January 2020
Intermediate to advanced
242 pages
6h 5m
English
The product owner can cancel a sprint before its time box has expired, but taking this drastic step is disruptive. If the sprint goal becomes obsolete it could make sense to terminate the Sprint. But a sprint is short enough that it very rarely makes sense to prematurely end a sprint.
Sometimes the product owner will cancel a sprint to impose their will on the Scrum team, or do so as a kind of negotiation tactic. Yes, the product owner does have the authority to cancel a sprint; however, that decision is usually made in consultation with the Scrum master and the development team, because it’s such a dramatic and destructive occurrence. If the product owner uses it as a tactic to negotiate scope or schedule, ...
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