Question 25 - How will an organization know the outcomes of a product that is currently in development? (choose the best answer)

  • By an increase of velocity trends from Sprint to Sprint.

  • By the pattern of Increment approvals by the Product Owner and stakeholders at the Sprint Review.

  • By comparing the estimated time for development versus the actual time spent.

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

Overall explanation

  • As a Product Owner, releasing new features and/or functionalities every Sprint, maximizes value for your customers and users.
  • You have to release a Product to customers/users, in order to find out if you have delivered value for them and to learn what they find valuable.

Question 36 - An organization that is new to Scrum wants to know how the interactions should be between the Product Owner and the Development Team. Which two statements best describes the relationship? (choose the two best answers)

  • The Development Team helps the Product Owner acquire a deep understanding of the technology being used.

  • They only interact at the start and end of the Sprints so that the Development Team is not distracted while they are doing the work.

  • They collaborate frequently in order for the Development Team to deliver Increments that address user and stakeholder needs.

  • The Product Owner manages the work being done in order to maximize Development Team utilization and project performance.

  • They collaborate frequently in order for the Product Owner to make sound decisions in managing the Product Backlog.

Overall explanation

  • The Product Owner is a servant/leader to the Development Team to help them build on the right thing (ie the envisioned Increment).
  • The Development Team is a servant/leader to the Product Owner to help him/her make sound decisions on what the right thing is (ie Product Backlog item) and when it should be done (ie ordering of the Product Backlog).

Question 37 - Your organization is new to Scrum. Management would like to understand what measures are helpful in determining if value is being delivered. As a Product Owner, which two metrics would be appropriate? (choose the best two answers)

  • Productivity.

  • Scope.

  • Time-to-Market.

  • Customer satisfaction.

  • Velocity.

Overall explanation

  • Time-to-Market is a Key Value Area (KVA) of the Evidence Based Management (EBM) approach that expresses the organization’s ability to quickly deliver new capabilities, services, or products.
  • Customer satisfaction is a Key Value Measure (KVM) under the Current Value KVA that helps gauge customer engagement and happiness with the product.