Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems: An important executive wants the Developers to include a highly critical feature in the current Sprint. The Developers
a) should work on that feature since an organization’s priority is more important.
b) should ask the executive to work with the Product Owner.
c) should negotiate with the executive and identify an alternative backlog item of comparable scope in the current Sprint that may be removed to accommodate this critical feature.

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An important executive wants the Developers to include a highly critical feature in the current Sprint. The Developers
a) should work on that feature since an organization’s priority is more important. 
b) should ask the executive to work with the Product Owner. 
c) should negotiate with the executive and identify an alternative backlog item of comparable scope in the current Sprint that may be removed to accommodate this critical feature.

Avinash Upadhyay · Accepted Answer

b) should ask the executive to work with the Product Owner.

The Developers should only work on the items related to the Sprint Goal. No one is allowed to tell the Developers to work from a different set of requirements, and the Developers aren’t allowed to act on what anyone else says. Correct answer is ‘b.’

Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems

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