The municipal portfolio board ranks next quarter's bets for parks, transit, and clinics by a round of highest-paid-person votes from department directors. What should the Product Owner introduce instead?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
HiPPO voting is just "the hippo in the room decides." Parks and transit directors can shout, but that is not evidence. Cost of delay asks whose residents wait longer if the city does nothing — a much better ranking tool than the loudest title.
Full Explanation
Portfolio ordering should use evidence of value and cost of delay, not positional power. Secret ballots and seniority rules still encode politics; story points measure effort, not citizen impact. Cost-of-delay and outcome evidence make trade-offs inspectable for parks, transit, and clinic products and reduce the chance that a HiPPO preference crowds out a high-delay civic need.