Which of the following is the best response?

You are planning to release a large product update several months from now. Because the release will contain many product changes (new features, enhancements, and fixes), a large amount of effort will be

needed from the team. During beta testing of the latest increment, you learn that one of the anticipated features does not meet the needs of the users and is rarely used.

Which of the following is the best response? (choose the best answer)
A . Disregard the feedback as beta testing is not a good reflection of the broader market.
B. Add a more valuable feature to the release.
C. Remove the feature from the increment and release the other features and changes earlier.
D. Push the release to a later date until you are able to improve the feature.

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Answer: C

Explanation:

Time-to-Market (T2M). Reducing the number of features in a product release can dramatically improve T2M; the smallest release possible is one that delivers at least some incremental improvement in value to some subset of the customers/users of the product. Many organizations also focus on removing non value-added activities from the product development and delivery process to improve their T2M.