hard20 pts · first answer countsstakeholder-managementtrade-offs

The CEO's urgent feature

The CEO wants a new feature in the next sprint after meeting an investor. It would delay a committed feature that three key customers are waiting for. What do you do?

A.Do what the CEO says without discussionB.Understand the CEO's goal, show the trade-off clearly (what slips, impact on customers and revenue), propose options, agree a decision and communicate itC.Refuse because the roadmap is already fixedD.Quietly ask engineers to work overtime to do both

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