PMP Practice Question: Process — Agile, Hard
You are coaching an agile team that has achieved high performance, consistently delivering 55-60 story points per sprint with minimal defects. The organization's PMO has mandated that all teams adopt a new estimation approach using ideal hours instead of story points, claiming this will enable better cross-team resource planning and executive reporting. Your team objects strongly, arguing that story points reflect their shared understanding and that converting to hours will reduce their estimation accuracy. The PMO has set a deadline of two sprints to transition. Senior management supports the PMO initiative as part of portfolio-level standardization. What should you do?
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