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Question 53
Paul is an agile practitioner on a newly created scrum team. During the backlog refinement meeting, a few of the team members said that one of the features in the backlog could have multiple technical approaches. When some team members believe doing it one way would be better, others lean toward the alternative. Although the feature is of high value, the team is concerned that if they do not take the correct approach, it will add risk to the project and result in serious performance problems downstream. What is the best thing for the team to do next?
- A Update the risk register with the anticipated risk information and inform the stakeholders.
- B Move the feature to the start of the backlog.
- C Move the feature to the end of the backlog.
- D Research and document the right approach first and then start work on the feature.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
It is recommended that high business value, high-risk features/items are worked on first. While that may seem counterintuitive, the sooner this work is done, the sooner the team will mitigate the issues and unknowns, leading to a higher quality product. That way, if there is a failure, it will occur early and relatively inexpensively. Risk management is the discipline of identifying, monitoring, and limiting risks. Several approaches to risk planning and management can be taken in an agile software development project. However, a prioritization process is often followed where the risks with the greatest loss and probability of occurring are handled first, and risks with lower loss and probability of occurrence are handled in descending order.Discussion
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