A product owner and team members are working on tasks to be completed in the next project iteration. What should they do at this point in the project?

Following the plan as initially designed ignores the adaptive nature of iterative development and prevents the team from incorporating learnings and carry-over work.

Iteration planning involves reviewing and refining the backlog items for the next sprint, which includes pulling in tasks that were started but not completed in prior iterations. Incorporating unfinished work ensures continuity, accurate capacity planning, and that previously committed value is delivered, which is a standard agile practice during sprint or iteration planning ceremonies.

Shortening delivery time to increase management reserve is not a valid iteration planning practice and conflates schedule buffers with iteration cadence.

An iteration retrospective occurs at the end of a completed iteration to reflect on the process, not at the start of planning the next one.