Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems: The Scrum team gathers for the Sprint planning meeting. The Product owner has some stories, but the team finds that the stories do not provide enough information to make a forecast. The Next immediate step is
a) The Scrum master cancels the Sprint.
b) The Developers proceed with starting with whatever is known.
c) The Developers make it transparent that they cannot make a forecast with insufficient information and negotiates with product owner on refining the stories to a ready state.
d) The Scrum team discusses the root cause in the retrospective.

Question

The Scrum team gathers for the Sprint planning meeting. The Product owner has some stories, but the team finds that the stories do not provide enough information to make a forecast. The Next immediate step is 
a) The Scrum master cancels the Sprint. 
b) The Developers proceed with starting with whatever is known. 
c) The Developers make it transparent that they cannot make a forecast with insufficient information and negotiates with product owner on refining the stories to a ready state.
d) The Scrum team discusses the root cause in the retrospective.

Avinash Upadhyay · Accepted Answer

c) The Developers make it transparent that they cannot make a forecast with insufficient information and negotiates with product owner on refining the stories to a ready state

The Product owner needs to help clarify the selected Product Backlog items. The Scrum master can also coach the Product owner on how to accomplish this. One Example is by having regular backlog refinement session. Answer "d" is also correct but the question asks about the "next immediate step". Correct answer is "c"

Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems

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