Stakeholders for a parks permitting product ask the Product Owner to commit to fixed scope, a fixed date, and a fixed cost together. What should the Product Owner do?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Fixed scope, date, and cost at the same time is a magic trick, and parks permitting is not a magic show. Pick which constraint can move when reality shows up. Buffers and sneaky quality cuts just hide the flex until residents feel it.
Full Explanation
Under uncertainty, at least one of scope, date, or cost must remain flexible if quality and empiricism are to survive. Locking all three invites either an unspoken quality cut or a later political reset when inspection disagrees with the plan. Story-point buffers and Gantt conversions do not create knowledge; they decorate the iron triangle. The Product Owner makes the trade-off explicit so parks stakeholders choose the constraint that will flex.