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Scrum Team Flashcards

1
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List the members of the Scrum Team

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  • Scrum Master
  • Product Owner
  • Dev Team
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All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.

a) True
b) False

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False

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What are three benefits of self-management?
1. Increased Committment
2. Increased Accuracy of estimates
3. Increased Rule compliance
4. Increased Creativity
5. Increased self-accountability

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1, 4 & 5

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The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness.
True
False

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True

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What are the three pillars of product ownership?
1. Decision-making, Product, Development
2. Value, Decision-Making, Engagement
3. Testing, Efficiency, Customer
4. Engagement, Facilitation, Productivity

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2

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The accountability of the Scrum Master during the Sprint Retro is:
1. Peer Team Member
2. Auditor
3. Silent Observer
4. None of the Above

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1

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The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness
True
False

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True

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When Devs determine that they have over-committed for a Sprint, who must be present to review & adjust the sprint work selected?
1. The PO & all stakeholders
2. The PO & Devs
3. The Scrum Master, project manager & Devs
4. The Devs

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2

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What are 2 things the Scrum Master can do if the Devs don’t have the tools & infrastructure to finish each selected Product Backlog item?
1. Have the Scrum team establish a DoD that is possible to achieve given current circumstances
2. Declare Devs not ready for the Scrum
3. Refocus current Sprint on establishing the Dev’s Infrastructure instead of delivering an increment
4. Encourage the PO to accept partially done increments until the situation improves
5. Coach Srum Team members to improve their skills, tools & infrastructure over time and adjust the DoD accordingly.

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1 & 5

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The Product Owner is also accountable for effective Product Backlog management, which includes:
1. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the org.
2. Helping establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
3. Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition & Product Backlog management
4. Developing & explicity communicating the Product Goal

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4

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Which factors should be considered by the Scrum Team in the release decision (select four)?
1. The costs and benefits of the upgrade
2. The customers that will be constrained by the new release
3. Can customers actually absorb the new release?
4. Does the Increment meet the DoD?
5. The risk that the product’s value can get out of line with the marketplace.
6. The amount of work remaining toward the Sprint Goal.

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1, 2, 3 5

By definition, an increment MUST meet the Definition of Done.
If it doesn’t meet the Definition of Done, it’s not an increment.

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An increase of the Developers’ velocity and productivity is the positive sign of success for a Product Owner.
* True
* False

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True

Organizations adopting agile product delivery practices can easily lose sight of their real goal of improving the value they deliver.

Monitoring only the direct use of practices does not provide the best evidence of effectiveness; for example, tracking the Developers’ velocity indicates nothing about whether they are actually delivering something that is useful to customers or users.

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Which of the following can the Product Owner delegate to others, while remaining accountable for the work? (Select 2 answers)
1. Developing and communicating the Product Goal
2. Ordering the Product Backlog
3. Attending the Sprint Review
4. Attending the Sprint Retro.

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1 & 2

The Product Owner must be present at Scrum events.

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Who are the typical Key Stakeholders (select the 3 best options)?
1. The people responsible for paying to use the product.
2. The people responsible for product development.
3. The people responsible for product marketing
4. The people responsible for making the funding decisions for the product development effort.
5. The people who actually use the product under development.

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1, 4 & 5

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Who is is responsible for all product-related activities?
1. The Scrum Master
2. The Product Owner
3. The Scrum Team
4. The Developers

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3

The Scrum Team is responsible for all product-related activities from stakeholder collaboration, verification, maintenance, operation, experimentation, research and development, and anything else that might be required. They are structured and empowered by the organization to manage their own work. Working in Sprints at a sustainable pace improves the Scrum Team’s focus and consistency.

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A Product Owner cannot send a representative to replace him to the Sprint Review.
* True
* False

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True

The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. Therefore, he is the only person responsible for collecting feedback from the stakeholders in order the shape his product’s vision.

While anyone in the Scrum Team can do the legwork at the Product Owner’s discretion (by adding and ordering new Product Backlog Items for example), nobody can replace the Product Owner at the Sprint Review.

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Who is required to conform to the Definition of Done?
1. The Scrum Master
2. The Product Owner
3. The Scrum Team
4. The Developers

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4

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

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During the Sprint Planning the Product Owner crafts a Sprint Goal.
* True
* False

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False

During the Sprint Planning the Scrum Team crafts a Sprint Goal.

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Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the probability of achieving the Sprint Goal?
1. The Product Owner
2. T]he Scrum Master
3. The Product Owner and the Developers.
4. The Developers
5. The Scrum Team

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4

The Developers use the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.

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Who works on building an increment without Technical Debt?
1. The Scrum Team
2. The Scrum Master
3. The Key Stakeholders
4. The Product Owner
5. The Developers

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5

The Developers are professionals who work to deliver a potentially releasable increment that meets the Definition of Done.

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Who determines whether the Dev team has been assigned enough work in a Sprint?
1. Dev Team
2. Product Owner
3. PO & the Scrum Master
4. Scrum Master

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1

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Which of the following is not a PO responsibility?
1. Maintaining the Product Backlog with current info
2. Working with Stakeholders to determine and detail product features
3. Assigning tasks to team members
4. Prioritizing the Product Backlog

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3

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Which of the following is not a PO responsibility?
1. Running the Daily Scrum meeting
2. Team Communication
3. Gathering requirements for Product Backlog items
4. Inspecting work at Sprint Review

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1

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What does the Scrum Dev Team attempt to develop in every Sprint?
1. A product that is ready for customer delivery
2. A completed Sprint backlog
3. A product that is ready for QA and/or QC testing
4. A product increment that is potentially ready for customer delivery

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4

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How many hours a day should a person on a Scrum Team work?
1. A sustainable pace, usually 7 to 8 hours a day
2. An “ideal day” measuring only when he or she is productive.
3. However many hours are needed to get the work done
4. 14 hours.

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1

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Which of the following is a role in the Scrum Framework
1. Database Admin
2. Dev Team
3. QA Tester
4. Senior Developer

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2

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According to Scrum, the amoutn of time a team should spend planning Sprint activities is expressed in what unit of time?
1. Weeks
2. Days
3. Hours
4. Minutes

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3

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?? can change the priority of items in the ?? backlog at any time.
1. The Team: Product
2. The PO: Sprint
3. The PO: Product
4. The Scrum Master: Sprint

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3

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29
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Is the Scrum Master a management position?
1. True
2. False

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1

Chat GPT says no.

30
Q

Who is in the Scrum Team?
1. Project Manager
2. Product Owner
3. Dev Team
4. Manager
5. CEO
6. Scrum Master

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2,3 & 6

31
Q

Who maintains the Product Backlog?
1. The Scrum Master
2. The Dev Team
3. The PO
4. The PO and The Scrum Master

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3

32
Q

Who has the authority to cancel a Sprint?
1. The team members
2. The Scrum Master
3. The Product Owner
4. The Project Manager

A

3

33
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Who defines the Sprint Backlog scope?
1. Product Owner
2. Dev Team
3. Scrum Master
4. Stakeholders

A

2

34
Q

Who is responsible for the Product Backlog item estimates?
1. The Dev team
2. Scrum Master
3. Stakeholders
4. Project Owner

A

1

35
Q

When many Scrum teams are working on the same product, should all of their increments be integrated every Sprint?
1. No, that is far too hard.
2. No, each Scrum Team stands alone.
3. Yes, but only the Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies.
4. Yes, otherwise, Product Owners may not be able to inspect what is done accurately.

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4

36
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Who ensures the that Sprint Planning occurs?
1. The Dev Team
2. The Scrum Master
3. The Product Owner
4. All of the choices are correct.

A

2

37
Q

How big is a Scrum Team?
1. As big as it needs to be.
2. No more than 5 people?
3. No more than 15 people?
4. Between 3 & 9 people.

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4

38
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How does the Product Owner interact with the organization?
1. They inform the org of the day-to-day activities of the Dev Team.
2. They keep the org up to date on the day to day activities of the Dev Team.
3. They interact with the org on the progress of the product, and allow them to make requests of the Scrum Team.
4. They fill in documents about the Scrum Team for the org.

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3

PO takes input from the Org but is not required to implement these requests.

39
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What authority does the Scrum Master hold over the Scrum Team?
1. They manage the Scrum Team and deal with the day-to-day management of the Dev Team.
2. They dictate what each Dev should be doing each day.
3. They are the Servant Leader of the Scrum Team.
4. They have no authority and just show up at Scrum Meetings as an observer.

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3

40
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What aspects of the product is the Product Owner responsible for?
1. Managing and owning the Product Backlog
2. The Product itself
3. Guiding the Dev Team on the Product
4. All of the above.

A

4

41
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What does being a Cross-Functional team mean?
1. All the skills needed exist within the team
2. Each team member has their own specialization.
3. Every team in the Org has specialization.
4. That teams can communicate effectively.

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1

42
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How many sub-teams are in a Dev Team?
1. 1 for every speciality within the team
2. 2: one for current releases and one for the current increment
3. 0 - everyon on the Dev Team is accountable for the work produced
4. As many as there need to be

A

3

43
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Who tells the Scrum Team what to do every day?
1. The Org
2. The Product Owner
3. The Scrum Master
4. No one does

A

4

44
Q

Who on the Scrum Team is responsible for maximizing the value of a Product?
1. Product Owner
2. Scrum Master
3. The Dev Team
4. Everyone on the Scrum Team

A

1

45
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Who should the team collaborate with to find the highest value items?
1. Product Users
2. Product Customers
3. Product Stakeholders
4. All are correct

A

4

46
Q

How does the Scrum Master serve the Product Owner?

A
  • Ensures goals and objectives are clear
  • Coach best practices
  • Guide process and planning
  • Facilitate Scrum Events
  • Share Knowledge
47
Q

How does the Scrum Master serve the Organization?

A
  • Coach the adoption of Scrum
  • Guide awareness and understanding of empirical process
  • Help other Scrum Team members
  • Assist their dev teams
48
Q

How does the Scrum Master serve the Dev Team?

A
  • Coach team on self-or and being cross-functional
  • Help team understand Scrum Process & Framework
  • Facilitate problem-solving
  • Remove impediments
49
Q

What are the Scrum Master Duties?

A
  • Protect against outside distractions
  • Protect against overwork and burnout
  • Protect against complacency
  • Owns the Scrum Framwork
50
Q

The Scrum Master participates in the Sprint Retro as a:
Team Leader
Peer Team Member
Silent Observer

A

2

51
Q

Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?
1. The Project Manager
2. The Scrum Team
3. The Dev Team
4. The Product Owner

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3

52
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What are the limitations on the decisions of the Product Owner for the Product Backlog? (choose the best answer)
1. All change and update requests must come from the head of Product Dev.
2. Decisions by the DFO, CEo or BoD.
3. There are no limitations. The Product Backlog is fully owned by the PO and the entire org must respect the PO’s decisions.
4. The Scrum Team’s DoD. Items must conform with the DoD before changes can be made to the Product Backlog
5. Changes must be approved by QC to ensure that work. confirms to minimum quality standards
6. Technical & architectural work that needs to be done first before functionality can be implemented.

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3

53
Q

Which of the following are NOT correct about the Product Owner’s accountability.
1. Estimates the value of the Product Backlog items
2. Is responsible for engaging the stakeholders
3. Explains the Product Backlog items.
4. Participates in the Daily Scrum meeting.

A

4

54
Q

Must the Product Owner be present at the Sprint Retrospective?
1. It is optional. Attendance is only required when the Product Owner is invited by the Scrum Master.
2. It is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess its performane and improve itself.
3. I is not allowed. The Sprint Retro is an opportunity for the Devs to inspect themselves.

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2

55
Q

The Developers are always accountable for:
1. Adapting their plan each day toward the Sprint Goal?
2. Ording Product Backlog Items
3. Coach the team members in self-management and cross-functionality.

A

1

56
Q

How important is it for a Product Owner to order Product Backlog items by value points?
1. Calculating value points is an upfront approach that conflicts with the empiricism of Scrum and is therefor not acceptable.
2. Using value points is the ultimate way for a PO to predict the value that the product will provide.
3. It is a good practice, keeping in mind that the market reception is the best measure of value.

A

3

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

57
Q

How should a Scrum Master coordinate the work when more than one Scrum Team is working on one product?
1. Have the PO work with the tech leads of each team to parse the Product Backlog and minimize User Story overlap.
2. Identify and manage the dependencies between Scrum Teams.
3. Merge the teams and work from a single Sprint Backlog.
4. Teach them that it’s their responsibility to coordinate with the others teams to integrate and create a shippable increment at the end of every Sprint.

A

4

One of the benefits of self-organized teams is the ability to decide how best to work together to product a shippable Increment.

58
Q

The Product Owner is responsible for preparing the Sprint Goal before the Sprint Planning.
True
False

A

False

The Sprint Goal is prepared during the Sprint Planning by the whole Scrum Team.

59
Q

The Product Owner’s authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for:
1. High impact changes that have not been approved by the Change Request Board.
2. Nothing. The entire org must respect a PO’s decisions.
3. Technical and architectural work that needs to be done firs,t as indicated by the chief enterprise architect.
4. Decisions by the chief program officer.
5. Work for which impediments exist that the Scrum Master still needs to resolve.

A

2

For the Product Owner to succeed, the entire organization must respect his or her decisions. The Product Owner’s decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog. No one can force the Developers to work from a different set of requirements.

60
Q

Who can change the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint?
1. The Scrum Team
2. The Devs
3. The Scrum Master
4. The Product Owner

A

2

61
Q

Who is responsible for all product related activities?
1. The Scrum Team
2. The Product Owner & Scrum Master
3. The Scrum Master
4. The Key Stakeholders
5. The Product Owner
6. The Devs

A

1

62
Q

The Scrum Master does the following regarding the Daily Scrum (select all applicable variants):
1. If others are present at the Daily Scrum, ensures that they do not discrupt the meeting
2. Is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum.
3. Ensures that the Devs have the meeting.
4. Teaches the Devs to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time box.

A

1,3 & 4

63
Q

The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including:
1. Leading, training & coaching the org in Scrum adoption.
2. Ensure the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.
3. Removing barriers between Stakeholders and Scrum Teams.
4. Planing and advising Scrum implementations within the org.
5. Developing & explicitly communicating the Product Goal.

A

1,3 & 4

64
Q

As a Product Owner, which of the following would be a valid focus? (choose the two best answers)
1. Frequently work with customers & stakeholders in identifying potential work that could deliver the most value
2. Creating User Stories.
3. Ensuring the product and release status is transparent to customers & stakeholders.

A

1 & 3

The Product Backlog is dynamic; it constantly changes to identify what the product needs to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. The Product Owner works diligently to identify these needs. The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring that the status of the project is visible, transparent, and clear to all. At any point in time, the total work remaining to reach a goal can be summed and information is made transparent to all stakeholders.

65
Q

Who is accountable for coping with incomplete artifact transparency?
1. PO
2. Scrum Team
3. Scrum Master
4. Devs

A

3

The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. They do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum Team and the organization.

The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness. They do this by enabling the Scrum Team to improve its practices, within the Scrum framework.

Scrum Masters are true leaders who serve the Scrum Team and the larger organization.

66
Q

Who must present the new increment to the stakeholders during the Sprint Review? (choose the best answer)
1. Scrum Master
2. Devs
3. Scrum Team
4. PO

A

3

During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the Sprint. Based on that and any changes to the Product Backlog during the Sprint, attendees collaborate on the next things that could be done to optimize value.

67
Q

Who is responsible for collaborating with the stakeholders
1. The PO & the Scrum Master
2. The Product Owner
3. The Scrum Team
4. The Devs
5. The Scrum Master

A

3

Explanation
The Scrum Team is responsible for all product-related activities from stakeholder collaboration, verification, maintenance, operation, experimentation, research and development, and anything else that might be required. They are structured and empowered by the organization to manage their own work. Working in Sprints at a sustainable pace improves the Scrum Team’s focus and consistency.

68
Q

How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select the three most appropriate answers.
1. Leading & coaching the org in Scrum adoption.
2. Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition & Product Backlog management.
3. Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear & concise Product Backlog items.
4. Facilitating Stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.
5. Introducting cutting edge development practices.

A

2,3 & 4

The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including:
● Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management;
● Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items;
● Helping establish empirical product planning for a complex environment; and,
● Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.

69
Q

How does the Scrum Master serve the Organization? Select the three most appropriate answers.
1. Mixing experienced devs & junior specialists across different Scrum Teams in the org to speed up Scrum adoptin.
2. Planning Srum implementations within the org.
3. Leading & coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.
4. Making sure the key stakeholders are invited to all Scrum Reviews within the Org.
5. Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the org.

A

2,3 & 5

The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including:
● Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption;
● Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization;
● Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work; and,
● Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams.

70
Q

When is the Scrum Team allowed to interact with the Key Stakeholders (select the most applicable option)?
1. The Daily Scrum
2. The Sprint Retro
3. The Sprint Review
4. Any time where it’s valuable to have Stakeholder input.

A

4.

In Scrum, the Scrum Team is allowed to interact with key stakeholders any time where it’s valuable to have their input. The Scrum framework encourages regular communication and collaboration between the Scrum Team and key stakeholders to ensure that the product being developed meets their needs and expectations.

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