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Question 3: Your development team uses Scrum as its process framework.
The business communicates a significant change in direction. The current sprint may become
obsolete due to the changes.
You need to determine whether the current sprint should be canceled.
Under what circumstances should you cancel the current sprint?
A. Team members are not able to complete the tasks that were committed to for the sprint.
B. Major changes to have doubled the required time to complete the tasks.
C. Impediments cause the tasks to not be completed within the sprint.
D. The sprint goal becomes obsolete.
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Canceling a Sprint Rarely does a Sprint need to be canceled, but it does happen. If a Sprint's
forecasted work becomes irrelevant, then there is no reason to continue developing it. This can occur
if the product or organization needs to change direction immediately due to a technology or market
reason. Only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel a Sprint. He or she may do so under the
advisement of others, including stakeholders, the Development Team, or the Scrum Master. Canceled
Sprints require the Scrum Team to collaborate and decide if any done work is acceptable and
potentially releasable. The Scrum Team should also re-estimate any undone work, returning it to the
Product Backlog. The work done on partially completed PBIs depreciates quickly and may not have
any value in the future. Needless to say, canceling a Sprint will generate waste.
Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 p.16