How does a team demonstrate progress?

Question

Options

• ABy presenting status slides
• BBy having the Product Owner verbally communicate to the stakeholders
• CBy showing the actual working product
• DBy showing screen shots of the product

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  91% (32)

Explanation

In Agile and Scrum, a team demonstrates progress by showing working software - functional, tested, and usable product increments delivered at the end of each sprint. Status slides (A) and verbal communication (B) are indirect, opinion-based reports that describe progress rather than prove it - they can mask real problems and rely on trust rather than evidence. Screenshots (D) are static images that cannot demonstrate actual functionality, user interaction, or system behavior. The core Agile principle states: "Working software is the primary measure of progress" (Agile Manifesto, principle #7).

Memory tip: Think "show, don't tell" - only a live, working product proves progress; everything else is just a story about it.

No community discussion yet for this question.