PSPO II: Product Backlog Strategy practice questions
26 questions on Product Backlog Strategy, one of the 6 areas assessed in Professional Scrum Product Owner II. Untimed, with an explanation after every answer.
A Product Backlog contains 900 items, many added over two years and never revisited. What is the most appropriate action?
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How much of a Product Backlog should be refined in detail at any time?
- AAll of it, so the team can plan any item at short notice
- BEnough that the next Sprint or two can be planned, with detail decreasing further down the order(correct answer)
- COnly the items in the current Sprint
- DA fixed proportion agreed with the Developers
Why
Refinement is just-in-time. Detail near the top enables planning; detail far down is waste, because ordering will change before those items are built and the analysis will be redone. Refining everything (A) is the most common source of wasted analysis, and refining only the current Sprint (C) leaves Sprint Planning without ready work.