At Sprint Review for the city parks pass, evidence shows residents abandon the mayor’s favorite gated “VIP picnic locker” flow. What should the Product Owner do?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
When the video of residents bouncing off the VIP lockers is sitting right there, doubling down is just stubbornness in a nicer suit. Courage is changing the backlog when the evidence punches a favorite idea. Parks visitors already voted with the back button.
Full Explanation
Empiricism requires adaptation when inspection contradicts a hypothesis, including a politically favored one. Courage is the Scrum Value that lets the Product Owner change Product Backlog order despite executive attachment to the picnic-locker flow. Discounting Sprint Review evidence, hiding further work, or wrapping the idea in a fixed-scope project all avoid adaptation. The Product Owner should treat the abandonment evidence as a signal and reorder or kill the initiative accordingly.