During Sprint Planning, the Analyst works with which role to clarify acceptance criteria and ensure the Definition of Ready is met?

• A. Product Owner
• B. Scrum Master
• C. Developers
• D. Stakeholders

Answer: (A)

The Product Owner is the one who owns the backlog item and is responsible for its acceptance criteria and for ensuring items meet the Definition of Ready before sprint Planning. The Analyst typically works with the Product Owner to elicit and articulate the business requirements into clear acceptance criteria, but the authority to deem an item ready and to define “done” conditions rests with the Product Owner. The Definition of Ready is a shared standard the team uses to determine if an item is actionable enough to enter a sprint, and while the Scrum Master helps facilitate the process and Developers implement the work, the Product Owner leads the readiness and acceptance criteria discussions. Stakeholders provide input, but they don’t own the readiness criteria.