Scrum Professional Scrum Product Owner III - PSPO-III Exam Questions
QUESTION NO: 1
When does the Sprint Retrospective typically happen?
(choose the best answer)
When does the Sprint Retrospective typically happen?
(choose the best answer)
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION NO: 2
True or False: Any planned work to be done by the Scrum Team for the product must come from the Product Backlog.
True or False: Any planned work to be done by the Scrum Team for the product must come from the Product Backlog.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 3
The size of the items in the Product Backlog are typically:
(choose the best answer)
The size of the items in the Product Backlog are typically:
(choose the best answer)
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 4
In the context of Scrum, which of the following are considered feedback loops?
(choose all that apply)
In the context of Scrum, which of the following are considered feedback loops?
(choose all that apply)
Correct Answer: B,C,D
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QUESTION NO: 5
You are a Product Owner for an organization that develops and builds products for clients. A potential client insists on having a fixed-date, fixed-scope, fixed-budget project. How would you respond?
What is one advantage and one disadvantage of running projects that have a fixed date, scope, and budget?
You are a Product Owner for an organization that develops and builds products for clients. A potential client insists on having a fixed-date, fixed-scope, fixed-budget project. How would you respond?
What is one advantage and one disadvantage of running projects that have a fixed date, scope, and budget?
Correct Answer:
Response for fixed-date, fixed-scope, and fixed-budget:
1. Learn and understand why the date, scope, and budget is fixed
2. Help the stakeholders understand that there are levels of uncertainty when working on complex adaptive problems. For example, the cone of uncertainty
3. When expectations are clear and everyone is on the same page, collaboratively come up with different options. For example, funding releases or Sprints in order to manage expectations One advantage of a fixed date, scope, and budget:
The date, scope, and budget constraints are known upfront
One disadvantage of a fixed date, scope, and budget:
Flexibility and agility is reduced and the risk of building something users don't want increases
For this answer, it is explored the differences between traditional and agile product development, observe that is important to describe advantages and disadvantages for the traditional format as it also can create value, and remember, there is no silver-bullet for a product development, neither traditional or agile, the main gain is that an agile approach support rapid adaptation and better team collaboration
1. Learn and understand why the date, scope, and budget is fixed
2. Help the stakeholders understand that there are levels of uncertainty when working on complex adaptive problems. For example, the cone of uncertainty
3. When expectations are clear and everyone is on the same page, collaboratively come up with different options. For example, funding releases or Sprints in order to manage expectations One advantage of a fixed date, scope, and budget:
The date, scope, and budget constraints are known upfront
One disadvantage of a fixed date, scope, and budget:
Flexibility and agility is reduced and the risk of building something users don't want increases
For this answer, it is explored the differences between traditional and agile product development, observe that is important to describe advantages and disadvantages for the traditional format as it also can create value, and remember, there is no silver-bullet for a product development, neither traditional or agile, the main gain is that an agile approach support rapid adaptation and better team collaboration
QUESTION NO: 6
What are different techniques that can be used to form a product vision that will create a shared understanding of success?
Describe these practices and their purpose.
What are different techniques that can be used to form a product vision that will create a shared understanding of success?
Describe these practices and their purpose.
Correct Answer:
A Business Model Canvas is a technique that helps to visualize business models. An organization's business model can be described with 9 basic building blocks.
Product Box is also an appropriate technique to create the vision, share it with the Scrum Team and stakeholders.
This technique involves a number of stakeholders from across the organization, including users.
- It helps prioritize functionalities and requirements, and reach a consensus on the most important benefits and features offered
- Because it is a customer-oriented technique, it gives the team the opportunity to learn what the users want from the product
For this answer, observe that techniques and examples that go beyond the Scrum guide is described in order to sustain the answer, in case you have experience with specific techniques, use them.
Product Box is also an appropriate technique to create the vision, share it with the Scrum Team and stakeholders.
This technique involves a number of stakeholders from across the organization, including users.
- It helps prioritize functionalities and requirements, and reach a consensus on the most important benefits and features offered
- Because it is a customer-oriented technique, it gives the team the opportunity to learn what the users want from the product
For this answer, observe that techniques and examples that go beyond the Scrum guide is described in order to sustain the answer, in case you have experience with specific techniques, use them.
QUESTION NO: 7
As a Product Owner, why would it be important to have agility?
In what ways can a Product Owner influence agility?
As a Product Owner, why would it be important to have agility?
In what ways can a Product Owner influence agility?
Correct Answer:
As the value maximizer, the Product Owner is responsible for harnessing the change needed to give customers and the business a competitive advantage. When working on complex problems in complex environments, it is essential that the Product Owner is able to effectively adapt the product to maximize the value that the product delivers at any point in time.
Three examples of how a Product Owner can influence agility:
1. Releasing frequently in order to reduce the feedback loop length and obtain feedback earlier
2. Managing user and stakeholder expectations by working closely with them and the Scrum Team and ensuring the Product Backlog is transparent and updated with the most up-to-date insights
3. Being able to make rapid decisions to optimize the flow of value. For example, a Product Owner should have an expert opinion on all items in the Product Backlog so that he/she can make decisions quickly
For this answer, please use your own experience and understanding for this answer as there is no single answer for the importance of agility, however, observe to use the Scrum guide vocabulary as value, complex product work, describe the roles and mechanism of Scrum being an agile framework to drive agility.
Three examples of how a Product Owner can influence agility:
1. Releasing frequently in order to reduce the feedback loop length and obtain feedback earlier
2. Managing user and stakeholder expectations by working closely with them and the Scrum Team and ensuring the Product Backlog is transparent and updated with the most up-to-date insights
3. Being able to make rapid decisions to optimize the flow of value. For example, a Product Owner should have an expert opinion on all items in the Product Backlog so that he/she can make decisions quickly
For this answer, please use your own experience and understanding for this answer as there is no single answer for the importance of agility, however, observe to use the Scrum guide vocabulary as value, complex product work, describe the roles and mechanism of Scrum being an agile framework to drive agility.
