Your hybrid project is developing a medical device with hardware components managed predictively due to manufacturing lead times and regulatory submissions, while the embedded software uses iterative development with monthly releases. You have just completed the third software iteration when the hardware team discovers a component obsolescence issue that will delay hardware delivery by two months. The software team has three more iterations of features planned that depend on the specific hardware configuration. What should you do?

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The correct answer is C. In hybrid projects, when one stream experiences delays, the adaptive stream should leverage its flexibility to maximize value delivery within new constraints. Option C correctly identifies that the software backlog should be re-prioritized to work on hardware-independent features, maintaining team productivity and delivering value while respecting the constraint. Option A is the main distractor because while simulation can be useful, continuing with hardware-dependent features risks discovering integration issues very late and wasting three iterations on work that may need significant rework; it doesn't address the fundamental dependency issue. Option B wastes the adaptive team's capacity when valuable work could still be done. Option D addresses the hardware delay but ignores the opportunity to optimize the software stream's work.

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