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Question #1
A newly formed scrum team wants to foster an environment for transparency and experimentation. The team decides to use a Kanban board to record and track encountered impediments. Emphasis is placed on how issues are resolved and the strategies for preventing them in the future.Over time, what will be the result of this approach?
A. aizen
B. pecific, measurable, assignable, realistic, and time-based (SMART) goals
C. ey performance indicators (KPIs)
D. uda
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Correct Answer: A

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Question #2
An agile team is under pressure to deliver an application. The product owner anticipates many change requests from customers once the product is released.What should the agile team do?
A. uring the planning session, ensure the team is committed to deliver within the specifications
B. emand frequent product reviews by the product owner
C. ave the product owner provide detailed requirement specifications to ensure the proper features are delivered
D. ontinuously work with the product owner to do backlog refinement and product reviews
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Correct Answer: D
Question #3
A team's technical lead believes that manual testing tasks should be conducted by junior team members below their level. The junior team members think it is unfair and refuse the tasks.What should the scrum master do?
A. Tell the technical lead to do the testing
B. Facilitate an open and focused team discussion that reinforces team agreements
C. Ask the team manager to advise the technical lead that all tasks are important
D. Encourage the team to take ownership of the delivery
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Correct Answer: B
Question #4
A client states that a product is not being built as requested.How should the agile team address this?
A. Conduct an internal review to validate functionality before shipping
B. Audit the quality control process to ensure that the product adheres to requirements
C. Lengthen iterations to ensure there is sufficient time to build functionality
D. Hold product review sessions with the client to obtain product acceptance
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Correct Answer: D
Question #5
On an agile project, it is important to identify and engage business stakeholders throughout the project and to ensure the team understands the stakeholders' business needs. Which option supports this idea?
A. A project charter should be established and reviewed throughout the project life cycle to ensure the accurate documentation of stakeholders' interests and expectations
B. A product backlog should be created to list the project requirements from all of the project stakeholders
C. An Agile Manifesto should be created to document the project stakeholders, their desired outcomes, and identified risks
D. A user story should be created for all key stakeholders to list their individual business objectives and needs
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Correct Answer: B
Question #6
Who is responsible for the“definition of done”?
A. The team
B. The Product Owner
C. Management
D. Project manager
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Correct Answer: A
Question #7
Team velocity is used to:
A. easure the percentage of features completed
B. udge productivity within the iteration
C. redict schedules for mature teams
D. ive feedback on delivered value
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Correct Answer: C
Question #8
A healthcare agency has contracted a vendor to provide a financial accountability solution. During a daily coordination meeting, the lead developer reports they cannot complete the stories for this iteration because the project director requested a document detailing all testing planned for the solution. The team lead met with the project director to discuss alternatives but insists they need the detailed plan by the end of that week. The team lead advises the lead developer to continue coding.What should the team lead do next?
A. Negotiate with the project director to reduce the types of tests for which they need details to reduce the impact of this request
B. Escalate this as an issue to the executive project sponsor for a decision because it will impact the ability of the team to deliver the product on time
C. Ask the test manager to provide a detailed estimate of the time required to write the plan for the solution and their capacity for the remainder of the week
D. Ask the team to put their work on hold and collaborate on the documentation because it can be completed quicker if everyone shares the work
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Correct Answer: A
Question #9
A development team for a small company experiences long delays between product completion and release for validation and testing. The company is concerned that this will impact its ability to complete in the market place.What analysis should the team use to understand the issues?
A. Risk management
B. Variance and trend
C. Kano model
D. Fishbone-diagram
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Correct Answer: D
Question #10
After completing the release plan, the team realizes that the project is very likely to have a negative ROI.What should the team do?
A. Prioritize the backlog, and remove low-priority stories from the release plan to ensure a positive ROI
B. Replace some team embers to reduce the release costs and minimize a negative ROI
C. Perform a root-cause analysis to remove waste from the delivery process and increase the ROI
D. Communicate the risk of a negative ROI to the stakeholders, and update the release plan
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Correct Answer: C
Question #11
A project's first iteration contains item A, and its second iteration contains item B. The first iteration is behind schedule, which will impact the second iteration.Since items A and B are similar, a team member suggests beginning the design of item B.What should the agile practitioner do?
A. efer starting the design of item B until the second iteration is being planned
B. roceed with the design of item B, since it will hasten the second iteration
C. scalate the issue to the customer, and obtain their approval before starting the design of item B
D. og the issue in the risk register, and request change control board (CCB) approval
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Correct Answer: A
Question #12
What should the agile practitioner do?
A. ncrease the number of requirements documents and ensure they are clearly communicated
B. rovide each geographical area with their own product owner and divide the work between the teams
C. fter several sprints, calculate velocity based on primary team location and use secondary team as reserve
D. elect and implement collaboration tools to augment team interactions
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Correct Answer: D
Question #13
Retrospectives provide an opportunity for the team to:
A. eflect at the end of every iteration and identify improvements that will increase the quality of the product
B. articipate in a mandatory meeting to share status updates across the team and to ensure that everyone is on track
C. nderstand from the management if the project is achieving the Scope, Quality, Cost, and Schedule goals
D. et goals at the beginning of the iteration and identify requirements that can be delivered in that iteration
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Correct Answer: A
Question #14
Trend analysis shows that velocity is significantly higher than predicted and the release can be completed one month ahead of schedule. The team recommends changing the end date to reflect this.What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Jointly meet with the team and product owner to discuss options and determine the end date
B. Announce that the team has exceeded the predicted velocity, and that the end date will be earlier than planned
C. Ask the product owner to include additional features in the product backlog, then re-plan subsequent iterations
D. Ask the team to decrease velocity to meet contractual obligations and document this decision
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Correct Answer: A
Question #15
A product roadmap should contain which of these primary components?
A. ADetailed design plan, business objectives, timeframes
B. BProject management plan, communications management plan, stakeholder engagement plan
C. CProject release timeframes detailed design plan
D. DProduct vision, business objectives, timeframes
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Correct Answer: A
Question #16
A technical problem arises that will likely impact the stories planned for delivery in the current sprint.What should the scrum master do?
A. Consider adding a story to the next sprint to seek resolution
B. Immediately solve the problem on behalf of the team
C. Ask the team to collaboratively work out a solution
D. Engage a technical manager to assist with finding a solution
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Correct Answer: C
Question #17
The best description of the purpose of the daily standup in Agile projects is to:
A. esolve the key issues and risks that are likely to hinder project progress
B. rovide insight and reassurance to the Product Owner to strengthen that relationship
C. nform the project lead of project status for reporting to stakeholders
D. aise the visibility of each person’s work and to ensure the work is integrated
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Correct Answer: D
Question #18
A team member on a scrum project previously provided support to another application. Due to this with that application, the team member's former supervisor continues assigning them tasks related to that project. The new project's scrum master includes these issues in the risk register.What should the scrum master do next?
A. Monitor the threats and risks while allowing the team member to multitask on both projects
B. Assign more resources to the sprints to compensate for the absence of the team member
C. Ensure that the threats and risks are communicated and addressed
D. Assign fewer stories to the sprints so that the team member can still meet sprint goals
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Correct Answer: C
Question #19
A team's technical lead believes that manual testing tasks should be conducted by junior team members below their level. The junior team members think it is unfair and refuse the tasks.What should the scrum master do?
A. Tell the technical lead to do the testing
B. Facilitate an open and focused team discussion that reinforces team agreements
C. Ask the team manager to advise the technical lead that all tasks are important
D. Encourage the team to take ownership of the delivery
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Correct Answer: B
Question #20
More details for a story are required before the upcoming sprint planning meeting. What should the Scrum Master do?
A. AEmail the product owner requesting detailed story specifications and wait for a response
B. BGather the details from the team members before sprint planning
C. CSchedule a story grooming session with the product owner before sprint planning
D. DConduct a planning poker session with the team
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Correct Answer: C
Question #21
During the iteration planning of a newly on boarded agile team, the product owner adds a set of high priority user stories into the iteration backlog.What should the team do first to define the tasks need to implement the user stories?
A. Self-organize
B. Assign tasks to each team member
C. Meet with the customer
D. Identify the scrum master
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Correct Answer: A
Question #22
Midway through a project, the product owner learns from the sponsor that a major component, which is already 20 percent complete, is unimportant to users. The component was part of the approved scope and a key selling point for the project.What should the product owner do next?
A. Obtain approval from the change control board to discontinue the component
B. Ask the team to continue developing the component
C. Ask the team to discontinue developing the component
D. Request the sponsor's formal approval to discontinue the component
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Correct Answer: C
Question #23
The best approach to estimate the work on a project when using story points is to have:
A. Team members assign estimates by averaging Planning Poker cards
B. The most senior team member prepare the estimates
C. Two or three senior team members estimate and take the average of their times
D. The team work together to agree on estimates in a group setting
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Correct Answer: D
Question #24
The manager of the team is responsible for delivering a specific initiative within the organization. They are preparing for the monthly project review meeting, where they will present the current state of this initiative. The agile project lead sends the manager the following email with the initiative's current status. Which summaries are correct and will be presented during the monthly project review? (Refer to the email and exhibits to the Team Manager) Step 1: Identifying Remaining MVP Story Points From the backlog, the MVP-related stories that are not started include: Total remaining MVP story points = 4 + 21 + 5 = 30 Step 2: Projected Sprint Completion
A. MVP has 25 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 8; with no otherdeviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 15
B. MVP has 30 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 8; with no otherdeviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 15
C. MVP has 25 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 9; with no otherdeviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 16
D. MVP has 30 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 9; with no otherdeviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 16
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Correct Answer: D
Question #25
On an agile project, some of the development team is struggling to understand how the tasks and user stories fit into the overall product.How should this be addressed?
A. Review the iteration goals and have the team each describe the work to create shared understanding
B. Create a story map for the minimal viable product (MVP) functionality
C. Capture this as a task in the retrospective and ensure there is more details provided at the next planning session
D. Have the product owner explain the product vision and review the release plan with the team
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Correct Answer: D
Question #26
A mature agile team welcomes a new member. Due to poor experiences with a previous team, the new member is reluctant to communicate.What should be the agile project leader do?
A. Bring up the new memberג€™s impediments at the next meeting to demonstrate team support of input
B. Assure the new member that inputs on impediments are valued, and demonstrate this at the next meeting
C. Have a senior leader work with the new member to avoid a negative impact on team productivity
D. Privately work with the new member to address any impediments
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Correct Answer: B
Question #27
The product owner of a team starts the iteration review with a quick walkthrough of the iteration goal, the list of planned stories with status, and a demo of all the stories to the business.What should the product owner have done differently?
A. Demonstrated only the completed stories and seek stakeholder feedback
B. Presented the budget situation and review the cost variance
C. Reviewed the test results to gain confidence from the stakeholders
D. Presented a demo of all the stories including the work in progress stories
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Correct Answer: A
Question #28
A Product Owner concludes that the majority of a project ' s value can be delivered by completing only the first half of the prioritized backlog.What should the Product Owner do next?
A. eprioritize backlog items to future iterations
B. emove the second half of the backlog, and communicate their decision in the next backlog grooming meeting
C. eet with project stakeholders to review the backlog and determine if the scope should be adjusted
D. ork with the team to deploy the first half of the backlog to ensure that value is realized
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Correct Answer: C
Question #29
Trend analysis shows that velocity is significantly higher than predicted and the release can be completed one month ahead of schedule. The team recommends changing the end date to reflect this.What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Jointly meet with the team and product owner to discuss options and determine the end date
B. Announce that the team has exceeded the predicted velocity, and that the end date will be earlier than planned
C. Ask the product owner to include additional features in the product backlog, then re-plan subsequent iterations
D. Ask the team to decrease velocity to meet contractual obligations and document this decision
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Correct Answer: A
Question #30
A new agile project manager accepts an assignment to manage a well-established team. Many team members have worked together on this product for several years. During a meeting, the project manager notices that team members offer little vocal interaction, yet all required tasks are completed on time.What type of behaviour does this describe?
A. Synchronous
B. Collaborative
C. Passive-aggressive
D. Random
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Correct Answer: B
Question #31
What should a scrum master do when one team member falls behind in their tasks?
A. ove the task to another team member who has spare capacity in the sprint
B. sk the team for suggestions
C. rivately offer the team member encouragement to meet task commitments
D. otify the product owner
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Correct Answer: B
Question #32
An agile practitioner wants to communicate the effect of technical debt on the project.What should the practitioner do?
A. Post and discuss rises in the burn down chart
B. Adjust story points to account for technical debt
C. Log technical debt as an impediment
D. Add refactoring tasks to all stories
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Correct Answer: C
Question #33
A seven-member agile team's composition varies considerably in age, gender, culture, personality type, and professional background.When planning a team-building event, what type of interpersonal skills should the project leader use?
A. Networking
B. Social awareness
C. Communication
D. Leadership
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Correct Answer: B
Question #34
A manufacturing shop is using Kanban to plan, visualize workflow, and limit work in process (WIP). Which productivity key performance indicator (KPI) should the team lead be monitoring on a regular basis?
A. Lead time
B. Team velocity
C. Burndown rate
D. Earned value (EV)
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Correct Answer: A
Question #35
The risk profile of a project has increased beyond the upper threshold of tolerance. The product owner and project leader meet to discuss an approach for dealing with this.What should the team do next?
A. Add risk mitigation tasks to the backlog, then prioritize in current and upcoming sprints
B. Add risk mitigation time to each requirement
C. Apply the 80/20 rule, reserving 20 percent of each sprint's capacity for risk mitigation
D. Hold all risks until they become issues, then add issue resolution tasks to the product backlog
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Correct Answer: A
Question #36
An Agile team is under pressure to deliver an application. The product owner anticipates many change requests from customers once the product is released.What should the agile team do?
A. emand frequent product reviews by the product owner
B. ontinuously work with the product owner to do backlog refinement and product reviews
C. ave the product owner provide detailed requirement specifications to ensure the proper features are delivered
D. uring the planning session, ensure the team is committed to deliver within the specifications
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Correct Answer: B
Question #37
How is the participatory design process characterized?
A. A well-planned and well-documented process is documented for each of the iterations in the project
B. Users including project team members participate in the planning process for the project plan
C. End users participate and assist in the design process from the beginning of the project
D. A high level brainstorming process is conducted for the project team and the project sponsor
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Correct Answer: C
Question #38
A product owner adds a 21 - point. high - priority story to a sprint backlog. The team is concerned that it cannot be completed during the current sprint. What should the team do?
A. Advise the product owner that the story will have to wait until the next sprint
B. Work extra hours to complete the story and satisfy the customer's requirements
C. Break down the story into smaller increments and negotiate other stories on the sprint backlog
D. Increase the length of the sprint to accommodate the story
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Correct Answer: A
Question #39
Following a successful product release, senior management asks an agile team how to improve the value of the product for the next release.What should the team do?
A. Conduct frequent demos and obtain feedback from users throughout the development of the next release
B. Inform senior management that since the product was successfully released, the project is considered delivered and should be closed
C. Request additional budget to implement a Scrum of Scrums approach to scale the teams and add capacity
D. Implement a better definition of done to ensure that continuous integration processes are managed effectively
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Correct Answer: A
Question #40
A servant leader is leading a high-visibility project to deliver a new product. The servant leader has been able to build a cross-functional team and create a team space where the team is collocated. The servant leader started receiving frequent visits from a company director, who continually asks a specific team member questions about project progress. The conversations are distracting the team from their goal. What should the servant leader do? As a servant leader, it is important to address the root cause of the disruption, which in this case is the director's repeated visits and distracting conversations. Coaching the company director on agile practices and good communication helps them understand the need to minimize interruptions and foster a productive environment for the team. This approach will help align the director's behavior with Agile principles, ensuring that the team can focus on delivering value without unnecessary distractions. By educating the director, the servant leader can improve overall team dynamics and project efficiency.
A. Coach the company director on agile approaches and good practices
B. Ask the product owner to speak to the director because their visits are delaying the project
C. Ask the director and team member to leave the room so they can have a private conversation
D. Coach the team member on how to report progress to directors and executives
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Correct Answer: A
Question #41
A project team has a senior subject matter expert (SME) who is comfortable with data integration. The SME is not inclined to perform regression testing because the SME feels that performing regression testing is more of a junior duty.What should the Scrum Master do?
A. xplain to the team the importance of reducing team size by reducing specializations and bottlenecks and that every team member plays an equal part
B. cknowledge that the SME has a valid point from an efficiency point of view and will perform better staying as a specialist
C. everage a separate testing team altogether to assist with all testing to ensure consistent results
D. xplain to the SME the importance of being a team player, that the tasks are assigned by the Scrum Master, and work should not be refused
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Correct Answer: A
Question #42
The product owner of an agile project is frustrated because the team is unable to deliver as many features as expected. The product owner asks the team to reduce test-automation levels, since the quality assurance team will test the product at project completion. The product owner expects that more features will be delivered in each iteration using this approach.What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Ask the opinion of key stakeholders and the client to ensure the correct approach is being used
B. Work with the team to use this approach, and request a quality assurance iteration after every three iterations
C. Propose to completely eliminate test automation, since this is a quality assurance function
D. Suggest merging the quality assurance and delivery teams to enhance each iteration's test-automation levels and redundancy
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Correct Answer: D
Question #43
Midway through a project, the product owner learns from the sponsor that a major component, which is already 20 percent complete, is unimportant to users. The component was part of the approved scope and a key selling point for the project.What should the product owner do next?
A. Obtain approval from the change control board to discontinue the component
B. Ask the team to continue developing the component
C. Ask the team to discontinue developing the component
D. Request the sponsor's formal approval to discontinue the component
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Correct Answer: C
Question #44
What is used to provide a simple medium for gathering basic information about stories, recording high-level requirements, developing work estimates, and defining acceptance tests?
A. tory card
B. urndown chart
C. etrospective
D. toryboard
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Correct Answer: A
Question #45
A seven-member agile team's composition varies considerably in age, gender, culture, personality type, and professional background.When planning a team-building event, what type of interpersonal skills should the project leader use?
A. Networking
B. Social awareness
C. Communication
D. Leadership
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Correct Answer: B
Question #46
An organization initiates a pilot project to introduce agile methodology for the successful delivery of projects.What should the project manager do to share this project's knowledge and learning with wider organizational business groups?
A. nvite people from across the organization to attend daily stand ups
B. egularly meet with people across the organization to share the project's lessons learned and best practices
C. nvite people from across the organization to attend the release meeting and project retrospectives
D. nvite people from across the organization to attend retrospectives
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Correct Answer: B
Question #47
A company has decided to combine two similar products consisting of multiple teams into one product. Engaged customers want to know how the company is looking at re-organizing its teams.What strategy should be employed to re-organize the teams?
A. All the teams from both products should be simultaneously called together and allowed to completely self-manage
B. Teams that worked on similar components in the separate products should be combined to minimize disruption and capitalize on synergies
C. After grouping individuals by role, multi-discipline teams should be created that are comprised of one member from each role
D. Features should be prioritized and then teams should be organized around those priorities
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Correct Answer: A
Question #48
An agile team is preparing a release plan for a project.What information will the team need to complete this plan?
A. Amount of work needed to complete a single user story
B. Amount of work that can be accomplished by each team member
C. Amount of work that can be accomplished in an iteration
D. Amount of work that can be accomplished by the entire team
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Correct Answer: C
Question #49
How should an agile project leader interact with the product owner?
A. Conduct regular one-on-one meetings to review development features and trace them back to the product roadmap
B. Ensure the they attend regular sprint meetings to provide product-feature feedback
C. Share any new versions of the project plan with them, including updated statuses for tasks and project milestones
D. Schedule meetings where they can provide team direction regarding new-feature priorities and upcoming sprints
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Correct Answer: B
Question #50
During sprint planning the product owner wants the team to prioritize and deliver a number of features which have the highest business value. Due to technical dependencies, the team does not agree with the prioritization.What should the project leader do?
A. Encourage the product owner and team to reprioritize the features and select ones which can be delivered without any dependencies
B. Encourage the team to continue with the current plan, do what they can, and carry forward the work not done to the next iteration
C. Ensure the team captures the technical dependencies as issues within the backlog optimization
D. Ensure that the required subject matter experts (SMEs) are engaged by the product owner to help with backlog prioritization
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Correct Answer: C

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