Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner in the team?

Question

Options

• ATo foster normalized estimating within the team
• BTo facilitate team meetings and drive Agile behavior
• CTo foster adoption of Agile technical practices
• DTo sequence backlog items to program priorities, events, and dependencies

• A
  4% (1)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  92% (23)

Explanation

D is correct because the Product Owner (PO) owns the Team Backlog and is directly responsible for prioritizing and sequencing backlog items based on program priorities, upstream dependencies, and PI (Program Increment) events - this is the PO's core accountability in SAFe and Scrum frameworks.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (normalized estimating) - Facilitating estimation practices falls to the Scrum Master or team collectively, not the PO.
• B (facilitate meetings, drive Agile behavior) - This is the Scrum Master's role; they are the servant-leader responsible for coaching the team on Agile practices and running ceremonies.
• C (foster Agile technical practices) - Encouraging technical excellence (TDD, refactoring, CI/CD) is also a Scrum Master or Engineering responsibility, not the PO's.

Memory tip: Think of the Product Owner as the "What and When" person - they decide what gets built and when (sequence/priority). Everything about how the team works (ceremonies, estimation, technical practices) belongs to the Scrum Master or the team itself.

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