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Which Scrum Values are exhibited by not building Product Backlog items that have low business value? (Choose three.)

The correct answer is B. Respect. C. Focus. E. Courage. The five Scrum Values are Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage. Options A (Economic Value Added) and D (Earned Value) are financial/project management metrics, not Scrum Values, so they are distractors. The three correct values are: Respect (B) - by not wasting the…

Submitted by jian89· Apr 18, 2026Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework

Question

Which Scrum Values are exhibited by not building Product Backlog items that have low business value? (Choose three.)

Options

  • AEconomic Value Added.
  • BRespect.
  • CFocus.
  • DEarned Value.
  • ECourage.

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • B
    80% (20)
  • D
    12% (3)

Explanation

The five Scrum Values are Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage. Options A (Economic Value Added) and D (Earned Value) are financial/project management metrics, not Scrum Values, so they are distractors. The three correct values are: Respect (B) - by not wasting the team's effort or stakeholders' investment on low-value work; Focus (C) - by concentrating the team's energy on the highest-value items; and Courage (E) - it takes courage to say 'no' or deprioritize items even when stakeholders may push back. Declining low-value work is a concrete demonstration of all three values simultaneously.

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#Scrum Values#Product Backlog#Prioritization#Business Value

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