A project has several features that will deliver immediate customer value. The product owner needs to determine which features to include in the upcoming iteration. What should the product owner have the customer review and approve?

The product owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the development team. A key tool for this is the product backlog, which is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product. To determine what to include in an upcoming iteration, the product owner collaborates with stakeholders, including the customer, to prioritize this list of features and functions based on business value, risk, and dependencies. The customer's review and approval of this priority list ensures the team works on the most valuable items first.

A. A work breakdown structure (WBS) is a tool primarily used in traditional, predictive project management to decompose project deliverables into smaller components.
B. While cost is a factor, the primary driver for prioritization in agile is value. A list of functions and costs lacks the crucial element of priority.
D. Agile projects avoid creating a comprehensive, fixed schedule of deliverables upfront, favoring an adaptive approach to planning based on a prioritized backlog.

1. Project Management Institute. (2017). Agile Practice Guide. Section 4.2.2, Backlog, p. 50. "The product owner is responsible for prioritizing the backlog... Prioritization is a key activity on agile projects."

2. Schwaber, K., & Sutherland, J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. p. 6. "The Product Owner is also accountable for effective Product Backlog management, which includes... Ordering Product Backlog items."