Answering: “A Scrum Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what done means.”

Done means the Increment meets the Definition of Done with no work left, so it is ready to be released to end users. It is not whatever the Developers or the Product Owner happen to decide that day.

Exam Question

A Scrum Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what done means.
(choose the best two answers)
A. Ready to be released to end users.
B. All work the Developers are willing to do.
C. Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.
D. Ready for integration.
E. No work left from the Definition of Done.

Correct Answer

A and E.

Why This Is the Correct Answer

The Scrum Guide says “the moment a Product Backlog item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born,” and that “in order to provide value, the Increment must be usable.” A done Increment is therefore complete against the agreed standard and in a state where the Product Owner could release it. Whether it actually gets released is a separate business decision.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

B. All work the Developers are willing to do. Done is a shared, transparent standard, not a matter of willingness.

C. Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality. The Definition of Done is created by the Scrum Team, or comes from organizational standards. The Product Owner does not set it alone.

D. Ready for integration. If integration is still to come, the work is not done. Integration is part of getting to done.

Exam Tip

On Scrum.org exams, “done” means releasable. Any answer that leaves integration, testing or hardening for later is wrong.

Key Takeaways

• Done means no work left from the Definition of Done.
• A done Increment is usable and releasable.
• Releasing it is the Product Owner’s decision.