The Product Owner Role Flashcards
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Who is ultimately accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team?
Answer: The Product Owner
The Scrum Guide states the Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the product's value.
The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Which activity is NOT part of that responsibility?
Answer: Estimating each item's effort personally
The Developers are responsible for sizing/estimating work, not the Product Owner.
A stakeholder bypasses the Product Owner and asks a Developer to add a feature mid-Sprint. What should happen?
Answer: The request is directed to the Product Owner, who decides on backlog priority
Only the Product Owner decides what enters the Product Backlog and its order.
Can the Product Owner be a committee rather than one person?
Answer: No, the Product Owner is one person though they may represent many stakeholders
The Product Owner is one person; a committee may express needs through them but accountability stays with the individual.
For the Product Owner to succeed, the entire organization must:
Answer: Respect their decisions
The Scrum Guide says the whole organization must respect the Product Owner's decisions for them to succeed.
The Product Goal is described in the Scrum Guide as:
Answer: The long-term objective for the Scrum Team in the Product Backlog
The Product Goal is the long-term target the Scrum Team plans against, residing in the Product Backlog.
May the Product Owner delegate Product Backlog management work to others?
Answer: Yes, but they remain accountable
The Product Owner may delegate the work but remains accountable for it.