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A Scrum Team has been working together for nine Sprints. A new Product Owner comes in, unsure about his responsibilities. As the Scrum Master you have observed how the functional and business insights of the Developers have grown over the past Sprints. The Product Owner however is relatively new to the company and to the product. What are two activities you would direct the new Product Owner towards focusing on?
(choose the best two answers)

• A.You inform the Product Owner that, in today's highly competitive markets, it is important that the Developers are updated on changing business priorities on a daily basis. It is why Scrum has this daily meeting. At this Daily Scrum the Developers can adapt to the changes in scope without delay.
• B.You advise the Product Owner to start building a good relationship with the stakeholders of the product. On-going interaction with them is important to regularly align with changing organizational or market expectations. The Product Owner is also expected to invite the appropriate stakeholders to the Sprint Review.
• C.You advise the Product Owner to rely on others in the Scrum Team and the stakeholders to formulate the Product Backlog, as they are the ones that are up to speed. By questioning them and working with them the Product Owner will quickly become more productive.
• D.You tell the Product Owner to make sure that there are no ambiguities or possible misunderstandings in the items on the Product Backlog when they are handed over to the Scrum Team. This is best done by capturing the functional requirements during an analysis phase, resulting in documents that are considered as the working product of such analysis Sprints.

Which two of these situations best demonstrate that a Scrum Team is self-managing?
(choose the best two answers)

• A.The Developers create their own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the Definition of Done.
• B.The Developers are strictly working within the boundaries of their function description, and are handing off work in a timely fashion to the other members within the team.
• C.The Scrum Team invites the right external people to the Sprint Planning to help them create a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog before the meeting timebox expires.
• D.Developers collaboratively select and re-plan their work during the Sprint.
• E.Management is invited to the Daily Scrum for a progress update and
  subsequently works with the Scrum Master to optimize the plan for the next day.

In the Sprint Review; one of the stakeholders highlights the money spent this year; and that due to market changes, the funding may run out An argument follows this statement, with raised voices and strong emotional statements. As a Scrum Master, what are your two best options?
(choose the best two answers)

• A.Defend the budget, asking the stakeholders to support the funding of the work.
• B.Ask for a short break for people to calm down and be objective
• C.Argue that the Scrum Team needs to be kept busy while the funding is confirmed
• D.It is the Product Owner's meeting, so do nothing.
• E.Encourage the stakeholders to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.

The Developers are waiting for an external supplier to deliver a specific product component that they need to integrate and use. Without that component there will not be enough work in the next Sprint to occupy the full team. They ask their Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog. The Product Owner asks the Scrum Master for help. What would be good advice for the Product Owner?
(choose the best answer)

• A.Tell the Product Owner that his primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog. Timeline of the flow might be influenced by such dependencies and require some level of Product Backlog re-ordering
• B.Tell the Product Owner to remove all work involving the external component from the Product Backlog and create a new backlog for it. The work can then be planned in one or more separate Sprints as soon as the component is available.
• C.Tell the Product Owner that the Product Backlog needs to be re-ordered to maximize utilization of the Developers. It is important to keep productivity high through proper use of the capacity available

You are the Scrum Master for three Scrum Teams working on the same product. There is a single Product Backlog that all three Scrum Teams select from. Management is eager to improve the productivity of the teams and wants to standardize velocity across all three teams so that they can see how each team is delivering value. When responding to management, which two statements are appropriate?
(choose the best two answers)

• A.Incentivizing teams based on velocity can boost the Scrum Team's motivation to create more value.
• B.Velocity has no direct relationship with value.
• C.Velocity is the amount of business functionality that a Scrum Team creates in a Sprint. It is unique to that team and used as an input to Sprint Planning.
• D.Standardizing velocity across teams can help with understanding which teams are creating more value.