SCRUM The Product Owner Role 2

Question 1

Who is ultimately accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team?

Accepted Answer

The Product Owner

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Estimating each item's effort personally

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

The request is directed to the Product Owner, who decides on backlog priority

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

No, the Product Owner is one person though they may represent many stakeholders

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Respect their decisions

Answer

The Scrum Guide says the whole organization must respect the Product Owner's decisions for them to succeed.

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