AAC AAC Product Vision & Backlog Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When prioritizing the product backlog, the MoSCoW method categorizes items as:
- Mandatory, optional, secondary, cancelled, waiting
- Must have, Should have, Could have, Won't have (Correct answer)
- Maximum, Standard, Core, Wishlist
- Mandatory, Scheduled, Conditional, Withheld
Correct answer: Must have, Should have, Could have, Won't have
MoSCoW stands for Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have — a widely used prioritization framework in agile analysis.
Question 2: What is a 'Definition of Ready' (DoR) in the context of backlog management?
- The criteria a backlog item must meet before the team can work on it in a sprint (Correct answer)
- The criteria a completed sprint increment must meet before release
- A checklist for onboarding new team members
- The requirements for closing a project backlog
Correct answer: The criteria a backlog item must meet before the team can work on it in a sprint
The Definition of Ready defines the minimum conditions a backlog item must satisfy (e.g., clear acceptance criteria, estimated) before the team accepts it into a sprint.
Question 3: In agile analysis, value stream mapping is used to:
- Create user interface mockups
- Visualize and analyze the flow of work to identify waste and bottlenecks (Correct answer)
- Map individual team member productivity
- Define database schema relationships
Correct answer: Visualize and analyze the flow of work to identify waste and bottlenecks
Value stream mapping visualizes the end-to-end flow of work from request to delivery, helping teams identify waste, delays, and improvement opportunities.
Question 4: Which backlog prioritization approach ranks items based on business value divided by effort (cost)?
- MoSCoW
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) (Correct answer)
- Kano model
- Impact mapping
Correct answer: Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) prioritizes backlog items by calculating the ratio of Cost of Delay to job duration, favoring high-value, low-effort work.
Question 5: What is the purpose of a 'product goal' as defined in the Scrum framework?
- To set the sprint's immediate objective
- To describe the future state of the product that guides backlog decisions (Correct answer)
- To define the team's capacity for the release
- To establish the sprint review agenda
Correct answer: To describe the future state of the product that guides backlog decisions
The product goal is a long-term objective for the Scrum team that provides context and direction for the product backlog, guiding what is added and prioritized.
Question 6: When an agile analyst creates an impact map, the four levels of the map are:
- Goal, Actor, Impact, Deliverable
- Vision, Epic, Story, Task
- Objective, Feature, Requirement, Test
- Why, Who, How, What (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Why, Who, How, What
An impact map is structured as Why (goal) → Who (actors) → How (impacts) → What (deliverables), linking business goals directly to product features.
AAC AAC Product Vision & Backlog Management 2
When prioritizing the product backlog, the MoSCoW method categorizes items as: