PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 140

A product owner adds a 21-point, high-priority story to a sprint backlog. The team is concerned that it cannot be completed during the current sprint.
What should the team do?

Answer options

• A. Advise the product owner that the story will have to wait until the next sprint
• B. Work extra hours to complete the story and satisfy the customer's requirements
• C. Break down the story into smaller increments and negotiate other stories on the sprint backlog
• D. Increase the length of the sprint to accommodate the story

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct approach is to break down the story into smaller increments and negotiate other tasks within the sprint backlog, as this allows the team to assess their capacity realistically. Simply advising the product owner to postpone the story or working extra hours can lead to burnout and does not solve the underlying issue. Increasing the sprint length is not a viable solution as it disrupts the sprint planning and cadences.