What should Developers do if the Product Owner is unavailable? (Choose the best answer)

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Options

• AManagement should assign a substitute Product Owner to fill in when the Product Owner cannot
• BWait until the Product Owner is available again.
• CAsk the Product Owner's manager to decide in the Product Owner's absence.
• DWithin the Sprint, the Developers make the best decisions possible to assure progress toward the

• A
  5% (1)
• C
  5% (1)
• D
  90% (19)

Explanation

D is correct because Scrum values empiricism and self-organization - Developers are trusted professionals who must keep the Sprint moving forward, making the best decisions they can with available information, then syncing with the Product Owner when possible.

Why the others fail:

• A is wrong because substituting a Product Owner undermines the role's accountability; a proxy rarely has the authority or product knowledge needed.
• B is wrong because waiting halts Sprint progress, violating the Scrum principle of delivering value continuously within the timebox.
• C is wrong because the Product Owner's manager has no Scrum authority over the backlog - escalating to management contradicts Scrum's self-organizing team model.

Memory tip: Think "the Sprint does not stop for anyone." Developers own delivery within the Sprint; the Product Owner owns the what, but Developers own the how and when - and in a pinch, they keep rowing.

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