Question

An agile team has completed six sprints on a product with a fixed release date three months away. Historical velocity has stabilized at 32 story points per two-week sprint. The product owner presents a prioritized backlog totaling 240 remaining story points and asks the project manager whether all of it can be delivered by the release date. What should the project manager do first?

Accepted Answer

Calculate the number of remaining sprints available and compare projected capacity against the backlog size to give the product owner a data-based forecast

Answer

Commit to the full backlog and encourage the team to increase velocity through overtime to meet the release date

Answer

Add more developers to the team immediately so the additional story points can be absorbed

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Remove the lowest-priority items from the backlog without consulting the product owner to make the numbers fit