PSM-I.001.003 The Development Team raises concerns about the lack of clarity and completeness of the Product Backlog 1

Question 3

The Development Team raises concerns about the lack of clarity and completeness of the Product Backlog items during the Sprint Planning. What should they do?

• Suggest involving the stakeholders in the Sprint Planning to gather more insights.

• Note this down and raise this at the Sprint Retrospective.

• Reject the Product Backlog items and request new ones from the Product Owner.

• Proceed with the Sprint Planning based on the available information and assumptions.

Overall explanation

In this scenario, the Development Team should ask the Product Owner to clarify the unclear and incomplete Product Backlog items and also raise this a the Sprint Retrospective event to discuss how can such a scenario be avoided in future.

Domain

Scrum