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CAPM Practice: Determine how to plan project iterations

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A product owner and development team disagree on the sprint goal. The PO wants to focus on a new feature; the team argues that technical debt from the last sprint must be addressed first or future velocity will suffer. How should this be resolved?
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Correct answer: The team's technical judgment should be respected; a sprint goal that balances the new feature with technical debt remediation serves both business and technical sustainability

Explanation

This scenario illustrates the tension between business features and technical sustainability. The product owner manages business priorities; the development team manages technical integrity. A healthy Scrum team negotiates sprint goals that balance both. Teams that continuously ignore technical debt accumulate slow-down that ultimately harms business value delivery. A thoughtful sprint goal might include: '50% capacity for new feature, 50% for technical debt that's blocking future velocity' — making both concerns explicit.

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This question covers Determine how to plan project iterations under Determine how to plan project iterations (Agile Frameworks/Methodologies).

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