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Product Backlog Management Skills – Free Practice Assessment

Product Backlog Management Skills – (Free) Practice Assessment

Product Backlog Management Skills – (Free) Practice Assessment

Product Backlog Management Skills – Free Practice Assessment
Product Backlog Management Skills – (Free) Practice Assessment

This quiz contains 30 multiple choice questions that are representative of Scrum.org’s PSPBMS I assessment. Please note, and this is important, these questions are not created, nor endorsed by Scrum.org and therefore please use these as a supporting tool to your preparation only.

The time limit for this practice assessment is 30 minutes and it must be completed in one sitting.

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Question 1 of 30

1. Question

You are a Scrum Master. For many months, the Scrum Team has been struggling during Sprint Planning. Developers are constantly arguing about how large Product Backlog items are. Which of the following might help them to create transparency over these Product Backlog items? (choose the best answer)

Using a Job Story format for items in the Product Backlog.
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Using Story-pointing as a technique to create transparency.
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Frequent Product Backlog Refinement.
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Coaching the Product Owner on how to use acceptance criteria.
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Question 2 of 30

2. Question

The Product Backlog is one of the three artefacts in the Scrum framework. Who is accountable for managing it? (choose the best answer)

The Product Owner.
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The Scrum Team collectively.
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The Developers.
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The Stakeholders.
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Question 3 of 30

3. Question

The Sprint Backlog exists to reflect the plan for how the Developers will create a useable increment. What is the purpose of the Product Backlog? (choose the best two answers).

To reflect the Product Owner's decision making.
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To support the tracking of budget spend.
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To demonstrate to the stakeholders all of the work that has been done.
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To assess progress towards the Sprint Goal.
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To act as a single source of requirements that the Scrum Team may work on.
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To justify a request for an increase of budget for the product's development.
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Question 4 of 30

4. Question

How should Product Backlog items be ordered by the Product Owner? (choose the best answer)

However the Product Owner chooses.
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However the Scrum Team want, after everyone has agreed on the technique.
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However the stakeholders think best reflects their needs.
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By a combination of value and effort.
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Smallest at the top and largest at the bottom.
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Question 5 of 30

5. Question

The Product Backlog is a living artefact that is frequently adapted and changed. How frequently should it be updated? (choose the best answer)

As often as the Scrum Master thinks is necessary.
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Any time the stakeholders request something new is added to it.
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Whenever the Product Owner decides to.
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Once per Sprint (at a minimum).
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Question 6 of 30

6. Question

One of the Product Owner’s goals is to keep customers happy so that they will continue to buy the product. Your Product Owner, Johnny, has recently received a request from a customer that he thinks is brilliant. The customer believes all other customers and stakeholders will love it too. How should Johnny manage this new addition? (choose the best answer)

Amend the current Product Goal to include this change.
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Add it into the current Sprint Backlog to quickly find out whether it is actually a good idea to invest further time into.
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Devise a small experiment to test this as a hypothesis during a future Sprint.
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Talk to one of the Developers and ask them nicely to implement it in their spare time so as to not impact the Sprint Goal.
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Question 7 of 30

7. Question

As a Product Owner, everyone at the organisation must respect your opinion. However, one senior stakeholder has come to you with a very strong idea about how the product should be changed to meet the customers needs. This stakeholder has minimal contact with the users of the product and you do not agree with their idea. How should you handle this stakeholder’s opinion? (choose the best answer)

Work with them to ensure their opinion is included in the Product Backlog.
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Listen politely, and when necessary, involve them in discussions to gather their opinion.
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Ignore them. They don't represent any form of stakeholder to your product.
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Ask them to run a workshop with the Developers on their idea to see what the Developers think.
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Question 8 of 30

8. Question

A particularly grumpy looking stakeholder demands to know why you have decided to order the Product Backlog in a specific way. They ask you this during a Sprint Review with other people present. How should you, as a Product Owner, handle this interruption? (choose the best answer)

Explain the order you have chosen and why they should respect your decision.
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Respond by focusing on the Product Goal and how it will positively impact them. Explain that in collaboration with the rest of the Scrum Team, you believe this is the most appropriate ordering.
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Whilst in the Sprint Review, work with all of the stakeholders present to ensure your Product Backlog reflects the order that they think represents their needs best.
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Invite them to the next Sprint Planning event so they can see how your Product Backlog is ordered in this way.
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Question 9 of 30

9. Question

You have just got a new job as a Product Owner on a large, mature product. The Product Backlog has almost 1,500 Product Backlog items on it. What steps would you take in this scenario? (choose the best answer)

Delete everything that hasn't been updated in over 6 months.
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Spend time with the Scrum Team removing unnecessary Product Backlog items so that there is an improved shared understanding.
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The size of the Product Backlog isn't a problem. Continue to focus on the highest value work and order those items nearer the top of the Product Backlog.
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Ask the Scrum Master to talk to the stakeholders to see what can be removed.
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Question 10 of 30

10. Question

Stakeholders and customers are an essential part of your product’s success. Which technique can you use to get a better understanding of your ‘types’ of consumer? (choose the best answer)

User Story slicing.
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Roadmapping.
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User Role Modelling.
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25/10.
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Kano Analysis.
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Question 11 of 30

11. Question

For several Sprints in a row the Scrum Team have struggled to craft a Sprint Goal due to the Developers having a poor understanding of the Product Backlog. The items contained within it are not particularly well refined and use an inconsistent technique to write them. As the Developers don’t understand the ‘why’, they often jump straight into technical solutions for the ‘what’. As a Product Owner, what can you do to help? (choose the best answer)

Write all Product Backlog items using the User Story technique.
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Break down all Product items into more granular pieces of work to make it easier for the Developers to understand them.
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Begin to use Product Backlog Refinement frequently so that transparency increases amongst the Scrum Team.
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Ask the Scrum Master to support the Developers by coaching them on how complexity requires acceptance that not everything is fully defined up front.
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Question 12 of 30

12. Question

How many Product Backlog items should there be in a ‘healthy’ Product Backlog? (choose the best answer)

As many as the Scrum Team can create.
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Enough so that development can proceed smoothly without restricting progress to a single Product Goal.
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Enough so that at least the next three Sprints are well refined.
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As many as needed to reflect stakeholders needs whilst moving towards the Product Goal.
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Question 13 of 30

13. Question

Sprint Reviews are an opportunity to work with stakeholders to review your product and provide feedback. What might the impacts be if the Scrum Team are not using these opportunities effectively over a long period of time? (choose all that apply)

Useful feedback is not adequately reflected in the Product Backlog.
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Product updates may not be visible.
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Stakeholders could lose interest and attend less frequently.
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The Product Goal is more likely to be met as the Scrum Team will receive less conflicting feedback.
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Question 14 of 30

14. Question

Six months have elapsed with you as the Product Owner on a new product. For a variety of reasons, Sprint Reviews have not been used well, and stakeholders have stopped coming to the Sprint Review. They believe they can get all of the information they need by looking at the reports your Scrum Team are creating for them. Why is it important to encourage them to attend Sprint Reviews? (choose the best two answers)

Without stakeholder inspection of the Product Backlog, it may not adequately reflect their wants and needs. Therefore we need them to attend frequently to talk through our ideas and potential future updates.
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It isn't a problem. If they are gathering enough information and are happy, there is no need for them to attend.
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The Scrum Team may lack important feedback to move towards their Product Goal if they don't attend.
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Scrum requires their attendance as without them the Product Owner will struggle to select the next Sprint Goal.
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Question 15 of 30

15. Question

The Sprint Review is one of the four formal Sprint Events. Which items are likely to be on the agenda to discuss at Sprint Review? (choose all that apply)

Demonstration of the increment.
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Progress towards the Product Goal.
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Inter-team working processes.
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Market and organisational changes.
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Update on a product roadmap.
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Technical implementation decisions.
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Last Sprint Retrospective improvements.
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Question 16 of 30

16. Question

Where should the Product Backlog be stored? (choose the best answer)

Jira.
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Azure DevOps.
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Microsoft Excel.
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Wherever it is decided will maximise transparency.
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Wherever the organisation dictate it must be stored.
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Question 17 of 30

17. Question

Which of the following is considered a bad practice when it comes to the Product Backlog? (choose the best answer)

Continual refinement of large Product Backlog items into smaller ones.
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Sizing Product Backlog items to aid capacity planning.
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Having a single Product Goal that guides its evolution.
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Adding all customer requests into it even if the Product Owner has no intention of doing them.
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Question 18 of 30

18. Question

During a recent Product Backlog Refinement session, a Developer highlights that there are multiple Product Backlog items that are no longer needed as the functionality has already been implemented. The rest of the Developers agree. What should happen to these unneeded Product Backlog items? (choose the best answer)

Place them at the bottom of the Product Backlog.
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Store them in an external Product Backlog that keeps track of all completed work for transparency.
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Delete them from the Product Backlog as they have been implemented elsewhere.
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Mark them as 'Done' and claim the story points as part of your velocity for this current Sprint.
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Question 19 of 30

19. Question

As you are walking around the office, a stakeholder engages you in a conversation. They work for the marketing team and need a concrete date for when the next release will be available for customers to use. Your expectation is that it should be in around two weeks. How should you answer this question from the stakeholder? (choose the best answer)

Tell them that based on the current velocity, it will be completed in two weeks.
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Inform them that it should be around four weeks (to allow the Developers some extra time in case things go wrong).
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Provide them a copy of your up-to-date roadmap to make it transparent what is left to be done before the product is ready. Invite them to your next Sprint Review.
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Tell them you will go and ask the Developers for an exact delivery date and keep them informed.
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Question 20 of 30

20. Question

Product Backlog items go through various stages of refinement throughout their existence. What levels of decomposition are required to ensure a Product Backlog item is ready for work? (choose the best answer)

There are no fixed stages of decomposition that are required.
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Capability > Feature > Product Backlog item.
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Epic > Product Backlog item > Task.
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Product Goal > Sprint Goal > Product Backlog item.
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Question 21 of 30

21. Question

Your product is in trouble. To remedy it, the Product Owner wishes to have two Product Goals so that progress can be made on two things at once. What are the likely impacts of this decision? (choose the best two answers)

The Product Backlog will be less transparent.
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Progress towards both Product Goals will be slower.
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The Product Backlog will become smaller.
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The stakeholders will receive new functionality faster.
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Question 22 of 30

22. Question

All Product Backlog items must be written in a consistent style with the same attributes. (choose the best answer)

True,
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False.
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Question 23 of 30

23. Question

Which of the following descriptions best describes the practice of Kano Analysis? (choose the best answer)

A practice that enables you to understand how customer emotional responses to products or features can be measured and explored.
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A practice to identify the types of customers that are relevant to your product.
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A practice to slice Product Backlog items into more manageable chunks.
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A practice to help order the Product Backlog that focuses on customer needs.
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Question 24 of 30

24. Question

Developers have asked you, the Product Owner, to make the Product Backlog more transparent to them. Which of the following activities would not achieve this goal? (choose the best answer)

Holding more frequent Product Backlog Refinement sessions.
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Shortening the Sprint length.
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Involving them in the creation of new Product Backlog items.
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Encouraging them to engage with stakeholders more frequently so that they can get a better idea of upcoming customer requests.
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Question 25 of 30

25. Question

During a recent Sprint Review, you have identified a new area of value that the organisation could exploit. You know this will need to be a separate product, but it is likely that your current team would work on both products at once. Which of the following is true? (choose the best answer)

The Scrum Team could split into two Scrum Teams, with each working on one of the products.
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The Scrum Team would work from one Product Backlog i.e. both products in the same one.
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There must be a different Product Owner for each product.
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The Scrum Team would work on two Sprint Goals per Sprint i.e. one for each product.
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Question 26 of 30

26. Question

It is important that a Scrum Team understands their customers’ needs. Why should the characteristics of the customers be clear in the Product Backlog items? (choose the best answer)

It enables the Developers to make better value-based decisions if they know the customer's characteristics in detail.
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The Scrum Master will find it easier to disseminate progress updates if they know who to contact.
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The Developers can then decide which customers are the most important to satisfy.
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It isn't particularly important to do this.
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Question 27 of 30

27. Question

After seven Sprints working on a particular Product Goal, you realise that the stakeholders aren’t excited by the value you had hoped it would deliver. What actions might you take in this situation? (choose the best two answers)

Abandon the current Product Goal and re-focus onto something that would add higher value to the stakeholders.
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Try to share your vision for the Product Goal and explain why you had chosen to invest in it.
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Keep working on it, telling the stakeholders that the Scrum Guide says they should respect your opinion.
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Delay the next Sprint Planning event whilst you develop a new Product Goal.
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Add a second Product Goal and begin working on it, whilst continuing to make slower progress on your initial Product Goal.
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Question 28 of 30

28. Question

Which of the following best describes the concept of a product roadmap? (choose the best answer)

It is another name for the Product Backlog.
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It reflects a plan of action to align the organisation around short and long-term goals for the product, and may include information on how they will be achieved.
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It is an artefact in Scrum that is often presented during a Sprint Review to create transparency with the stakeholders.
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It is a plan produced by the Product Owner that highlights the future work remaining to be done before the product can be considered 'complete'.
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Question 29 of 30

29. Question

There are many sources of requirements that can be added to the Product Backlog. Which of the following are considered stakeholders of the product? (choose the best answer)

The organisation.
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The end-user.
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A downstream Scrum Team who consume the output of your product.
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All of these answers apply.
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Question 30 of 30

30. Question

The Definition of Ready is a practice used in many Scrum Teams to improve the quality of the Product Backlog items. Which of the following is true about the Definition of Ready? (choose the best answer)

It is not a required part of the Scrum framework.
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It ensures that only work that meets the Developers' needs can be worked on.
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Using it will improve the quality of your Sprint Goals.
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It makes defining new Product Backlog items quicker.
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