Product Owner Flashcards
The timebox for the Sprint Review is:
4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
Scrum Master is a “management” position? True or false.
True
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.
An optimal Development Team has at least 5 members:
This is not required in Scrum.
Scrum does not have a role called “project manager.” True or false.
True
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
Empirical
During a Sprint, a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the
complete forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Sprint work selected?
The Product Owner and the Development Team.
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of “done?”
All Scrum Teams must have a definition of “done” that makes their combined work potentially releasable.
Which two (2) things does the Development Team not do during the first Sprint?
Nail down the complete architecture and infrastructure.
Develop a plan for the rest of the project.
The CEO asks the Development Team to add a “very important” item to the current Sprint.
What should the Development Team do?
Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest
level of productivity?
By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments.
What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.
The Development Team should have all the skills needed to:
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a
Sprint?
As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog
item it selects in conformance with the definition of done.
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and
figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint.
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
The Development Team.
Who is responsible for registering the work estimates during a Sprint?
The Development Team.
When does the next Sprint begin?
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
When multiple teams are working together, each team should maintain a separate Product
Backlog. True or false?
False
Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and
be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
The Product Owner.
What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?
3 to 9
During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master’s role is to:
Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.
Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner
What is the role of Management in Scrum?
Management supports the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Management supports the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software.
What is the maximum length of a Sprint?
Not so long that the risk is unacceptable to the Product Owner.
Not so long that other business events can’t be readily synchronized with the development work.
No more than one calendar month.
Which are roles on a Scrum Team?
Development Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master
The Development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should
remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity. Based on
this, which of the following is false?
- The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team.
- The Sprint Backlog and its contents are fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and do not change during the Sprint.
- As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
- The Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it expected.
The Sprint Backlog and its contents are fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and do not change during the Sprint.
When is a Sprint over?
When the timebox expires.
The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?
15 minutes.
The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of working product. True or false?
True
When should the Developers on a Scrum Team be replaced?
As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
The length of a Sprint should be:
Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events.
One month or less.
Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum?
- Scrum is based on empirical process control theory.
- Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.
- Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment.
- Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products.
- Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to your ability to use Scrum to develop complex products.
- Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers.
- Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.
- Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment.
- Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers.
Which two things should the Scrum Team do during the first Sprint?
Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
Deliver an Increment of useful and valuable product.
How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a Sprint?
Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done.
What is the typical size for a Scrum Team?
10 or fewer.
The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?
8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
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. True or false?
False
It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint. True or false?
False
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Developers.
An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
- Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen.
- The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost.
- Management may feel less anxious.
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum.
Who creates the Definition of Done?
If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.
The three pillars of empiricism are:
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.
Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
The Product Owner
What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams?
By facilitating Developer decision-making.
By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team.
When does a Sprint conclude?
When the Sprint Retrospective is complete.
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
Scrum is a software development methodology. True or false?
False
Which of the following are true about Scrum? Choose three answers.
- Scrum is a framework for developing and maintaining complex products.
- Scrum is based on empirical process control theory.
- Scrum is a methodology, where you can pick and choose which parts of you think will
work for your environment.
- Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers.
- Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success
and your usage of Scrum to develop complex products.
- Scrum is a framework for developing and maintaining complex products.
- Scrum is based on empirical process control theory.
- Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success
and your usage of Scrum to develop complex products.
Who is the most important member of the Scrum Team?
Product Owner
How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? 3 answers are correct.
- Introducing cutting edge development practices.
- Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
- Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
- Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.
- Understanding product planning in an empirical environment.
- Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
- Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
- Understanding product planning in an empirical environment.
What does it mean for a Development Team to be cross-functional?
The development team includes crossed-skilled individuals who can contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment of software.
What is the essence of Scrum?
A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive.