Agile Question 556

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During a roadmap refinement session, the team highlights a growing level of technical debt that is slowing development and increasing defects. However, key stakeholders are pressuring for a high-visibility feature to be delivered in the next release. The Product Owner is conflicted between addressing the technical debt and delivering the new feature.

What is the most effective course of action?

A. Defer debt; build the feature to satisfy stakeholders
B. Split sprint capacity between debt and feature work
C. Ask team to work overtime to fit debt and feature
D. Escalate decision to senior management

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✅ Correct Answer: B. Split sprint capacity between debt and feature work

🔍 Explanation
A. Defer debt; build the feature
❌ Sacrifices long‑term health. Ignored debt compounds, slows velocity, and raises risk.

B. Split sprint capacity
✅ Reserves planned bandwidth for technical‑debt reduction and delivers customer value, supporting sustainable pace and product quality.

C. Ask team to work overtime
❌ Violates Agile’s sustainable‑pace principle; overtime invites burnout and defects.

D. Escalate to senior management
❌ Agile teams self‑organize. Trade‑offs should be handled collaboratively by the team and Product Owner using value‑based reasoning.

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