PMI-ACP · Question #572
An agile team is working on a new product. To ensure that all unknown issues are clarified before committing to the scope, the team plans to work only on spike user stories for the next three…
The correct answer is C. Recommend that, in the first sprint, user stories with higher priority be executed in addition to the. Dedicating three full sprints exclusively to spikes is excessive and delays value delivery. Spikes should be timeboxed investigations, not consume entire sprints. The agile coach should recommend that higher-priority user stories be executed alongside spikes in the first…
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An agile team is working on a new product. To ensure that all unknown issues are clarified before committing to the scope, the team plans to work only on spike user stories for the next three sprints. What should the agile coach do in this situation?
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- AEnsure that the spikes identify the risks early in the project to increase the chances of success
- BEnsure that the business sponsor accepts the proposal and agrees to fund the additional spike
- CRecommend that, in the first sprint, user stories with higher priority be executed in addition to the
- DSupport the decision, because release planning will be improved, and the product backlog can be
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(55 responses)- A13% (7)
- B4% (2)
- C76% (42)
- D7% (4)
Explanation
Dedicating three full sprints exclusively to spikes is excessive and delays value delivery. Spikes should be timeboxed investigations, not consume entire sprints. The agile coach should recommend that higher-priority user stories be executed alongside spikes in the first sprint. This balances risk reduction through exploration with the agile principle of delivering working software incrementally. Running only spikes for three sprints violates the core agile tenet of delivering value early and often, and can erode stakeholder confidence.
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