Question 760
A manufacturing group moves from centralized approvals to empowered product teams while middle managers still override every sprint decision. The team has identified a response and must obtain a justified decision before moving forward. What should accountable decision makers require before moving forward?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This decision respects the accountable project authority and the scenario’s remaining exposure: Escalate unresolved authority conflicts to the organizational transformation sponsor. The response being governed is Clarify revised decision rights and coach managers on guardrails, delegation, and accountability. and the completion measure is Teams make delegated decisions within thresholds and blocked escalations decline measurably.
Incorrect Answers
Obtain governing academic approval for deployment limits and escalation safeguards before scale-up. That safeguard does not address the specific risk here: announcing an agile reorganization without changing managerial behavior preserves bottlenecks. The relevant follow-up is: Escalate unresolved authority conflicts to the organizational transformation sponsor.
Sponsor a regular ownership and relevance review to keep the knowledge base usable. That safeguard does not address the specific risk here: announcing an agile reorganization without changing managerial behavior preserves bottlenecks. The relevant follow-up is: Escalate unresolved authority conflicts to the organizational transformation sponsor.
Reject the proposed standard change until measured overall outcomes improve. That safeguard does not address the specific risk here: announcing an agile reorganization without changing managerial behavior preserves bottlenecks. The relevant follow-up is: Escalate unresolved authority conflicts to the organizational transformation sponsor.