Answering: “You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two conditions you should strive for in this scenario.” (PSM I)

Six Scrum Teams building one product should share one Product Backlog and one Product Owner. Splitting either one per team fragments priorities and blurs accountability for value.

Exam Question

You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two conditions you should strive for in this scenario. (choose the best two answers)

• A. The product has one Product Backlog.
• B. There should be six Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.
• C. Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog.
• D. There should be only one Product Owner.
• E. There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a chief Product Owner.

Correct Answer

A and D.

Why This Is the Correct Answer

The Scrum Guide says that if multiple Scrum Teams work on the same product, they should share the same Product Goal, Product Backlog and Product Owner. A single Product Backlog gives all six teams one ordered view of what matters most, which makes dependencies and trade-offs visible. A single Product Owner keeps value decisions in one place. The Guide stresses that “The Product Owner is one person, not a committee.” Six Product Owners or a chief-plus-deputies structure would turn that accountability into a committee, even if each person had good intentions.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

B. Six Product Owners, one per team. A product has one Product Owner. Several Product Owners for one product split accountability for value.

C. A separate Product Backlog for each team. One product has one Product Backlog. Separate backlogs hide dependencies and create competing priorities.

E. Six Product Owners reporting to a chief Product Owner. This is a hierarchy of Product Owners, which Scrum does not define. It still splits one accountability among many people.

Exam Tip

In multi-team questions, count products, not teams. One product means one Product Backlog and one Product Owner, however many teams there are.

Key Takeaways

• One product, one Product Backlog.
• One product, one Product Owner.
• Several teams on a product also share the Product Goal.