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Agile & Scrum Practice Question 4: Artifact Commitments

Agile & Scrum · Test 1 · question 4 of 10

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The 2020 Scrum Guide pairs each of the three artifacts with a commitment that provides focus and a way to measure progress. A new Scrum Master is drawing a poster of these pairings for the team room. Which set of pairings is correct?

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  • C. Product Backlog → Product Goal; Sprint Backlog → Sprint Goal; Increment → Definition of Done

The Scrum Guide states: "For the Product Backlog it is the Product Goal. For the Sprint Backlog it is the Sprint Goal. For the Increment it is the Definition of Done." Each commitment matches the time horizon of its artifact: the Product Goal is the long-term objective the whole Product Backlog works toward, the Sprint Goal is the single objective for one Sprint, and the Definition of Done is the quality bar every piece of work must meet to become part of an Increment.

- A is wrong: it swaps the long-term and quality commitments. The Definition of Done governs the Increment, and the Product Goal lives in the Product Backlog. - B is wrong: the Sprint Backlog's commitment is the Sprint Goal (its "why"). The Definition of Done belongs to the Increment. - D is wrong: it swaps the two goals. The Sprint Goal is created in Sprint Planning and becomes part of the Sprint Backlog; the Product Goal is in the Product Backlog.

Reference: The 2020 Scrum Guide - Scrum Artifacts

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