A team member has spent 5 days on a spike and the first set of experiments has not been successful. The issue is the development team member has determined a short-term rather than a long-term…

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Options

• AAssign the spike to another resource to continue research for the long-term solution
• BRe-establish the spike, encourage experimentation and collaborate with the team
• CStop experimentation and negotiate the short-term solution with the customer
• DSchedule a root-cause analysis with the development team on the main issues with the spike

• A
  14% (3)
• B
  59% (13)
• C
  5% (1)
• D
  23% (5)

Explanation

A spike is a time-boxed research or experimentation activity designed to reduce uncertainty and find the best solution. If the first experiments yielded only a short-term solution, the answer is to re-establish the spike, encourage broader experimentation, and bring collaborative team knowledge to bear (B). This respects the purpose of a spike. Assigning it to a different person (A) wastes the existing team member's learning and doesn't fix the approach. Accepting the short-term solution without further exploration (C) undermines the spike's intent. A root-cause analysis (D) is premature - the spike is still in progress, not a failed delivery. Collaboration and continued experimentation are the agile-aligned responses.

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