SCRUM Managing the Product Backlog 3

Question 1

A stakeholder demands a feature be built first, but the Product Owner disagrees. Who decides the ordering?

Accepted Answer

The Product Owner

Answer

For the Product Owner to succeed, the whole organization must respect their decisions on backlog ordering.

Question 2

How should items be ordered in the Product Backlog?

Accepted Answer

In a way that best achieves goals and maximizes value

Answer

Ordering reflects value, risk, dependencies, and the path to the Product Goal.

Question 3

What does it mean for a Product Backlog item to be 'ready'?

Accepted Answer

It is refined enough to be selected in Sprint Planning

Answer

Items deemed ready can reasonably be 'Done' within one Sprint by the Developers.

Question 4

Who does the work of Product Backlog refinement?

Accepted Answer

The Scrum Team, with the Product Owner and Developers collaborating

Answer

The Developers who will do the work are responsible for the sizing, with the Product Owner influencing trade-offs.

Question 5

Estimates for Product Backlog items are provided by whom?

Accepted Answer

The Developers

Answer

The people who will perform the work, the Developers, are responsible for sizing.

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