Professional Scrum Master

Fundamental level of Scrum mastery

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It is mandatory for the Product Owner to monitor and share progress of the Product Backlog by using which method?

A Product or Release burn-down chart

A Value burn-up chart

A Gantt chart

Any practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work

A Sprint Review acceptance report

The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to complete the Product Backlog items?

The Product Owner. The Product Owner is required to commit on delivery to the users and the stakeholders.

The Development Team. As a collective, they have a complete view of the work needed to transform Product Backlog items into Increments of product.

The PMO. They have all the history on projects delivered, and this enables the IT department to make delivery commitments.

The value delivered by a product can only be determined by revenue.

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False

How does an organization know that a product built through Scrum is successful?

By releasing often and updating key performance indicators (KPIs) on value after every release and feeding this information back into work on the Product Backlog.

By measuring that velocity has increased since the last release.

By measuring the actual time spent on development versus the time estimated for development.

By the Product Owner and stakeholders accepting the Increment at the Sprint REview.

The process of regular inspection and adaptation employs knowledgable and skilled inspectors. What are two ways in which the Product Owner takes the lead in the inspection process?

(choose the best two answers)

The Product Owner invites stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most valuable thing to do next.

At the Daily Scrum the Product Owner inspects the Sprint burn-down for progress towards a complete Increment and re-planning the team's work.

At the end of Sprint Planning the Product Owner verifies the Sprint Backlog for completeness in order to allow the Sprint to start.

At the Sprint Review the Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment, leads to an updated Product Backlog.

What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?

Describing an Increment at the Sprint Planning and make sure that the Development Team delivers it by the end of the Sprint.

Writing the User Stories so they are understandable to stakeholders.

Clearly expressing a Product Backlog that maximizes value and represents the needs of the stakeholders

Refining the top level Product Backlog items until they are ready to be handed over to the Development Team.

A Product Owner is entitled to postpone the start of a new Sprint after the conclusion of a previous Sprint for the following reason:

The Product Owner has not identified a Sprint Goal.

The Quality Assurance department needs more time to make the previous Increment "Done".

There is no acceptable reason. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

Not enough Product Backlog items are "Ready".

The stakeholders are not happy with the value produced in the previous Sprint.

Learning turns into 'valitated learning' when assumptions and goals can be assessed through results. What is a key way for a Product Owner to apply validated learning?

Release an Increment to the market to learn about the business assumptions built into the product.

Accept an Increment at the Sprint review to learn about the forecast of functionality that was developed.

Set the Sprint Goal before selecting Product Backlog items at Sprint Planning to learn about a Development Team's productivity.

In order to make investment decisions, the Product Owner is likely to look at the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the product being built. What costs will a Product Owner take into account?

The money spent on development of the product, often a fixed cost per Sprint multiplied by the Sprints required.

The accumulated cost over the earned value of the product.

All investments require to conceive, develop, operate and maintain the product.

Must the Product Owner be present at the Sprint Retrospective?

It is not allowed. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Development Team to inspect itself.

It is optional. Attendance is only required when the Product Owner gets invited by the Scrum Master.

It is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess its performance and improve itself.

When can the Product Backlog be updated?

Never, unless agreed to by the change request

At any time when done by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner's discretion

Only after a Sprint Review if agreed to by the stakeholders

Only during Product Backlog refinement sessions if the Product Owner is present

What is a Product Backlog?

It is a detailed list of functionality from which the Development Team draws items, to be complemented by a separate Technology Backlog managed by the Development Team.

It is a living artifact of product requirements that exists and evolves as long as a product exists.

It is a formally approved list of requirements to be implemented over a set period.

It is a list of references to Use Case documents that are stored in a central repository. The references should be viewable and clickable by anybody to enhance transparency.

Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint?

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Create the complete Product Backlog to be developed in subsequent Sprints.

Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.

Deliver an increment of potentially releasable software.

Develop a plan for the rest of the release.

Determine the complete architecture and infrastructure for the product.

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.

A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.

A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management.

The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do?

Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.

Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

Add the item to the next Sprint.

Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.

When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard.

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