SAFE Product Ownerproduct Manager POPM · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 6
The team is struggling to agree on the story point sizing of a new user story. The PO was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What is the best decision?
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A
Instruct the Scrum Master to resize the story
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B
Suggest the team stop the sizing of the user story and add it to the next iteration as is
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C
Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
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D
Make the team aware of her expertise and decide the size for them
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: C
Explanation
The Product Owner (PO) should continue to support the team's decision on sizing, even if they disagree with it. The team is responsible for sizing the user stories, and the PO should respect their decision.
The PO should also try to understand why the team is struggling to agree on the sizing. Is it because they don't have enough information? Are they not familiar with the domain? Once the PO understands the problem, they can help the team to resolve it.
The other options are incorrect :
The PO should not instruct the Scrum Master (SM) to resize the story : The SM is responsible for facilitating the team, but they should not make decisions on behalf of the team.
The PO should also not make the decision for the team :The team needs to be involved in the decision-making process, even if they don't agree with the final decision.
The PO should suggest the team stop the sizing of the user story and add it to the next iteration as is only as a last resort : This should only be done if the team is unable to reach a decision because the user story need some refinement or it's incomplete and the user story is not critical to the PI.
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