PMP Practice Question: Process — Hybrid, Medium
Your hybrid project combines predictive planning for hardware procurement and facilities setup with agile development for the software components. You're three months into the project, and the predictive track is on schedule, but the agile teams have consistently delivered only 60% of their planned story points each sprint. The cumulative flow is trending behind, and stakeholders are concerned about meeting the fixed launch date in six months. The teams report that integration testing with hardware prototypes takes longer than expected. What is the most appropriate action?
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