Who is accountable for creating a plan for the Sprint and adhering to the Definition of Done? (choose the best answer)

The Scrum Guide explicitly assigns these accountabilities to the Developers. During the Sprint Planning event, it is the Developers who plan the work necessary to create a "Done" Increment; this plan is the Sprint Backlog. They decide how to turn Product Backlog Items into a valuable Increment. Furthermore, the Scrum Guide states that the Developers are required to conform to the Definition of Done (DoD). This ensures that any Increment they produce meets the agreed-upon quality standard, making it potentially releasable.

A. The Scrum Team: While the entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable Increment, the specific accountabilities for the how (the Sprint plan) and adherence to quality (DoD) fall to the Developers.

B. The Product Owner: The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing product value and managing the Product Backlog, not for creating the Sprint plan or adhering to the DoD during development.

C. The Scrum Master: The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team's effectiveness and adherence to the framework, but not for creating the plan or performing the development work.

E. All of the above: This is incorrect because Scrum defines clear and distinct accountabilities for each role to ensure focus and prevent ambiguity.

1. Schwaber

K.

& Sutherland

J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. Scrum.org.

Page 7

"Developers" section: "The Developers are always accountable for: ... Instilling quality by adhering to a Definition of Done." This directly supports the second part of the question.

Page 9

"Sprint Planning" section: "For each selected Product Backlog item

the Developers plan the work necessary to create a Done Increment. ... How this is done is at the sole discretion of the Developers." This directly supports the first part of the question.

2. Verheyen

G. (2021). Scrum: A Pocket Guide (3rd edition). Van Haren Publishing.

Chapter 4

The Game

The Rules of the Game

Sprint Planning section: "The Developers pull work from the Product Backlog. They collaboratively translate this selection of work into a plan

a Sprint Backlog." This confirms the Developers' accountability for the Sprint plan.

3. Tolksdorf

M.

& Siebel

A. (2019). A Study on the Definition of Done in Scrum Projects. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2019)

Volume 2

pages 15-26.

Section 3.1

"The Definition of Done in the Scrum Guide": The paper analyzes the Scrum Guide and reinforces that "The Development Team [now Developers] is responsible for ensuring that all PBIs of the Sprint Backlog meet the DoD." (p. 17). This academic source confirms the Developers' accountability for DoD adherence. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5220/0007722000150026