What are key responsibilities of an Analyst in the Initiate Sprint 0 phase?

• A. Create User Personas - which are essential in writing user stories
• B. Deliver prioritized backlog
• C. Review current state of work and identify KPIs to measure success
• D. Create User Personas and Deliver prioritized backlog

Answer: (D)

Initiate Sprint 0 is about setting up the project by defining who the users are and what the team will work on first. Creating user personas gives the team a concrete understanding of who will use the system, which guides how stories are written and what acceptance criteria should focus on. Delivering a prioritized backlog turns those insights into a practical plan, ordering work by value and risk so the team can begin delivering. Together these two activities provide both the user context and the initial plan for the project, which is why this combination best fits the responsibilities in Sprint 0. The other option focusing on only one activity misses that pair, while reviewing current state and KPIs, though useful, is not the central deliverable of Sprint 0 in this scenario.