An agile team is consistently failing to meet their sprint commitment. They commit to 40 story points but only deliver 25. This has happened for three sprints. What should the project manager (acting as Scrum Master) do?

Answer options:

Add more resources to the team to help them reach 40 points.

Facilitate a retrospective to identify the root cause of the over-commitment and encourage the team to use yesterday's weather (historical velocity) for planning.

Dictate that the team only commit to 25 points in the next sprint.

Extend the sprint duration to allow them to finish the work.

How to approach this question

The problem is 'Over-commitment'. The solution is 'Empirical Planning' (Velocity).

Full Answer

B.Facilitate a retrospective to identify the root cause of the over-commitment and encourage the team to use yesterday's weather (historical velocity) for planning.✓ Correct

Agile relies on empirical data. If velocity is 25, planning for 40 is a fantasy. The PM helps the team accept their actual capacity.

Common mistakes

Changing the rules (extending sprint) or forcing the number (dictating).

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