At a daily standup on the second day of the sprint, the product owner asks one of the developers to add more functionality to a product backlog item that was committed to in the sprint planning. The product owner explains that the change is based on a discussion they had with a user, is critical, and should be delivered in the next release. What should the project manager do?

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B. Organize a workshop after the standup to assess the impact. During a sprint, the scope is ideally fixed once sprint planning is complete. A critical request for new functionality requires a dedicated discussion to assess its impact on the current sprint's goals, capacity, and the project as a whole, rather than trying to handle it within the brief daily standup.

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A. Ask the product owner to provide more details in the standup. Daily standups are for team synchronization and identifying impediments, not for detailed discussions or scope changes. Requesting more details in the standup would derail its purpose.

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C. Prepare a budget change request for additional resources. Preparing a budget change request is premature; the first step is to understand the impact and feasibility of the change before assuming it will require additional budget or resources.

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D. Create a new product backlog item for the next sprint planning. Creating a new product backlog item for the next sprint planning is a possible outcome, but it's not the immediate next step for a 'critical' request that might need more immediate consideration after impact assessment.

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