A Product Owner is managing a mature product with a stable user base. A new competitor has just launched a disruptive feature that is gaining market traction. The stakeholders are pressuring the Product Owner to pivot the product strategy immediately to copy the competitor. What is the most effective first action for the Product Owner to take?
During Sprint Planning, the Developers inform the Product Owner that they can't complete all the high-priority items that the Product Owner had hoped to include. The Product Owner is concerned about not meeting stakeholder expectations for the upcoming Sprint Review. What is the Product Owner's primary accountability in this situation?
True or False: The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for ordering the Product Backlog, but they must get approval from a stakeholder committee before making significant changes to the order.
A Product Owner is working with multiple Scrum Teams on a single large product. Which of the following are necessary to ensure transparency and the ability to deliver an integrated Increment? (Select TWO)
**Case Study: HealthFirst Mobile App** HealthFirst, a healthcare startup, is developing a mobile application to help users track their fitness and nutrition. The Product Owner, Sarah, has been with the company since its inception. The initial Product Goal is "To launch a minimum viable product (MVP) that allows users to log daily meals and exercise, providing basic calorie tracking." After three Sprints, the Scrum Team has delivered a functional Increment that meets the MVP criteria. During the Sprint Review, key stakeholders, including the CEO and lead investor, are impressed. The CEO immediately suggests the next big feature: integrating with wearable fitness devices. The lead investor, however, wants to focus on monetization by adding a premium subscription feature for personalized meal plans. Sarah is now faced with conflicting, high-priority requests from powerful stakeholders. The Developers have also noted significant technical debt accumulating in the logging feature, which they believe will slow down future development if not addressed soon. The Product Backlog is currently ordered with some small user-requested improvements at the top for the next Sprint. How should Sarah, as the Product Owner, best proceed to manage the Product Backlog for the upcoming Sprints?
A Product Owner is trying to explain the concept of 'value' to a new stakeholder. Which statement best defines how value is considered in Scrum?
The Scrum Team has been consistently failing to meet its Definition of Done for the past few Sprints. This is causing work to spill over and is reducing the transparency of the Increment. Who is ultimately accountable for addressing this issue?
A Product Owner is using a burn-up chart to track progress towards a release. What does the top line of a typical release burn-up chart represent?
What is the relationship between the Product Goal and the Product Backlog?
During a Sprint, the Developers realize that they have overestimated their capacity and cannot complete all the work in the Sprint Backlog. They believe the Sprint Goal is now at risk. What should they do first?