A vendor contract for a city services platform ties payment to a single big-bang go-live. What should the Product Owner advocate?
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Short Explanation
Big-bang go-live is a cliff, and cities fall off cliffs. Negotiate milestones that pay for real, releasable slices and still honor the contract's intent. Hide-the-Increment tricks just keep the cliff on the calendar.
Full Explanation
Contracts can be adapted toward incremental value milestones without abandoning procurement intent. The Product Owner advocates releasable forecasts and Done Increments so risk and learning are inspected before a single go-live bet. Hiding Increments, pausing Scrum, or freezing scope until the contract date all preserve a big-bang fantasy that empiricism is meant to reduce. Advanced Product Ownership treats the vendor agreement as a constraint to negotiate, not as a substitute Product Goal.