Scrum Team- Product Owner Flashcards
What is a Scrum Team?
Scrum Team is a small (typically 10 or fewer) team of people that work together, using the Scrum Framework, to create something valuable.
Everyone on the Scrum Team is accountable for certain aspects of the team’s work.
roles in a scrum team
- Product Owner
- Developers
- A Scrum Master
What is a Product Owner?
Accountable for “maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.”
Product Owner who helps the rest of the Scrum Team gain clarity about what would be “valuable.”
Product Owner’s accountabilities:
Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal;
Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items;
Ordering Product Backlog items;
Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.
What does a professional Product Owner use?
agile product management
Scrum skills
agile product management skills examples
market research
competitive analysis
product strategy
product roadmapping
acting as the voice of the customer
engaging with stakeholders
maximizing revenue and return on investment;
product launch;
product retirement
scrum skills for a product owner examples
applying empiricism and experimentation for product and value discovery;
crafting concrete, actionable and measurable Product Goals to provide focus for the Scrum Team
strong backlog management techniques to help communicate steps toward the Product Goal
What is a Product Vision
the purpose of a Product. A good Product Vision expresses the value the Product should deliver and to whom that value is delivered.
Who owns the Product Vision in Scrum?
✅ The Product Owner owns the Product Vision, but its development requires input from stakeholders and the Scrum Team(s).
how is the product vision developed?
✅ A good Product Vision is built incrementally, allowing inspection and adaptation over time.
What makes a good Product Vision in Scrum?
✅ A Product Vision should be free-standing and transparent, enabling stakeholders and the Scrum Team to understand the intention of the Product.
✅ It should provide clarity and direction while allowing flexibility for inspection and adaptation
What two critical elements provide context for a Product Vision?
A Product Vision exists within the context of:
1️⃣ Business Strategy – The company’s broader goals and market direction.
2️⃣ Product Strategy – The approach for developing, positioning, and delivering the product.
What is Product Backlog Management?
act of adjusting and ordering items on the Product Backlog so that the Scrum Team can deliver the most valuable product possible.
Who is responsible for the product backlog?
Product Owner
What is the purpose of the Product Backlog in Scrum?
✅ The Product Backlog represents all work the Scrum Team knows it must do to deliver the product.
✅ It helps teams decide what to do next and ensures work is transparent, visible, and structured.
What are the key components of a Product Backlog?
✅ Product Backlog Items (PBIs) – Individual tasks or work items.
✅ Product Goal – The Scrum Team’s current long-term objective.
✅ Ordered List – Maintained by the Product Owner based on value, risk, and priority.
What are the four key attributes of a Product Backlog?
1️⃣ Single – One backlog per product, shared across all Scrum Teams.
2️⃣ Transparent – Visible and accessible to the Scrum Team & stakeholders.
3️⃣ Current – Emergent and continuously updated.
4️⃣ Ordered – Prioritized by the Product Owner based on business needs.
What does a Product Backlog Item (PBI) represent?
A PBI represents work the Scrum Team intends to do.
how should Product Backlog Items be written?
✅ No strict rules on format—teams use user stories, defect reports, hypotheses, or any format that serves them best.
✅ Typically includes: Title, Description, Size Estimation, and Value Estimation.
What types of work can a Product Backlog Item (PBI) describe?
✅ New functionality (features or user stories)
✅ Improvements (enhancing existing functionality)
✅ Problem fixes (bugs or defects)
✅ Non-functional requirements (security, reliability, performance)
✅ New ideas & experiments (research or validation tasks)
How Do PBIs Evolve Over Time?
✅ Initially, PBIs may be high-level placeholders.
✅ As they become more important, they are refined and improved.
✅ PBIs must have sufficient detail before Developers can take action.
Who is responsible for creating and maintaining PBIs?
Product Owner is accountable for creating PBIs.
The responsibility can be delegated—anyone on the Scrum Team can add PBIs.
What is the Product Goal in Scrum, and why is it important?
✅ The Product Goal describes the future state of the product.
✅ It serves as a commitment to provide focus for the Scrum Team.
✅ It acts as a target against which progress can be measured.
How does the Product Goal relate to the Product Backlog?
✅ The Product Goal provides context for the Product Backlog.
✅ PBIs are created to help achieve the Product Goal.
✅ Each Sprint Goal brings the team incrementally closer to the Product Goal.
How many Product Goals can a Scrum Team work on at once?
✅ Product Vision – A high-level, aspirational statement about the product’s future.
✅ Product Goal – A concrete, actionable, measurable step toward that vision.
✅ The Product Goal bridges the gap between the vision and Sprint Goals.
What happens if new information makes the Product Goal obsolete?
✅ The team may abandon or reformulate the Product Goal.
✅ This is not a failure, but a natural part of incremental development.
what is a “bloated Product Backlog”?
When the Product Backlog becomes a long list of random ideas and tasks
What is the accountability of the Product Owner during Sprint 0?
There is no such thing as Sprint 0.
The Scrum Team delivers an Increment of product functionality every Sprint.
This Increment is useable, so a Product Owner may choose to immediately release it.
At what point should the Product Owner update the project plan?
The project plan in Scrum is represented by the Product Backlog, which should be continuously updated as new information and insights emerge.
What are considered attributes of a Product Backlog?
As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists.
It is dynamic.
It is never complete.
What are the three pillars of product ownership?
Value,
Decision Making,
Engagement
Product ownership: value
The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product by prioritizing the features that will deliver the most value to the end user.
Product ownership: Decision Making,
The Product Owner is responsible for making important decisions related to the product, such as what features to include or exclude, when to release new versions, and how to respond to changes in the market or customer needs.
Product ownership: Engagement
The Product Owner is responsible for engaging with stakeholders, including customers, users, and the development team, to ensure that the product meets their needs and expectations.
The Product Owner must also be available to answer questions, provide guidance, and make decisions throughout the development process.
