FREE Certified Scrum Product Owner®(CSPO) Product Backlog Management Questions and Answers Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of ordering items in the Product Backlog?
Answer: To optimize the value delivered by the Scrum Team
Product Backlog ordering ensures the Scrum Team maximizes the value it delivers by working on the most valuable items first.
Who is accountable for ensuring the Product Backlog is transparent and understood by the Scrum Team?
Answer: The Product Owner
The Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog management, including ensuring transparency and shared understanding.
When should Product Backlog refinement occur?
Answer: As an ongoing activity throughout the Sprint
Product Backlog refinement is an ongoing activity where the Product Owner and Developers add detail, estimates, and order to items.
A stakeholder requests an urgent feature mid-Sprint. What should the Product Owner do with this request?
Answer: Add it to the Product Backlog and order it appropriately
The Product Owner adds new requests to the Product Backlog and determines their priority relative to other items.
Which technique helps a Product Owner manage a large Product Backlog with hundreds of items?
Answer: Keeping only the top 10 items detailed and leaving lower items loosely defined
Progressive refinement means higher-ordered items are more detailed while lower-ordered items remain coarser, keeping the backlog manageable.
What happens to Product Backlog items that are not selected during Sprint Planning?
Answer: They remain on the Product Backlog for future consideration
Unselected items remain on the Product Backlog and may be refined further or selected in a future Sprint.