Question 710
An agile team repeatedly misses sprint goals because its work-in-progress greatly exceeds its capacity. The team proposes this response: Coach the team to set a realistic sprint goal, limit active work, and remove blockers before accepting more items. Which measurable outcome should the team use to verify success?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This measured result tests the stated action in the present scenario: Coach the team to set a realistic sprint goal, limit active work, and remove blockers before accepting more items. The evidence is Completed outcomes become more predictable and unfinished work carried between sprints declines. Without that evidence, the unresolved failure is: Increasing simultaneous assignments does not create additional capacity or flow.
Incorrect Answers
A decision log shows timely local decisions without unauthorized changes to safety requirements. However, this does not establish the required outcome: completed outcomes become more predictable and unfinished work carried between sprints declines.
A new maintainer performs a representative reconciliation fix without contacting the departing developer. However, this does not establish the required outcome: completed outcomes become more predictable and unfinished work carried between sprints declines.
Support engineers resolve a seeded incident using handover artifacts within agreed service targets. However, this does not establish the required outcome: completed outcomes become more predictable and unfinished work carried between sprints declines.