PSPO I Flashcards
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
What should happen to the “Done” Product Backlog items when the Sprint is cancelled?
When a Sprint is cancelled, any completed and “Done” Product Backlog items are reviewed. If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it. All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog. The work done on them depreciates quickly and must be frequently re-estimated.
Which of the following is the best response from the Product Owner, when the developers have difficulty understanding the expectations in the middle of the Sprint?
Product Owner should spend enough time with the Development team to explain everything that is required to complete Sprint Backlog
The Product Owner should use user stories for composing the Product Backlog items.
User stories are maybe the most popular type of requirements in Scrum but definitely not mandatory.
Which of the following is required for ordering the Product Backlog?
The Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product. It is the single source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product. The Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering.
Which statement is right during the Sprint?
During the Sprint:
No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal;
Quality goals do not decrease;
Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned.
How would the Product Backlog be impacted by the changes in the environment in which the product will be used?
A Product Backlog is never complete. The earliest development of it lays out the initially known and best understood requirements. The Product Backlog evolves as the product and the environment in which it will be used evolves
Scrum should be tailored for the project.
Unlike methodologies, the Scrum “framework” is not tailored, because it’s already limited to the essentials. Even the terms should not change let alone add or removing elements such as roles and events.
However, you need to add many practices and techniques to the framework.
Scrum is an iterative and incremental Agile process.
Scrum and agile are both incremental and iterative. They are iterative in that they plan for the work of one iteration to be improved upon in subsequent iterations. They are incremental because completed work is delivered throughout the project.
The Product Backlog refinement shouldn’t take more than 10% of the Product Owner’s time.
Refinement usually consumes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team. However, Product Backlog items can be updated at any time by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner’s discretion.
If it’s not possible to complete the Sprint Backlog, who would try to resolve it?
Development Team and Product Owner should discuss how they can resolve this issue. First of all, it’s OK if the Sprint Backlog is not complete until the end of the Sprint. However, we would try to complete it, if it’s possible. When the developers find out they are behind schedule, they will ask the Product Owner for help, and the two roles together will adjust the work (tasks), or reorder the items, to make sure the highest value will be created at the end of the Sprint.
When multiple teams are working on the same product, who should make sure that their outputs can be integrated into one Increment?
It’s up to the developers to find their way and ensure that their outputs will create an integrated Increment that is potentially releasable.
During a Sprint Review, the stakeholders notice that the product development progress is not very clearly visible and lacked transparency. Moreover, they are not able to understand the team’s next steps. Who bears the primary responsibility for this status?
Entire Scrum Team is responsible for “how they planned and performed their work”. So, if there was a question about who is responsible for failure or success of scrum work, the answer is the Scrum Team for sure. The Scrum Master of course needs to help the Product Owner in coaching the techniques for better backlog management, increasing the transparency of backlog, and more. So, the Scrum Master’s responsibility is to coach the team to adhere to Scrum and its principles. However, Scrum Master does not bear the primary responsibility for those items that are clearly owned by specific role. There are clearly defined responsibilities for each role as well. In this case, the question is - who is responsible for a specific activity of backlog management including its transparency. Following are the guidance from Scrum Guide as to this subject: —— - The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. - Product Backlog management includes Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next - The Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering - The Product Owner discusses the Product Backlog as it stands. He or she projects likely completion dates based on progress to date —— So, for this question, the best choice is the “Product Owner”
Which Scrum artefacts can be prioritised?
The Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog both are prioritized
The Scrum Master is a participant in Sprint Retrospective.
The Scrum Master ensures that the meeting is positive and productive. The Scrum Master teaches all to keep it within the time-box. The Scrum Master participates as a peer team member in the meeting from the accountability over the Scrum process. But anyway, the Scrum Master participate in meeting as member of Scrum Team
How should developers deal with non-functional features?
All non-functional features should be incorporated into every Increment
