A manufacturing company is executing a hybrid project to implement a new production line. The engineering design follows a predictive approach with defined milestones, while the software automation team uses Scrum with three-week sprints. The engineering team has just completed their design phase two weeks ahead of schedule. The automation team's product owner wants to immediately begin working on advanced features that depend on the completed design, even though their current sprint has two weeks remaining and focuses on basic functionality. What should the project manager recommend?

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The correct answer is B. Completing the current sprint commitment maintains the integrity of the adaptive cadence and honors the team's commitment to delivering planned work (ECO Process Task 2.2). In hybrid projects, respecting the different rhythms of each approach is critical—predictive work finishing early doesn't automatically justify disrupting adaptive ceremonies. Option A violates sprint principles by changing scope mid-iteration, creating confusion and potentially leaving committed work incomplete. Option C compromises both the sprint goal and team capacity planning. Option D fundamentally changes the sprint timebox, undermining the inspect-and-adapt rhythm. The new design work can be properly prioritized for the next sprint.

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