At the fifth Sprint Retrospective, the Product Owner mentions that he is surprised about the amount of technical debt that has built up in the system and that the product is not able to support an adequate number of users. Peter, the Product Owner, is upset that the product will need several more Sprints to address the scalability issues in order to meet his expectations.

What factors may have led to this?

A. The Scrum Team has not used the past Sprint Retrospectives effectively to inspect and adapt.
B. The Development Team has not been paying enough attention to technical quality.
C. The Development Team and the Product Owner are not having conversations around technical debt.
D. The Scrum Master has not ensured that the Scrum Team is transparent.
E. All of the above.
F. None of the above

Correct Answer: E

When technical debt occurs, easy fixes and shortcuts are being implemented to make sure the system keeps working. However, the system will become more unstable as development progresses and code is added resulting in future work being slowed down. There are several factors that can be responsible for technical debt, lack of transparency, not using the inspect and adapt opportunities or the conversation about the implications of technical debt and shortcuts are not happening