PMP Practice Question: Process — Agile, Hard
You are managing an agile project where the team has been experimenting with mob programming for the past three sprints to address knowledge silos. The practice has improved code quality and knowledge sharing, but velocity has dropped from 35 to 22 story points per sprint. The Product Owner is frustrated with the reduced output and demands the team return to individual work assignments to meet release commitments. Team members argue they need two more sprints for the investment to pay off, citing research on mob programming learning curves. Technical debt has decreased significantly, and team members report higher satisfaction. Senior management is questioning whether the agile approach is working. What should you do?
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