PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 120

An agile team identifies that their velocity is lower than predicted, and that their previous forecasts in the product roadmap are wrong. The team is worried that they will be unable to meet a critical release date without corrective action.
What should the team do?

Answer options

• A. Collaborate with the product owner to reprioritize the product backlog, thus ensuring that more features will be completed
• B. Ask the team lead to calculate the team's target velocity according to the project plan, and assign additional resources to increase the capacity
• C. Focus on velocity and schedule concerns during the retrospective to inspect, adapt, and improve the process and plans
• D. Reestimate the backlog items from the release, ensuring that contingency is included to set stakeholder expectations

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because reestimating the backlog items while including contingency helps set realistic expectations for stakeholders and addresses the velocity issues. Option A may not address the root of the velocity problem, and options B and C focus on increasing capacity or discussing issues without directly addressing the need for accurate estimation and expectation management.