Stakeholders have conflicting requirements, and the product owner is struggling to decide which user stories to write. What should the product owner do?

Question

Options

• AAsk the agile practitioner to help write the user stories.
• BAsk the agile team to facilitate a story-writing workshop.
• CAsk subject matter experts (SMEs) to help write the user stories.
• DAsk the agile practitioner to facilitate a story-writing workshop.

• A
  5% (1)
• B
  5% (1)
• C
  16% (3)
• D
  74% (14)

Explanation

When stakeholders have conflicting requirements, the solution is not simply to write more user stories - it is to facilitate conflict resolution and alignment among stakeholders. The agile practitioner (Scrum Master or coach) has the facilitation skills to run a structured story-writing workshop that brings conflicting parties together to negotiate, prioritize, and agree on requirements. Option B (having the agile team facilitate) is incorrect because technical team members are not trained facilitators for stakeholder conflict. Option C (SMEs writing stories) does not resolve the conflict between stakeholders. Option A (asking the agile practitioner to help write stories) is too narrow - the real need is facilitated conflict resolution, not writing assistance.

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