PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 133

A team member has spent 5 days on a spike and the first set of experiments has not been successful. The issue is the development team member has determined a short-term rather than a long-term solution.
What should the project leader do?

Answer options

• A. Assign the spike to another resource to continue research for the long-term solution
• B. Re-estimate the spike, encourage experimentation and collaborate with the team
• C. Stop experimentation and negotiate the short-term solution with the customer
• D. Schedule a root-cause analysis with the development team on the main issues with the spike

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because re-estimating the spike and fostering collaboration encourages innovation and allows the team to explore different avenues for a long-term solution. Option A would shift responsibility without addressing the underlying issues, C halts progress and compromises the project's integrity, and D focuses on problems rather than solutions, which is not constructive in this scenario.