Your organization is executing a hybrid project to implement a new financial system. The software configuration follows an adaptive approach with two-week iterations, while data migration and cutover activities are planned predictively due to strict regulatory windows. You're currently in iteration 5 of 10. During a governance review, the CFO requests a detailed status report showing percentage complete for the entire project and exact completion dates for all remaining work. Your adaptive team tracks progress using velocity and burndown charts. How should you respond to this request?

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The correct answer is B. Option B is correct because it respects the different measurement approaches appropriate to each work type while providing the CFO with meaningful information for governance decisions. Hybrid projects require multiple measurement systems, and effective communication means presenting data in ways appropriate to each component while helping stakeholders understand what the metrics represent. This maintains measurement integrity while meeting governance needs. Option C is the main distractor—creating artificial unified metrics by combining incompatible measurement systems produces meaningless numbers that obscure rather than illuminate true project status. Option A oversimplifies adaptive metrics and treats story points as fixed scope rather than relative estimates. Option D is too rigid and doesn't meet legitimate governance needs; project managers must translate technical metrics for executive audiences.

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