Who is the owner of a Sprint Backlog Item during the Sprint Planning meeting?

Question

Options

• AThe entire team owns all Sprint Backlog Items.
• BThe Product Owner owns all Sprint Backlog Items.
• CThe team member working on the item owns that item.

• A
  91% (49)
• B
  6% (3)
• C
  4% (2)

Explanation

In Scrum, the entire Development Team collectively owns the Sprint Backlog, including every item within it - ownership is shared, not divided. Option B is wrong because the Product Owner owns the Product Backlog, not the Sprint Backlog; their authority ends once items are pulled into the Sprint. Option C is wrong because Scrum deliberately avoids individual ownership of tasks, which would undermine collaboration, create bottlenecks, and conflict with the team's self-organizing nature. A helpful memory tip: think of the Sprint Backlog as a team contract - the whole team commits to the Sprint Goal together, so no single person can "own" a piece of that shared commitment.

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