Scrum Accountabilities

Question 1

Can delegate Product Backlog management to
Developers

Answer 1

Product Owner

Question 2

Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are
positive, productive, and kept within the timebox

Answer 2

Scrum Master

Question 3

No sub-teams or hierarchies

Answer 3

Scrum Team

Question 4

Does not use Scrum Master as a baby sitter- removed
impediments that can be removed by themselves

Answer 4

Developer

Question 5

Hold each other accountable towards working
agreements and towards building the increment

Answer 5

Developer

Question 6

Ensures Scrum is understood and enacted, and its
effective use

Answer 6

Scrum Master

Question 7

Implement action items from the previous retrospective

Answer 7

Developer

Question 8

May renegotiate scope of the Sprint during the Sprint

Answer 8

Developer

Question 9

Do Product Backlog Refinement if asked to do

Answer 9

Developer

Question 10

Follow XP engineering practices - TDD, Refactoring, Pair
programming, collective code ownership, and Continuous
Integration

Answer 10

Developer

Question 11

Responsible for all product-related activities from
stakeholder collaboration, verification, maintenance,
operation, experimentation, research and
development, and anything else that might be required

Answer 11

Scrum Team

Question 12

If there are multiple Scrum Teams working together on
a product, they must mutually define and comply with
the same Definition of Done

Answer 12

Scrum Team

Question 13

Manage and track Sprint Progress

Answer 13

Developer

Question 14

If others want to change the Product backlog, they
do so by convincing the Product Owner

Answer 14

Product Owner

Question 15

No sub-teams (e.g., QA team, etc.) or sub-groups

Answer 15

Developer

Question 16

Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and
Sprint Retrospective

Answer 16

Scrum Team

Question 17

Responsible for documentation (if necessary)

Answer 17

Developer

Question 18

Causes the removal of impediments (ensures that
Impediments are removed either by themselves or by
engaging others)

Answer 18

Scrum Master

Question 19

One person, not a committee

Answer 19

Product Owner

Question 20

How this is done is at the sole discretion of the
Developers

Answer 20

Developer

Question 21

Be invisibly present – actively do nothing

Answer 21

Scrum Master

Question 22

Works with other SMs to increase the effectiveness of
the ecosystem

Answer 22

Scrum Master

Question 23

Teaching, coaching, facilitation, mentoring and
training. Leads, trains, and coaches the organization
in its Scrum adoption

Answer 23

Scrum Master

Question 24

Plans scrum implementation within the organization

Answer 24

Scrum Master

Question 25

Consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers

Answer 25

Scrum Team

Question 26

Updates Sprint Backlog and Sprint Burn down charts

Answer 26

Developer

Question 27

Typically, 10 or fewer people

Answer 27

Scrum Team

Question 28

Coach self-management and cross-functionality of the Scrum Team

Answer 28

Scrum Master

Question 29

Are required to conform to the Definition of Done when building the Increment

Answer 29

Developer

Question 30

Accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint

Answer 30

Scrum Team

Question 31

Working in Sprints at a sustainable pace improves the Scrum Team’s focus and consistency

Answer 31

Scrum Team

Question 32

Consider organizational standards and create an appropriate Definition of Done

Answer 32

Scrum Team

Question 33

Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood

Answer 33

Product Owner

Question 34

Serves the PO, Scrum Team and the Organization

Answer 34

Scrum Master

Question 35

Acts with courage and actively takes direct action when integrity of empiricism or Scrum Team’s health is at risk

Answer 35

Scrum Master

Question 36

Decides the strategy for when and how to release the product/increment(s)

Answer 36

Product Owner

Question 37

Self-Managing - they internally decide who does what, when, and how

Answer 37

Scrum Team

Question 38

Own Product Goal – the commitment to the Product Backlog

Answer 38

Product Owner

Question 39

Ultimately accountable for the Product Backlog (but can delegate any and all work to others)

Answer 39

Product Owner

Question 40

Serve the PO - Understanding product planning in an empirical environment

Answer 40

Scrum Master

Question 41

Cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal

Answer 41

Scrum Team

Question 42

Work at a sustainable pace

Answer 42

Developer

Question 43

Accountable for budgets and Profit/Loss – hence has a lot of “authority”

Answer 43

Product Owner

Question 44

Ensure (actively or passively) that the Scrum Team is protected from outside distractions and the Scrum Team is focused on creating high-value Increments that meet the Definition of Done

Answer 44

Scrum Master

Question 45

Have competencies and skills to build the Increment and the Product

Answer 45

Developer

Question 46

Learn about customer domain and customer problems

Answer 46

Product Owner and Developer

Question 47

Have an eye for technical excellence, prevent and minimize technical debt

Answer 47

Developer

Question 48

Ensure appropriate stakeholders are invited for Sprint Review

Answer 48

Product Owner

Question 49

Ensure that Product Backlog Items are clearly expressed

Answer 49

Product Owner

Question 50

Continuously improve their technical practices

Answer 50

Developer

Question 51

Remove barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams

Answer 51

Scrum Master

Question 52

Role model for Scrum Values

Answer 52

Scrum Master

Question 53

Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective

Answer 53

Scrum Master

Question 54

Agent of change – brings change to the organization to increase productivity of the Scrum Team

Answer 54

Scrum Master

Question 55

No one else tells them how to turn Product Backlog items into Increments of value Is accountable for quality of the product - must be high quality Increment

Answer 55

Developer

Question 56

Be a multi-learner, learn new tech. skills, learn the domain

Answer 56

Developer

Question 57

Works to increase the transparency of Artifacts

Answer 57

Scrum Master

Question 58

Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed

Answer 58

Scrum Master

Question 59

Determine how to build the Increment

Answer 59

Developer

Question 60

Can cancel the Sprint or stop product development

Answer 60

Product Owner

Question 61

Learn about marketplace changes, competition, and any new rules/regulations that might affect the Product, and the customers/users

Answer 61

Product Owner

Question 62

Ensures that attendees (of Sprint Planning) are prepared to discuss the most important Product Backlog items and how they map to the Product Goal

Answer 62

Product Owner

Question 63

Hold each other accountable as professionals

Answer 63

Developer

Question 64

Collaborate with the Scrum Team(s), stakeholders, vendors, clients, buyers, sponsors

Answer 64

Product Owner

Question 65

Ensures increment is transparent as per DoD

Answer 65

Developer

Question 66

Serve the PO - find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management;

Answer 66

Scrum Master

Question 67

Cross-functional - members have all the skills necessary to create value each Sprint

Answer 67

Scrum Team

Question 68

Accountable for establishing Scrum as per the Scrum Guide

Answer 68

Scrum Master

Question 69

Accountable for effective Product Backlog management

Answer 69

Product Owner

Question 70

Estimate effort of Product Backlog Items

Answer 70

Developer

Question 71

Detect incomplete transparency

Answer 71

Scrum Master

Question 72

Can answer how each PBI will be valuable to user or customer

Answer 72

Product Owner

Question 73

Take responsibility for Product Backlog management when delegated by the Product Owner (e.g., writing PBIs)

Answer 73

Developer

Question 74

Estimate effort for product backlog items

Answer 74

Developer

Question 75

Decision making authority

Answer 75

Product Owner

Question 76

Accountable for profit/loss, hence (usually) a Subject Matter and Domain Expert

Answer 76

Product Owner

Question 77

Product value maximize

Answer 77

Product Owner

Question 78

Their decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog

Answer 78

Product Owner

Question 79

Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective

Question 80

Raise impediments to SM if it cannot be solved by themselves

Answer 80

Developer

Question 81

Reveal not resolve – hence do not make themselves the “bottleneck” when it comes to “problem solving”

Answer 81

Scrum Master

Question 82

Responsible for analysis, architecture, design, etc.

Answer 82

Developer