PMP Practice Question: Business Environment — Agile, Medium
Your organization is launching an agile project to develop a new e-commerce platform in an emerging market with significant economic and political uncertainty. During sprint planning for Sprint 4, news breaks about potential new import tariffs that could affect the cost structure and viability of the business model. The development team wants to continue building planned features, while the finance team suggests pausing development until the regulatory situation becomes clearer. What should the project leader recommend?
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