A team is preparing to demonstrate new product capabilities to a leadership team. The demonstration will show working software and a listing of the projected value of the capabilities. What should the team do to ensure the demonstration is successful?

A demonstration of working software plus projected value corresponds to the Sprint/Iteration Review. Its purpose is to present a potentially releasable increment and obtain feedback so that stakeholder expectations stay aligned with future work. Emphasising alignment with stakeholder expectations and showing releasable increments is therefore essential to a successful demonstration.

A. Business value and feedback are outcomes, but alignment with expectations and a releasable increment are the core review goals.
C. Self-management and tailoring are internal concerns, not the focus of a stakeholder demo.
D. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are ongoing behaviours, not the specific objective of the review event.

1. PMI – Agile Practice Guide, 2017, §5.3 “Iteration Review”, p. 52.

2. Schwaber & Sutherland, “The Scrum Guide”, 2020, “Sprint Review Purpose”, p. 12.