A municipal Product Owner is mixing a citizen-outcome Product Goal with a hoped-for launch Friday. What distinction should the Product Owner make so the team can adapt scope?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
The Product Goal is the destination — residents actually getting the outcome. The Friday is a weather guess about when a useful slice might land. If you worship the Friday, scope cannot move and the destination gets lost in the parade.
Full Explanation
A Product Goal is a commitment for the Product Backlog that describes a valuable outcome; a release date is a forecast or hypothesis, not the goal itself. Separating the two lets the Scrum Team adapt scope toward the citizen outcome as evidence arrives. Elevating the date above the outcome, or freezing date and features together, removes the room empiricism needs. Product Owners keep the goal stable enough to steer and the date honest enough to inspect.