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1/5 · Maximizing Value
Which pairing correctly matches a Scrum artifact with its commitment as defined in the 2020 Scrum Guide?
AProduct Backlog — Product Goal.
BSprint Backlog — Product Goal.
CIncrement — Sprint Goal.
DProduct Backlog — Release Roadmap.
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2/5 · Maximizing Value
A Product Owner has replaced the Product Goal three times over the last three Sprints, each time chasing the most recent piece of stakeholder feedback. What concern does this raise under the Scrum Guide's description of the Product Goal?
ANone — the Guide expects the Product Goal to change every Sprint in lockstep with the Sprint Goal.
BNone — Product Goals may only be changed with sign-off from every stakeholder, and this apparently happened here.
CThis is prohibited outright; the Guide states a Product Goal can never be changed once written into the Product Backlog.
DThe Product Goal describes a long-term objective meant to be fulfilled or deliberately abandoned before taking on the next, so treating it as a Sprint-by-Sprint variable undermines the direction it exists to provide.
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D is correct. The Product Goal is meant to provide sustained direction; the Guide's language of fulfilling or abandoning one objective before the next implies deliberate, infrequent change — not a variable reset with every new piece of feedback.
↗ The Scrum Guide (2020) — Maximizing Value
3/5 · Maximizing Value · hard
A Product Owner is asked by an executive to justify continued investment in the product using 'evidence of value delivered' rather than only activity metrics. Which pairing best distinguishes an output-oriented metric from an outcome-oriented one, consistent with the emphasis on maximizing value?
AOutput: number of Sprints completed on time. Outcome: whether the Definition of Done was met each Sprint.
BOutput: stakeholder satisfaction survey results. Outcome: the size of the Sprint Backlog.
COutput and outcome cannot be distinguished at the Product Owner level; only the CEO of the organization can define outcomes.
DOutput: number of Product Backlog items delivered. Outcome: a measurable change in a value indicator, such as increased customer retention or revenue, resulting from what was delivered.
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D is correct. Output measures count what was produced or completed (items delivered, Sprints run); outcome measures capture the resulting change in value, such as retention or revenue. The Product Owner, accountable for maximizing product value, should evaluate delivery in terms of these outcome indicators rather than activity counts alone, an awareness reinforced by Evidence-Based Management thinking.
↗ The Scrum Guide (2020) — Maximizing Value
4/5 · Maximizing Value
Midway through a two-week Sprint, the Developers finish a high-value Product Backlog item to a Done state. Stakeholders would like it in production immediately rather than waiting for the Sprint Review. Which option reflects what the Scrum Guide supports?
AReleasing now is unsupported until the Sprint Retrospective has formally closed the improvement cycle for the Sprint.
BMultiple Increments may be created within a Sprint, and an Increment may be delivered to stakeholders before the Sprint ends, since the Sprint Review is never a release gate.
CReleasing now would require the Scrum Team to cancel the Sprint and begin Sprint Planning again immediately.
DReleasing now is unsupported; the Increment is only considered complete and releasable at the Sprint Review.
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B is correct. The Scrum Guide explicitly allows multiple Increments within a single Sprint and permits delivering an Increment to stakeholders before the Sprint ends, treating value timing as a decision the Scrum Team can make rather than tying it to a fixed event. Neither the Sprint Review nor the Retrospective functions as a required release gate.
↗ The Scrum Guide (2020) — Maximizing Value
5/5 · Maximizing Value · easy
According to the Scrum Guide, what is the stated purpose of the Sprint Review?
ATo calculate the utilization rate of the Developers across the Sprint.
BTo tally the number of Product Backlog items the Developers completed during the Sprint.
CTo inspect the outcome of the Sprint and determine future adaptations.
DTo formally approve release of the Increment before any value can be realized.
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C is correct. The Scrum Guide states verbatim that 'the purpose of the Sprint Review is to inspect the outcome of the Sprint and determine future adaptations.' It also states the Sprint Review 'should never be considered a gate to releasing value,' and it never frames the event around counting items or utilization.
↗ The Scrum Guide (2020) — Maximizing Value
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