PMP Practice Question: Process — Agile, Hard
Your product team is in sprint 6 of developing an AI-powered analytics platform. The product backlog contains 180 stories, and the product owner has been prioritizing based on business value scoring. During backlog refinement, the technical lead warns that continuing to build features on the current data architecture will create massive refactoring work later, potentially requiring 4-6 sprints to address. However, stakeholders are eager to see new analytics capabilities demonstrated at an industry conference in five sprints. The technical lead proposes dedicating the next two sprints entirely to architectural improvements with no visible features. How should you guide the product owner's decision?
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