CAPM · Question #336
An international company that is starting to practice an adaptive approach has several development teams located globally. They are having problems with multiple time zones and repetitive project…
The correct answer is C. Adopt an iterative development approach and conduct virtual meetings. Iterative development paired with virtual meetings directly addresses time zone barriers and schedule slippage for globally distributed adaptive teams.
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- ABenchmark and adopt best practices that are being used by the competition.
- BFocus on developing products by only using teams that are collocated.
- CAdopt an iterative development approach and conduct virtual meetings.
- DArrange frequent collocated meetings and let the teams work together.
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A3% (1)
- B6% (2)
- C83% (29)
- D9% (3)
Why each option
Iterative development paired with virtual meetings directly addresses time zone barriers and schedule slippage for globally distributed adaptive teams.
Benchmarking against competitors addresses process improvement broadly and does not solve the specific collaboration and scheduling problems of distributed teams.
Restricting work to collocated teams contradicts the international structure of the company and limits the available talent pool.
An iterative approach breaks work into short, time-boxed cycles that reduce the risk of large-scale schedule slippage by delivering working increments regularly. Virtual meetings enable asynchronous and synchronous collaboration across time zones without requiring physical co-location, which is impractical for international teams.
Frequent collocated meetings are prohibitively expensive and logistically impractical for teams spread across multiple global time zones.
Concept tested: Adaptive collaboration tools for distributed global teams
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/agile-practice-guide
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