PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 60

During a backlog refinement meeting, a senior team member raises a concern about an epic sizing that requires the use of a new interface for a vendor product.
The product owner acknowledges this as a risk.
What should the product owner do now?

Answer options

• A. Log the risk in the risk register, and share the information with impacted stakeholders at the next monthly review meeting
• B. Create a spike story to determine what needs to be done to use the new interface
• C. Lower the epic's priority so that it can be deferred, and analyze it during backlog refinement meetings
• D. Move the work to the vendor, since they have better knowledge of interface implementation

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct action is to create a spike story (option B) to investigate the requirements for using the new interface, enabling the team to gather necessary information. Logging the risk (option A) is important, but does not address the immediate need to understand the interface. Deferring the epic's priority (option C) may lead to delays without addressing the risk, and moving the work to the vendor (option D) does not empower the team to solve the issue collaboratively.