A public-works inspection-app team finishes a half-built offline-sync module that inspectors cannot use and that does not add to the previous Increment. Leadership wants it shown as this Sprint's Increment. What should the Product Owner do?
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Short Explanation
An Increment you cannot hand an inspector is leftover lumber, not a finished room. Additive means it stacks on what already works. Do not pretend a half-built sync module is the Increment.
Full Explanation
Each Increment is a concrete stepping stone toward the Product Goal and must be usable, meet the Definition of Done, and be additive to all prior Increments. Incomplete work may exist, but it is not the Increment and must not be labeled Done. Demonstrating undone inspection-app work as if it were an Increment hides risk from stakeholders. Splitting or relabeling the module does not create usability.