A team member has spent 5 days on a spike and the first set of experiments has not been successful. The issue is the development team member has determined a short-term rather than a long-term solution. What should the project leader do?
A.
Assign the spike to another resource to continue research for the long-term solution
B.
Re-estimate the spike, encourage experimentation and collaborate with the team
C.
Stop experimentation and negotiate the short-term solution with the customer
D.
Schedule a root-cause analysis with the development team on the main issues with the spike
This option aligns with agile principles of iterative development, continuous learning, and team ownership. It leverages the existing knowledge from the initial experiment while allowing for adjustments and exploration of new avenues for a long-term solution. Re-estimation ensures transparency and adjusts sprint commitments if needed.
Encouraging collaboration and experimentation within the team can lead to new insights and breakthroughs. The project leader can guide this process by providing support, offering resources (like additional information or expertise), and facilitating discussions focused on identifying potential paths towards a lasting solution.
A. Assign the spike to another resource to continue research for the long-term solution
> Scrum Master should not align resources.
B. Re-establish the spike, encourage experimentation and collaborate with the team
> This seems to be correct answer. Time-box is not an issue until old spike is over (even with unsucessfull solution) and new spike established. Experimentation and collaboration is always good in agile.
C. Stop experimentation and negotiate the short-term solution with the customer
> Agile/scrum assume that long-term solutions for customer satisfaction should be used
D. Schedule a root-cause analysis with the development team on the main issues with the spike
> This is partly correct answer because
>> root-cause analysis only does not lead the team to the solution.
>> the root cause is found already - short-term solution found instead of long-term.
I agree that a spike is time-boxed but it also nowhere written that the timebox has passed. Only that the first set of experiments has not been successful, which is not a bad thing. "Fail fast" is one agile "principle".
I guess "Encourage experimantation" and "collaborate with the team" is always good on an agile project. I see your issues with "Re-establish" the spike, in particular if the product owner is not involved.
I still think (B) is the best solution.
Spike is timeboxed. Re-schedule the spike is a way of extend the spike time and it should be re-prioritized and approved by the product owner.
The answer should be C
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