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Title: Product Owner Open

Percentage: 60%

Duration: 00:11:07

Date started: Sat 5 Mar 2022 12:42

Date finished: Sat 5 Mar 2022 12:53

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 9 Correct 2 Partially Correct 4 Incorrect

Question 1 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 accountable for maximizing the value of
the product and the work performed, this is complemented by the specific accountabilities of the

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Developers and the Scrum Master.

Question 2 of 15

To create focus which of the following are most important to have ready when Sprint Planning
begins?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: B. E.
You chose: B. C. E.

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A. A clear cadence of when the Daily Scrum will take place.

B. A Product Backlog with the most important items ready for discussion.

C. A fully refined Product Backlog.

D. A clear and non-negotiable Sprint Goal.

E. A Product Goal communicated by the Product Owner.

F. Formal budget approval to conduct another Sprint.

Feedback

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.

Question 3 of 15

What are typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: A. B.
You chose: A. B.

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A. Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts.

B. Work with the Developers on Product Backlog refinement.

C. Attend every Daily Scrum to answer functional questions on the discussed Sprint Backlog
items.

D. Create financial reporting upon the spent hours reported by the Scrum Team.

E. Update the work plan for the Developers on a daily basis.

Feedback

The Product Owner represents the needs of many stakeholders in the Product Backlog. This typically
requires active interaction in order to be able to represent stakeholders and their needs. Product Backlog
refinement is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Developers may collaborate on
the details of Product Backlog items.

Question 4 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: B.
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. The Product Owner may order the Product Backlog by using value points or select another
technique, the decision is up to them.

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

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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 5 of 15

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

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: A. B.
You chose: B. C.

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A. The order of the Product Backlog.

B. Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases.

C. Setting value on individual Product Backlog items using Value Poker.

D. Devising a formula for a neutral calculation of value.

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 6 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: C.
You chose: C.

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A. The accumulated cost over the earned value of the product.

B. The money spent on development and delivery of the product.

C. All investments required to conceive, develop, operate and maintain 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 7 of 15

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?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D.
You chose: D.

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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 Developers.

E. Skip Product Backlog refinement activities.

Feedback

During the Sprint, scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Developers
as more is learned.

Question 8 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. D.
You chose: B. C.

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A. The velocity at which new functionality can be created is reduced when you have technical
debt.

B. Technical debt is not a Product Owner concern, technical debt is only an issue for the
Developers.

C. Technical debt does not influence the delivery of value.

D. Technical debt causes a greater percentage of the product's budget to be spent on

maintenance of the product.

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Question 9 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: B.

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.

Question 10 of 15

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A.
You chose: A.

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A. By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users experience.

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

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

D. By measuring that velocity has increased since the last release.

Feedback

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.

Question 11 of 15

Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: C.

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A. Project Manager 2.0.

B. Scope Protector.

C. Value Maximizer.

D. Chief Business Analyst.

E. Requirements Collector.

Feedback

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

Question 12 of 15

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

(choose the best answer)

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Correct answer: D.
You chose: D.

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A. The availability of resources and skills for implementation.

B. Effort first, then value.

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

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

E. Development cohesion as indicated by the Developers.

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 13 of 15

When can the Product Backlog be updated?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: B.

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A. Never, unless agreed to by the change request.

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

C. At any time when done by the Product Owner or a delegate.

D. Only during Product Backlog refinement sessions if the Product Owner is present.

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 a delegate. Even if the responsibility is delegated the Product Owner remains accountable for

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the Product Backlog.

Question 14 of 15

What is the principal value of releasing an Increment?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: C.

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A. To learn about the Scrum Team’s productivity.

B. To learn about the forecast of functionality that was developed.

C. To validate assumptions made when developing the product.

Feedback

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

Question 15 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: D.
You chose: D.

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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.

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

C. Timeboxes assure the Product Owner that the Developers will finish all work on the Sprint

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Backlog by the end of the Sprint.

D. 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.

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.

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