Project Management Professional (PMP) — Question 161

A project manager is working as a servant leader for a pilot project to adopt agile practices. After three sprints, the team demos the product to the main stakeholders, but receives negative feedback about the product's features. The team feels that all the features met the acceptance criteria defined by the product owner and does not understand what went wrong.
How should the project manager mitigate the product rejection?

Answer options

• A. Share the product backlog for the main stakeholders to review in advance.
• B. Engage the main stakeholders in the upcoming sprint review sessions.
• C. Create dedicated sprints to implement feature fixes for the rejected ones.
• D. Ask the project sponsor to evaluate the assignment of a new product owner.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because engaging stakeholders in future sprint reviews allows for direct feedback and alignment on expectations, which helps prevent misunderstandings. Option A does not ensure stakeholder involvement during the process, while C focuses only on fixing issues rather than understanding them. Option D shifts blame to the product owner rather than promoting collaboration to enhance the product.