A: There is one Product Owner for each product (five in total). Each Product Owner may delegate to

others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within their product. The five Product Owners

share and align work via Product Backlog. This is a reasonable alternative, as it allows each Product

Owner to focus on one product and its vision, value proposition, and stakeholder needs. The Product

Owner can also leverage the expertise and input of other people who can help with the product

development, such as business analysts, domain experts, or user representatives. The five Product

Owners can coordinate and collaborate with each other through the Product Backlog, which is a

single source of truth for the product requirements and priorities.

D: There is one Product Owner responsible for all five products. This person may delegate work to

others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within each product to scale their

accountability. This is another reasonable alternative, as it allows one Product Owner to have a

holistic view of the five products and their interdependencies, synergies, and trade-offs. The Product

Owner can also delegate some of the work to other people who can act as proxies or representatives

for the different aspects of the products, such as features, modules, or components. The Product

Owner can still maintain the ultimate authority and responsibility for the Product Backlog and the

product value delivery.

Reference:

Scrum Guide 2020, page 7: “The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the

product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.”

Scrum Guide 2020, page 8: “The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to

improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team.”

Professional Scrum Master II Course, page 22: “The Product Owner may delegate some of their work

to others who can help them with the product development, such as business analysts, domain

experts, or user representatives. However, the Product Owner remains accountable for the Product

Backlog and its content.”

Professional Scrum Master II Course, page 23: “The Product Owner may scale their role by working

with other Product Owners who are responsible for different products, features, modules, or

components. However, there should be only one Product Owner per product who has the final say on

the product vision and value proposition.”