SCRUM The Product Owner Role 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Who is ultimately accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team?
- The Product Owner (Correct answer)
- The Scrum Master
- The Developers
- The stakeholders
Correct answer: The Product Owner
The Scrum Guide states the Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the product's value.
Question 2: The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Which activity is NOT part of that responsibility?
- Ordering Product Backlog items
- Developing and communicating the Product Goal
- Estimating each item's effort personally (Correct answer)
- Ensuring the backlog is transparent and understood
Correct answer: Estimating each item's effort personally
The Developers are responsible for sizing/estimating work, not the Product Owner.
Question 3: A stakeholder bypasses the Product Owner and asks a Developer to add a feature mid-Sprint. What should happen?
- The Developer adds it immediately to keep the stakeholder happy
- The request is directed to the Product Owner, who decides on backlog priority (Correct answer)
- The Scrum Master rejects the request outright
- The team votes on whether to include it
Correct 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.
Question 4: Can the Product Owner be a committee rather than one person?
- Yes, a committee shares the accountability
- No, the Product Owner is one person though they may represent many stakeholders (Correct answer)
- Yes, as long as they agree on priorities
- Only in large enterprises
Correct 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.
Question 5: For the Product Owner to succeed, the entire organization must:
- Override their decisions when revenue is at risk
- Respect their decisions (Correct answer)
- Require sign-off from senior management for each item
- Let Developers reorder the backlog freely
Correct answer: Respect their decisions
The Scrum Guide says the whole organization must respect the Product Owner's decisions for them to succeed.
Question 6: The Product Goal is described in the Scrum Guide as:
- A short-term Sprint objective
- The long-term objective for the Scrum Team in the Product Backlog (Correct answer)
- A list of all release dates
- The Definition of Done
Correct 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.
Question 7: May the Product Owner delegate Product Backlog management work to others?
- Yes, but they remain accountable (Correct answer)
- No, they must do all of it personally
- Only to the Scrum Master
- Only with stakeholder approval
Correct answer: Yes, but they remain accountable
The Product Owner may delegate the work but remains accountable for it.
SCRUM The Product Owner Role 2
Who is ultimately accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team?