Your organization is transitioning to hybrid project delivery. You are managing a project where the design phase is planned using predictive methods with detailed requirements, while development will use iterative sprints. During design phase completion, your most experienced business analyst accepts a position at another company and will leave in two weeks. The development team is scheduled to start sprints immediately after the design phase ends. What should be your primary focus to ensure team continuity?

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The correct answer is B. Option B is correct because it focuses on capturing and transferring the critical knowledge before the person leaves, enabling the team to continue (ECO People Task 2.4 - Empower team members). In a hybrid environment, the development team will be involved in refinement and can work with partial knowledge if key decisions and rationale are documented. Direct knowledge transfer to those who will actually do the work is most valuable. Option A may not be feasible or negotiable, and even if achieved, only delays the inevitable knowledge loss. Option C is a common mistake that assumes the development team cannot proceed without complete information, which contradicts agile principles of learning and adapting; it also creates schedule delays and team idle time. Option D might work partially but assumes the product owner has the same domain expertise, and it doesn't address knowledge capture.

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