A library digital-card team finished about half the stories hoped for this Sprint, but the Increment validated a risky assumption about cardholders proving identity online. What should the Product Owner do next with the release forecast?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
The identity proof actually working is the gold; the unfinished story count is just leftover groceries. When a risky assumption gets validated, the forecast and the order should move, not sit in the penalty box. Chasing point recovery is how libraries ship the wrong card flow on time.
Full Explanation
New evidence about value and risk should change both the release forecast and Product Backlog order. Finishing fewer items than hoped is not a debt that must be repaid before adaptation is allowed; the validated identity assumption may make some remaining work unnecessary or more urgent. Velocity-recovery pressure and hidden unfinished work both protect a stale date at the expense of empiricism. The Product Owner accounts for learning in the outlook the library board sees next.