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Title: Product Owner Open

Percentage: 100%

Duration: 00:13:13

Date started: Tue 16 Jun 2020 03:33

Date finished: Tue 16 Jun 2020 03:46

Feedback
Congratulations! Your score on the Product Owner Open assessment demonstrates you know some Product Owner
basics.

Scrum on,
Ken Schwaber

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All Questions 15 Correct 0 Incorrect

Question 1 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: F)

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

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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.

Question 2 of 15

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
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A) It is a good practice, keeping in mind that market reception is the best measure of value.

B) Calculating value points is an upfront approach that conflicts with the empiricism of Scrum,
and is therefore not acceptable.

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

Feedback
Indications of value on Product Backlog are useful but are only a prediction until validated against users and
market.

Question 3 of 15

The Product Owner's authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) Decisions by the CFO, the CEO or the board of directors.

B) Technical and architectural work that needs to be done first, as indicated by the chief
enterprise architect.

C) Work for which impediments exist that the Scrum Master still needs to resolve.

D) Nothing. The entire organization must respect a Product Owner's decisions.

E) Decisions by the chief program manager.

F) High impact changes that have not been approved by the change request board.

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Feedback
For the Product Owner to succeed, the entire organization must respect his or her decisions. No one is allowed
to tell the Development Team to work from a different set of requirements, and the Development Team isn't
allowed to act on what anyone else says.

Question 4 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: B)

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 5 of 15

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

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: D) E)
You chose: D) E)
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A) Attend every Daily Scrum to answer functional questions on the discussed Sprint Backlog
items.
B) Create financial reporting upon the spent hours reported by the Development Team.
C) Update the work plan for the Development Team on a daily basis.
D) Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts.
E) Work with the Development Team on Product Backlog refinement.

Feedback
The Product Owner represents the stakeholders to the Scrum Team. 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 Development Team
collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items.

Question 6 of 15
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When can the Product Backlog be updated?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
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A) At any time when done by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner's discretion

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

C) Never, unless agreed to by the change request

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
at the Product Owner's discretion.

Question 7 of 15

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?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)
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A) Set the Sprint Goal before selecting Product Backlog items at Sprint Planning to learn about
a Development Team's productivity.

B) Release an Increment to the market to learn about the business assumptions built into the
product.

C) Accept an Increment at the Sprint review to learn about the forecast of functionality that was
developed.

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

Question 8 of 15

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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: B)
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A) The accumulated cost over the earned value of the product

B) All investments required to conceive, develop, operate and maintain 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 9 of 15

What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) Refining the top level Product Backlog items until they are ready to be handed over to the
Development Team

B) Writing the User Stories so they are understandable to stakeholders

C) Describing an Increment at the Sprint Planning and make sure that the Development Team
delivers it by the end of the Sprint

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

Feedback
The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development
Team. The primary tool to do so is the Product Backlog.

Question 10 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: C) E)
You chose: C) E)
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A) The Product Owner should be with the Development Team full-time to grow a deep
understanding of the technology being used.
B) They should work apart as much as possible in order to keep the concerns of business and
technology separated.
C) They collaborate often so the Product Owner can make informed decisions in balancing
effort and value of Product Backlog items.
D) They should share no more than the Sprint Planning and the Sprint Review meeting.
E) They collaborate often so the Development Team builds Increments keeping end-user and
stakeholder concerns in mind.

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 11 of 15

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

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: B) C)
You chose: B) C)
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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) 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.
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.
D) Development of functional requirements stops until the Product Owner 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.

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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 process 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 has the final call over the Product Backlog.

Question 13 of 15

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?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: A) B)
You chose: A) B)
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A) 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.
B) 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.
C) At the Daily Scrum the Product Owner inspects the Sprint burn-down for progress towards a
complete Increment and re-planning the team's work.
D) At the end of Sprint Planning the Product Owner verifies the Sprint Backlog for
completeness in order to allow the Sprint to start.

Feedback
Scrum users must frequently inspect Scrum artifacts and progress to detect undesirable variances. The primary
tool for the Product Owner to uphold transparency is the Product Backlog. Product Backlog is a living artifact that

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is actively maintained and updated to reflect reality. At the Sprint Review, attendees collaborate on the next
things that could be done to optimize value, which is processed into an updated Product Backlog.

Question 14 of 15

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. They have all the history on projects delivered, and this enables the IT
department to make delivery commitments.

B) The Product Owner. The Product Owner is required to commit on delivery to the users and
the stakeholders.

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 15 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.

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