Professional Scrum Product Owner I PSPO I · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 38
True or False: The Product Owner is the only person responsible for engaging the stakeholders
- A TRUE
- B FALSE
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The Scrum Guide reads: "The Scrum Team is responsible for all product-related activities from stakeholder collaboration, verification, maintenance, operation, experimentation, research and development, and anything else that might be required".
The point here is to avoid behavior such as having the Developers pointing to the Product Owner if the customers are not satisfied with WHAT is being delivered and to encourage the Developers (and Scrum Master) to work with the Product Owner and help him/her defining the Product.
However, in practice, if you would have to choose between the PO, Scrum Master, or Developers, who would be responsible for engaging the stakeholders? The PO, of course, because he/she is accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the Developers are busy developing the Increment.
Just as an example, the Developers could proactively make "mini-reviews" with stakeholders during the Sprint to gather feedback on the Increments being built. This is "stakeholder engagement".
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