Product Backlog Management Flashcards
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A Product Owner discovers that two backlog items have overlapping scope. What is the BEST course of action?
Answer: Merge them into one item and re-estimate
Overlapping items should be merged to eliminate duplication and re-estimated to reflect the consolidated scope.
Which metric best helps a Product Owner determine whether to split a large backlog item?
Answer: Whether the item can be completed within a single sprint
Items that cannot fit within a single sprint are typically too large and should be split into smaller deliverable pieces.
During backlog refinement, the team realizes an item lacks enough detail to estimate. What should happen?
Answer: Discuss and add acceptance criteria before estimating
Adding acceptance criteria provides the shared understanding needed for accurate estimation before the item advances.
A stakeholder insists a new feature be placed at the top of the backlog despite the Product Owner's objections. Who has final authority?
Answer: The Product Owner, as the backlog is their responsibility
The Product Owner holds sole authority over backlog ordering; stakeholders can provide input but cannot override that decision.
What does 'backlog grooming' (refinement) primarily achieve?
Answer: Keeping upcoming items well-understood, estimated, and appropriately sized
Refinement ensures the top of the backlog is ready for sprint planning by clarifying, sizing, and splitting items as needed.
An agile team uses relative sizing with story points. A new backlog item is estimated at 40 points while the team's sprint velocity is 30. This item is BEST described as:
Answer: An epic that needs to be broken down
Items larger than team velocity are epics and must be decomposed into smaller stories that fit within a sprint.
Which statement about Product Backlog ordering is most accurate?
Answer: The Product Owner may use any criteria that maximizes value delivery
The Product Owner can use value, risk, dependencies, or any combination of factors—there is no mandated ordering method.