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PMI-ACP · Question #703
A product owner adds a 21-point, high-priority story to a sprint backlog. The team is concerned that it cannot be completed during the current sprint. What should the team do?
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Submitted by skyler.x· Apr 18, 2026Adaptive Planning
Question
A product owner adds a 21-point, high-priority story to a sprint backlog. The team is concerned that it cannot be completed during the current sprint. What should the team do?
Options
- AAdvise the product owner that the story will have to wait until the next sprint.
- BWork extra hours to complete the story and satisfy the customer's requirements.
- CBreak down the story into smaller increments and negotiate other stories on the sprint backlog.
- DIncrease the length of the sprint to accommodate the story.
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Topics
#Story splitting#Sprint backlog management#Capacity planning#PO collaboration