Roles & accountabilities

The Product Owner is solely accountable for maximizing the value of the product and managing the Product Backlog, which includes clearly defining and ordering backlog items. The Scrum Master is incorrect because their role focuses on facilitating the Scrum framework and team effectiveness rather than managing product requirements.

The Scrum Guide defines the Scrum Team as a cohesive unit consisting of the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and the Developers. Other options are incorrect because traditional roles like 'Project Manager' do not exist in standard Scrum, and specialized roles like 'tester' are collectively referred to as Developers.

The Scrum Guide defines the Scrum Team as a cohesive unit consisting of the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and the Developers. A diagram for this topic isn't available yet — the worked example below walks the same reasoning step by step.

• !Other options are incorrect because traditional roles like 'Project Manager' do not exist in standard Scrum, and specialized roles like 'tester' are collectively referred to as Developers.
• !The Scrum Master is incorrect because their role focuses on facilitating the Scrum framework and team effectiveness rather than managing product requirements.

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