A new Product Owner asks the Scrum Master what she can expect from him. Which TWO of the following are ways the Scrum Guide says a Scrum Master serves the Product Owner?
Professional Scrum Master I, objective 2. Developing people and teams medium
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The options
Choose 2.
Correct Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management
Correct. The Scrum Master brings technique to the Product Owner's work; the decisions it produces remain hers.
Not correct Writing the Product Backlog items so that the Product Owner can concentrate on stakeholders
Wrong, and it is a common offer in real teams. The Product Owner may delegate such work, but the Scrum Master's named service is helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise items, not authoring them by default.
Correct Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
Correct, and note the qualifier: the Scrum Master facilitates when it is asked for or when it is needed, rather than owning the stakeholder relationship.
Not correct Deciding which stakeholders' requests are worth a place in the Product Backlog
Wrong. That is the Product Owner's decision, and the Scrum Master taking it would be the clearest possible failure of the accountability he is meant to protect.
Why
Service to the Product Owner is help with the how, never a share of the what. The Guide lists techniques for Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management, helping the team understand the need for clear and concise items, establishing empirical product planning, and facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed. Read any option that has the Scrum Master writing, ordering or deciding backlog content as a wrong answer, however helpful it sounds.
Where this comes from
- Cited
- Scrum Guide section Scrum Master
- What it says
- Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.
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