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Question #: 63
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During a planning session, four out of five team members vote to include eight story points in a particular story, while the fifth member votes for five story points.
How should this be handled?

  • A. The story should be assigned eight story points as per the majority vote
  • B. The story should be added to the backlog and reassessed later
  • C. The story should be assigned points after a discussion with the fifth team member to see if a consensus can be reached
  • D. The decision for the number of story points should be made by the customer
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

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pacp
Highly Voted 2 years, 2 months ago
A is correct. Refer page 290 of PMI-ACP Exam Prep Book: "When the range is small and there is a rough consensus on the estimate, the largest estimate is selected"
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zvasanth1
Highly Voted 3 years, 3 months ago
The answer should be C. one of the purpose of the estimation is initiate the discussion
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zvasanth1
3 years, 3 months ago
Repeat the process till the estimates converges to a single estimate that can be used for the story. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/scrum/scrum_estimation.htm
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Petrevski
Most Recent 8 months, 2 weeks ago
C = correct (consensus is the key)
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Smokeyofficiial
9 months ago
Option C. Agile methodology emphasizes collaboration and communication among team members to reach a consensus. Therefore, it is recommended to have a discussion with the fifth team member to understand their reasoning and try to reach a consensus on the story point estimation. This helps to ensure that all team members have a shared understanding of the story and increases the likelihood of delivering the work within the estimated time.
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InvisibleBeing
11 months ago
Selected Answer: C
A & C , tough choices. I am going with C.
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nguyenducttk5
1 year, 4 months ago
A Let’s say there are four estimators, and three of them lay down cards with the number 5 and one person lays down a card with the number 3. In this case, the estimate would be recorded as a “5”—when the range is small and there is a rough consensus on the estimate, the largest estimate is selected. After that, the team will move on to the next story to keep the game moving quickly.
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richck102
1 year, 4 months ago
i vote C
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JackNguyenvn
1 year, 8 months ago
A is correct
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bzeggar
2 years, 4 months ago
I would put C , at least hear from the 5th member. may be he did it before multiple time and knows the exact estimation
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HTTPS
2 years, 6 months ago
I would go for C.
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Bakayalo
2 years, 7 months ago
Why so many wrong answer...
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srv3
2 years, 12 months ago
Despite real life case where A. could be the best solution, in terms of Agile exam I would select C. Because full consesus and transparency is better.
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zvasanth3
3 years, 4 months ago
Quick estimation can be done for instance when few members estimate as 2 and few estimate as 3 then choose the bigger one. If the different cards shown are like few with 2 and few with 8 then ONLY do the discussion. https://lakshaysuri.wordpress.com/2018/06/10/agile-estimation-techniques/
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