An agile project has three more iterations before the release. There is a lot of report functionality to be created and defects to be cleared. During a daily scrum, a team member suggests a timebox…

Question

Options

• AEncourage the team to self-organize and determine how to best complete their existing work and
• BEncourage the team to complete their just existing work since the team velocity indicates they are
• CDirect the team to defer the spike until the next release and add the action on the backlog for
• DDirect the team to work on the spike immediately given the importance of reporting functionality to

• A
  79% (19)
• B
  8% (2)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  8% (2)

Explanation

Agile teams are self-organizing, and a team member raising an efficiency improvement during a daily scrum is exactly the kind of initiative agile encourages. The project leader should support the team's autonomy to assess how to balance their existing commitments with the spike. Timeboxed spikes are a legitimate agile technique for exploring unknowns. Option B (just complete existing work) shuts down innovation and ignores potential long-term gains. Option C (deferring to next release) is overly conservative-if the spike can save time now, deferring it loses that benefit. Option D (directing the team to work on the spike immediately) removes team autonomy and turns leadership into command-and-control, contrary to agile values.

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