A company that builds propellers for ships has incurred heavy losses while implementing the product at the end of the project. This is because a…

The scenario describes a failure to adapt to changing customer requirements throughout the project, resulting in a final product that did not meet the business needs. Scrum addresses this through iterative development. This core aspect involves building the product in a series of short, repeated cycles called Sprints. Each Sprint delivers a potentially shippable increment of the product, allowing stakeholders to provide feedback and the team to incorporate changes in subsequent Sprints. This ensures the final product evolves with the customer's requirements and is better suited to the final business environment, directly preventing the problem described.

A. Value-based prioritization is about ordering backlog items to deliver the highest value first, not the mechanism for incorporating changes during development.

B. Appropriation is not a recognized term or aspect within the official Scrum framework as defined by ScrumStudy.

D. Transparency ensures that all aspects of the project are visible, which helps identify the need for change, but it is the iterative process that provides the mechanism to implement those changes.

1. Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK® Guide)

3rd Edition. Section 2.4

"Iterative Development

" states: "This principle emphasizes how to better manage changes and build products that satisfy customer needs. It also delineates the Product Owner’s and the organization’s responsibilities in relation to iterative development." This directly links the iterative process to managing change and satisfying customer needs

as highlighted in the question.

2. Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK® Guide)

3rd Edition. Section 1.4.3

"Key Characteristics of Scrum

" explains that Scrum's iterative model is designed to be flexible and adaptable. It notes

"The iterative model is more flexible in ensuring that any change requested by the customer can be included as part of the project." This confirms that the iterative nature is the key aspect for including customer changes.

3. Schwaber

K.

& Sutherland

J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. While not a ScrumStudy specific source

it is the foundational document. It states

"Sprints enable predictability by ensuring inspection and adaptation of progress toward a Product Goal at least every calendar month." This process of inspection and adaptation

enabled by the iterative Sprint cycle

is the mechanism for incorporating change. (Note: The SBOK Guide is the primary reference for the SMC exam).