During a mature agile team's planning meeting, a team member proposes a new framework that would considerably reduce implementation time. However, the team lacks the confidence to try the new…

The correct answer is A. Develop a spike. A spike is a time-boxed, focused exploration or research task whose sole purpose is to reduce uncertainty and build team knowledge or confidence about a specific technology, approach, or problem. It is the ideal agile tool when a team wants to evaluate something new without…

Submitted by rohit_dlh· Apr 18, 2026Adaptive Planning

Question

During a mature agile team's planning meeting, a team member proposes a new framework that would considerably reduce implementation time. However, the team lacks the confidence to try the new framework. To help the team gain confidence, what should the agile practitioner suggest?

Options

ADevelop a spike
BCreate an Ishikawa diagram
CPerform a pre-mortem analysis
DComplete a variance and trend analysis

How the community answered

(20 responses)

A
70% (14)
B
5% (1)
C
15% (3)
D
10% (2)

Explanation

A spike is a time-boxed, focused exploration or research task whose sole purpose is to reduce uncertainty and build team knowledge or confidence about a specific technology, approach, or problem. It is the ideal agile tool when a team wants to evaluate something new without committing to full implementation. The spike produces knowledge - a concrete proof of concept - that replaces fear of the unknown with informed confidence. Option B (Ishikawa/fishbone diagram) is a root cause analysis tool, not applicable here. Option C (pre-mortem analysis) anticipates future failures but does not build hands-on technical confidence. Option D (variance and trend analysis) is a monitoring/forecasting technique unrelated to technology exploration.

Topics

#Agile Spikes#Uncertainty Reduction#Experimentation#Team Confidence

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