PSPO II
Mike, the Product Owner, is surprised about the accumulated technical debt that slows down
the product performance. The product is projected not to be able to serve a large number of
customers. Ron is shocked that it might need several Sprints to address the scalability issue.
What factors have led to this situation? - ANSA. The past Sprint Retrospectives had not
been utilized for inspection and adaptation.
B. The Developers have not been paying enough attention to technical quality.
C. The Scrum Master has not ensured the transparency of the Scrum Team.
D. The Product Owner and the Developers are not having conversations about technical
debt.
As a Product Owner, understanding the Developers's velocity will help you measure time to
market and innovation rate. How does technical debt relate to velocity? - ANSA. As the
Developers are working on new Product Backlog items, they can run into technical debt
resulting in an unexpected slow down in velocity
B. The Developers can artificially inflate velocity by allowing technical debt to be incurred
What are the three elements of a User Story? - ANSA. Conversation
C. Confirmation
D. Card
What are the accountabilities of a Tester on a Scrum Team? - ANSB. There is no specific
tester role
E. Everyone on the Scrum Team is accountable for the quality of the product.
You want to know the potential value that your product could, but does not yet, deliver.
Which of the following is the most helpful? - ANSB. Interviewing users who tried your product
but did not buy.
Your product is currently meeting your targets and goals. The board members in your
organization are convinced that there is still a large share of potential customers in your
product's market. The Sales Director advises you to reduce your product's price in order to
attract those customers but the Finance Director argues that this would have a negative
impact the product's profits. What sources of information can help you decide on your
product's pricing strategy? - ANSB. Market share.
C. Customer satisfaction.
D. Competitor's pricing.
F. Unmet customer needs
Which of the following measures might help you determine whether your product is
delivering value to your customers? - ANSHow often your customers use your product.
Which preferred Product Owner stance helps people to align around the product vision and
get people excited to join the case? - ANSThe Influencer
, Which two measures can help a Product Owner evaluate how much impact is being
delivered? - ANSHow frequently your deliveries are being used.
How satisfied the customers are
Your stakeholders are very demanding and each of them has at least one feature that they
say is essential for the next release. As the Product Owner, you have validated that the
feature requests are all valid requests and would likely add value to your product. What
should you do? - ANSRelease when you can satisfy at least a single outcome, even though
not all features are implemented.
A Product Owner at ABC company has various types of stakeholders that provide feedback
and ideas for the product. At times they have ideas that run counter to one another. At a
recent meeting, the Sales Manager insists that a new feature be added in order to reach
untapped new customers. The CFO contends that this new feature is not cost-effective and
suggests focusing on other features to improve the satisfaction of existing customers. The
PO sees merit in both stakeholder perspectives. How should the PO proceed? -
ANSImplement a small part of the Sales Manager's proposal in order to gather more
information to better understand its potential.
Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master - ANSYes, and each
Scrum Team's performance may be affected by how much they participate during the Sprint
as a Scrum Master or Product Owner.
An Increment is released when - ANSThe Product Owner decides to release
Which of the following measures would help you understand the potential market for your
product? - ANSQuarterly revenue trends.
C. Net Promoter Score (NPS).
D. Usage Index.
E. Market Share trends.
The Evidence-Based Management (EBM) consists of four Key Value Areas (KVAs). One of
which is Ability to Innovate (A2I). The goal of looking at the A2I is to maximize the
organization's ability to deliver new capabilities and innovative solutions. Which action can
improve your A2I? - ANSA. Increasing the level of your team's cross-functionality skills.
C. Co-locating the team members.
D. Setting days where there are no meetings outside of the Scrum events in order to
increase focus.
Your department has several teams working on different products at the same time. Which of
the following would be the best approach if managers want to understand the status of each
team? - ANSAsk the teams to collaborate and develop a common way to share their goals
and achievements toward their goals for each planning period.
True or False: Achieving organizational goals is the accountability of the managers. -
ANSFalse
Mike, the Product Owner, is surprised about the accumulated technical debt that slows down
the product performance. The product is projected not to be able to serve a large number of
customers. Ron is shocked that it might need several Sprints to address the scalability issue.
What factors have led to this situation? - ANSA. The past Sprint Retrospectives had not
been utilized for inspection and adaptation.
B. The Developers have not been paying enough attention to technical quality.
C. The Scrum Master has not ensured the transparency of the Scrum Team.
D. The Product Owner and the Developers are not having conversations about technical
debt.
As a Product Owner, understanding the Developers's velocity will help you measure time to
market and innovation rate. How does technical debt relate to velocity? - ANSA. As the
Developers are working on new Product Backlog items, they can run into technical debt
resulting in an unexpected slow down in velocity
B. The Developers can artificially inflate velocity by allowing technical debt to be incurred
What are the three elements of a User Story? - ANSA. Conversation
C. Confirmation
D. Card
What are the accountabilities of a Tester on a Scrum Team? - ANSB. There is no specific
tester role
E. Everyone on the Scrum Team is accountable for the quality of the product.
You want to know the potential value that your product could, but does not yet, deliver.
Which of the following is the most helpful? - ANSB. Interviewing users who tried your product
but did not buy.
Your product is currently meeting your targets and goals. The board members in your
organization are convinced that there is still a large share of potential customers in your
product's market. The Sales Director advises you to reduce your product's price in order to
attract those customers but the Finance Director argues that this would have a negative
impact the product's profits. What sources of information can help you decide on your
product's pricing strategy? - ANSB. Market share.
C. Customer satisfaction.
D. Competitor's pricing.
F. Unmet customer needs
Which of the following measures might help you determine whether your product is
delivering value to your customers? - ANSHow often your customers use your product.
Which preferred Product Owner stance helps people to align around the product vision and
get people excited to join the case? - ANSThe Influencer
, Which two measures can help a Product Owner evaluate how much impact is being
delivered? - ANSHow frequently your deliveries are being used.
How satisfied the customers are
Your stakeholders are very demanding and each of them has at least one feature that they
say is essential for the next release. As the Product Owner, you have validated that the
feature requests are all valid requests and would likely add value to your product. What
should you do? - ANSRelease when you can satisfy at least a single outcome, even though
not all features are implemented.
A Product Owner at ABC company has various types of stakeholders that provide feedback
and ideas for the product. At times they have ideas that run counter to one another. At a
recent meeting, the Sales Manager insists that a new feature be added in order to reach
untapped new customers. The CFO contends that this new feature is not cost-effective and
suggests focusing on other features to improve the satisfaction of existing customers. The
PO sees merit in both stakeholder perspectives. How should the PO proceed? -
ANSImplement a small part of the Sales Manager's proposal in order to gather more
information to better understand its potential.
Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master - ANSYes, and each
Scrum Team's performance may be affected by how much they participate during the Sprint
as a Scrum Master or Product Owner.
An Increment is released when - ANSThe Product Owner decides to release
Which of the following measures would help you understand the potential market for your
product? - ANSQuarterly revenue trends.
C. Net Promoter Score (NPS).
D. Usage Index.
E. Market Share trends.
The Evidence-Based Management (EBM) consists of four Key Value Areas (KVAs). One of
which is Ability to Innovate (A2I). The goal of looking at the A2I is to maximize the
organization's ability to deliver new capabilities and innovative solutions. Which action can
improve your A2I? - ANSA. Increasing the level of your team's cross-functionality skills.
C. Co-locating the team members.
D. Setting days where there are no meetings outside of the Scrum events in order to
increase focus.
Your department has several teams working on different products at the same time. Which of
the following would be the best approach if managers want to understand the status of each
team? - ANSAsk the teams to collaborate and develop a common way to share their goals
and achievements toward their goals for each planning period.
True or False: Achieving organizational goals is the accountability of the managers. -
ANSFalse
