limit the value a Product Owner can get from a product?

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(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: A) B)
You chose: A) B)
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A) The velocity at which new functionality can be created is reduced when you have technical
debt.
B) Technical debt causes a greater percentage of the product's budget to be spent on
maintenance of the product.
C) Technical debt does not influence the delivery of value.
D) Technical debt is not a Product Owner concern, technical debt is only an issue for the
Developers.

Question 7 of 15

How important is it for a Product Owner to order Product Backlog items by using value points?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) Calculating value points is a predictive approach that conflicts with the empiricism of Scrum,
and is therefore not acceptable.

B) Using value points is the ultimate way for a Product Owner to predict the value that the
product will provide.

C) The Product Owner may order the Product Backlog by using value points or select another
technique, the decision is up to them.

Feedback
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.

Question 8 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)
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A) True

B) False

Feedback
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 9 of 15

Who creates the Definition of Done?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) The Product Owner as they are responsible for the product's success.

B) The Scrum Master as they are responsible for the Scrum Team's productivity.

C) The organization (or the Scrum Team if none is available from the organization).

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 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.

Question 10 of 15

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?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) Timeboxes help by making sure a Sprint does not stop until all testing is done, and the work
is verified by the Product Owner.

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B) Timeboxes assure the Product Owner that the Developers will finish all work on the Sprint
Backlog by the end of the Sprint.

C) 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.

D) At the end of each Sprint when the timebox expires a detailed report with all test cases and
test results is available.

Feedback
The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog against the assumption that value will be generated. This
assumption remains invalidated when not checked against users and the 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.

Question 11 of 15

What is the principal value of releasing an Increment?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B)
You chose: C)
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A) To learn about the forecast of functionality that was developed.

B) To validate assumptions made when developing the product.

C) To learn about the Scrum Team’s productivity.

Feedback
Releasing the Increment to customers/users is the only way to validate assumptions about value.

Question 12 of 15

What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) The Product Owner provides the stakeholders with acceptance forms at the Sprint Review
to record their formal agreement over the delivered software.

B) The Product Owner has the final call over the requirements and should involve the
stakeholders as little as possible.

C) The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to incorporate into
the Product Backlog.

D) The Product Owner writes the User Stories as provided by the stakeholders.

Feedback
The Product Owner represents the stakeholders to the Scrum Team, which includes representing their
desired requirements in the Product Backlog. The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of
the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team. The Product Owner is also accountable for effective
Product Backlog management.

Question 13 of 15

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: E)
You chose: E)
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A) Effort first, then value.

B) The availability of resources and skills for implementation.

C) Development cohesion as indicated by the Developers.

D) Lowest development cost in order to maximize Return on Investment (ROI).

E) Anything that informs them to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value
delivered.

Feedback
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.

Question 14 of 15

Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?

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Correct answer: A)
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A) Value Maximizer.

B) Scope Protector.

C) Requirements Collector.

D) Project Manager 2.0.

E) Chief Business Analyst.

Feedback
The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product.

Question 15 of 15

It is mandatory for the Product Owner to monitor and share progress of the Product Backlog by
using which method?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)

A) A Product or Release burn-down chart.

B) A Value burn-up chart.

C) A Gantt chart.

D) Any practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work.

E) A Sprint Review acceptance report.

Feedback
Various practices upon trending have been used to forecast progress, like burn-downs, burn-ups, or
cumulative flows. These have proven useful, but none are mandatory, and care should be taken because
none can replace the importance of empiricism. What will happen is unknown, no matter what has
happened.

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