What are the accountabilities of a Tester on a Scrum Team? (choose the best two answers)

According to the Scrum Guide, the Scrum Team consists of exactly three accountabilities: the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and the Developers. Scrum explicitly does not recognize any sub-roles or specialized titles, such as "Tester," regardless of the specific domain or tasks being performed. This ensures a unified focus on the product. Furthermore, quality is not relegated to a single individual or testing phase. The entire Scrum Team shares accountability for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint. While the Developers are specifically accountable for instilling quality by adhering to the Definition of Done, the overarching accountability for the product's value and quality rests collaboratively on the entire Scrum Team, fostering cross-functional teamwork and shared ownership.

A. Incorrect because quality assurance is not isolated to a specific individual finding bugs; it is integrated into the development process by all Developers.
B. Incorrect because Scrum does not recognize a "test manager" role, and reporting metrics to external management contradicts self-management.
C. Incorrect because Developers manage their own work collaboratively; having a separate role to "check" work undermines cross-functional shared accountability.

1. Schwaber, K., & Sutherland, J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. Scrum.org. (Section: Scrum Team, p. 5).

2. Schwaber, K., & Sutherland, J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. Scrum.org. (Section: Developers, p. 5).