PMP · Question 87 · Task 8: Plan and manage scope
A project manager is leading an agile project where the product owner frequently changes story priorities during sprint planning meetings. This causes confusion for the development team and makes it difficult to plan sprint capacity effectively. The product owner explains that business priorities are constantly shifting. What should the project manager do?
Answer options:
Lock in story priorities at the beginning of each sprint planning meeting
Allow unlimited priority changes since agile values responding to change
Work with the product owner to establish priority change protocols that balance business needs with team planning requirements
Switch to a different agile framework that handles changing priorities better
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