SCRUM Sprint Planning and Goals 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Who is accountable for ensuring the Sprint Planning event takes place and is productive?
- The Scrum Master (Correct answer)
- The Product Owner
- The Developers
- The stakeholders
Correct answer: The Scrum Master
The Scrum Master ensures Scrum events happen, are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
Question 2: What is the maximum timebox for Sprint Planning for a one-month Sprint?
- Four hours
- Eight hours (Correct answer)
- Two hours
- Twelve hours
Correct answer: Eight hours
Sprint Planning is timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint.
Question 3: Which three topics does Sprint Planning address?
- Why the Sprint is valuable, what can be done, and how the work will be done (Correct answer)
- Budget, scope, and schedule
- Roles, ceremonies, and artifacts
- Velocity, capacity, and burndown
Correct answer: Why the Sprint is valuable, what can be done, and how the work will be done
Sprint Planning addresses why the Sprint is valuable (the Sprint Goal), what can be done, and how the chosen work will get done.
Question 4: Who crafts the Sprint Goal?
- The Product Owner alone
- The whole Scrum Team (Correct answer)
- The Scrum Master
- Management
Correct answer: The whole Scrum Team
The whole Scrum Team collaborates to craft the Sprint Goal during Sprint Planning.
Question 5: What is the primary input the Product Owner brings to Sprint Planning?
- A finalized release plan
- How the work increases product value and the most important Product Backlog items (Correct answer)
- The team's capacity calculations
- Detailed task breakdowns
Correct answer: How the work increases product value and the most important Product Backlog items
The Product Owner ensures attendees are prepared to discuss the most important Product Backlog items and how they map to the product goal.
Question 6: The Sprint Goal, the selected Product Backlog items, and the plan for delivering them together form which artifact?
- The Product Backlog
- The Increment
- The Sprint Backlog (Correct answer)
- The Definition of Done
Correct answer: The Sprint Backlog
These three elements together comprise the Sprint Backlog.
Question 7: Who decides how many Product Backlog items are selected for the Sprint?
- The Product Owner
- The Scrum Master
- The Developers (Correct answer)
- The stakeholders
Correct answer: The Developers
The Developers select how much work they can complete, based on past performance and capacity.
SCRUM Sprint Planning and Goals 2
Who is accountable for ensuring the Sprint Planning event takes place and is productive?