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Product Owner Open

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Date started: Tue 13 Sep '22 03:34

Date finished: Tue 13 Sep '22 03:48

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Congratulations! Your score on the Product Owner Open assessment demonstrates you
know some Product Owner basics.

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Ken Schwaber

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Question 1 of 15

What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

A. Writing the User Stories so they are comprehensive enough for the
stakeholders.

B. Describing an Increment at Sprint Planning and making sure that the

Developers deliver it by the end of the Sprint.

C. Refining the top level Product Backlog items until they are ready to be
handed over to the Scrum Team.

D. Maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum
Team.

Feedback
In addition to being accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the work of
the Scrum Team, the Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog
management, communicating the Product Goal, ordering the Product Backlog, and
making the Product Backlog transparent. The Product Owner may do these things or
may delegate the responsibility to others. Even if the responsibility is delegated the
Product Owner remains accountable.

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Question 2 of 15

True or False: The value delivered by a product can only be determined by revenue.

True

False

Feedback
Value is likely to vary across products and organizations.

Question 3 of 15

True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?

True

False

Feedback
A traditional project manager is responsible for all aspects of a project; costs, resources,
execution, release, planning, capacity. Scrum is a framework for complex product
development, regardless of whether the work is organized in projects. The Product
Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the work performed,
this is complemented by the specific accountabilities of the Developers and the Scrum
Master.

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Question 4 of 15

How does an organization know that a product built using Scrum is successful?

(choose the best answer)

A. By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users

experience.

B. By measuring that velocity has increased since the last release.

C. By measuring the actual time spent on development versus the time

estimated for development.

D. By the Product Owner and stakeholders accepting the Increment at the

Sprint Review.

Feedback
Scrum Teams deliver products iteratively and incrementally, maximizing opportunities for
feedback. If a product is not released, the opportunity to capture user and market
feedback is lost.

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Question 5 of 15

The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort
to complete the Product Backlog items?

(choose the best answer)

A. The PMO.

B. The Product Owner.

C. The Developers.

Feedback
The Developers are responsible for all estimates. The people who will perform the work
make the final estimate.

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Question 6 of 15

When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected
for the Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

A. Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.

B. At the Sprint Planning Event.

C. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.

D. During the Daily Scrum.

Feedback
All members of the Scrum Team share in the accountability for creating value every
Sprint.

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Question 7 of 15

Is the Product Owner required to be present at the Sprint Retrospective?

(choose the best answer)

A. They are optional. Attendance is only required when the Product Owner gets
invited by the Scrum Master.

B. Their attendance is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for

the Scrum Team to assess and improve itself.

C. They are not allowed. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the
Developers to improve.

Feedback
The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and
create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.

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Question 8 of 15

In order to make investment decisions, the Product Owner is likely to look at the Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) of the product being built. What costs will a Product Owner take into
account?

(choose the best answer)

A. The accumulated cost over the earned value of the product.

B. All investments required to conceive, develop, operate and maintain the

product.

C. The money spent on development and delivery of the product.

Feedback
The Product Owner is not only accountable for development and release of a product,
but also the cost of maintaining and operating the product over its lifetime.

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Question 9 of 15

Adaptation requires regular inspection. In what ways does the Product Owner contribute to the
results achieved by inspection ?

(choose the best two answers)

A. The Product Owner inspects the Sprint burn-down at the Daily Scrum
for progress towards a complete Increment and re-planning the team's
work.

B. The Product Owner invites stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn

how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most
valuable thing to do next.

C. The Product Owner verifies the Sprint Backlog for completeness at the
end of Sprint Planning in order to allow the Sprint to start.

D. The Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog at the
Sprint Review, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment,
leads to an updated Product Backlog.

Feedback
Scrum users must frequently inspect Scrum artifacts and progress to detect undesirable
variances. The primary tool for the Product Owner to uphold transparency is the Product
Backlog. Product Backlog is a living artifact that is actively maintained and updated to
reflect reality. At the Sprint Review, attendees collaborate on the next things that could
be done to optimize value, which is processed into an updated Product Backlog.

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Question 10 of 15

Who creates the Definition of Done?

(choose the best answer)

A. The organization (or the Scrum Team if none is available from the
organization).

B. The Scrum Master as they are responsible for the Scrum Team's productivity.

C. The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common
denominator of all members' definitions.

D. The Product Owner as they are responsible for the product's success.

Feedback
If the Definition of Done for an Increment is part of the standards of the organization, all
Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. If it is not an organizational standard, the
Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.

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Question 11 of 15

Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?

(choose the best answer)

A. Project Manager 2.0.

B. Scope Protector.

C. Value Maximizer.

D. Requirements Collector.

E. Chief Business Analyst.

Feedback
The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product.

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Question 12 of 15

What are typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint?

(choose the best two answers)

A. Work with the Developers on Product Backlog refinement.

B. Attend every Daily Scrum to answer functional questions on the

discussed Sprint Backlog items.

C. Update the work plan for the Developers on a daily basis.

D. Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter

experts.

E. Create financial reporting upon the spent hours reported by the Scrum
Team.

Feedback
The Product Owner represents the needs of many stakeholders in the Product Backlog.
This typically requires active interaction in order to be able to represent stakeholders and
their needs. Product Backlog refinement is an ongoing process in which the Product
Owner and the Developers may collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items.

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Question 13 of 15

What phrases best describe the relationship of the Product Owner and the Developers?

(choose the best two answers)

A. They collaborate often so the Product Owner can make informed

decisions in balancing effort and value of Product Backlog items.

B. They collaborate often so the Developers build Increments keeping

end-user and stakeholder concerns in mind.

C. The Product Owner should be with the Developers full-time to grow a

deep understanding of the technology being used.

D. They should work apart as much as possible in order to keep the

concerns of business and technology separated.

E. They should share no more than the Sprint Planning and the Sprint
Review meeting.

Feedback
The Product owner clearly expresses Product Backlog items, ensuring the Developers
understand items in the Product Backlog to the level needed for developing them and
creating the value the Product Owner envisions. Scope may be re-negotiated if the effort
grows much higher than anticipated.

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Question 14 of 15

What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?

(choose the best answer)

A. Lowest development cost in order to maximize Return on Investment (ROI).

B. The availability of resources and skills for implementation.

C. Effort first, then value.

D. Development cohesion as indicated by the Developers.

E. Anything that informs them to achieve the product's goals and to optimize
the value delivered.

Feedback
The Product Owner is responsible for ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best
achieve the Product Goal, thereby optimizing the value of the work the Developers
perform. How this is done, and what value means, may vary widely across organizations.

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Question 15 of 15

What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product?

(choose the best two answers)

A. The order of the Product Backlog.

B. Setting value on individual Product Backlog items using Value Poker.

C. Devising a formula for a neutral calculation of value.

D. Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases.

Feedback
The Product Owner manages Product Backlog against the assumption that value will be
generated. Indications of value on Product Backlog are useful but are only a prediction
until validated against users and market.

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