Four parks-reservation teams plan to integrate only at the end of the quarter so they can move faster during Sprints. What should the Product Owner require?
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Short Explanation
Integrating once a quarter is building four gazebos in different yards and hoping they form a park in December. The broken bolts show up too late. Want one usable parks product every Sprint.
Full Explanation
Even when multiple teams work on one product, the Increment must be integrated and Done at least by the end of each Sprint. Deferred integration hides defects, dependency thrash, and undone work until a late big bang. That delay removes empiricism from the parks product. A quarterly merge, a holding team, or marketing-timed branches recreate an undone product regardless of local story counts.