Answering: “Which of the following statements is true about the Product Vision?”

The Product Vision evolves as the Scrum Team learns more about its customers and their needs. It is not something the whole team owns equally, and it does not exclude talk of strategy or technology.

Exam Question

Which of the following statements is true about the Product Vision?
(choose the best answer)
A. It evolves as the Scrum Team learns more about customers and their needs.
B. It is the shared responsibility of the Scrum Team to develop and evolve.
C. It must be completely free from discussions about strategy technology choices.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.

Correct Answer

A. It evolves as the Scrum Team learns more about customers and their needs.

Why This Is the Correct Answer

The Scrum Guide does not define a Product Vision, but Scrum.org’s Product Owner material treats it as the big-picture reason the product exists. Like everything in an empirical approach, it is a hypothesis. Each Sprint produces an Increment and feedback, and that evidence can confirm, sharpen or change the vision. The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing value, so they lead the vision and make the final calls, while the rest of the Scrum Team and stakeholders contribute insight. A vision that never changes in response to customer learning would turn into a fixed plan, which is the opposite of empiricism.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

B. It is the shared responsibility of the Scrum Team to develop and evolve. The team contributes, but the Product Owner is accountable for the product’s direction. Shared responsibility blurs that accountability.

C. It must be free from strategy and technology discussions. A vision often has to consider strategy and technology to be realistic. Banning those topics makes no sense.

D. All of the above. B and C are false, so this cannot be correct.

E. None of the above. A is true, so this option fails.

Exam Tip

In PSPO questions about vision, strategy or goals, expect the correct answer to say they evolve with evidence. Options that freeze them or remove the Product Owner’s accountability are traps.

Key Takeaways

• The Product Vision is refined as the team learns about customers.
• The Product Owner leads the vision; others contribute.
• Strategy and technology can be part of the vision conversation.