Professional Scrum Master Scrum Team Accountabilities 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: How does Scrum define the size of a Scrum Team?
- 5 to 9 members including the Scrum Master and Product Owner
- Typically 10 or fewer people to maintain effective communication (Correct answer)
- Exactly 7 members plus or minus 2 for optimal productivity
- As large as needed to complete the Product Backlog within the project deadline
Correct answer: Typically 10 or fewer people to maintain effective communication
The Scrum Guide recommends Scrum Teams of 10 or fewer people to maintain effective communication and manageable coordination.
Question 2: A Developer consistently bypasses the Definition of Done to meet Sprint deadlines. Who is responsible for addressing this?
- The Scrum Master should enforce the Definition of Done as a rule
- The entire Scrum Team, as they own and must adhere to the Definition of Done (Correct answer)
- The Product Owner, who should update the Definition of Done to be more realistic
- Management, who sets quality standards for the organization
Correct answer: The entire Scrum Team, as they own and must adhere to the Definition of Done
The Scrum Team creates and owns the Definition of Done; all members are accountable for adhering to it.
Question 3: What is the Product Owner's relationship to the Product Goal?
- The Product Owner creates the Product Goal and holds it in the Product Backlog (Correct answer)
- The Product Owner and Scrum Master jointly define the Product Goal each Sprint
- Stakeholders define the Product Goal; the Product Owner communicates it
- The Product Goal is defined during Sprint Planning by the entire Scrum Team
Correct answer: The Product Owner creates the Product Goal and holds it in the Product Backlog
The Product Owner is accountable for developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal, which is the long-term objective for the Scrum Team.
Question 4: A Scrum Team operates within a large organization that mandates specific engineering practices. How should the Definition of Done be established?
- The Scrum Team ignores organizational standards to maintain autonomy
- The Scrum Team's Definition of Done must comply with organizational standards as a minimum (Correct answer)
- The Product Owner negotiates exceptions to organizational standards with management
- The Scrum Master approves which organizational standards apply to the team
Correct answer: The Scrum Team's Definition of Done must comply with organizational standards as a minimum
If organizational standards for Done exist, the Scrum Team's Definition of Done must include them as a minimum baseline.
Question 5: During Sprint Planning, who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal?
- The Product Owner defines the Sprint Goal before Sprint Planning begins
- The entire Scrum Team collaboratively creates the Sprint Goal during Sprint Planning (Correct answer)
- Developers propose the Sprint Goal based on their capacity assessment
- The Scrum Master facilitates and finalizes the Sprint Goal
Correct answer: The entire Scrum Team collaboratively creates the Sprint Goal during Sprint Planning
The Sprint Goal is a collaborative creation of the entire Scrum Team during Sprint Planning, though the Product Owner may propose what value to deliver.
Question 6: What distinguishes the Scrum Master's service to the organization from their service to the Scrum Team?
- The Scrum Master manages organizational projects while coaching the Scrum Team internally
- The Scrum Master helps the organization understand Scrum adoption while helping the team be effective (Correct answer)
- The Scrum Master represents the organization's interests to the team and vice versa
- There is no distinction — the Scrum Master only serves the Scrum Team
Correct answer: The Scrum Master helps the organization understand Scrum adoption while helping the team be effective
The Scrum Master serves the organization by leading, training, and coaching Scrum adoption, and serves the team by removing impediments and fostering effectiveness.
Question 7: A Scrum Team has been delivering Increments, but the Product Owner is unsatisfied with the overall direction. What Scrum artifact addresses long-term direction?
- The Sprint Goal, refined each Sprint to adjust direction
- The Product Goal, which describes the team's future state objective (Correct answer)
- The Release Roadmap, maintained by the Product Owner outside of Scrum
- The Definition of Done, which ensures quality alignment
Correct answer: The Product Goal, which describes the team's future state objective
The Product Goal is the long-term objective for the Scrum Team and provides the strategic direction that each Sprint should contribute toward.
Professional Scrum Master Scrum Team Accountabilities 4
How does Scrum define the size of a Scrum Team?