Scrum Accountabilities Flashcards

1
Q

Can delegate Product Backlog management to
Developers

A

Product Owner

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2
Q

Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are
positive, productive, and kept within the timebox

A

Scrum Master

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3
Q

No sub-teams or hierarchies

A

Scrum Team

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4
Q

Does not use Scrum Master as a baby sitter- removed
impediments that can be removed by themselves

A

Developer

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5
Q

Hold each other accountable towards working
agreements and towards building the increment

A

Developer

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6
Q

Ensures Scrum is understood and enacted, and its
effective use

A

Scrum Master

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7
Q

Implement action items from the previous retrospective

A

Developer

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8
Q

May renegotiate scope of the Sprint during the Sprint

A

Developer

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9
Q

Do Product Backlog Refinement if asked to do

A

Developer

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10
Q

Follow XP engineering practices - TDD, Refactoring, Pair
programming, collective code ownership, and Continuous
Integration

A

Developer

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11
Q

Responsible for all product-related activities from
stakeholder collaboration, verification, maintenance,
operation, experimentation, research and
development, and anything else that might be required

A

Scrum Team

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12
Q

If there are multiple Scrum Teams working together on
a product, they must mutually define and comply with
the same Definition of Done

A

Scrum Team

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13
Q

Manage and track Sprint Progress

A

Developer

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14
Q

If others want to change the Product backlog, they
do so by convincing the Product Owner

A

Product Owner

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15
Q

No sub-teams (e.g., QA team, etc.) or sub-groups

A

Developer

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16
Q

Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and
Sprint Retrospective

A

Scrum Team

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17
Q

Responsible for documentation (if necessary)

A

Developer

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18
Q

Causes the removal of impediments (ensures that
Impediments are removed either by themselves or by
engaging others)

A

Scrum Master

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19
Q

One person, not a committee

A

Product Owner

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20
Q

How this is done is at the sole discretion of the
Developers

A

Developer

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21
Q

Be invisibly present – actively do nothing

A

Scrum Master

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22
Q

Works with other SMs to increase the effectiveness of
the ecosystem

A

Scrum Master

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23
Q

Teaching, coaching, facilitation, mentoring and
training. Leads, trains, and coaches the organization
in its Scrum adoption

A

Scrum Master

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24
Q

Plans scrum implementation within the organization

A

Scrum Master

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25
Q

Consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner,
and Developers

A

Scrum Team

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26
Q

Updates Sprint Backlog and Sprint Burn down charts

A

Developer

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27
Q

Typically, 10 or fewer people

A

Scrum Team

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28
Q

Coach self-management and cross-functionality of the
Scrum Team

A

Scrum Master

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29
Q

Are required to conform to the Definition of Done when
building the Increment

A

Developer

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30
Q

Accountable for creating a
valuable, useful Increment every Sprint

A

Scrum Team

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31
Q

Working in Sprints at a sustainable pace improves the
Scrum Team’s focus and consistency

A

Scrum Team

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32
Q

Consider organizational standards and create an
appropriate Definition of Done

A

Scrum Team

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33
Q

Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent,
visible and understood

A

Product Owner

34
Q

Serves the PO, Scrum Team and the Organization

A

Scrum Master

35
Q

Acts with courage and actively takes direct action
when integrity of empiricism or Scrum Team’s health
is at risk

A

Scrum Master

36
Q

Decides the strategy for when and how to release
the product/increment(s)

A

Product Owner

37
Q

Self-Managing - they internally decide who does
what, when, and how

A

Scrum Team

38
Q

Own Product Goal – the commitment to the
Product Backlog

A

Product Owner

39
Q

Ultimately accountable for the Product Backlog
(but can delegate any and all work to others)

A

Product Owner

40
Q

Serve the PO - Understanding product planning in an
empirical environment

A

Scrum Master

41
Q

Cohesive unit of professionals focused on one
objective at a time, the Product Goal

A

Scrum Team

42
Q

Work at a sustainable pace

A

Developer

43
Q

Accountable for budgets and Profit/Loss – hence
has a lot of “authority”

A

Product Owner

44
Q

Ensure (actively or passively) that the Scrum Team is
protected from outside distractions and the Scrum
Team is focused on creating high-value Increments
that meet the Definition of Done

A

Scrum Master

45
Q

Have competencies and skills to build the Increment and
the Product

A

Developer

46
Q

Learn about customer domain and customer
problems

A

Product Owner and Developer

47
Q

Have an eye for technical excellence, prevent and
minimize technical debt

A

Developer

48
Q

Ensure appropriate stakeholders are invited for
Sprint Review

A

Product Owner

49
Q

Ensure that Product Backlog Items are clearly
expressed

A

Product Owner

50
Q

Continuously improve their technical practices

A

Developer

51
Q

Remove barriers between stakeholders and Scrum
Teams

A

Scrum Master

52
Q

Role model for Scrum Values

A

Scrum Master

53
Q

Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and
Sprint Retrospective

A

Scrum Master

54
Q

Agent of change – brings change to the organization
to increase productivity of the Scrum Team

A

Scrum Master

55
Q

No one else tells them how to turn Product Backlog items
into Increments of value Is accountable for quality of the
product - must be high quality Increment

A

Developer

56
Q

Be a multi-learner, learn new tech. skills, learn the
domain

A

Developer

57
Q

Works to increase the transparency of Artifacts

A

Scrum Master

58
Q

Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or
needed

A

Scrum Master

59
Q

Determine how to build the Increment

A

Developer

60
Q

Can cancel the Sprint or stop product
development

A

Product Owner

61
Q

Learn about marketplace changes, competition,
and any new rules/regulations that might affect the
Product, and the customers/users

A

Product Owner

62
Q

Ensures that attendees (of
Sprint Planning) are prepared to discuss the most
important Product Backlog items and how they
map to the Product Goal

A

Product Owner

63
Q

Hold each other accountable as professionals

A

Developer

64
Q

Collaborate with the Scrum Team(s),
stakeholders, vendors, clients, buyers, sponsors

A

Product Owner

65
Q

Ensures increment is transparent as per DoD

A

Developer

66
Q

Serve the PO - find techniques for effective Product
Goal definition and Product Backlog management;

A

Scrum Master

67
Q

Cross-functional - members have all the skills
necessary to create value each Sprint

A

Scrum Team

68
Q

Accountable for establishing Scrum as per the Scrum
Guide

A

Scrum Master

69
Q

Accountable for effective Product Backlog
management

A

Product Owner

70
Q

Estimate effort of Product Backlog Items

A

Developer

71
Q

Detect incomplete transparency

A

Scrum Master

72
Q

Can answer how each PBI will be valuable to user
or customer

A

Product Owner

73
Q

Take responsibility for Product Backlog management
when delegated by the Product Owner (e.g., writing PBIs)

A

Developer

74
Q

Estimate effort for product backlog items

A

Developer

75
Q

Decision making authority

A

Product Owner

76
Q

Accountable for profit/loss, hence (usually) a
Subject Matter and Domain Expert

A

Product Owner

77
Q

Product value maximize

A

Product Owner

78
Q

Their decisions are visible in the content and
ordering of the Product Backlog

A

Product Owner

79
Q

Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and
Sprint Retrospective

A
80
Q

Raise impediments to SM if it cannot be solved by
themselves

A

Developer

81
Q

Reveal not resolve – hence do not make themselves
the “bottleneck” when it comes to “problem solving”

A

Scrum Master

82
Q

Responsible for analysis, architecture, design, etc.

A

Developer