Answering: “Product A is the main driver of both revenue and profit for your company; it has very happy customers (high Current Value) and low Unrealized Value. Product B is relatively new; it has low Current Value and high Unrealized Value. Both Product Owners of the two products are requesting significant additional funding to improve their products. What do you do?”

Product A is the main driver of both revenue and profit for your company; it has very happy customers (high Current Value) and low Unrealized Value. Product B is relatively new; it has low Current Value and high Unrealized Value. Both Product Owners of the two products are requesting significant additional funding to improve their products. What do you do?
(choose the best answer)
A. Invest funding in Product B because it has more future potential for the company.
B. Split funding proportionally based on product revenues.
C. Split funding equally between both products.
D. Invest funding in Product A because your company’s success depends on its continued success.

Answering: “Product A is the main driver of both revenue and profit for your company; it has very happy customers (high Current Value) and low Unrealized Value. Product B is relatively new; it has low Current Value and high Unrealized Value. Both Product Owners of the two products are requesting significant additional funding to improve their products. What do you do?” Read More »

Answering: “You are a manager responsible for a product being developed by a Scrum Team. A sales representative wants a particular feature in the product because she believes that it will help close a deal. The Product Owner understands the need but believes that there are more valuable things on the Product Backlog that will lead to more long-term business. The sales representative appeals to you to intervene. How do you respond?”

You are a manager responsible for a product being developed by a Scrum Team. A sales representative wants a particular feature in the product because she believes that it will help close a deal. The Product Owner understands the need but believes that there are more valuable things on the Product Backlog that will lead to more long-term business. The sales representative appeals to you to intervene. How do you respond?
(choose the best answer)
A. Ask the Product Owner to implement the feature anyway because it will close a deal.
B. Lobby the Developers who you think may support your position, in the hope of gaining more support for the idea.
C. Lobby other stakeholders to express support for adding the feature, to put more pressure on the Product Owner.
D. Support the Product Owner’s decision to focus on broader market needs in the long run, even though it may mean loss of short-term business.

Answering: “You are a manager responsible for a product being developed by a Scrum Team. A sales representative wants a particular feature in the product because she believes that it will help close a deal. The Product Owner understands the need but believes that there are more valuable things on the Product Backlog that will lead to more long-term business. The sales representative appeals to you to intervene. How do you respond?” Read More »

Answering: “Which of the following is NOT true of cross-functional teams?”

Which of the following is NOT true of cross-functional teams?
(choose the best answer)
A. Cross-functional teams encourage team members to step outside their comfort zone to get things done.
B. Cross-functional teams help team members develop deep technical specializations.
C. The team spends less time waiting on people outside the team to get things done.
D. Team members have a greater opportunity to deliver product Increment that delivers value to the users.
E. Team members have more opportunities to grow their skills by learning from others.

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Answering: “You manage a development organization. You are forming a team to develop a new product, and you need to hire a Product Owner. Based on the recruiters understanding of your needs the following description for the open position has been created:”

You manage a development organization. You are forming a team to develop a new product, and you need to hire a Product Owner. Based on the recruiters understanding of your needs the following description for the open position has been created:
As a Product Owner, you will manage a Scrum Team, and you will be accountable for:
Clearly expressing Product Backlog Items.
Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions.
Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team performs.
Ensuring the Developers understand items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.
Creating status reports for the management team.
Keeping stakeholders apprised of progress toward business goals.
What is wrong with this description?
(choose the best answer)
A. A Product Owner should not be creating status reports for the management team. Instead he should focus on making sure that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next.
B. A Product Owner should not be ‘managing’ a team; Product Owners guide the team by setting priorities and provide feedback.
C. Both A and B
D. Nothing is wrong with the description, it clearly expresses and encompasses all of the primary responsibilities of a Product Owner.

Answering: “You manage a development organization. You are forming a team to develop a new product, and you need to hire a Product Owner. Based on the recruiters understanding of your needs the following description for the open position has been created:” Read More »

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