The transit director wants a private preview of the fare-capping Increment and then to skip Sprint Review so the team does not air dirty laundry in front of riders and partner agencies. What should the Product Owner do?
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Short Explanation
Sprint Review is the city's tasting table, not a press conference you can cancel when the sauce is spicy. If a director hides the Increment, nobody inspects and nothing adapts. Protect the feedback loop, even when the hallway is powerful.
Full Explanation
Stakeholders inspect the Increment at Sprint Review so the Product Backlog can adapt. Bypassing Review for a private director preview destroys that empirical loop. The Product Owner should protect the event and invite the director into it, not cancel it, cede the Product Owner role, or turn it into a status meeting without an Increment. Power does not override Scrum's inspection of product value.