SCRUM Sprint Planning and Goals 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What characteristic should a good Sprint Goal have?
- It lists every task in detail
- It provides a single coherent objective and flexibility on scope (Correct answer)
- It is set by management before the Sprint
- It cannot change once defined
Correct answer: It provides a single coherent objective and flexibility on scope
A Sprint Goal gives the team a coherent objective while allowing flexibility in the exact work to achieve it.
Question 2: Can the scope of a Sprint be clarified and renegotiated during the Sprint?
- No, scope is locked at planning
- Yes, between the Product Owner and Developers as more is learned (Correct answer)
- Only by the Scrum Master
- Only at the Sprint Review
Correct answer: Yes, between the Product Owner and Developers as more is learned
Scope may be clarified and renegotiated with the Product Owner as more is learned, without endangering the Sprint Goal.
Question 3: Once committed, when can the Sprint Goal itself be changed?
- Anytime by the Scrum Master
- It remains fixed; only its scope is renegotiated, and it changes via cancellation if obsolete (Correct answer)
- Daily at the Daily Scrum
- It changes whenever velocity drops
Correct answer: It remains fixed; only its scope is renegotiated, and it changes via cancellation if obsolete
The Sprint Goal stays the commitment for the Sprint; if it becomes obsolete the Product Owner may cancel the Sprint.
Question 4: How detailed must the Sprint Backlog be by the end of Sprint Planning?
- Every task estimated to the hour
- Enough that the Developers can inspect progress at the Daily Scrum (Correct answer)
- Fully complete with no changes allowed
- Only the Sprint Goal is needed
Correct answer: Enough that the Developers can inspect progress at the Daily Scrum
The plan should be detailed enough for the Developers to inspect their progress during the Daily Scrum.
Question 5: Who may attend Sprint Planning besides the Scrum Team?
- No one is ever allowed
- Other people invited by the Scrum Team to provide advice (Correct answer)
- Only senior management
- All stakeholders must attend
Correct answer: Other people invited by the Scrum Team to provide advice
The Scrum Team may invite others to attend Sprint Planning to provide advice.
Question 6: What should the Developers do with selected items during the 'how' discussion?
- Assign all tasks to one person
- Decompose items into smaller work items as needed (Correct answer)
- Wait for the Product Owner to break them down
- Skip decomposition entirely
Correct answer: Decompose items into smaller work items as needed
Developers decompose selected Product Backlog items into smaller work items to create a plan.
Question 7: What is the relationship between the Sprint Goal and the Product Goal?
- They are identical
- The Sprint Goal is a step toward the Product Goal (Correct answer)
- The Product Goal replaces the Sprint Goal
- They are unrelated
Correct answer: The Sprint Goal is a step toward the Product Goal
Each Sprint moves the product closer to the larger Product Goal.
SCRUM Sprint Planning and Goals 3
What characteristic should a good Sprint Goal have?