Explain backlog refinement: purpose, participants, and outcomes
Tests if you treat refinement as team-wide prep, not a solo PO task. Strong answers cite the full team and stakeholders, with outcomes being ready stories and estimates. Red flag: saying only the PO and Scrum Master attend or that it replaces sprint planning.
Tests whether you understand backlog refinement as a continuous, collaborative activity rather than a solo Product Owner chore. A strong answer identifies the full Scrum Team—developers, Scrum Master, and Product Owner—as essential participants, often with domain experts or stakeholders invited for specific items. Typical outcomes include well-understood stories that meet a Definition of Ready, updated acceptance criteria, effort estimates, and decomposition of large epics into sprint-sized pieces.
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