During a planning session, the development team and the product owner are arguing about the effort needed to deliver a specific feature in a software development project. The product owner says that the feature can be developed in one week, whereas the team estimates that it will take at least two weeks. After several hours of discussion, they have not reached an agreement.
What should the project lead do?

Question

During a planning session, the development team and the product owner are arguing about the effort needed to deliver a specific feature in a software development project. The product owner says that the feature can be developed in one week, whereas the team estimates that it will take at least two weeks. After several hours of discussion, they have not reached an agreement.

What should the project lead do?

Nitharsan Balanavaneethan · Accepted Answer

Educate the product owner that the project team members are the most appropriate group for assessing the effort.

Nitharsan Balanavaneethan · Answer

Decide what should be the time estimate and proceed with the planning meeting.

Nitharsan Balanavaneethan · Answer

Ask the project team to accept the shorter estimate as it is important to keep a good relationship with the product owner.

Nitharsan Balanavaneethan · Answer

Communicate to the stakeholders that the project has to be delayed for two weeks.

Question list

List of questions

Question 1

(0)

Question 2

(0)

Question 3

(0)

Question 4

(0)

Question 5

(0)

Question 6

(0)

Question 7

(0)

Question 8

(0)

Question 9

(0)

Question 10

(0)

Related questions

Question 862 - PMP discussion

Suggested answer: B

0 comments