PMP · Question 36 · Task 3: Evaluate and address external business environment changes
An Agile team is building a financial app. A new 'Open Banking' standard is released by the industry regulator. The Product Owner decides to adopt this standard immediately to gain a competitive advantage, even though it wasn't mandatory yet.<br/><br/>How does this external change impact the project scope/backlog?
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It has no impact as the standard is not mandatory.
New user stories must be added to the backlog and prioritized against existing work.
The project must be paused to rewrite the charter.
The team must work overtime to include the new standard without affecting the schedule.
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