Scrum Team Flashcards
Who are the typical Key Stakeholders (select three)?
- The people responsible for making the funding decisions for the product development effort
- The human people who actually use the product under development
- The people responsible for paying to use the product
According to the Scrum Glossary, a stakeholder is “a person external to the Scrum Team with a specific interest in and knowledge of a product that is required for incremental discovery. Represented by the Product Owner and actively engaged with the Scrum Team at Sprint Review.”
Typically, they fall into one of three broad categories:
The Users – The human people who actually use the product under development
The External Customers – The people responsible for paying to use the product
The Internal Customers – The people responsible for making the funding decisions for the product development effort
It is a good practice to have at least two Product Owners on big projects.
False
The Product Owner is one person, not a committee, but the Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog.
Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.
Imagine the following situation. At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do? Select the best option.
Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement.
The Sprint Backlog makes visible all the work that the Development Team identifies as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. To ensure continuous improvement, it includes at least one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Retrospective meeting.
Who is the chief product visionary?
The Product Owner
The Product Owner is the chief product visionary. The PO should be able to clearly articulate the product vision to the Scrum Team and key stakeholders, and how that vision aims to maximize the value of the product and of the work the Scrum Team performs.
The Scrum Team consists of
- The Product Owner
- The Scrum Master
- The Development Team
The Scrum Team consists of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master.
Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum? Select the best choice.
The Scrum Master
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.
What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?
- Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement
- Product Marketplace Expert
- Product Value Maximizer
Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master be a part of the Development Team?
Yes.
Scrum does not prohibit the Product Owner or the Scrum Master do development work. However, it is not the best practice because it could create a conflict of interest.
Who decides whether to release the latest increment of the product?
The Product Owner
The Product Owner is the one and only person who can decide whether to release the latest increment of the product.
How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select the three most appropriate answers.
- Understanding product planning in an empirical environment
- Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed
- Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management
The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including:
- Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible;
- Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management;
- Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items;
- Understanding product planning in an empirical environment;
- Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value;
- Understanding and practicing agility; and,
- Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
Who identifies the Key Stakeholders for the Product?
The Product Owner
In order to maximize value, the Product Owner should identify the Key Stakeholders for the Product, and involve them as necessary throughout the development effort.
What does Product Backlog management include? Select three most applicable items.
- Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs
- Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next
- Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions
Product Backlog management includes:
- Clearly expressing Product Backlog items;
- Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions;
- Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs;
- Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next; and,
- Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.
