Which of the following strategies would be the most helpful?

Dereck is a Product Owner of a scaled product development effort with multiple Scrum Teams involved. He is stretched thin and is unable to spend enough time with all of the teams.

Which of the following strategies would be the most helpful? (choose the best answer)
A . Hire Business Analysts to assist the Product Owner.
B. Move towards a scaled Scrum framework
C. Delegate some of the Product Owner work to the Scrum Teams.
D. All of the above.
E. Split the Product Backlog and add a Product Owner to each in order to spread the work

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Answer: C

Explanation:

The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.

How this is done may vary widely across organizations, Scrum Teams, and individuals. The Product Owner is also accountable for effective Product Backlog management, which includes:

● Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal;

● Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items;

● Ordering Product Backlog items; and,

● Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.

The Product Owner may do the above work or may delegate the responsibility to others. Regardless, the Product Owner remains accountable.