The Scrum Team should have all the skills needed to: (choose the best answer)
Correct Answer:
C
The Scrum Team should have all the skills needed to turn Product Backlog items into a valuable, useful Increment, as this is the primary goal of each Sprint. The Scrum Guide states that "The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers. Within a Scrum Team, there are no sub-teams or hierarchies. It is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal."1 The Scrum Team should be cross-functional, which means that the Developers have all the skills necessary to create a product Increment.1 The Scrum Team should also be self-managing, which means that they decide how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the Scrum Team.1
References:
✑ 1: The Scrum Guide2, page 6
✑ 2: The Scrum Guide
Your management has asked you to take the lead in the development of a new product. Six teams new to Scrum will build this product.
You have gathered a number of requirements and ideas into an early form of a Product Backlog. How would you minimize dependencies between the Scrum Teams?
(choose the best answer)
Correct Answer:
D
The best way to minimize dependencies between the Scrum Teams is to work with the Developers on how to best analyze and break apart the work. This is because:
✑ The Developers are accountable for creating a “Done” Increment in every Sprint.
They must ensure that every Product Backlog item they work on meets the Definition of Done before it is considered complete.
✑ The Developers are self-managing professionals who organize and manage their own work. They decide how to best accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the Scrum Team.
✑ The Developers are cross-functional, meaning they have all the skills and
competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others who are not part of the team.
✑ The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team. They are responsible for identifying and articulating the Product Goal, which is a long-term objective for the product that guides all the activities of the Scrum Team.
✑ The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog, which is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. They must ensure that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible, and understood by everyone who needs to work on it.
✑ The Product Owner and the Developers must collaborate closely throughout the Sprint to ensure that they have a shared understanding of what they are building and why. The Product Owner must provide clarifications, feedback, and guidance to the Developers as needed to help them create a valuable Increment.
✑ When there are multiple teams working on one product, it is important to minimize dependencies between them to avoid delays, conflicts, or waste. Dependencies may arise due to technical, functional, or organizational factors that affect how the teams can deliver value independently and effectively.
✑ To minimize dependencies, the Product Owner should work with the Developers on how to best analyze and break apart the work into smaller and more manageable pieces that can be delivered by each team without relying on others. This may involve applying techniques such as feature slicing, component splitting, or domain-driven design. The Product Owner should also communicate and coordinate with other Product Owners and stakeholders to align expectations and priorities across teams.
Other options, such as creating an independent Product Backlog per Scrum Team, dividing Product Backlog items among six Product Owners, identifying the dependencies and re- ordering the Product Backlog for the other five Product Owners, or raising this as an impediment with the Scrum Master, are not valid answers as they do not reflect how to minimize dependencies between the Scrum Teams or how to apply the Scrum values and principles.
References:
✑ [Scrum Guide], page 7, section “Developers”
✑ [Scrum Guide], page 6, section “Product Owner”
✑ [Scrum Guide], page 10, section “Definition of Done”
✑ [Scrum Guide], page 10, section “Increment”
✑ [Scrum Guide], page 10, section “Product Goal”
✑ [Scrum Guide], page 11, section “Product Backlog”
✑ [Professional Scrum Product Owner™ Training], page 9, section “Business Strategy”
✑ [Professional Scrum Product Owner™ Training], page 8, section “Release Management”
Who must attend the Daily Scrum? (choose the best answer)
Correct Answer:
C
Which of the following are true about the Product Owner? (choose the best two answers)
Correct Answer:
AD
✑ The Product Owner is one person, not a committee or a team of people. The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team. The Product Owner is responsible for managing and refining the Product Backlog, collaborating with the stakeholders and the Developers, and ordering the items in a way that best achieves goals and missions. The Product Owner represents the interests of everyone with a stake in the product and ensures that the Scrum Team works on the right things at the right time.
✑ Having multiple Product Owners for one product would create conflicts, overlaps, gaps, and inefficiencies. It would also make it harder to maintain a clear and consistent product vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog. Therefore, the Scrum Team can not have multiple Product Owners.
✑ The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog. The Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product. It is the single source of truth for the Scrum Team and the stakeholders. It contains all the requirements, features, functions, enhancements, fixes, and anything else that can deliver value to the customers and users of the product. The Product Owner orders the items in the Product Backlog based on factors such as value, risk, priority, dependency, feedback, or market conditions.
References:
✑ Scrum Guide: https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html
✑ Product Owner: https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-a-product-owner
✑ Product Backlog: https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-a-product-backlog
The Daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would be three key concerns if the
frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days? (choose the best three answers)
Correct Answer:
AEF
The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers to inspect their progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary1. It is a key opportunity for the Developers to plan their work for the next 24 hours and collaborate on any challenges or impediments2. If the frequency of the Daily Scrum were to be lowered to every two or three days, three key concerns would be:
The Sprint Backlog may become inaccurate. The Sprint Backlog is the plan for how the Developers will achieve the Sprint Goal, and it is updated throughout the Sprint as more is learned[3][3]. The Daily Scrum is a chance for the Developers to inspect the Sprint Backlog and make adjustments based on the current situation4. If the Daily Scrum is less frequent, the Sprint Backlog may not reflect the reality of the work, and the Developers may lose track of their progress and alignment with the Sprint Goal.
Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost. Scrum is based on empiricism, which means that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is observed5. The Daily Scrum is an essential event for the Developers to apply empiricism to their work, by inspecting the Sprint Backlog and adapting it to optimize the value and quality of the Increment. If the Daily Scrum is less frequent, the Developers may miss opportunities to inspect and adapt their work, and may not be able to deliver a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint.
Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly. An impediment is anything that prevents the Scrum Team from delivering a product Increment. The Daily Scrum is a forum for the Developers to identify and communicate any impediments that affect their work, and to seek help from the Scrum Master or other team members. If the Daily Scrum is less frequent, the impediments may not be raised and resolved in a timely manner, and may cause delays or quality issues in the product delivery.
References:
1: The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 10
2: The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 11
[3][3]: The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 10
4: Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework, Scrum.org, accessed on December 16, 2023
5: The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 4 The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 11 The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 14
Developing People and Teams, Scrum.org, accessed on December 16, 2023
