PMP Practice Question: Business Environment — Agile, Medium
An agile project team is working on a SaaS platform for a financial services company operating in multiple countries. During sprint review, the compliance officer raises concerns that new data privacy regulations in the European Union will take effect in two months, potentially impacting the product's data handling capabilities. The team's current velocity suggests they can complete the planned features for this release, but incorporating compliance requirements would extend the timeline by at least three sprints. Senior management is pressuring for an on-time release to capture market share. How should the project team proceed?
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