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A senior management team member contacts an agile project lead and mentions that certain features the senior manager thought would be in the current release were not included. What should the agile pr

The correct answer is D. Meet with the team to understand why the senior manager's features were not included.. The agile project lead should first gather information from the team regarding the reasons for the exclusion of expected features before communicating further with senior management. This ensures an informed and accurate response to the stakeholder's concern.

Submitted by skyler.x· Apr 18, 2026People

Question

A senior management team member contacts an agile project lead and mentions that certain features the senior manager thought would be in the current release were not included. What should the agile project lead do?

Options

  • ASend the product roadmap to the senior manager.
  • BAssure the senior manager that these features will be queued up in the next sprint.
  • CInvite the senior manager to the next planning meeting.
  • DMeet with the team to understand why the senior manager's features were not included.

How the community answered

(58 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    28% (16)
  • C
    14% (8)
  • D
    52% (30)

Why each option

The agile project lead should first gather information from the team regarding the reasons for the exclusion of expected features before communicating further with senior management. This ensures an informed and accurate response to the stakeholder's concern.

ASend the product roadmap to the senior manager.

Sending a product roadmap might explain future plans but does not address the senior manager's immediate concern about features missing from the *current* release.

BAssure the senior manager that these features will be queued up in the next sprint.

Making a commitment for the next sprint without team consultation or proper prioritization is premature and undermines agile principles.

CInvite the senior manager to the next planning meeting.

Inviting the senior manager to a planning meeting might not be the most effective first step; the lead should first understand the situation internally before involving external stakeholders in detailed planning.

DMeet with the team to understand why the senior manager's features were not included.Correct

The agile project lead needs to understand the factual basis for feature exclusion, such as prioritization, technical constraints, or capacity limitations, directly from the development team. This internal investigation is crucial to provide an accurate and credible explanation to senior management regarding the release content.

Concept tested: Agile stakeholder communication and issue resolution

Topics

#Stakeholder Communication#Agile Leadership#Expectation Management#Information Gathering

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