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CAPM Practice: Explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach

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A Scrum team consistently fails to complete all their sprint backlog items. The product owner wants to increase the sprint length to give the team more time. A better solution would be:
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Correct answer: Investigate whether story estimates are consistently low, backlog items are not properly refined, or team capacity is overcommitted during sprint planning

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Consistently failing to complete sprint backlog items signals a planning calibration problem, not necessarily a time problem. Root causes to investigate: Are estimates consistently optimistic? Are stories large and unrefined when brought into sprint planning? Is the team accounting for meetings, learning, and overhead in capacity planning? Extending the sprint without understanding the root cause may just create longer periods of the same problem.

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This question covers Explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach under Explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach (Agile Frameworks/Methodologies).

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