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CAPM Practice: Explain the components of an adaptive plan

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A team discovers that their product roadmap assumptions were wrong after getting early customer feedback. What should happen to the adaptive plan?

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Correct answer: Revise the roadmap and backlog to incorporate the learning, treating customer feedback as invaluable planning input

Explanation

Adaptive planning's greatest strength is the ability to incorporate real learning. Customer feedback disconfirming roadmap assumptions should immediately trigger roadmap revision — this is exactly what adaptive planning is designed for.

**Why not A:** Waiting for the current release to finish before adjusting delays the incorporation of valuable customer learning. Adaptive planning specifically enables mid-course corrections — waiting wastes the early feedback advantage that the team has earned.

**Why not C:** Asking customers to adjust their expectations to match the original plan reverses the adaptive feedback loop. The plan should adapt to customer needs, not the other way around. This approach ignores the primary value of early feedback: learning what customers actually need.

**Why not D:** Continuing with the original plan despite contrary customer evidence is a predictive (plan-driven) mindset. Steering committee approval does not override empirical evidence from real customers. Adaptive planning values responding to change over following a plan.

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This question covers Explain the components of an adaptive plan under Explain the components of an adaptive plan (Agile Frameworks/Methodologies).

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