A new product owner shares the product vision during the team launch event. The team asks for clarification on the product roadmap and its high-level features. What should the product owner do?

Question

Options

• ADetermine the required tasks for implementing the high-level features
• BIdentify the detailed design for the high-level features
• CPrioritize the product backlog for the upcoming release
• DEstimate the user stories in the iteration backlog

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  16% (6)
• C
  73% (27)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

Prioritizing the product backlog (C) is the product owner's core responsibility when the team needs clarity on the roadmap and high-level features - a prioritized backlog directly communicates what matters most and in what order, giving the team the direction they need. Determining implementation tasks (A) is the development team's job, not the product owner's. Identifying detailed design (B) is also a team/technical responsibility and happens too late in the process at this stage. Estimating user stories (D) is likewise a team activity, and the iteration backlog isn't even the right artifact here - the question is about high-level roadmap clarity, which lives in the product backlog. Memory tip: Think "PO = Prioritize & Order" - whenever the product owner needs to communicate value or direction, the answer almost always points back to the product backlog.

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