Which practice ensures cross-team alignment through demonstrations?

• A. System demos
• B. Individual team demos only
• C. No demos are required
• D. Stakeholder reviews without demos

Answer: (A)

System demos provide a single, integrated view of progress across all teams and ARTs, shown to stakeholders to validate that the end-to-end system works together. They’re typically held regularly (often at the end of a PI or iteration) to demonstrate completed, integrated functionality, reveal dependencies and risks, and gather feedback from business stakeholders. This ongoing, shared demonstration keeps everyone aligned on how the pieces fit and what value is being delivered.

Focusing on demonstrations at the individual team level misses the opportunity to verify integration and end-to-end flows, so cross-team alignment isn’t effectively achieved. Skipping demos altogether or relying on stakeholder reviews without a live demonstration also reduces transparency and feedback, making it harder to see the real state of the integrated system.