Developers on a public-works inspection app warn that capacity will drop after a holiday period. Stakeholders still want the original political date. What should the Product Owner do?
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Short Explanation
If half the inspectors are out after the holiday, the app does not magically inspect more streets. Change the forecast to match the people who will actually be there. A political date with a skipped Definition of Done is just a broken app on a nicer calendar.
Full Explanation
Capacity-aware forecasts are a Product Owner accountability: known constraints must change the outlook rather than be absorbed as hidden risk. Weakening Done, hiding the warning, or assuming a new team instantly restores the date all protect politics over empiricism. Stakeholders can still choose a date constraint, but then scope or quality conversations must be explicit — not silent overtime against the Definition of Done. Transparency about holiday capacity is how the public-works forecast stays inspectable.